Texas wins late-night thriller against Oregon to take Super Regional, punch ticket to CWS
By Andrew Olson
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Texas is going to the College World Series. The No. 6 national seed Longhorns won the Austin Super Regional in thrilling fashion, coming out on top Sunday night against No. 11 seed Oregon to win the best-of-3 series.
It was a back-and-forth battle the Horns and the Ducks. Oregon had a 5-4 lead in the 8th inning before Adrian Rodriguez doubled down the line to make it 6-5 Texas, the game’s final score.
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Adrian Rodriguez rips one fair down the line to send two home and take the lead, 6-5!#RoadToOmaha x 🎥 ESPN / @TexasBaseball pic.twitter.com/g3eLLBusyD
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Texas, playing as the visiting team, jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the 2nd inning. Oregon answered wth 1 in the 2nd inning and 2 in the 3rd. The Ducks tied it up in the 5th inning and went out in front 5-4 in the 7th.
Six outs from Omaha, Jim Schlossnagle turned to Sam Cozart. It was the right call, as Cozart pitched 2 perfect innings, striking out 4 of his 6 batters faced, without allowing a hit or issuing a walk.
Ticket punched🎟️
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It marks the program’s 39th trip to the College World Series and first under second-year coach Jim Schlossnagle.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
