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2003
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES DAILY RECAPS
From staff and wire
reports
Day 6: Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Capsules & Brackets Summary
Rice 5, Texas 4
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Justin Ruchti's RBI single in the bottom
of the ninth inning gave Rice a 5-4 victory over Texas on Wednesday
night and sent the Owls to the College World Series championship round.
The Owls (56-11) eliminated the defending national champion
Longhorns (50-20), and will play the winner of Thursday's Stanford-Cal State
Fullerton game in a best-of-three series starting Saturday.
Rice will be playing for its first national title.
Jeff Blackinton led off the ninth and reached against Texas
closer Huston Street, last year's CWS Most Outstanding Player, when his
grounder rolled up second baseman Tim Moss' left arm and off his chest.
Pinch-runner Matt Cavanaugh took second on Dane Bubela's
sacrifice, and scored after Ruchti's hard liner up the middle.
David Aardsma (6-3) got the win after getting four outs, and
Street (8-1) took the loss after coming on in the ninth.
Stanford
5, Cal State Fullerton 3
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Carlos Quentin homered twice and drove in
three runs as Stanford staved off elimination and defeated Cal State
Fullerton.
John Hudgins turned in a second straight strong pitching
performance, allowing five hits but only one after the third inning in a
complete game. Hudgins (13-3), pitching on four days' rest, gave up two hits
in eight innings of Stanford's 8-0 win over South Carolina in its CWS opener
last Friday.
The victory Stanford's first in five games this season
against the Titans forces a rematch Thursday to determine which team will
take on Rice in the championship round.
Quentin, hitting .500 (7-for-14) in the CWS, hit a two-run
homer in the first inning to open the scoring for the Cardinal (49-16), and
hit a solo shot in the eighth.
P.J. Pilittere hit a solo homer for Cal State Fullerton
(50-15).
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The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be
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