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NCAA roundup: Sun Devils advance to Omaha

Arizona State 9, Cal State-Fullerton 8

FULLERTON — Joe Persichina hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and Arizona State rallied from a five-run deficit and hung on to eliminate defending national champion Cal State-Fullerton with a 9-8 win Sunday.

The Sun Devils, who lost the first game of the best-of-three super regional series when a balk was called during an intentional walk, advanced to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., for the first time since 1998.

ASU reached the super regional matchup by sweeping three games in the Tempe regional, including a 9-6 win over East Carolina.

Persichina's solo shot gave Arizona State an 8-7 lead and J.J. Sferra drove in a run on a groundout in the top of the ninth.

Brett Bordes gave up a solo homer to Brett Pill leading off the bottom of the inning, but retired the next three batters for his fourth save. Jason Urquidez (10-4) won.

Tuffy Gosewisch had five hits and three RBIs to help the Sun Devils (39-23) come back from a 7-2 deficit. Andrew Romine hit his first career homer to make it 7-5 in the sixth inning.

Sergio Pedroza homered in the fourth for the Titans (46-18), but it wasn't enough to prevent Vinnie Pestano (3-4) from taking the loss.

Baylor 7, Clemson 1

WACO — Mark McCormick struck out 10 and scattered five hits in 8 1-3 innings and Jeff Mandel went 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

McCormick (8-3) threw a career-high 137 to help the Bears (43-22) even their super regional series at 1-1 with the final game set for Monday.

Taylor Harbins' infield single in the third scored a run for Clemson (43-22). Josh Cribb (8-5) allowed 12 hits and seven runs. He struck out five.

Tulane 7, Rice 0

NEW ORLEANS — Micah Owings pitched a three-hit shutout and top-seeded Tulane kept its season alive.

The Green Wave (54-10) took a 1-0 lead in the seventh inning when pinch-hitter Scott Madden drew a bases-loaded walk from starter Joe Savery. Tulane, designated the visiting team, scored six times in the top of the ninth.

Rice (45-18), which scored nine runs in the first five innings of its series-opening 9-5 victory on Saturday, hasn't scored in 13 innings since.

Owings (11-4) faced only three batters above the minimum 27. He struck out eight and walked one.

MISSISSIPPI 6, TEXAS 4
TEXAS 3, MISSISSIPPI 1

OXFORD — Nick Peoples and Carson Kainer each homered, and Texas dodged a late rally to even its super regional series at one game apiece.

Earlier, Ole Miss beat the Longhorns in the completion of the best-of-three series opener, which was suspended due to rain Saturday night.

The Rebels (48-19) loaded the bases with one out in the ninth on a walk to Brian Pettway and singles by Stephen Head and Alex Presley. But J. Brent Cox got Cooper Osteen to bounce into a game-ending double play, sealing his 16th save. Freshman Adrian Alaniz (6-3) struck out six and gave up one run.

Matt Maloney (8-3) lost for the first time since May 7, a span of five starts.

In the completion of the suspended opener, Mark Wright capped a four-run seventh inning with a tiebreaking, two-run single.

Texas (50-16) brought the tying run to the plate with one out in the ninth, but Stephen Head retired Chance Wheeless and Taylor Teagarden.

SOUTHERN CAL 9, OREGON STATE 8 (10 innings)

CORVALLIS — Billy Hart hit a go-ahead, bases-loaded single in the 10th inning and Southern California rallied late to even its NCAA super regional series at one game apiece.

Oregon State (45-10) took an 8-3 lead in the seventh inning when Mitch Canham launched a three-run homer to right-center.

But the Trojans (41-21) rallied with two runs in the eighth inning and three more in the ninth to tie it.

To open USC's 10th, Roberto Lopez was hit by reliever Kevin Gunderson (6-3), then went to second on Blake Sharpe's base hit. An out later, Gunderson hit catcher Jeff Clement to load the bases. Eddie Kunz gave up the single to Hart.

Paul Koss (4-1) earned the victory, allowing three runs on two hits over 4 1/3 innings.

Broadway among 3 finalists for Clemens Award

FORTH WORTH — Texas Christian's Lance Broadway has been named one of three finalists for the Roger Clemens Award.

The award is given annually by the Greater Houston Baseball Association to college baseball's top pitcher. The trophy will be awarded during a dinner at the Marriott Westchase Hotel in Houston on July 14.

Broadway, the 15th overall pick in last week's Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, recently finished his junior season with a school and Conference USA record 15 wins versus one loss. One of the wins came on April 1 against East Carolina.

Broadway compiled a 1.62 ERA in 117 innings pitched and set a new single-season school record with 151 strikeouts while walking only 35 batters. He was named C-USA Pitcher of the Year after notching a 9-0 record in in 10 league starts.

The other finalists are Cesar Carillo of Miami (FL) and Tennessee's Luke Hochevar. Broadway and Carillo are also finalists for the Xanthus-Dick Howser Trophy.

Compiled from a Texas Christian Athletics report.

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