In the College World Series, North Carolina defeats Virginia 3-2 in a walk-off win, with Vance Honeycutt delivering the game-winning RBI single. This victory places North Carolina in the winner's bracket and Virginia in the loser's bracket for subsequent games.
Hults to the mound for the ninth with a four-run lead. Mid 9: #FSU 9, UNC 5
Jaxson West and Max Williams lead off the FSU ninth with back-to-back homers. 9-5 FSU, T9 https://t.co/1vRok6Rh4h
Let’s make that back-to-back for the Seminoles. Max Williams with a shot to right. T9: #FSU 9, UNC 5
Van De Brake with a one-out double, bringing the tying run to the plate again for UNC in the bottom of the eighth. FSU 7, UNC 5
Seminoles unable to capitalize on a Cantu walk. To the bottom of the eighth we go. Mid 8: #FSU 7, UNC 5
Connor Hults erased a leadoff single with a pickoff and worked another 1-2-3 inning. He's faced the mnimum through 2.1 innings. 7-5 FSU headed to the eighth. https://t.co/1vRok6Rh4h
UNC handled a pair of rockets in the infield to keep the Seminoles off the board. #FSU 7, UNC 5
Seminoles start the seventh with a West walk and Williams single. Heart of the lineup up next. T7: #FSU 7, UNC 5
Nice inning for Hults. 1-2-3 and we head to the seventh. End 6: #FSU 7, UNC 5
Seminoles leave the bases loaded with a Faurot K. Mid 6: #FSU 7, UNC 5
Hults comes in and gets an inning ending groundout. Armstrong final line: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K. Whittaker final line: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB. Seminoles now in a bullpen game. End 5: #FSU 7, UNC 5
It’s been all FSU to this point but Vance Honeycutt is not letting his team go down without a fight! He ropes ANOTHER home run to cut the lead in half, and UNC has added another to make it 7-5! https://t.co/wQhiZMpWnt
UNC with an RBI single to cut the lead to two runs. B5: #FSU 7, UNC 5
Yet ANOTHER Vance Honeycutt homer. North Carolina’s star keeps the Tar Heels within striking distance. (🎥 @NCAABaseball) https://t.co/leQWy2pjXS
Life, for UNC. Vance Honeycutt with a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth, and it's a three-run game again. FSU 7, UNC 4. Outside of that, though, Tar Heels still haven't been hitting especially well.
Honeycutt delivers for UNC again. This time a 3-run shot. B5: #FSU 7, UNC 4
Wayment... A three-run Vance Honeycutt homer has put North Carolina within 7-4 of Florida State, Bottom5
UNC with two on, one out. Top of the lineup due up next. Seminoles turn to Whittaker out of the pen. B5: #FSU 7, UNC 1
Seminoles keep rolling. Six hits in the inning, this time from Max Williams with an RBI single. T5: #FSU 7, UNC 1
FSU this inning https://t.co/yDAeimZ1Au
Jaxson West with an RBI single. Bottom of the lineup doing some damage. T5: #FSU 6, UNC 1
Florida State keeps it going. Lodise with an RBI single to left. Two-on, one-out. T5: #FSU 5, UNC 1
Daniel Cantu with RBI number two on the day. A single to left gives FSU a 4-1 lead. T5: #FSU 4, UNC 1
A solid 1-2-3 inning for Armstrong. End 4: #FSU 3, UNC 1
Andrew Armstrong works a 1-2-3 fourth inning. He's given FSU exactly what it needed today. 3-1 #Noles, T5 https://t.co/1vRok6Rh4h
Florida State threatens but a Cam Smith double play ends the inning. Mid 4: #FSU 3, UNC 1
UNC plates a run with back-to-back two-out doubles but Armstrong gets out of the inning with a groundout. 3-1 FSU, T4 https://t.co/1vRok6Rh4h
Good bounce back from Army after the doubles. Gets the next batter to send us to the fourth. End 3: #FSU 3, UNC 1
FSU plates two runs in the top of the third, despite recording no hits in the frame. The UNC pitching staff issued four free passes in the inning (three walks and a hit batsman). The Seminoles are out to a three run lead heading into the bottom of the third.
Cantu sac fly gives FSU a 3-run lead. That’s all for the top of the third. Mid 3: #FSU 3, UNC 0
Ferrer walks to bring in a run. Seminoles up 2-0. Bases loaded with one out. T3: #FSU 2, UNC 0
Cam Smith and James Tibbs work back-to-back walks and Marco Dinges is hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out. T3: #FSU 1, UNC 0
Andrew Armstrong got looked at by the FSU staff before that inning and was grunting each time he threw a fastball but he works another scoreless inning. 1-0 FSU through two frames
Another nice inning from Army. DP wipes out an infield single. End 2: #FSU 1, UNC 0
Drew Faurot gets the Seminoles on the board with an RBI single. T2: #FSU 1, UNC 0
Solid 1-2-3 from Armstrong, attacking the strike zone. End 1: #FSU 0, UNC 0
3 up, 3 down for FSU in the first with two strikeouts. Here comes Andrew Armstrong to make his first appearance in over three weeks.
Nothing going for the Seminoles in the top of the first. Mid 1: #FSU 0, UNC 0
3 up, 3 down for FSU in the first with two strikeouts. Here comes Andrew Armstrong to make his first appearance (and start) in over three weeks.
FINAL IN OMAHA: Florida State 7, Virginia 3 Virginia is the first team eliminated from the College World Series. FSU advances to a Tuesday game against the loser of tonight's Tennessee-North Carolina game.
Virginia gets one more run in the eighth but strands a runner on second. 7-3 FSU, M8 https://t.co/v0EW64YBA8
The Cavs pick up a two-out double for another run. T8: #FSU 7, UVA 3
Virginia leads off the inning with a single and that’s the day for Carson Dorsey. Brennen Oxford coming in from the pen. T8: #FSU 7, UVA 2
Dorsey back out to start the eighth. He’s sitting on 103 pitches. T8: #FSU 7, UVA 2
Cavs with a two-out single to plate run number two. T7: #FSU 7, UVA 2
Jaime comes through again. He clubs his second homerun of the day, a three-run shot. B5: #FSU 6, UVA 0
Marco Dinges with a two-out single to bring Cam Smith home. Seminoles lead by three. B5: #FSU 3, UVA 0
With two on and one out, Max Williams makes a diving catch in center to keep the lead at two runs. Dorsey induces a liner from the next batter to end the inning. Mid 5: #FSU 2, UVA 0
Virginia put two runners on base with one out in the fifth but Dorsey stranded them with a flyout and a lineout. 2-0 FSU, M5
Jaime Ferrer extends the lead with a home run to left. B4: #FSU 2, UVA 0
Nine pitch inning for Dorsey brings the Seminoles back to the plate. The left-hander is up to 42 total pitches through four innings. Mid 4: #FSU 1, UVA 0
Carson Dorsey has set down eight straight UVA batters. He's through four scoreless innings on 42 pitches. 1-0 FSU, M4 https://t.co/xgMls7ksh2
Seminoles only grab one but have the lead after three. End 3: #FSU 1, UVA 0
Florida State is on the board with a bases loaded walk. Marco Dinges up to bat now. B3: #FSU 1, UVA 0
Seminoles load the bases with two outs. James Tibbs up to the plate. B3: #FSU 0, UVA 0
Dorsey works around a double to sit down the Cavs in the second. Mid 2: #FSU 0, UVA 0
No. 12-seed Virginia (46-16) meets No. 8-seed Florida State (47-16) in a 2 p.m. elimination game at the College World Series. #UVa starts RHP Jay Woolfolk (4-1, 5.95 ERA) against FSU LHP Carson Dorsey (7-4, 4.67 ERA). https://t.co/3ZC6pbNxVN
Tennessee delivers and ties the game at 11 off a two-run single. B9: #FSU 11, UT 11
Tennessee doubles and puts the tying run on second. Vols with two on, two out and Seminoles clinging to a two run lead. B9: #FSU 11, UT 9
Tennessee picks up a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to two. Coach Jarrett turns to Brennen Oxford to close it out. B9: #FSU 11, UT 9
Three two-out singles bring in a Tennessee run and bring the tying run to the plate. 11-8 FSU, B8
Tennessee takes another bite out of the lead. Still needs more, though. Florida State 9, #Vols 7, heading Top7
Christian Moore leads off the Tennessee sixth with a solo homer to center. He has a cycle tonight in four at-bats. Wow. 9-7 FSU, B6
Great stretch and pick there from Blake Burke to get Tennessee out of that inning without two gifted runs. Florida State 9, #Vols 6, heading Bottom6
Tennessee takes a bite out of the lead in the bottom of the fifth. Needs more, but it's a first bite. FSU 9, #Vols 6, heading Top6
Two-run shot for Tennessee cuts into the Seminole lead. B5: #FSU 9, UT 6
Jaime Ferrer 💣 Florida State trailed 4-1 at one point. The Noles now lead 9-4. (🎥 @FSUBaseball) https://t.co/20g46pdXeW
Seminoles having a big inning. A West Walk, Tennessee error and Cam Smith hit puts Florida State up by three. T3: #FSU 7, UT 4
Florida State with the bases loaded and no outs. Tennessee back to the pen. T3: #FSU 3, UT 4
Seminoles responding in a big way to start the third. Back-to-back singles by Tibbs and Dinges then a bases clearing double for Ferrer. T3: #FSU 3, UT 4
Florida State defense coming unraveled. With two outs, #FSU has the runner out at home but West cannot hold onto the ball. Arnold makes a throwing error on the next batter and Tennessee is up 4-1. B2: #FSU 1, UT 4
Tennessee threatens for a biiiig inning, but it settles for two. But two big runs, nonetheless. #Vols 2, Florida State 1, heading Top2
Another single, another run for Tennessee. Still two on, no outs. B1: #FSU 1, UT 2
Tennessee ties it up with a triple and a bloop single. B1: #FSU 1, UT 1
Blake Burke bloop RBI single ties Tennessee with Florida State at 1-1, Bottom1
Florida State is on the board off a wild pitch. T1: #FSU 1, UT 0
Men’s College World Series: Vance Honeycutt delivers again for UNC against Virginia https://t.co/aZTAmzBv6c
Vance Honeycutt kicks off the College World Series with a walk-off! https://t.co/Ia84ltGmcQ
Said it before: This @DiamondHeels team forces you to watch all 9 innings! For the 5th time in the last 9 games, UNC wins on the final at bat. Of course, it’s Vance Honeycutt with the walk-off. The dude is a DUDE 🔥 UVA drops to the elimination bracket. https://t.co/zYYR4oMLML
VANCE HONEYCUTT DOES IT AGAIN! NORTH CAROLINA STARTS THE #MCWS WITH A WALK-OFF WIN AGAINST VIRGINIA‼️ https://t.co/AxjsSRW8XX
CHAPEL THRILL TRAVELS TO OMAHA. Vance Honeycutt walks off Virginia and North Carolina wins the first game of the College World Series. https://t.co/sPzYdfnJjP
Vance Honeycutt walks it off for UNC in the first game of this year’s College World Series! He’ll be a first round pick in next month’s MLB Draft https://t.co/cnmJVY2XsQ
And Game 1 in Omaha goes to UNC, in walk-off fashion. Vance Honeycutt (who else) with the RBI single to left, sending home Jackson Van De Brake, whose lead-off double was his 15th hit of the season. Dugout clears. Honeycutt mobbed. Heels to winners' bracket. UNC 3, Virginia 2.
Uncanny. Bosh magic in Omaha. And it's Honeycutt again. UNC wins 3-2 to advance in the winner's bracket. UVa to the loser's bracket ... fifth time this postseason the Tar Heels have won in the 9th inning or later.
Final: North Carolina 3, Virginia 2. Vance Honeycutt the walk-off winner with a two-out RBI single to left. Tar Heels stay on the winners side to get the FSU/Tennessee winner Sunday night; Virginia gets the loser of that one.
UNC walks off Virginia in the first game of the College World Series, 3-2, to advance to the winner's bracket. Vance Honeycutt hits a line drive, two-out game winning single to score Jackson Van De Brake.
Vance Honeycutt gives UNC a walk-off 3-2 win over Virginia in Game 1. Winner of tonight’s game gets UNC Sunday at 7, loser gets Virginia in an elimination game Sunday at 2. https://t.co/Fa7C0iBUbI
Vance Honeycutt walks it off again. This time, with a single. North Carolina beats Virginia 3-2 in the CWS opening game.