9 batter Louis Boyd to end the inning.Ĭoastal Carolina caught a break in the third inning after Cody Ramer sent a liner into right field that got under Connor Owings' glove and rolled to the wall. and a walk loaded the bases before Jared Oliva's two-RBI single knocked out Beckwith. An error on first baseman Kevin Woodall Jr. The Wildcats cut the lead in half with two unearned runs in the bottom half against a tiring Beckwith. Before the sixth inning, Ramer hadn't committed an error in 17 games. All four runs were unearned, and Dalbec was relieved by Cameron Ming after facing one more batter. Young launched a no-doubt homer into the seats above the right-field bullpen for a 4-0 lead.
Then Ramer tried to get Michael Paez running from second to third, but he overthrew Kyle Lewis. Ramer couldn't get a handle on Zach Remillard's grounder, allowing David Parrett to score from third. The Chanticleers become members of the Sun Belt Conference on Friday.Īrizona, which came into the day with just two errors in seven CWS games, saw second baseman Cody Ramer commit two on the same play to open the door to a four-run sixth inning for Coastal Carolina.
The Big South could savor the accomplishment for only about eight hours. The championship also was the first in a team sport in the 33-year history of the Big South Conference. He struck out eight to increase his CWS total to 25 in 20 innings. Alex Cunningham earned his first save, striking out Ryan Haug with a full-count fastball to end the game after Arizona had pulled within a one in the bottom of the ninth.Īrizona's Bobby Dalbec (11-6) also worked 5 2/3 innings, with all the runs coming against him. He was named the Most Outstanding Player. Andrew Beckwith (15-1), the national leader in wins, went 5 2/3 innings after pitching two complete games and picked up his third victory of the CWS. Arizona (49-24) was trying for its second national title since 2012. Coastal Carolina capitalized on two errors on the same play for four unearned runs in the sixth inning, and the Chanticleers won their first national championship in any sport with a 4-3 victory over Arizona in Game 3 of the College World Series finals on Thursday.Ĭoastal Carolina (55-18) became the first team since Minnesota in 1956 to win the title in its first CWS appearance. Coastal Carolina tops Arizona for national championship