Thursday?s CWS Tripleheader

Michael Roth has pitched in plenty of big games during his South Carolina career, but Thursday’s complete-game win over Kent State (4-1) marked only the second time that he has taken the mound with his team facing elimination from the NCAA Tournament. The senior lefthander ? now 8-0 in NCAA decisions (4-0 at the College World Series) ? was more than up to the challenge, facing only 28 batters (one over the minimum) while keeping his team’s season alive in a briskly-moving game that covered only 2:07. (Note ? postgame links and Thursday’s full schedule included below) … postgame video coming later today. South Carolina (47-18) ? seeking to become the second program ever to win three consecutive NCAA Division I baseball titles (Southern California, a.k.a. “the other USC,” won five straight, from 1970-74) ? now must return to TD Ameritrade Park on Thursday night for the bracket-final stage vs. surging Arkansas (8 CT). If the national 8th-seeded Gamecocks win, those teams will play again on Friday (time TBA) to determine one of the participants in the best-of-3 championship series. Roth retired the final 22 batters he faced, struck out eight, yielded no walks and allowed only a pair of [...]

Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2012/06/21/thursdays-cws-tripleheader/

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