OU baseball beats North Carolina in College World Series finals Game 1
The Oklahoman • • sports
Key Points:
- Oklahoma defeated North Carolina 9-3 in Game 1 of the College World Series finals, moving one win away from their first national championship since 1994.
- Catcher Deiten Lachance hit two home runs, becoming only the fifth player to achieve multiple homers in a CWS finals game, while freshman pitcher Cord Rager recovered from a tough first inning to pitch five scoreless innings.
- Oklahoma's offense was strong with five players recording multi-hit games, and Jason Walk extended his hit streak to 13 games with two RBIs.
- Relief pitchers Gavyn Jones and LJ Mercurius effectively closed out the game, with Mercurius securing the final outs.
- Game 2 of the best-of-three finals is scheduled for Sunday at 1:30 p.m. on ABC, with freshman Xander Mercurius projected to start for Oklahoma.
