The first error of the College World Series wasn’t committed by any of the teams playing, it was the guy that did the artwork on one of the dugouts that got that honor. You will notice on the picture that College has three L’s instead of one. In a crazy twist to this mishap all 4 teams that were in the dugout that had the extra ‘L’ in college yesterday took an ‘L’ in the opening round of the College World Series.
The Cards baseball team couldn’t get the bats going against Indiana and the great pitching performance of Joey DeNato on Saturday and were shut out in their first game of the College World Series 2-0. DeNato turned in a four-hit, complete-game shutout, walking three and striking out eight. He threw 136 pitches and got stronger as the game went on. Oddly enough the only other shut out of the season was at the hands of DeNato and Indiana earlier in the season.
Today the Louisville Baseball team is down to their last chance. They will play against Oregon State the No. 3 national seed at 3pm and the team that gets the “L” in this one will be eliminated from the College World Series.
-BASEBALL AMERICA OREGON SCOUTING REPORT
OREGON STATE (No. 3 national seed)
Record: 50-11. Preseason ranking: 6. Ranking at end of regular season: 4.
Season In A Nutshell: The Beavers got off to a 15-0 start—their best since 1986—and never looked back, winning the Pac-12 by two games over Oregon. They allowed just seven runs in a three-game sweep through the Corvallis Regional, then bounced back from a loss to Kansas State by winning the next two games of their super regional.
Tune into ESPN2 at 3pm and cheer on the Cards. If you are at work you can listen on ESPN radio or the watch ESPN App.