Arizona 5, Oklahoma State 1 Attendance 9,326 (MCWS Total: 237,874;; Avg. 18,298) Time of Game: 3:15 Arizona advances to CWS Finals and will play the winner between CCU/ TCU on Monday, June 27 at 6 p.m. (CT) Oklahoma State has been eliminated from the College World Series with a 3-2 record Arizona (48-22): Arizona has made 37 NCAA Tournament appearances (118-73) Its 17 trips to the CWS (42-28 record/.600) are tied for fifth most in CWS history with Oklahoma State and Stanford The Wildcats have won four National Championships (1976, 1980, 1986, 2012) In even years which Arizona has been to the CWS, they own a 32-18 record with four national titles In odd years, they are an even 10-10 First-year head coach Jay Johnson owns a 48-22 record at Arizona and is 10-2 in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, which includes a 4-1 CWS record Johnson is the seventh coach making his CWS debut to advance to the championship finals since 2002 In five years as a Division I head coach, he sports a 120-64 all-time record and is 10-4 in NCAA Tournament games The Wildcats own the fifth-most wins in CWS history with 42 (top-four: Texas/85, USC/74, Arizona State/61, Miami (Fla.)/48) Arizona is now 6-0 in elimination games this postseason The Wildcats are the first team to win six elimination games since Fresno State accomplished the same feat before winning the 2008 championship The Wildcats advanced the championship game/series for the eighth time They are looking to become the fifth team with five CWS titles, which would tie them with in-state rival Arizona State In 10 CWS games at TD Ameritrade Park (2012/2016), Arizona has outscored its opponents 14-0 in 1st inning (scored two in the bottom of the first today) The Wildcats have scored six during the 1 st inning in five games this year Zach Gibbons leads the Wildcats with 19 hits in the NCAA Tournament, including nine at the CWS (9-for-19) Gibbons posted his 30 th multi-hit game of the season He leads Division I with 103 hits on the season Gibbons is also now tied for sixth in school history for single-season hits (Clark Crist, 1979) Gibbons now leads all players at the CWS with seven RBI after recording three today He also notched his 13 th multi-rbi game of the season Starter Bobby Dalbec finished today with six strikeouts in 7.0 innings pitched He owns the most strikeouts in the 2016 NCAA Tournament with 33 and CWS with 18 Louis Boyd recorded his 7 th double of the postseason and third of the CWS with an RBI-double in the bottom of the 2 nd today Boyd had only five doubles during the regular season He has the most doubles (3) by a single player at the CWS He also scored two runs today for the first time in the NCAA Tournament Ryan Aguilar recorded his 24 th multi-hit game He hit his team-leading 22 nd double during the top of the first Aguilar has seven extra-base hits during the postseason (tied for team lead) Jared Oliva recorded his 21 st multi-hit game and extended his hit streak to seven games (matches season-high) with a bunt single in the bottom of the 5 th Cody Ramer led off the first inning with his first double of the CWS and 17 th of the season He scored his teamleading 61 st run of the season later in the inning on a ground out Arizona s four doubles matched a postseason single-game high The Wildcats also had four doubles two different times during regional play Arizona had five doubles in its first four games (127 AB) at the CWS Today the Wildcats had four doubles in eight official AB through 2 innings Arizona pitching owns a 1.20 ERA through five games at the CWS (45 IP/6 ER) with 48 strikeouts Alfonso Rivas faced one batter with runners at second and third in the bottom of the ninth and recorded a strikeout to pick up his second save of the postseason and the Wildcats third save at the CWS The Wildcats have 10 two-out RBI during the CWS, the most of any team
Oklahoma State (43-22): OSU is back in the CWS for the 20th time where they own a 40-38 all-time record The Cowboys are one of 30 teams with an all-time winning record in the CWS Among teams to play at least 30 games in Omaha, they re one of just 10 to win more games than they ve lost OSU won the 1959 national title defeating Arizona 4-0 and 5-3 for its only baseball title The Cowboys return to the CWS for the first time since 1999 The 16-year drought was tied for the longest drought among the six schools to make at least 20 CWS trips Most CWS trips all-time: Texas/35, Miami, Fla./25, Arizona State/22, Florida State/21, USC/21 and Oklahoma State/20 Josh Holliday completed his fourth year as head coach with a 170-79 all-time record as head coach Sports a 13-8 all-time record in NCAA Tournament This was the eighth meeting between Arizona and Oklahoma State in the College World Series;; the Cowboys have won 4 of 8 and eliminated the Wildcats 3 times (1954, 1955, 1959) Holiday, who has guided the Cowboys to four-straight NCAA postseason berths, is the 17th person to reach the CWS as both a player and coach Was a member of the 1996 and 1999 OSU teams as a pitcher Also made appearances with Georgia Tech (2006/Assistant Coach), Arizona State (2009) and Vanderbilt (2011) Holiday and his father Tom (OSU head coach from 1997-2003) are the first father-son combination to lead teams to the CWS Tom led OSU to the 1999 CWS where the Cowboys went 0-2 losing to Alabama 11-3 and Rice 7-2 Josh s brother Matt Holliday is a current member of the St. Louis Cardinals and seven-time MLB All-Star Oklahoma State became the sixth team to post 40 CWS wins (others: Texas/85, USC/74, Arizona State/61, Miami (Fla.)/48, Stanford/40) after beating Arizona 1-0 in Game 1 of the CWS The Cowboys are the first team in CWS history to throw consecutive 1-0 shutouts (vs. UC Santa Barbara and vs. Arizona) Thomas Hatch (9-3) saw his 2016 NCAA Tournament scoreless streak snapped at 23.1 innings after allowing a pair of runs in the first inning against Arizona After tossing nine shutout frames in Game 1 of the 2016 CWS vs. Arizona, Hatch was touched for four runs (all earned) on five hits with two walks in 2.0-plus innings (shortest outing of season) He currently stands fifth on the Cowboys single-season innings pitched charts (130.1 IP) J.R. Davis plated OSU s first run of the game with a sac fly to left field that pushed across Jon Littell, who singled to open the third inning Tallied team co-leading 25th multi-hit game with a single in the eighth inning Trey Cobb made his 24th appearance of the season (12th in relief) where he allowed one run (unearned) on four hits with a walk and five strikeouts in a season-high five innings of relief Tyler Buffett tossed one inning of scoreless relief In two CWS appearances has nine shutout innings with six strikeouts Conor Costello singled in the top of the ninth to extending his current hit streak to a season-best 14 games It was his 14th hit of the postseason OSU has scored 41 runs in the NCAA Tournament, while opponents have crossed home 20 times For the second time in this postseason, OSU trailed in a contest when Arizona scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the first in Game 13 (also trailed in G11 after the first inning). OSU had not trailed in seven games in the NCAA Tournament (a NCAA Tournament record) The last team to enter the CWS without trailing in the NCAA Tournament was Georgia Tech (2002) For the first time in program history the Cowboys will not make the CWS Finals after starting 2-0 In the five previous 2-0 starts they have reached the CWS championship game (winner: 1959;; runner-up: 1961, 1981, 1987 and 1990)
2016 College World Series Notes Runs Notes: Arizona has scored six of the eight runs in the first inning of this CWS In 10 CWS games at TD Ameritrade Park (2012 and 2016), the Wildcats have now outscored its opponents 14-0 in 1st inning The Wildcats nine runs in Game 11 vs. Oklahoma State are the most in a CWS game since Florida scored 10 last year against eventual champion Virginia in Game 11 Arizona (three times), TCU (twice), Coastal Carolina (once), Texas Tech (once) and UC Santa Barbara (once) have each scored at least five runs in a game this CWS Through 13 games there have been 78 runs scored tied for second fewest in CWS history (70 in 2014) Of the last 52 teams to score five or more runs at the CWS, 49 of them have won (Virginia lost 10-5 to Florida/2015, Virginia lost 9-8 to Vanderbilt/ 2014, TTU lost 7-5 to Coastal Carolina/2016) since 2010 at Rosenblatt Since the CWS moved to TD Ameritrade Park, teams that score at least 5 runs are 43-3 (.935) In this year s CWS, 51 of the 78 runs scored (65.4%) have been driven in via a hit In other words, 27 of the 78 runs (34.6%) have scored as a result of something other than a hit Actual scoring breakdown: hits (52), sac fly (10), error (7), groundout/fielder s choice (4), sac bunt (2), walk (2), wild pitch (1) Inning breakdown of runs scored: first (8), second (9), third (11), fourth (10), fifth (10), sixth (6), seventh (4), eighth (7) and ninth (12) Hit Notes: Coastal Carolina s first five hits of the game (vs. Florida/G4) went for extra bases (3 doubles, 2 triples) marking the first time at the CWS in TDAPO that a team s first five base knocks were for extra bases Hits breakdown: singles (126), doubles (33), triples (4) and home runs (8) Pinch hitters in the CWS this year are 6-for-14 (.429) with two RBI UC Santa Barbara has three of the five hits with Ryan Cumberland (UCSB) leading the way Home Run Notes: Through 13 games of the CWS, there have been eight home runs with TCU s Luken Baker smacking two (Games 3 and 8) Other home runs: Cam Warner (TCU/G3), Zack Collins (Miami/G5), Eric Gutierrez (TTU/G7), Peter Alonso (Florida/G7), Jared Oliva (Arizona/G9) and Dane Steinhagen (TCU/G12) Luken Baker s (TCU) three-run homer in the top of the ninth is just the second homer in the 9th inning (or later) in the CWS at TDAPO (other was Jeren Kendall from Vanderbilt in 2015 walk-off) The total number of home runs at TDAPO is 48 (88 CWS game in park history) CWS home run chart at TDAPO including Wednesday: LF/22, LCF/5, CF/3, RCF/2 and RF/16) In all games played at TDAPO, there have been 120 home runs Luken Baker homered in consecutive at-bats (last vs. TTU/G3 and first vs. Coastal/G8) It s the first time someone has belted homers in consecutive plate appearances since Texas Russell Moldenhauer on June 22, 2009 (vs. Arizona State) Pitching Notes Game 1 between Oklahoma State and UC Santa Barbara was the first CWS game with both starting pitchers throwing a complete game since June 19, 2013 Oregon State s Matt Boyd & Indiana s Aaron Siegers did it Andrew Beckwith (Coastal Carolina/G4) is the third pitcher in this year s CWS to toss a complete game (others: Thomas Hatch/Oklahoma State and Shane Bieber/UC Santa Barbara both in G1) There was only one complete thrown in the 2014 CWS and 2015 CWS Beckwith is the first pitcher in the CWS to have two complete games since Konner Wade (Arizona/2012) Arizona is the first staff since 2010 to have two pitchers with at least 10 strikeouts in a game (Nathan Bannister/11 and Bobby Dalbec/12) The last team was UCLA in 2010 (Trevor Bauer twice, Gerrit Cole) OSU had its 18.0 scoreless streak snapped when Arizona scored a run in the first inning of Game 11 Pepperdine (1992) holds the CWS record with 24 consecutive scoreless innings to start a CWS
Taking The Lead Notes: Teams leading after eight innings have won 93 of the last 95 CWS games (Vanderbilt overcame a 3-1 deficit to defeat Cal State Fullerton 4-3 in Game 4 of 2015;; TCU scored three runs in top of ninth to beat Texas Tech in Game 3 of 2016) Teams leading after eight innings at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha are 229-8 all-time at TDAPO in 237 games Shutout Notes: With Thomas Hatch s (Oklahoma State) complete game shutout in Game 1 vs. UC Santa Barbara, it was the 82nd CG SHO in CWS History and first since Matt Boyd (Oregon State) on 2013 vs. Indiana on 6/19/13 which is a 1-0 contest Only four teams have opened the CWS with back-to-back shutouts;; 2 went on to win the title (1992 Pepperdine and 1955 Wake Forest did, 1970 Florida St didn't) Oklahoma State has two in 2016 CWS Last team to throw consecutive shutouts was Texas in 2014 (against UC Irvine/1-0 and Vanderbilt/4-0) the Longhorns finished tied for third in the CWS that year Oklahoma State is the first school in CWS history to throw consecutive 1-0 shutouts (vs. UC Santa Barbara/Game 1, vs. Arizona/Game 6) They are the fourth team to open a CWS with back-to-back shutouts 2 of previous 3 went on to win the national championship With OSU s 1-0 win over UC Santa Barbara, it is the fourth-straight year with a 1-0 game in the CWS There were no 1-0 games in Omaha from 1986-2012 (27 years) Last 1-0 game to open a CWS was in 1985 (Arkansas 1, South Carolina 0) There have been three 1-0 games to open a CWS (Wake Forest 1, Colgate 0/1955;; Minnesota 1, Oklahoma 0/1973;; Arkansas 1, South Carolina 0/1985) This is the 22nd 1-0 decision in CWS history UC Santa Barbara became the sixth team to be shutout twice in the same CWS (1-0/Oklahoma State, 3-0/Arizona) the last was Rice in 2006 National Seeds Notes National Seeds are 1-6 in the 2016 CWS (No. 1 Florida/0-2/eliminated;; No. 3 Miami/0-2/eliminated;; No. 5 Texas Tech/1-2) It s the 17th-straight year that a No. 1 national seed will not win the title only team to do it was Miami in 1999 Only two of the last 12 national champions have been national seeds (LSU/2009 and South Carolina/2011) For the 11th time in 13 years, the national champion will not be a top 8 national seed Fewest wins by National Seeds in the CWS (one in 2016) Previous was three in 2010 (3-7) Despite winning seven of their eight regionals, the National Seeds are just 31-21 this season Since the NCAA Tournament expanded in 1999, there have only been five seasons where the top-8 seed won fewer than 35 games (2014/27-19 record, 2016/31-21, 2007/31-18, 2013/34-20, 2010/34-20) For the first time since the bracket expanded in 1999 that no national seed has been among the last four teams remaining in the CWS (Arizona, Coastal Carolina, Oklahoma State an TCU are the four teams left in 2016)
Miscellaneous Notes First official review in CWS history (started in 2012) came in top of the third inning of Game 4 in the 2016 CWS between Coastal Carolina and Florida The call was four minutes and six seconds (4:06) and was overturned on the field in favor of Coastal Carolina Original call was a foul ball down the right field line overturned for an RBI double Florida is the fourth program with 10 CWS appearances who have not won a championship (Florida State/21, Clemson/12, Florida/10, North Carolina/10, Northern Colorado/10) For the first time since 2012, the CWS had more than one team in the field make its first CWS appearance with Coastal Carolina and UC Santa Barbara In 2012, it was Kent State (1-2) and Stony Brook (0-2) Oklahoma State was the last of three Big 12 teams standing in this year s CWS (Texas Tech and TCU) Last time a conference had multiple bids with each team reaching Omaha was the Big 8 in 1993 (Kansas and Oklahoma State) Last time a conference has three or more bids with each team making the CWS was the SEC in 1990 (Georgia, LSU and Mississippi State) Josh Holliday (Oklahoma State), Jay Johnson (Arizona) and Gary Gillmore (Coastal Carolina) picked their first career wins in the CWS The last head coach to win his CWS debut was Elliot Avent (NC State) on June 16, 2013 Jay Johnson is the seventh coach to advance to the CWS Finals in his CWS debut Since 2002, Johnson joins the following list: 2013 - John Cohen (Miss. State) - 2nd place;; 2010 - John Savage (UCLA) - 2nd place;; 2008 - Mike Batesole (Fresno State) - CWS Winner;; 2006 - Mike Fox (North Carolina) - 2nd place;; 2005 - Pat McMahan (Florida) - 2nd place;; 2002 - Ray Tanner (South Carolina) - 2nd place June 13, 1955 was the last time that Oklahoma State and Arizona both won CWS games on the same day Saturday marked the first time two head coaches (Josh Holliday and Jay Johnson) won their CWS debut on the same day since June 19, 2010, when Jim Schlossnagle (TCU) and John Savage (UCLA) both won, also on the Opening Day of the CWS The Big 12 is 20-8 (.714) in the NCAA Tournament after Saturday s results No conference to earn at least 3 bids has ever posted a winning percentage better than.760 They Big 12 finished 5-6 in 2016 CWS Those 20 victories have come against teams from 13 different leagues The Big 12 is the only conference with a different regular-season and postseason champion both in Omaha (Texas Tech and TCU) With TCU s 6-1 victory over Coastal Carolina, they improve to 2-0 in the 2016 CWS The Frogs joined Big 12 foe Oklahoma State (2-0) in the winner s bracket marking the third time that two schools from the same conference started 2-0 in the CWS (others: Arkansas and Texas/1979 Southwest Conference;; Florida and South Carolina/2011 Southeastern Conference) For the first time since 2005, the Atlantic Coast Conference failed to advance a team past its first two games Teams to score first are now 11-2 in the 2016 CWS Visiting teams are 9-4 so far this year Game 5 had a 62-minute rain delay Last weather delay in CWS was Vanderbilt vs. Cal State Fullerton (June 14 & 15, 2015) Delay lasted 1:19 with Cal State leading 3-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning later suspended until next day) The start time of Game 6 was delayed two hours and 21 minutes due to weather Last time we had a starting delay for inclement weather was June 21, 2012 (South Carolina vs. Kent State) Rain forced the game to be moved from June 20 to June 21 The last time the SEC and ACC both went winless at the CWS was in 1984 neither conference had a team in the College World Series that year Teams that have committed three or more errors in a CWS game have lost the last 16 games (TTU did it twice in this CWS) The last such victor was Texas on June 23, 2009 Since the move to TD Ameritrade Park, teams to commit three errors in the CWS are 0-14 The last team to win two or more games in its first CWS appearance was Vanderbilt in 2011 (Vanderbilt was 2-2 that season) Coastal Carolina is 2-1 and will seek its third win against TCU on Friday, June 24 at 7 p.m. Texas Tech (9) and Coastal Carolina (7) combined for 16 walks in Game 10 It was the most by two teams in a single game since June 14, 2002 when Nebraska (9) and Clemson (12) combined for 21 The nine walks drawn by TTU are the most since Vanderbilt had nine vs. Louisville (June 14, 2014) Since the CWS switched over to two four-team brackets in 1988, there have only been two seasons where both "if necessary" games were required to determine the teams in the championship game - 1988 and 2010 Coastal Carolina is first team with three wins in its CWS debut since TCU in 2010 Only other in last 25 years to do so was 1994 Georgia Tech CCU s Andrew Beckwith threw 137 pitches against TCU (G12), which are the most since Ricky Romero (Cal State Fullerton) threw 139 vs. Miami (Fla.) on June 21, 2004