Oregon State captures 2018 College World Series Title

Congratulations to Oregon State University for capturing their third ever College World Series Title. OSU clinched the CWS title with a 5-0 win over Arkansas in game three of the series Finals. OSU finishes an outstanding season with a record of 55-12-1, including six elimination-game wins during its time in Omaha. The title for OSU comes with some sorrow for Arkansas, which played an outstanding CWS with it's stellar pitching and hitting.

Arkansas was just a lazy pop fly away from winning the College World Series in game 2. With Oregon State down 3-2 and facing their final out in the ninth inning of Game 2 on Wednesday night, a foul ball from Cadyn Grenier seemingly gifted them the end of the game. Then, three different Razorback fielders just let the championship fall between them. OSU was able to rally for a 5-3 win and remain alive in the CWS.

In the decisive game 3, OSU pitcher Kevin Abel threw a complete game shutout, striking out 10 Razorbacks (48-21) to record his fourth win of the College World Series, a new CWS record for victories. Abel allowed just two hits, and retired the final 20 batters he faced in the winning effort. Adley Rutschman tallied three hits in the contest, passing Jacoby Ellsbury for the Oregon State single-season record with 102, and setting a new College World Series record with 17 hits at the event. The sophomore catcher added two RBIs and scored a run.