Stanford Defeats Notre Dame
Sam Fuld and Carlos Quentin homered, and Stanford held off Notre Dame, 5-3, Tuesday night at Omaha and eliminated the Fighting Irish (50-18) from the College World Series.
Stanford (47-17) will play Texas on Thursday in a rematch of the Longhorns’ 8-7 victory Monday that put the Cardinal in the elimination round. Texas needs one victory to reach Saturday’s championship game of the double-elimination tournament.
Steve Stanley was two for three with a run batted in and a stolen base. He also scored a run for Notre Dame.
South Carolina 9, Georgia Tech 5--Steve Thomas and Justin Harris hit home runs, and the Gamecocks (55-17) eliminated the Yellow Jackets (52-16).
The Gamecocks avenged an 11-0 loss to the Yellow Jackets in the first round and set up another game against Clemson, which is unbeaten in the tournament.
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