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College World Series at a glance

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What: 63rd NCAA College World Series

at Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha.

When: Today-June 24.

Opening games (all times PDT): Today -- Cal State Fullerton (47-14) vs. Arkansas (39-22), 11 a.m., ESPN; Louisiana State (51-16) vs. Virginia (48-13-1), 4 p.m., ESPN. Sunday -- Arizona State (49-12) vs. North Carolina (47-16), 11 a.m., ESPN; Southern Mississippi (40-24) vs. Texas (46-14-1), 4 p.m., ESPN2.

(Double-elimination bracket play continues Monday through June 21. Best-of-three championship series, June 22-24, will be televised by ESPN.)

Fullerton leaders: Hitting -- OF Josh Fellhauer (.399), 1B Jared Clark (.363, 12 HR, 81 RBI), OF Khris Davis (.336, 16 HR), OF Gary Brown (.337, 23 SB), SS Christian Colon (.352, 14 SB). Today’s probable starter -- Noe Ramirez (9-1, 2.86 ERA).

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Arkansas leaders: Hitting -- 1B/3B Andy Wilkins (.326, 18 HR), SS/2B Ben Tschepikow (.310, 9 HR, 16 SB), INF Zack Cox (12 HR), P/OF Brett Eibner (10 HR), SS/DH Scott Lyons (.302, 8 HR). Today’s probable starter -- Dallas Keuchel (7-3, 4.04).

In the draft: A total of 13 players -- seven from Fullerton and six from Arkansas -- were selected this week in Major League Baseball’s annual draft. Drafted from Fullerton were Fellhauer (seventh round), Cincinnati; Davis (7), Milwaukee; Clark (12) Colorado; C Dustin Garneau (19), Colorado; P Michael Morrison (29), Detroit; P Kyle Witten (41) Seattle; 2B Joe Scott (42), Colorado. Selected from Arkansas were Keuchel (7), Houston; P Stephen Richards (8), Florida; Lyons (15), Kansas City; Tschepikow (17), Kansas City; P Mike Bolsinger (33), Oakland; C Ryan Cisterna (34), Angels.

Local Razorback: Lyons played at Charter Oak High, Cal State Northridge and Mt. San Antonio College before transferring to Arkansas in 2008.

-- Gary Klein

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