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Texas gets even with Arizona State, 5-1

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Texas’ Jordan Etier hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth and the Longhorns tied the super regional against Arizona State at a game apiece with a 5-1 victory at Austin, Texas.

The Longhorns and Sun Devils, two of the most storied programs in college baseball, will play for a spot in the College World Series on Sunday night.

Etier had a key error in Texas’ 3-1 loss Friday night.

The Longhorns (48-17) were up 2-0 in the bottom of the sixth, when the Sun Devils (43-17) used two singles and a sacrifice fly to cut Texas’ lead in half.

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Cole Green (8-3) gave up one run on six hits in five innings for Texas.

at North Carolina 7, Stanford 5: Kent Emanuel held the Cardinal to one run through six innings and North Carolina held off a late rally to clinch another trip to the College World Series.

Jacob Stallings drove in three runs for the Tar Heels (50-14), who swept the super regional to advance to Omaha for the fifth time in six seasons.

The Tar Heels led 6-1 going into the bottom of the eighth inning before the Cardinal (35-22) rallied to within a run behind a three-RBI double from Austin Wilson. Then, with two out in the top of the ninth, officials stopped the game for 3 1/2 hours due to lightning and heavy rain.

at California 7, Dallas Baptist 0: Justin Jones threw a one-hitter over six innings before leaving with a left biceps problem and the Bears powered past the Patriots in their super regional opener.

Chad Bunting and Marcus Semien each hit a three-run homers and Devon Rodriguez also drove in a run for the Bears (36-21), who won their fifth straight.

Mississippi State 4, at Florida 3: Nick Vickerson hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth for the Bulldogs, tying their super regional at a game apiece.

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Jarrod Parks led off the ninth with a single off Florida’s Nick Maronde, and Vickerson hit the first pitch he saw from reliever Steven Rodriguez over the fence in left-center field.

Florida (49-17) built a 2-0 lead on Nolan Fontana’s sacrifice fly in the third and Josh Adams’ solo homer in the sixth, and Mississippi State (38-24) tied the game in the seventh on RBI singles by Cody Freeman and Brent Brownlee.

The Gators broke the tie with a run in the eighth on Tyler Thompson’s triple to center.

Texas A&M 6, at Florida State 2: Brandon Wood hit a two-run single to highlight a four-run seventh inning and the Aggies won the first game of the super regional.

Texas A&M (46-19) is one win from its first College World Series appearance since 1999.

at South Carolina 5, Connecticut 1: Michael Roth pitched into the ninth inning, giving up six hits, and Scott Wingo had two RBIs as the defending national champions won Game 1 against the Huskies.

Roth (13-3) got stronger as the game progressed, notching his first two strikeouts of the game on UConn stars George Springer and Mike Nemeth in the eighth inning.

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