College World Series schedule, scores
The College World Series got underway Friday in Omaha, the final event on the collegiate sports calendar for the academic year. Nebraska’s largest city has hosted the event since 1950 and has become the ultimate goal for every college baseball program.
We understand that some of you are purists who have trouble getting used to the ping of the metal bats in the college game. But there’s a lot of impressive pitching as well, and there should be plenty of that on display in Omaha this week.
For those unfamiliar with the CWS format, the eight teams are split into two four-team pools, and each foursome will play a double-elimination mini-tournament similar to the regionals in the earlier rounds. The two bracket winners will then square off in a best-of-three final, akin to the super regionals, to determine the national champion.
This year’s Omaha octet features five of the teams with top-eight national seeds entering the NCAA tournament, including the top two.
College World Series schedule, scores
Friday's games
Game 1 - Oral Roberts 6, TCU 5
Game 2 - Florida 6, Virginia 5
Saturday, June 17
Game 3 - Wake Forest 3, Stanford 2
Sunday, June 18
Game 5 - TCU 4, Virginia 3 (Virginia eliminated)
Game 6 - Florida 5, Oral Roberts 4
Monday, June 19
Game 7 - Tennessee 6, Stanford 4 (Stanford eliminated)
Game 8 - Wake Forest 3, LSU 2
Tuesday, June 20
Game 9 - TCU 6, Oral Roberts 1 (Oral Roberts eliminated)
Game 10 - LSU 5, Tennessee 0 (Tennessee eliminated)
Wednesday, June 21
Game 11 - Florida 3, TCU 2 (TCU eliminated)
Game 12 - LSU 5, Wake Forest 2
Thursday, June 22
Game 14 - LSU 2, Wake Forest 0 (Wake Forest eliminated)
Championship series
Best two-of-three
SATURDAY, JUNE 24
Game 1 - LSU 4, Florida 3 (11 innings)
SUNDAY, JUNE 25
Game 2 - Florida vs. LSU, 3 p.m., ESPN
MONDAY, JUNE 26
Game 3 - Florida vs. LSU, if necessary, 7 p.m., ESPN
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: College World Series schedule, scores
