North Carolina Tar Heels vs Oklahoma Sooners

Men's College World Series Championship Final - Game 3 • OU wins series 2-1

Oklahoma SoonersOklahomaOU

43-23

Final

North Carolina Tar HeelsNorth CarolinaUNC

54-14-1


OU
UNC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	2	1	3	1	2	0	4	0	13	14	1
0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	1

Oklahoma Hitting

hitters
J. Walk CF
C. Johnson 3B
D. Lachance C
J. Willits SS
T. Gambill LF
B. Brock DH
D. Harris RF
D. Tockey 1B
K. Branch 2B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	1	1	0	0	1	2	.280	.380	.404
4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.298	.403	.478
5	0	0	1	0	1	1	.327	.396	.609
4	2	3	2	0	2	0	.313	.407	.515
5	1	0	0	0	0	4	.285	.426	.514
3	2	2	1	0	2	0	.302	.399	.522
5	2	2	1	0	0	2	.361	.415	.581
5	2	2	1	1	0	1	.250	.375	.567
4	2	3	6	1	1	1	.222	.324	.312
40	13	14	12	2	8	12

Batting
2BJ. Willits (20, J. Rose)
HRK. Branch (4, 8th inning off T. Chmielewski 2 on, 2 Out); D. Tockey (9, 5th inning off M. Matthijs 0 on, 0 Out)
RBIJ. Willits 2 (55), D. Harris (31), K. Branch 6 (29), D. Tockey (23), B. Brock (55), D. Lachance (69)
2Out RBIB. Brock
GIDPD. Lachance
Team LOB9
Team RISP7-16 (J. Walk 0-1, J. Willits 1-1, C. Johnson 0-1, D. Harris 2-3, K. Branch 3-3, T. Gambill 0-3, D. Tockey 0-2, B. Brock 1-1, D. Lachance 0-1)

Fielding
EC. Johnson (16, throw)
AssistsD. Harris (C. French at 3rd base)

North Carolina Hitting

hitters
J. Schaffner SS
O. Hull CF
G. Gallaher 2B
E. Paulsen 1B
C. Nicholson 3B
C. Hynek C
C. French RF
R. Kellis V DH
T. Howe LF
a J. Nunez PH-LF
b M. Maginnis PH
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	1	2	0	0	1	.356	.467	.552
3	0	2	1	1	0	.393	.500	.615
4	0	1	1	0	2	.291	.381	.484
4	0	1	0	0	1	.302	.422	.482
4	0	0	0	0	2	.253	.429	.557
4	0	0	0	0	1	.253	.339	.466
4	0	2	0	0	1	.248	.407	.302
4	0	1	0	0	1	.296	.333	.507
2	0	0	0	0	1	.233	.364	.324
1	1	1	0	0	0	.310	.412	.483
1	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.293	.200
36	2	10	2	1	11

a-singled to right for T. Howe in the 7th

b-struck out looking for J. Nunez in the 9th

Batting
RBIG. Gallaher (64), O. Hull (87)
2Out RBIO. Hull
Team LOB8
Team RISP3-6 (G. Gallaher 1-2, E. Paulsen 0-1, O. Hull 1-1, R. Kellis V 1-1, C. Nicholson 0-1)

Fielding
EC. Nicholson (15, fielding)
AssistsC. French (D. Harris at 3rd base)

Oklahoma Pitching

pitchers
N. Wesloski
L. Mercurius (W, 7-7)
J. Cleveland
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
2.1	5	1	1	1	3	50-30	3.65
5.2	4	1	1	0	5	79-52	4.43
1.0	1	0	0	0	3	13-11	5.53
9.0	10	2	2	1	11	142-93

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedJ. Cleveland 4/4; LJ Mercurius 16/21; N. Wesloski 7/12
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesJ. Cleveland-5-2-3-1; LJ Mercurius-13-10-14-15; N. Wesloski-9-5-8-8
Ground Balls-Fly BallsLJ Mercurius 3-9; N. Wesloski 1-2

North Carolina Pitching

pitchers
J. Rose (L, 5-1)
W. McDuffie
C. Glauber
M. Matthijs
F. Boaz
C. Padgett
T. Chmielewski
K. Percival
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
2.2	6	3	3	0	5	0	70-46	2.55
0.2	1	3	3	3	1	0	25-10	3.63
0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7-2	2.05
1.0	1	1	1	1	3	1	23-14	6.39
2.0	3	2	0	1	2	0	39-26	6.83
1.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	27-17	7.11
0.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	17-10	4.91
1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-8	3.86
9.0	14	13	11	8	12	2	220-133

Pitching
WPT. Chmielewski; F. Boaz; J. Rose
HBPC. Johnson (by F. Boaz)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedT. Chmielewski 2/3; C. Padgett 4/5; M. Matthijs 3/5; K. Percival 1/3; F. Boaz 5/11; W. McDuffie 1/5; C. Glauber 1/3; J. Rose 11/14
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesT. Chmielewski-2-2-4-2; C. Padgett-3-1-10-3; M. Matthijs-6-4-3-1; K. Percival-0-2-3-3; F. Boaz-7-5-8-6; W. McDuffie-2-3-3-2; C. Glauber-0-1-0-1; J. Rose-10-7-20-9
Ground Balls-Fly BallsT. Chmielewski 0-1; C. Padgett 3-0; K. Percival 2-1; F. Boaz 1-2; W. McDuffie 0-1; J. Rose 3-0

Scoring Summary

		OU	UNC
2nd	K. Branch singled to right, D. Harris scored, D. Tockey to third.	1	0
2nd	D. Tockey scored, K. Branch to second on wild pitch by J. Rose.	2	0
3rd	B. Brock singled to center, J. Willits scored.	3	0
3rd	G. Gallaher singled to center, J. Schaffner scored, O. Hull to third.	3	1
4th	D. Lachance walked, K. Branch scored, J. Walk to third, C. Johnson to second.	4	1
4th	J. Willits singled to right, J. Walk and C. Johnson scored, D. Lachance to second.	6	1
5th	D. Tockey homered to right.	7	1
6th	K. Branch singled to right, J. Willits and B. Brock scored, D. Harris thrown out at third.	9	1
7th	O. Hull reached on infield single to shortstop, J. Nunez scored, J. Schaffner to second, J. Schaffner to third, O. Hull to second on throwing error by third baseman C. Johnson.	9	2
8th	D. Harris singled to left, T. Gambill scored, B. Brock to second.	10	2
8th	K. Branch homered to left, B. Brock and D. Harris scored.	13	2

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