North Carolina beat Oklahoma 6-2 in Game 2 of the College World Series finals Sunday. Ryan Lynch and Caden Glauber cooled off Oklahoma’s bats, Owen Hull and Cooper Nicholson homered, and North Carolina beat Oklahoma 6-2 in Game 2 of the College World Series finals Sunday.
Game Recap
The Tar Heels (54-13-1), who haven’t lost consecutive games since early March, bounced back from a 9-3 loss in Game 1 to force a winner-take-all game Monday night. The Sooners (42-23) scored twice in the first inning and then had two hits and a total of five baserunners the rest of the way.
Lynch injured his lower left side throwing a pitch in the fifth and gave way to Glauber (12-0), who struck out the side and fanned a total of eight over five innings. The Tar Heels improved to 29-0 when he pitches. OU, which had been averaging 9.4 runs per game in the postseason and 8.25 in the CWS, was held to its fewest runs since a May 19 loss to LSU.
Nicholson’s team-leading 16th homer, off Nate Smithburg in the seventh, made it 6-2. Glauber walked consecutive batters with one out in the ninth. The game ended when Dasan Harris grounded to second and Gavin Gallaher turned an unassisted double play that was confirmed after Oklahoma challenged the call.
Original reporting: KOCO Sports (Oklahoma City) — read the source article.
