Oklahoma Sooners vs North Carolina Tar Heels

Men's College World Series Championship Final - Game 2 • OU leads series 1-0

North Carolina Tar HeelsNorth CarolinaUNC

53-13-1

5th,0 outs

Oklahoma SoonersOklahomaOU

42-22


UNC
OU

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	3	0	1	-	-	-	-	4	6	1
2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1

J. Bodin

0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 1 BB

T. Howe

0-2, 2 K

North Carolina Hitting

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

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	1	1	2	0	0	1	.356	.468	.557
3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.393	.500	.619
2	0	1	0	0	1	1	.293	.384	.491
3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.301	.423	.482
1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.256	.434	.553
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.236	.363	.329
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.260	.348	.479
0	1	0	0	0	2	0	.240	.398	.296
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.303	.342	.530
18	4	6	3	1	4	8

Batting
3BJ. Schaffner (8, X. Mercurius)
HRO. Hull (9, 5th inning off X. Mercurius 0 on, 0 Out)
RBIJ. Schaffner 2 (50), O. Hull (86)
GIDPE. Paulsen; R. Kellis V
Team LOB4
Team RISP1-4 (C. Hynek 0-1, J. Schaffner 1-1, O. Hull 0-1, T. Howe 0-1)

Fielding
EC. Hynek (4, throw)

Oklahoma Hitting

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

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
2	1	1	0	0	0	.284	.385	.412
0	1	0	0	1	0	.301	.404	.485
2	0	0	0	0	1	.336	.404	.627
2	0	1	1	0	0	.308	.401	.511
2	0	0	0	0	1	.288	.430	.524
2	0	1	0	0	1	.299	.391	.523
2	0	0	0	0	0	.365	.420	.595
2	0	0	0	0	2	.245	.377	.551
1	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.316	.290
15	2	3	1	1	5

Batting
2BJ. Willits (19, R. Lynch)
RBIJ. Willits (53)
Team LOB3
Team RISP1-4 (J. Willits 1-1, T. Gambill 0-1, B. Brock 0-1, D. Lachance 0-1)

Baserunning
SBJ. Walk (19, 3rd base off R. Lynch/C. Hynek); C. Johnson (31, 2nd base off R. Lynch/C. Hynek)

Fielding
ED. Lachance (7, throw)

North Carolina Pitching

pitchers
R. Lynch
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
4.0	3	2	2	1	5	0	56-36	4.21
4.0	3	2	2	1	5	0	56-36

Pitching
HBPC. Johnson (by R. Lynch)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedR. Lynch 11/17
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesR. Lynch-12-2-12-10
Ground Balls-Fly BallsR. Lynch 3-4

Oklahoma Pitching

pitchers
X. Mercurius
J. Bodin
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
4.0	5	4	4	3	8	1	91-53	5.76
0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	12-6	5.35
4.2	6	4	4	4	8	1	103-59

Pitching
WPX. Mercurius
HBPC. Nicholson (by X. Mercurius)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedJ. Bodin 1/3; X. Mercurius 11/20
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesJ. Bodin-3-1-0-2; X. Mercurius-7-17-21-8
Ground Balls-Fly BallsJ. Bodin 2-0; X. Mercurius 3-1

Scoring Summary

		UNC	OU
1st	J. Walk stole third, C. Johnson stole second, J. Walk scored, C. Johnson safe at third on throwing error by catcher C. Hynek.	0	1
1st	J. Willits doubled to deep right center, C. Johnson scored.	0	2
3rd	J. Schaffner tripled to right, C. French and R. Kellis V scored.	2	2
3rd	J. Schaffner scored on X. Mercurius' wild pitch.	3	2
5th	O. Hull homered to right.	4	2

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