The Titans (46-22), seeking their first national title since 1995 and their fourth overall, can wrap up the best-of-three series with a win over the Longhorns (58-14) today.

"Texas is not going to go away," Fullerton coach George Horton said. "They're going to keep making runs at us."

Fullerton has won 31 of its past 37 games after starting the season 15-16.

"We had our rock-bottom part of the season and then got the ball rolling," Dorn said. "We don't think so much about winning the national championship tomorrow as we do about going out and winning the first pitch and then the pitch after that."

Dorn stepped to the plate after star reliever Huston Street struck out the Nos. 3 and 4 batters — Baldwin High alum Kurt Suzuki and P.J. Pilittere. Justin Turner and Clark Hardman had led off the seventh with singles against J. Brent Cox (6-2).

Dorn, who had just three hits in his first 17 CWS at-bats, lined Street's 2-2 pitch into the gap. The ball bounced off the heel of Texas left fielder Carson Kainer's glove for a two-run double.

"I felt like I had been struggling," Dorn said. "I was trying to pick up a teammate (Suzuki) who had picked me up all year. Luckily I got a pitch to hit and got the barrel on it."

Kainer said he should have made the catch.

"I got a decent jump," Kainer said. "It got up in the lights. I stayed with it. I saw it come out of the lights and I dove. It just hit off my glove. If I catch it, I'm a hero. It's a tough play to make."

Felipe Garcia drove in Dorn for a 6-4 advantage. Garcia had four hits and three RBIs. Suzuki went 0 for 5 and scored a run.

Ricky Romero (14-4) gave up all eight of Texas' hits in 6á innings. He walked two and struck out eight.

Vinnie Pestano, Ryan Schreppel and Mike Martinez combined on 2¡ innings of shutout relief. Martinez earned his second save.

Texas threatened in the bottom of the ninth after Pestano hit pinch hitter Hunter Harris with a pitch and Michael Hollimon reached on a fielder's choice when shortstop Neil Walton was charged with a throwing error on an attempted force play at second.

But Drew Stubbs, facing Martinez, struck out for the fifth time in the game and Seth Johnston grounded out to end the game.

The Longhorns had taken a 4-3 lead with a three-run fifth inning against Romero.

Ryan Russ walked and Hollimon followed with a bunt single. Johnston lined a single into right and Fullerton right fielder Bobby Andrews overthrew catcher Suzuki, allowing Hollimon to score and putting Johnston at third. Johnston scored on Curtis Thigpen's sacrifice fly.

This is the second year that the CWS has had a best-of-three championship rather than a winner-take-all final.