OMAHA, Neb. — Georgia's pitchers are lined up and ready to go.

Fresno State's? Not so much.

After his team beat North Carolina 6-1 on Sunday night to reach the best-of-three championship round of the College World Series, Fresno State coach Mike Batesole said he'll be forced to use a patchwork pitching plan and hope for the best.

Not that Batesole is complaining. Fresno State has surprised everyone in college baseball with its amazing postseason run.

Everybody but Batesole, that is.

"We've got plenty left," he said. "I'm a little concerned about who's going to pitch (Monday) or Tuesday. Wednesday, we might be able to rally the troops a little. But you might see six or seven guys go out there (Monday) or Tuesday.

"It's going to be a guy trying to get three outs and then go on to the next guy. This team has a way of finding a way."

While Fresno State (45-30) tries to cobble together its pitching, Georgia (44-23-1) is going to be looking for more lengthy outings from its starters. Georgia coach David Perno said staff ace Trevor Holder (8-4) will get the ball Monday night and Nick Montgomery (4-2) on Tuesday. Perno said he's keeping his options open if a third game is needed Wednesday.

Fresno State and Georgia both have defied the prevailing thought that it's strong pitching that gets a team to Omaha.

Fresno State (4.69) and Georgia (4.82) came here with the worst ERAs among the eight CWS teams, and neither is in the top 50 nationally.

But Fresno State leads the CWS with a 3.09 ERA, holding all four of its opponents to five runs or less. The Bulldogs have also made it through the postseason without ace Tanner Scheppers, a second-round pick by Pittsburgh who is out with a slight rotator cuff tear.

Justin Wilson has assumed the No. 1 role. In 12 1-3 innings over two starts at the CWS, Wilson has a 2.92 ERA. Justin Miller got knocked around for three runs in four innings in a start against North Carolina, but Fresno State ended up winning 5-3.

Sunday, it was Clayton Allison's turn.

Out since the second game of super regionals because of tendinitis in his right (throwing) shoulder, Allison (4-5) allowed only Dustin Ackley's double to start the game and five singles. The only run against him came when he issued a bases-loaded walk in the fourth.

"It was a gutsy performance when we needed one the most," Batesole said. "That was a mental win. It didn't have much to do with what he had physically. That was a mental battle, and he won it."

Tommy Mendonca provided the offensive lift, driving in four of Fresno State's six runs.

"If you look where we started out," closer Brandon Burke said, "where we're at now is inconceivable."

A Fresno State team that became the first No. 4 regional seed to reach the CWS now finds itself matched against Georgia — and on a list of surprise finalists that includes clubs such as Eastern Michigan in 1976, Wichita State in 1982 and Pepperdine in 1992.

North Carolina (54-14), the No. 2 national seed and CWS runner-up the past two years, was denied a third straight appearance in the finals.

"Fresno, they've got to put the underdog card down," Perno said. "It isn't going to fly with us. They're a real good baseball team."

Georgia is the first team to bounce back from a losing season to reach the CWS finals the following year.

Neither has an overly impressive record, and no team with more than 23 losses has ever won a national title. That could change this year.

Georgia came back from a loss to Lipscomb in its regional opener to advance to super regionals, where it won a three-game series with North Carolina State. The Bulldogs have relied on hot hitting — five players are batting .400 or better in Omaha — to win all three of their games and cover some pitching problems. No starter has lasted more than four innings, and closer Joshua Fields has struggled.

Fresno State's journey to the finals started in San Diego, where it came off a 15-1 thumping by the host Toreros to beat them 5-1 the next day for the regional title. In the super regionals, the Bulldogs lost the first game 12-4 to Arizona State, then won two straight against the No. 3 national seed to advance to Omaha.

Fresno State hammered Rice 17-5 in its CWS opener and beat North Carolina 5-3 in its second game. The Tar Heels came from behind Saturday to win 4-3 on Chad Flack's eighth-inning homer.

Still, the Bulldogs' resolve was anything but broken. They were in control all night Sunday, pressuring the Tar Heels every inning and scoring at least a run in each between the third and sixth. North Carolina used seven pitchers in all, including Alex White, who was making his fourth appearance.

"We probably asked a little too much out of those guys," Tar Heels coach Mike Fox said. "Kids will tell you're ready, and that's because they're competitors. My hat's off to them that they wanted the ball."

As he congratulated Batesole after the game, Fox said he offered some unsolicited advice about playing in the finals.

"I told their coach to enjoy it," he said, "because it's a wonderful experience."