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Posted on: Monday, June 1, 2009

College baseball: NCAA capsules of today's games


Associated Press

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Devin Harris singled home Kyle Roller in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift East Carolina past South Carolina 10-9 on Monday night in an NCAA regional final.

Harris, who forced extra innings with a three-run homer in the ninth, finished with four hits and five RBIs for the top-seeded Pirates (46-18). East Carolina will play North Carolina in a best-of-three super regional series.
In the 10th, Roller doubled, Brandon Henderson was intentionally walked, and two batters later, Harris sent Sam Dyson’s 3-1 pitch up the middle for the win.
Scott Wingo and Jackie Bradley Jr. homered for South Carolina (40-23), which led 6-0 in the fifth.
Louisville Regional
Louisville 5, Vanderbilt 3

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ryan Wright hit a go-ahead three-run homer and Tony Zych threw six solid innings to lift Louisville past Vanderbilt in the deciding game of their regional series.
The top-seeded Cardinals (47-16) advanced to the super regionals, where they’ll face Cal State Fullerton (45-14) next weekend.
Wright, 2 for 4 with a run scored, hit his homer in the fourth, while John Dao and Chris Dominguez also drove in runs for Louisville. Zych (6-2) allowed two runs and six hits in just his third start of the season, while ace starter Justin Marks pitched a perfect ninth for his first save.
Mike Minor gave up three earned runs in 3 2-3 innings, and Aaron Westlake homered for the Commodores (37-27).
Clemson Regional
>Clemson 6, Oklahoma St. 5

CLEMSON, S.C. — Kyle Parker’s two-run single in the eighth inning lifted Clemson to a comeback victory over Oklahoma State in the deciding game of their regional.
Parker drove in Ben Paulsen and John Nester with a liner to left field off Cowboys closer Randy McCurry, who came in for starter Tyler Lyons (7-6). Chris Epps’ two-out, two-run homer after an error by the Cowboys (34-24), who led 5-1 through six innings, sparked the rally.
Matt Vaughn (4-1) pitched the final 3 2-3 innings for the Tigers (44-20), who advanced to play at Arizona State in the super regionals next weekend.