Travis Tucker hit an RBI single with one out in the top of the 25th inning, leading Texas to a 3-2 victory over Boston College this morning in the longest baseball game in NCAA history.

The game eclipsed the former record of 23 innings, set in 1971 when Louisiana-Lafayette defeated McNeese State, 6-5. Yesterday's NCAA regional game in Austin, Texas began at 7:02 p.m. EDT and concluded 7 hours, 3 minutes later at 2:05 a.m.

"I've never been a part of anything like this," Boston College coach Mik Aoki said. "In fact, nobody in college baseball has been part of anything like this."

Texas reliever Austin Wood pitched 13 innings, including 12 1/3 innings of no-hit ball before allowing a two-out single to Tony Sanchez in the 19th inning. Wood threw 169 pitches, including 120 strikes, while striking out 14 and walking four.

"In my 41 years of coaching, the effort by Austin Wood was the best pitching performance I have ever seen," said Texas coach Augie Garrido.

Austin Dicharry earned his eighth victory by pitching 5 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, striking out four and allowing one hit.

Texas took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a two-run homer by Kevin Keyes, but the Eagles came back with a run in the third and tied it in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Tony Sanchez.

Meanwhile, at the Irvine, Calif. regional, Brandon Meredith hit two home runs and Tyler Lavigne allowed a run and five hits in 7 1/3 innings as San Diego State eliminated defending College World Series champion Fresno State, 4-1.

SHORTS

Auto Racing: Brad Keselowski raced to his first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory of the season yesterday, taking the lead during a restart with two laps left in the Heluva Good! 200 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del.

Soccer: Chelsea rallied after conceding the fastest goal in FA Cup final history, beating Everton, 2-1, yesterday at Wembly, England. Louis Saha put Everton ahead after 25 seconds, but Didier Drogba tied it in the 21st minute and Frank Lampard scored the winner with 18 minutes left.

Track and field: Reigning world champion Tyson Gay ran the third-fastest time ever in the 200 meters in winning in 19.58 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix yesterday in New York. The only faster times are Usain Bolt's world record last year of 19.30 and Michael Johnson's 19.32 in 1996.