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Vanderbilt starting pitcher Kumar Rocker (80) is congratulated by teammates after he was taken out in the eighth inning of an NCAA college baseball super regional game against East Carolina, Friday, June 11, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. Vanderbilt won 2-0. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Credit: The Associated Press
Vanderbilt s Kumar Rocker and Stanford s Brendan Beck turned in dominant pitching performances in NCAA super regionals Friday to put their teams on the cusp of berths in the College World Series.
Rocker led the reigning national champion Commodores to a 2-0 victory over East Carolina in Nashville, and Beck held down one of the nation s top offensive teams in a 15-3 win over Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas.
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Cardinal surge to 20-6
Stanford baseball relied on its pitching to secure a midweek victory on Wednesday. Arizona State is next on the Cardinal s agenda. (Photo: GLEN MITCHELL/isiphotos.com)
on April 14, 2021
Stanford baseball (20-6, 6-3 Pac-12), with solid pitching and just enough clutch hitting, was able to secure the win Wednesday against the University of the Pacific (8-20, 0-9 WCC), but squandered a few opportunities to break the game wide open.
The 2-0 midweek victory comes after a busy weekend during which the Cardinal took two out of three of its games against UCLA, winning the series but failing to secure the sweep for the fifth weekend in a row.