Lander University pitching spotted Southern Indiana a 5-0 lead by issuing five walks and hit three batters before Lander's come back fell short. Former Gryphon Thomas Berry went 0-4 but his final at bat he hit a fly ball caught at the right field wall which allowed base runners on first and second to advance to third and second. Those two runners were the tying run on third and the lead run on second but Lander failed to push either run across.
Lander falls into the losers bracket game Wednesday at 3pm against Tampa who knocked out Chico State 14-6. Tampa came into the World Series as the top ranked team in the nation who lead D2 baseball in scoring. Lander who came in ranked second in the nation. The winner will get a shot at Southern Indiana Thursday and if they win that game will have to beat Southern Indiana again Friday before the National Championship on Saturday.
The Tarheels are in along with Campbell but State, ECU and Duke are out of the NCAA D1 baseball tournament which starts Friday. Carolina heads to Gainesville Florida for a Friday afternoon game against Long Beach St. Campbell making their first playoff appearance since 1990 plays South Carolina at 7pm Friday night. Both games can be seen on ESPN3.
How close was it for Carolina? During the aftermath gossip Carolina was team number 63 of 64 picked while an NC State was four teams short of making the field.
Duke won their 3rd National Championship in Lacrosse in four years beating conference foe Notre Dame 11-9. Duke just six years ago was in the middle of a major scandal but now is the premier lacrosse team in the country.
Thursday night Coleman Pitt Post 58 will open up their baseball schedule for the summer as they host Wayne County Post 11 . Hank Jones will be the head coach again this season with his top aids being Cameron Ramsey and Colin Cuthrell. Game time is 7pm at Legion Field on Howell Street.
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