OMAHA, Neb. — TCU used a four-run fifth inning to take management of the sport and went on to beat Oral Roberts 6-1 in a College World Series elimination sport Tuesday, ending the Golden Eagles’ shocking postseason run.

The Horned Frogs (44-23) will play Florida subsequent and would want to beat the No. 1 nationwide seed Wednesday and once more Thursday to succeed in the best-of-three finals.

TCU avenged Friday’s 6-5 loss to the Golden Eagles and has received two straight to place itself in place to play for its bracket title.

It was a tough ending for ORU (52-14), the primary No. 4 regional seed in 11 years to succeed in the CWS. The Eagles of the Summit League misplaced consecutive video games for the primary time since mid-March.

The rematch with the Horned Frogs was essentially the most lopsided sport of the CWS, and the Eagles’ 1-2 end right here was the identical as that of the 1978 group that made ORU’s solely different look.

The Eagles have been 2 of 16 with runners on base towards TCU, and the sport ended with the bases loaded when Matt Hogan struck out for the fifth time.

TCU’s first two runs got here with no swing of the bat. Brooks Fowler (9-2) walked in a run within the second inning, and Joshua Caravalho’s balk introduced in one other within the fourth.

The Frogs added 4 extra within the fifth, with Anthony Silva’s two-run single making it 6-0.

ORU couldn’t capitalize on early scoring alternatives towards Cam Brown and Luke Savage (6-4). The leadoff batter reached base 4 of the primary 5 innings, however just one scored.

The Eagles went 24-3 to finish the season, and their 52 wins are a college document. The solely different No. 4 regional seeds to advance as far have been nationwide champion Fresno State in 2008 and Stony Brook in 2012.

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