Baylor staves off elimination in 10 innings

OMAHA, Neb. -- Baylor extended its first College World Series appearance in 27 years by at least one day with its first win in the tournament, 4-3 in 10 innings Monday over Oregon State.

Mike Pankratz, batting .193, blooped an RBI single over first baseman Andy Jenkins and just out of the reach of second baseman Chris Kunda, ending the Beavers' first appearance in the CWS since 1952.

The Bears (45-23) advanced to a Tuesday matchup against the loser of Monday night's game between Texas and Tulane.

Jeff Mandel (4-0) got the win for Baylor after holding Oregon State (46-12) to one hit in 4 2-3 innings of relief.

Josh Ford reached base safely leading off the 10th against Kevin Gunderson (6-4) after Beavers shortstop Darwin Barney couldn't field a high-bouncing grounder. Ford advanced to second on a sacrifice before Reid Brees singled through the left side of the infield to put runners on first and third.

Pankratz, who entered the game as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning, then got the game-winning hit on an 0-1 pitch.

Gunderson was effective in his 4 1-3 innings of work, holding the Bears hitless until Ford's single in the 10th.

Baylor starter Trey Taylor couldn't make it out of the second inning after walking five of the 10 batters he faced.

Texas 5, Tulane 0

Texas set a record with its 75th College World Series win Monday night, riding the strong pitching of Kyle McCulloch to a victory over top-seeded Tulane.

In its fourth straight and record 32nd appearance overall at the CWS, Texas passed Southern California's mark of 74 victories.

The Longhorns, unbeaten in two games so far this year, advance to a Wednesday night game at Rosenblatt Stadium against the winner of Tuesday night's Tulane-Baylor elimination game.

Texas (53-16) scored two in the first off Tulane's top lefty, Brian Bogusevic (13-3), added two more in the fifth and another in the sixth, while collecting 12 hits.

The Longhorns got a stellar catch from right fielder Nick Peoples when he jumped against the right field wall in the eighth to take an extra base hit away from Micah Owings.

McCulloch (11-4) pitched out of a first-inning jam and allowed six hits in seven shutout innings with three walks and seven strikeouts. J. Brent Cox pitched the final two innings to complete just the sixth CWS shutout since 1994.

It was also Texas' first shutout at the CWS since 1983 when Calvin Schiraldi blanked James Madison.