It was all glory and then a lot of nervous moments, before State slammed the door in the 9th. State opened the College World Series with a 10-4 win over Stanford.
State Takes Out Beck
The biggest key going into the game for State, was the need to get after Stanford’s Beck early…and boy did they ever. Dingers from Butler (who doesn’t suck) and Brown gave State a 6-0 lead. Beck, the PAC-12 Pitcher of the Year, still became one of only 10 pitchers in the last 50 years of the CWS to get 10 K’s in less than 6 innings.