Stanford's Drew Bowser hit a routine fly that Texas outfielders couldn't find in the twilight sky, knocking in the game-winning run as the Cardinal edged the Longhorns to advance to their third straight College World Series. [Photo: Stanford Athletics]
Drew Bowser hit a routine fly that Texas outfielders couldn't find in the twilight sky, allowing Alberto Rios to score the game-winning run from second, and Stanford edged the Longhorns 7-6 on Monday night to advance to its third straight College World Series.
Rios was nearly thrown out at second for the third out of the ninth after his long fly to left hit off the wall. Texas almost got out of the inning again when Bowser hit a high fly, but it dropped about 15 feet from outfielder Dylan Campbell.Bowser made it 2-0 in the second with his third home run in three games.Stanford scored three runs with two outs in the fourth for a 6-3 lead.
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