The NC State Wolfpack defeated the UNC Tarholes 8-1 in game 1 of the NCAA College World Series. The Pack will play the winner of the LSU Tigers/UCLA Bruins game. The Tarholes will go where they belong, the LOSERS' bracket. Wolfpack ace Carlos Rodon went 9 innings and gave up 1 run on 5 hits and struck out 8 Tarhole batters.
In other baseball news, the Cleveland Indians won 2 of the 3 games they played with the Washington Nationals this weekend. Next is a 3 game home stand with the Kansas City Royals. Game 1 will see Carlos Carrasco (0-2 15.26 ERA Yeah, I had to look at it twice too.) pitch for the Tribe. The Royals will start James Shields (1-4 2.71 ERA) who last pitched on June 12th vs Detroit. He went 7 innings giving up 2 runs on 7 hits, walking 2 and striking out 6. The Royals won 3-2 in 10 innings. Carrasco's last outing was also against the Tigers, on June 8th in Detroit. he pitched 4 innings and gave up 6 runs on 10 hits, walking 3 and striking out 1. The Tribe lost 12-5. The Indians are currently 34-34 and 4.5 games behind the AL Central leading Tigers. The Royals are 33-34 and in 3rd place in the AL Central, 1.5 games behind the 2nd place Indians.
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