Stanford freshman Trevor Haskins’ pinch-hit single capped a three-run ninth inning rally that lifted the No. 2 ranked Cardinal to a 4-3 win over Texas State to win the Stanford Regional Monday night time.
The Cardinal (45-15) was at risk of seeing its season finish after Texas State rallied for 2 runs to take a 3-1 lead into the underside of the ninth. Nevertheless, the Cardinal acquired solo house runs from Drew Bowser and Tommy Troy from Los Gatos Excessive to tie the sport earlier than Haskins, a former Valley Christian Excessive standout, delivered the game-winning hit.
Stanford’s Eddie Park, a sophomore from Valley Christian, went 4-for-4 and scored the profitable run. Park batted .700 (14-for-20) over the weekend and was named the regional’s Most Excellent Participant.
Stanford advances to the Tremendous Regionals this weekend, the place it should host UConn (49-14) in a best-of-3 sequence to find out which group makes it to the Faculty World Collection. The primary sport can be Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Klein Area at Sunken Diamond.
Within the ninth, Bowser ignited the Stanford rally along with his seventh homer this season and Troy adopted along with his eighth to tie the sport. Park then singled earlier than a bunt, an intentional stroll and a wild pitch put runners on second and third for Haskins, who had simply 12 at-bats this season – with 4 hits – earlier than his profitable single to left subject.
Texas State (47-14) despatched Stanford to the loser’s bracket with a 5-2 win. The Cardinal beat the Bobcats 8-4 Sunday night time to power the additional sport.
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— Stanford Athletics (@GoStanford) June 7, 2022