Texas evens CWS finals with 5-1 win over LSU

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Freshman Taylor Jungmann limited LSU to five hits in his first complete game, and Russell Moldenhauer hit his record-tying fourth home run of the College World Series as Texas evened the best-of-three finals, 5-1 over LSU on Tuesday night. The top-seeded Longhorns (50-15-1) forced a winner-take-all game Wednesday night for the national championship. LSU (55-17), ranked No. 1 in the major polls, lost for the first time in 15 games. Jungmann, who threw six pitches all for balls in a short relief appearance in Game 1 Monday, struck out nine against an LSU offense that averaged 9.5 runs in its first four CWS games. Jungmann (11-3) won his third game in Omaha — the other two were in relief — and he pitched the first complete game in the CWS since 2006. LSU starter Aaron Ross (6-8) lasted only two innings in his... [read full story]                    

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