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Associated Press
Jun 1, 2025, 07:13 PM ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Griffen Paige gave up 1 tally connected 1 deed crossed 8 innings, Boston Smith and Luke Arnold deed back-to-back homers early, and Wright State held disconnected Vanderbilt successful the ninth to sound the No. 1 nationalist effect retired of the NCAA tourney with a 5-4 triumph successful the Nashville Regional connected Sunday.
The Commodores (43-18) became the archetypal No. 1 nationalist effect to neglect to scope their determination last since the tourney went to its existent format successful 1999.
Wright State (39-20), the No. 4 determination effect retired of the Horizon League, play Louisville successful the last Sunday night. The Raiders would person to bushed the Cardinals successful that crippled and again Monday to scope a ace determination for the archetypal time.
Paige (2-3) walked six, struck retired 2 and allowed Brodie Johnston's second-inning location tally during his 113-pitch outing.
"Biggest crippled I've ever pitched in, and I showed up and went retired determination trying to get guys out, 1 retired astatine a time, 1 transportation astatine a time. You can't bash thing else," Paige said.
He went retired to commencement the ninth but issued a four-pitch locomotion to commencement the inning. That's erstwhile things got interesting. Max Whitesell walked the bases loaded with 1 retired to bring connected Warren Hartzell, who had allowed 3 homers arsenic Vanderbilt rallied precocious to bushed the Raiders 4-3 successful Friday's determination opener.
Hartzell got a pop-out for the 2nd retired earlier Mike Mancini singled up the mediate to chopped the pb to 5-3. Rustan Rigdon past sent a shot heavy to close halfway that bounced implicit the obstruction for a ground-rule double. Had the shot not near the field, Mancini apt would person scored the tying tally connected the play. But helium was required to spell backmost to third, and RJ Austin past flew retired to close to extremity the game.
Austin Nye (2-1) faced lone 7 batters, with Smith and Arnold taking him heavy with 2 outs successful the archetypal for a 4-0 lead.
Vanderbilt was the 4th nationalist effect to beryllium eliminated and became the archetypal No. 1 to get bounced retired successful regionals since UCLA successful 2015.
