Michigan, Duke stun 最高の，を越す 2 seeds; Texas Tech, Cards also 勝利，勝つ

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Two of the last teams selected for the NCAA Tournament knocked off the 最高の，を越す two 国家の seeds Friday night, and now both are a 勝利，勝つ away from making the College World Series for the first time in １０年間s.

Karl Kauffmann's second straight 支配的な postseason start helped put Michigan on the cusp of its first CWS since 1984 and No. 1 UCLA on the brink of 排除／予選. The Colorado Rockies' second-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 草案 選ぶ carried a one-攻撃する，衝突する shutout through eight innings, and the Wolverines 生き残るd a stressful ninth to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the Bruins 3-2 in their 最高の 地域の opener in Los Angeles.

Duke 得点する／非難する／２０d 10 runs in the eighth inning on its way to 素晴らしい No. 2 Vanderbilt 18-5 in a game in Nashville, Tennessee, that started three hours late because of rain and 雷. Duke is trying to get to the CWS in Omaha, Nebraska, for the first time since 1961.

Louisville and Texas Tech also won their 最高の 地域の openers. Game 2s are Saturday, as are the openers in the four other 最高の 地域のs.

Michigan and Duke are two of the 最高の，を越す storylines of the tournament after 存在 割り当てるd No. 3 地域の seeds after 存在 の中で the final four teams awarded at-large 企て，努力，提案s.

Kauffmann's 業績／成果 （機の）カム a week after he went 8 2/3 innings in a shutout of Creighton in 地域のs. He 許すd a 選び出す／独身, walked two and struck out eight before running into trouble. A leadoff walk and two 内野 （テニスなどの）シングルス 負担d the bases with one out in the ninth for the Bruins (51-10) before Michael Toglia ripped a two-run 選び出す／独身. Jeff Criswell （機の）カム on and got the last two outs.

"This team is built for three games," Kauffmann said. "We have a 広大な／多数の／重要な starting staff and bullpen. And our 罪／違反, when we're rolling, it's something special. Getting that first 勝利，勝つ, keep building on the 信用／信任, that's big for us."

足緒 Franklin's two-out, two-run 選び出す／独身 off 以前 unbeaten Pac-12 投手 of the year Ryan Garcia and Jordan Nwogu's sacrifice 飛行機で行く gave the Wolverines (45-19) a 3-0 lead in the eighth.

Vanderbilt (52-11) 許すd eight runs in three games in 地域のs, but Duke (35-25) jumped on Commodores エース Drake Fellows and knocked him out in the fifth after he had 許すd seven runs, five earned.

The Blue Devils' lead was 削減（する） to 8-5 before they 爆発するd for 10 runs on six 攻撃する，衝突するs, three 攻撃する，衝突する 乱打するs and two walks. The 18 runs were the most 許すd by Vanderbilt since Florida 地位，任命するd a 20-8 勝利，勝つ in April 2017.

大西洋 Coast 会議／協議会 投手 of the year Reid Detmers held East Carolina scoreless through five innings and left after the seventh having 許すd one run on five 攻撃する，衝突するs in host Louisville's 14-1 勝利，勝つ.

No. 8 Texas Tech （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 No. 9 Oklahoma 明言する／公表する 8-6 in Lubbock, Texas, and can lock up a second straight trip to the CWS and fourth in six years with a 勝利，勝つ Saturday.

The Red Raiders (43-17) have won eight straight against the Cowboys (39-20).

"We're resilient at the plate," Jung said. "They were putting up runs and we were answering 支援する. If we keep doing that, we'll be playing for a while."

Louisville's Detmers bounced 支援する from a 堅い 遠出 against Illinois 明言する／公表する in 地域のs last week to put the 枢機けい／主要なs (48-16) one 勝利，勝つ from their fourth CWS since 2013.

No. 7 Louisville 限られた／立憲的な an East Carolina 罪／違反 that 普通の／平均（する）d 9.8 runs in 地域のs to one run on six （テニスなどの）シングルス and a 二塁打. The No. 10 著作権侵害者s (47-17) were just 1 for 9 with 走者s on base.

ECU's Jake Agnos, the American 運動競技の 会議／協議会 投手 of the year, lasted only four innings in his shortest 遠出 of the season after winning seven straight starts.

Game 1s on Saturday: Mississippi (40-25) at Arkansas (44-17), Florida 明言する／公表する (39-21) at LSU (40-24), Auburn (36-25) at North Carolina (45-17) and Stanford (45-12) at Mississippi 明言する／公表する (49-13).

GAME 1 MEANS A LOT

Since the 現在の tournament 判型 went into 影響 in 1999, 79.3 パーセント (127 of 160) of the teams that won Game 1s in 最高の 地域のs have 前進するd to the College World Series.

BRUIN BOO-BOO

UCLA squandered an 適切な時期 in the seventh inning. Michael Tolia reached on an error and leisurely took off for second base when he 明らかに thought Jake 調査するs had walked on an at-the-膝s fastball. But 調査するs got a called strike three and Joe Donovan easily threw out Tolia.

BIG BATS

- Duke's Kyle Gallagher ホームランd and drove in four runs, and チーム仲間 Erikson Nichols had four 打点s.

- Texas Tech's Josh Jung, the No. 8 全体にわたる 草案 選ぶ by the Texas 特別奇襲隊員s, 攻撃する，衝突する his 12th ホームラン.

- Danny Oriente 二塁打d in three runs in Louisville's four-run fourth inning, and Jake Snider 追加するd a 二塁打 and three 打点s.

- Tyler Fitzgerald, the 巨大（な）s' fourth-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 草案 選ぶ, had four 攻撃する，衝突するs for Louisville.

MOUND MARVELS

-Michigan's Criswell took ove r for Kauffmann and, in his first 救済 外見 of the season, got a flyout and strikeout to end the game with 走者s on the corners.

-Texas Tech's Micah Dallas ran his 記録，記録的な／記録する to 7-0, striking out nine and 許すing two earned runs in five innings.

-Tech's John McMillon went two innings and struck out three, 含むing the last two 乱打するs in the ninth, after the Cowboys pulled within a run in the eighth.