European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              June 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 27 North Carolina win opening games by Oskar Garcia the associated press Oregon state picked up a few fans on its Way to a College world series title last the beavers May be earn ing even More admirers with their unlikely trip Back to Omaha this what they have done at Ore gon state with Oregon kids is the greatest Story i in mod hernday College Arizona state coach Pat Murphy that in i dont know if its a movie or a Book what it is but that is an incredible Oregon state meets Cal state Fullerton on saturday in its first game in this years cos after Rice and North Carolina opened their trips with Rice 5512 finished with 19 hits in a 1510 comeback Victory Over Louisville on Friday and North Carolina scored six times in the sixth inning to beat Mississippi state i didst know what was going to Rice coach Wayne Graham can anyone truly define baseball its cos Roundup youve got to Roll with the Mississippi state 3821 will play Louisville 4623 and the loser will be the first team eliminated from the North the 2006 run Nerup and 3 National will face 2 Rice in the bracket 1 winners game sunday rices Danny Lehmann Dou bled in the godhead run in a six run eighth and earlier ended a cd record score less innings Steak by singling in the first run for the owls against we came in Here with a Stig Graham i knew our kids could they sure proved it North Carolina 5413 was Down 40 after three innings against Mississippi but responded with two in the fourth and six in the the tar heels sent 11 batters to the plate in the sixth against Dave North Carolinas Garrett slides safely into second base ahead of the tag by Mississippi state shortstop Jet Butler during the third inning of fridays game in the College world starter Justin Pigott 77 and two a Fielding error by third baseman Russ Sneed Al Lowed one run to score and Benji Johnsons rib double tied John Lalor then hit Reid Fronk with a pitch with the bases loaded to Force in the godhead College world series at Rosenblatt stadium double elimination june 15 bracket 1 Rice Louisville 10 North Carolina Mississippi state 5 june 16 bracket 2 game 3 Arizona state 4813 us Irv Ine 45151 game 4 Oregon state 4418 Cal state Fullerton 3823 june 17 game 5 Louisville 4623 Mississippi state 3821 game 6 Rice 5512 is North Carolina 5413 june 18 game 7 loser game 3 loser game 4 game 8 Winner game 3 Winner game 4 june 19 game 9 loser game 6 Winner game 5 game 10 loser game 8 Winner game 7 june 20 game 11 Winner game 6 Winner game 9 game 12 Winner game 8 Winner game 10 june 21 game 13 if necessary game 14 if necessary championship series bestof3 june 23 bracket one Winner bracket two Winner june 24 bracket one Winner bracket two Winner june 25 bracket one Winner bracket two if necessary major league baseball through games of june 15 american league team batting a r h or rib avg Detroit 2370 397 696 79 383 los Angeles 2318 338 658 54 314 Seattle 2259 328 638 61 314 new York 2263 360 634 70 340 Boston 2255 338 617 67 322 Cleveland 2301 358 628 81 348 Minnesota 2243 299 602 53 281 Tampa Bay 2241 311 588 76 290 Baltimore 2297 290 598 49 277 Toronto 2247 303 577 77 290 Texas 2289 331 584 81 319 Kansas City 2320 293 592 49 278 Oakland 2281 290 580 65 279 Chicago 2071 241 478 62 233 individual batting based on 192 plate appearances a r h or rib avg Mordonez det 244 55 89 13 61 Posada nyy 215 38 75 8 41 Polanco det 255 45 88 1 33 Suzuki sea 272 50 93 5 33 Cabrera Laa 265 47 89 3 37 Jeter nyy 260 47 87 4 31 Kotchman Laa 204 28 68 8 35 Guerrero Laa 234 36 78 12 61 Dortiz bos 223 43 74 11 42 Castillo min 217 36 72 0 11 Martinez Cle 227 36 75 13 57 Youkilis bos 246 44 81 8 33 Willits Laa 168 33 54 0 14 Joh Jima sea 196 22 63 7 27 Upton to 200 36 64 9 31 Hunter min 237 39 74 14 54 Bharris to 203 31 63 6 29 Lowell bos 232 32 72 12 49 Cle 234 26 61 2 30 Guillen sea 230 34 60 8 39 Ellis Oak 215 28 56 5 31 Johnson Oak 166 24 43 6 25 Overbay Tor 207 25 53 8 27 Damon nyy 209 33 53 3 20 Wells Tor 245 35 62 5 30 Sosa Tex 222 26 56 11 51 Inge det 203 35 51 11 31 Mxsweeney pc 196 20 49 7 29 me Cabrera nyy 182 20 45 3 19 Echavez Oak 251 29 62 12 33 Iguchi Chw 199 25 49 3 16 Bartlett min 179 19 44 1 13 Mora bal 242 38 59 9 31 Millar bal 169 20 41 6 21 Drew bos 191 35 46 4 28 Konerko Chw 220 28 53 10 31 Laird Tex 192 20 46 4 24 Pierzynski Chw 196 21 47 8 23 Nixon Cle 183 22 44 2 23 Kubel min 180 16 43 5 22 Monroe det 222 38 53 9 37 Crosby Oak 236 27 56 6 26 Kinsle Tex 225 35 52 11 Dye Chw 225 25 51 11 32 Crisp bos 223 33 50 1 16 Punto min 214 25 48 1 13 Thomas Tor 202 25 45 8 22 Kendall Oak 219 18 48 1 19 Lugo bos 252 32 53 4 34 Gordon pc 215 21 45 5 16 Cpatterson bal 193 21 40 1 16 Uribe Chw 180 16 37 6 23 Sexson sea 218 27 43 10 38 Dukes to 181 27 35 10 21 team pitching Era h Erbb so so so Oakland 524 209196406 7 18 Boston 556 248199463 4 21 los Angeles 571 254198464 3 23 Minnesota 609 272194446 2 66 74 29 49 3 6 Hallada Tor 82 88 14 54 7 2 Byrcle 68 93 4 35 6 2 Matsuz Kabos 85 85 27 85 7 5 Hernandez sea 55 67 18 59 3 4 Durbin det 72 75 30 36 5 3 Contreras Chw 75 79 29 47 4 7 Raybal 30 26 12 28 3 5 de la Rosa pc 78 82 28 45 4 6 Mastny Cle 28 28 16 27 4 2 Maroth det 73 91 31 24 4 2 Duchscherer Oak 16 18 8 13 3 3 Tavare Zbos 67 70 25 42 4 4 Esan Tanalia 84 90 31 65 5 7 Robertson det 65 85 24 34 4 6 Batista sea 77 96 30 50 7 5 Cabrera bal 89 86 45 72 5 7 Mussina nyy 54 60 11 30 3 3 Grein Keck 56 72 17 45 4 4 towers Tor 40 46 6 38 2 4 Rodney det 25 28 9 23 1 5 Ortiz min 69 86 12 29 3 4 Colon Laa 59 74 11 42 6 2 Ohk Ator 56 68 22 21 2 5 Mccarthy Tex 50 54 25 31 4 4 Perez pc 72 97 24 37 3 7 Cile Ecle 50 59 21 32 3 4 Horam Ressea 40 58 18 14 4 2 Tejeda Tex 68 77 33 50 5 7 Loetel 70 89 23 42 2 6 Padilla Tex 76101 32 42 3 8 Stokes to 29 48 7 20 2 6 Pon Onmin 37 54 17 23 2 5 Sowers Cle 62 79 19 19 1 6 Possum to 55 75 16 35 4 6 Millwood Tex 48 73 21 34 2 6 Seoti 52 84 16 28 3 4 jacks onto 52 71 33 51 0 8 Jowe averse 32 62 8 17 0 National pit 243 24 72 1 23 Estrada Mil 211 25 62 6 Hawpe col 208 31 61 10 42 Loduca nym 208 21 61 3 17 fielder Mil 253 47 74 24 53 Dgonzalez so 266 37 77 13 47 Martin lad 226 40 65 7 41 Furcal lad 233 29 67 0 24 Gonzalez lad 219 34 63 8 30 Wright nym 244 39 70 12 36 Nady pit 195 29 56 11 40 Bonds of 161 33 46 13 30 Francoeur at 268 30 76 8 46 Griffey Cin 215 35 61 16 40 Johnson at 244 45 69 8 35 Rollins Phi 293 53 83 13 42 Cjackson Ari 178 25 50 5 23 Hardy Mil 267 38 75 16 47 Phillips Cin 270 41 76 11 34 Jenkins Mil 178 22 50 12 34 Bay pit 254 39 71 11 46 Bautista pit 240 38 67 5 21 Pierre lad 273 36 76 0 14 Derosa Chc 193 23 53 6 31 Beltran nym 238 36 65 9 36 Garcia Parra lad 242 19 66 1 34 Victorino Phi 254 42 69 6 25 Jcruz so 173 29 47 5 16 Mccann at 194 19 52 4 30 Tulowitzki col 236 34 63 3 28 Theriot Chc 202 29 54 1 20 Miles so 247 38 66 3 24 Encarnacion Cin 192 21 51 4 28 Church was 223 29 59 7 32 Dunn Cin 238 42 63 16 42 Rolen St 186 22 49 3 26 Uggla Fla 275 52 72 12 38 shall Mil 225 30 59 7 25 Ethier lad 199 20 52 5 28 Kent lad 224 35 58 9 33 Willingham Fla 236 33 61 8 45 Kearns was 253 30 65 5 25 606 286237433 3 21 Florida 650 296281455 3 16 Houston 615 291204455 1 12 Colorado 630 297206366 1 18 Pittsburgh 656 306220399 2 17 Washington 610 303252373 2 17 Cincinnati 662 318189433 3 13 Philadelphia 631 317224474 2 16 Louis 600 323213367 2 14 individual pitching based on 6 decisions in h by so w l Era Peak esd 94 67 27103 8 1 Penny lad 90 81 25 61 8 1 a Youngs 80 61 31 68 6 3 Yonari 29 27 11 15 4 2 Morris of 91 82 29 45 7 3 Snell it 95 80 29 78 6 4 Hill was 50 37 16 33 3 3 Rhill Chc 86 61 26 78 5 4 Smoltz at 82 81 19 69 7 3 Cap spit 37 32 9 28 3 3 pipe Reznyk 83 63 29 76 7 5 Gorzelanny pit 91 89 27 54 6 4 Maine nym 79 66 36 68 6 4 Dowel and 102 87 31 72 7 6 Marquis Chc 83 68 31 46 5 3 we Bari 99 88 35 86 6 4 thuds Onati 99 86 25 57 6 4 Sampson Hou 76 73 19 31 6 5 sheets Mil 87 86 19 61 7 3 Cains 84 68 43 66 2 6 sos any 50 37 16 28 6 2 Oswalt Hou 102 96 35 71 6 4 Lowrysr 83 76 39 46 6 5 Hamel Phi 98 91 23104 9 2 Rajohn Sonari 53 46 11 70 4 2 Francis col 92 96 26 59 6 5 Lilly Chc 85 73 17 72 5 4 do Avisar 82 93 45 62 4 8 Meredith so 31 41 6 22 2 5 quails Hou 33 32 12 34 5 3 Maddux so 79 86 13 45 5 3 Tejada bal Roberts bal Rodriguez nyy Guillen det Teixeira 258 245 214 41 60 34 79 75 65 2 25 8 17 68 41 41 556 279269452 2 13 Toronto 554 277213457 3 17 new York 569 280235343 1 8 Cleveland 631 291174415 3 19 Chicago 557 282220390 4 batting a r h or rib avg new York 2246 299 607 62 282 Chicago 2349 304 632 63 288 Colorado 2311 300 618 47 281 of 227 22 58 8 29 Duncan St 188 31 48 11 26 Jwilson pit 231 30 59 3 17 a Gonzalez Cin 235 33 60 12 30 Berkman Hou 224 32 57 8 37 nym Vargas Mil Howry Chc Harang Cin Suppan 23 7 21 5 67 75 26 60 5 32 33 9 22 3 94 90 20 85 6 91 98 29 41 1 3 2 7 Rodriguez City 660 308230394 0 2324 307 619 71 295 Chc 202 21 51 9 84 24 83 Betancourt 631 302232393 3 2309 342 610 79 329 Cin 179 29 45 2 12 90 27 43 Cuddyer 629 296210387 4 2281 305 600 88 292 of 203 35 51 6 37 85 31 56 Garko 657 356268397 4 Louis 2155 261 559 54 246 was 276 38 69 10 38 79 18 71 Matsui Bay 660 359230454 0 Angeles 2258 290 587 44 280 Fla 188 18 47 1 14 95 43 41 Asey 2357 327 607 73 308 Ari 209 25 52 8 24 81 20 51 3ios on 6 Francisco 2249 279 569 52 262 pit 226 30 56 3 22 17 51 Swisher h by so w l 2277 274 577 55 266 Mil 169 34 41 5 16 71 28 60 Vidro 104 68 24 84 8 2 2323 309 588 90 294 col 239 26 58 6 30 95 30 33 Teahen Laa 92 83 24 7110 4 2308 281 583 53 265 was 198 15 48 4 28 79 40 51 84 65 30 68 7 2 2260 280 563 61 268 so 256 31 62 6 28 75 30 53 Granderson 82 80 36 53 6 1 2302 261 569 42 250 of 187 22 45 2 19 82 25 44 Crawford 81 67 23 66 7 3 Diego 2276 291 556 56 273 Phi 168 24 40 42 41 67 Sizemore pc 55 49 14 28 3 3 St 193 20 46 7 24 88 29 41 Young 92 91 26 50 4 4 on 192 plate Hou 244 35 58 4 20 91 30 50 Banez 99 98 26 71 4 6 r h or rib Ari 233 24 55 3 26 80 32 41 Lopez 82 82 18 39 7 2 col 274 41 98 11 52 225 14 53 5 31 84 37 59 Sheffield min 93 77 26 105 6 6 Chc 40 35 82 6 36 was 270 26 63 3 27 57 14 26 i Peralta Cle 107 108 16 96 9 2 was 205 27 69 6 33 Chc 191 20 44 2 19 90 15 41 Blake to 103 82 19 85 6 1 Fla 244 43 82 14 47 so 236 36 54 7 34 91 38 68 Matthews bos 77 66 17 68 9 1 col 232 30 76 6 37 Hou 215 17 49 2 15 79 24 41 Huff nyy 69 68 15 31 6 4 Phi 246 43 79 9 35 so 176 16 40 5 28 17 60 Pena 74 71 31 30 2 4 Fla 267 57 85 8 20 at 187 22 42 7 27 96 32 57 Sstewart Oak Hhill Tor a Torneau min Tex Egginton to Ano nyy bos Dabreu nyy Vlark Akis bal 3rudzielanek pc Hafner Cle Beltre sea Young to Dejesus pc Erstad 244 251 204 250 248 182 250 266 206 229 214 257 275 36 45 39 31 28 26 50 36 28 40 33 31 49 67 69 56 68 67 49 67 71 55 61 57 68 73 8 19 4 11 3 7 4 9 4 10 9 8 4 39 51 15 33 29 31 34 40 26 46 27 38 21 21 Chw 90 84 26 37 4 4 Blanto Noak 97 88 21 66 6 4 Bedard bal 94 87 31 112 4 4 Buehrle Chw 78 68 16 52 3 3 Schilling bos 90 99 17 71 6 3 Washburn sea 81 82 25 44 5 5 Wakefield bos 82 70 35 49 6 7 Bonde Mandet 78 77 15 69 7 0 Trachsel bal 82 73 38 23 5 4 Burnett Tor 90 73 40100 5 6 Silva min 79 92 18 32 4 7 Kaz mirth 84 87 40 86 4 3 Dwe Averala 58 67 23 48 5 3 Vazque Chw 78 67 22 67 3 5 Bon Sermin 72 82 32 74 5 2 nym 267 46 85 3 30 Taveras col 202 34 64 1 14 renter Natl 250 43 79 9 33 Utley Phi 261 47 82 12 53 Eckstein St 192 25 60 2 12 Cjones at 170 35 53 12 27 Byrnes Ari 268 39 83 9 33 Winn of 242 29 74 5 21 Pujols St 241 39 73 16 44 Ahgreen nym 185 27 56 5 23 Molina of 212 16 64 6 33 Calee Hou 256 37 77 11 54 Sori Anoche 257 43 77 11 Hudson Ari 244 34 73 7 37 Ramirez Chc 211 28 63 13 39 of 222 23 50 1 18 Delgado nym 249 32 55 10 39 Paulino pit 194 22 42 5 21 Burrell Phi 190 25 41 8 29 Jones at 247 31 53 11 42 Laroche pit 234 26 50 8 37 team pitching Era h Erbb sosh so san Diego 539 20017443910 19 los Angeles 564 239193521 4 21 new York 509 239229436 5 15 Arizona 588 252238483 2 24 san Francisco 544 251251404 5 13 Chicago 542 255216483 4 15 Milwaukee 604 268189462 4 pit Kim Fla Buchholz col Eaton Phi Tomko lad Thompson St Wei Shams Hou Duke pit Bush Mil Davies at Garcia Phi Reyes St Wells St Bayliss pit Opatterson 92 27 51 3 37 34 26 29 3 50 58 11 32 3 74 76 37 50 7 53 61 20 47 1 57 71 20 22 4 81 97 27 41 2 78112 19 25 3 79 92 15 59 3 66 71 31 42 3 58 74 19 50 1 50 50 18 39 0 76 84 42 57 2 33 40 15 27 4 31 39 22 15 3 3 4 5 2 9 6 6 5 5 8 11 2 5