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Denton hits 2 HRs, Ensley delivers winning double as Tennessee beats Clemson 6-5 in 14 innings

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Senior Zane Denton hit two home runs — his second career multi-homer game — Maui Ahuna scored the go-ahead run on Hunter Ensley's RBI double and Tennessee beat top-seeded Clemson 5-4 Saturday night to advance to the regional championship.

No. 2-seed Tennessee awaits the winner between UNC-Charlotte and Clemson, both of which would have to beat the Volunteers twice to advance to the super regionals.

Seth Halvorsen (3-3) pitched 3 1/3 no-hit innings of scoreless relief to get the win.

Tennessee tied the program record for most innings played in a single game. The Vols have played a 14-inning game four other times, the most recent at Texas A&M in 2017.

Johnson throws complete game, Texas upends top-seeded Miami 4-1 in Coral Gables Regional

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Campbell's two-run home run in the top of the first inning got Texas headed in the right direction, Lebarron Johnson threw a complete game, and the No. 2 regional seed Longhorns defeated top-seeded Miami 4-1 on Saturday night in the winner's bracket of the Coral Gables Regional.

Johnson (8-3, 2.62 ERA) scattered seven hits and allowed only a fourth-inning home run by Dominic Pitelli. Johnson struck out eight and walked three.

Jack O'Dowd homered with one out in the second inning for Texas and Jalin Flores added an RBI-single in the third.

Miami will play No. 3-seed Louisiana in a loser-out game on Sunday. The winner will have to beat Texas (40-20) twice to advance to the super regionals.

Oregon State-LSU regional game postponed by inclement weather

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The NCAA tournament baseball game between Oregon State and LSU scheduled for Saturday night in the Baton Rouge Regional has been moved to Sunday at 2 p.m. Central Daylight Time.

A lightning storm delayed the elimination game between Tulane and Sam Houston in the seventh inning with Sam Houston leading 7-2. That game was delayed by more than three hours and it was unsure when it might resume. The delay lasted long enough to ensure that the Oregon State-LSU winner's bracket game would not be able to start before an NCAA-mandated deadline.

According to the NCAA host operation manual, regional games must begin by 11 p.m. local time.

Serruto HR lifts Indiana past Kentucky, 5-3 in Lexington Regional

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Peter Serruto drilled a three-run home run in the seventh inning to bring Indiana back from a two-run deficit en route to a 5-3 win Saturday over top-seeded Kentucky at the Lexington Regional.

The third-seeded Hoosiers, who have knocked off the No. 1 and No. 2 seed to start the tournament, await the winner of an elimination game between Kentucky and West Virginia on Sunday.

Phillip Glasser hit a first-inning home run to give Indiana a 1-0 lead, but Kentucky answered with a run in the second and took a 3-1 lead in the seventh after Patrick Herrera scored on a fielder's choice and Grant Smith scored on Devin Burkes sacrifice fly.

Josh Pyne opened the seventh inning with a double and Hunter Jessee was hit by a pitch to set the stage for Serruto's home run to right field to take a 4-3 lead. Devin Taylor scored on a wild pitch in the eighth to add an insurance run. Connor Foley hit two batters in the top of the ninth to bring the winning run to the plate, but got a fly out and a pop up to end the game.

Gavin Kash hits 2 HRs to help Texas Tech beat Florida 5-4 at Gainesville Regional

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Gavin Kash two home runs, including a two-out two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth inning, and Texas Tech beat top-seeded Florida 5-4 Saturday night at the Gainesville Regional.

Florida (45-15), the No. 2 national seed, plays Connecticut in a loser-out game on Sunday. The winner will have to beat Texas Tech (41-21) twice to advance to the super regionals.

Zac Vooletich singled to left before Kash hit a 3-2 pitch over the wall in left center to give the Red Raiders a 5-3 lead in the eighth inning.

The Gators took a 1-0 lead when Wyatt Langford scored on Josh Rivera's sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth. Kevin Bazzell walked before Austin Green hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning and Kash led off the bottom of the fifth with a homer to give the Red Raiders a two-run lead.

Indiana State rallies to top Iowa, 7-4 in Terre Haute Regional

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Miguel Rivera and Grant Magill hit back-to-back two-run doubles in the eighth inning and top-seeded Indiana State rallied past Iowa 7-4 at the Terre Haute Regional on Saturday and is now a win away from a berth in super regionals.

The Sycamores (44-15) await the winner of a loser-out game between Iowa (43-15) and North Carolina (36-23) on Sunday.

The Hawkeyes tied the game at 2-2 on Michael Seegers' RBI single in the fourth and took a 4-2 lead in the sixth after Sam Hojnar doubled home Brennen Dorighi and Kyle Huckstorf hit a sacrifice fly to score Raider Tello from third.

Mike Sears drew a bases-loaded walk to start the Sycamores' eighth-inning rally while Rivera and Magill came up with the clutch doubles.

Parker, Berry combine to allow 5 hits, Virginia beats ECU 2-1 at Charlottesville Regional

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Nick Parker allowed five hits and a run over seven innings, Jake Berry threw two no-hit innings of relief and Ethan Anderson hit the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning to help Virginia beat East Carolina 2-1 Saturday night at the Charlottesville Regional.

Top-seeded Virginia (47-12) plays the winner between No. 2 seed ECU (46-18) and third-seeded Oklahoma, which lost 14-5 to the Pirates in their regional opener, in a loser-out game Sunday.

The Cavaliers improved to 34-4 at home this season.

Ethan O’Donnell walked to lead off the bottom of the seventh, stole second base and then scored on Anderson's two-out single to give Virginia a 2-1 lead.

Wimmer, Casas drive in two each, South Carolina defeats NC State 6-3 in Columbia Regional

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Braylen Wimer hit a two-run home run, Gavin Casas drove in two with a single, and South Carolina defeated North Carolina State 6-3 on Saturday in a winner’s bracket game at the Columbia Regional.

With Jack Mahoney (7-3) cruising through the first five innings, Wimmer got the offense started with a two-run home run in the third for the Gamecocks.

South Carolina broke loose with four runs in the fifth when Talmadge LeCroy drew a bases-loaded walk, Casas delivered a two-run single and Michael Braswell drove in the fourth run with a single.

NC State closed to within 6-3 in the sixth on a single by Jacob Cozart and a two-run double by Chase Nixon. The Wolfpack threatened in the seventh against reliever Eli Jones, putting runners on first and second with one out before a double play ended the inning. The Wolfpack also had two on with one out against Jones in the ninth, but Chris Veach relieved and ended the game with a groundout and a flyout for his sixth save.

Duke scores in first and last innings, edges Rider 2-1 in Conway Regional

Giovanni DiGiacomo doubled leading off the ninth inning and later scored on a flyout by Damon Lux, giving Duke a 2-1 victory over Rider on Saturday in a winner's bracket game of the Conway Regional hosted by Coastal Carolina.

Duke's Jay Beshears hit a solo home run in the first inning and the Blue Devils went scoreless for the next seven innings until DiGiacomo and Lux created the ninth-inning run.

After Beshears' home run, Duke's 1-0 lead held up until the sixth inning when Rider's Scott Shaw drew a leadoff walk, took second on a passed ball, advanced to third on a single by Brian Skettini and scored on Luke Lesch's sacrifice fly.

The Broncs threatened in the bottom of the ninth when Lesch and Socrates Bardatsos drew walks, but Fran Oschell III (5-0) got out of the jam with a groundout and strikeout.

Mitchell’s late basket lifts Lynx to first win of season, beat Mystics 80-78

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kayla McBride scored a season-high 24 points and Tiffany Mitchell put back her own miss with 3.0 seconds left to help the Minnesota Lynx beat the Washington Mystics 80-78 Saturday night and avoided tying the franchise record for consecutive losses to open a season.

Minnesota (1-6) lost seven straight to open the 2007 season.

Mitchell took an inbounds pass on the right side and had a driving layup attempt blocked by Brittney Sykes but grabbed the offensive rebound and made the go-ahead layup.

Elena Delle Donne made a layup and, after Washington's defense forced a shot-clock violation, Shakira Austin scored inside to make it 71-all with 3:18 to play. Jessica Shepard answered with six consecutive points as the Mystics missed six consecutive field-goal attempts before a short basket by Ariel Atkins trimmed their deficit to 77-75. Napheesa Collier made 1 of 2 from the free-throw line with 15 seconds to go and Sykes hit a 3-pointer to tie it 78-all with 7.4 remaining.

Weather postpones TCU-Arkansas regional game

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The NCAA tournament baseball game between TCU and Arkansas scheduled for Saturday night was moved to Sunday at a time to be announced.

Thunderstorms delayed the elimination game between Arizona and Santa Clara that was scheduled for a 2 p.m. start. As of 8 p.m. Central Daylight Time, the Arizona-Santa Clara game was still in a weather delay that made the possibility of playing the second game impossible. The gates at Baum-Walker Stadium had opened briefly at around 3:30 p.m. with hopes of getting the game started, but heavy rains and lightning in the area forced a further delay.

According to the NCAA host operation manual, regional games must begin by 11 p.m. local time.

Vetrano drives in 5 runs, Boston College beats Nicholls 19-10 at Tuscaloosa Regional

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Joe Vetrano singled, doubled and homered twice to drove in five runs and Boston College pulled away to earn a 14-6 win over Nicholls in an elimination game at the Tuscaloosa Regional on Saturday.

The second-seeded Eagles (36-19) advance to face the loser of Saturday's late game between top-seeded Alabama and third-seeded Troy in an elimination game Sunday.

Sam McNulty hit a three-run homer in the second inning to put Boston College in front, but Nicholls manufactured a run in the second on a Wes Toups sacrifice fly and scored two runs in the third on a pair of groundouts.

Henry Leake came on in the third inning, relieving starter Chris Flynn, and blanked the Colonels over the next four innings while Boston College rode four home runs to take a 10-run lead. Vetrano hit his first homer in the fourth, Danel Baruch hit a solo shot and Nick Wang belted a three-run homer in the fifth and Vetrano added a three-run shot in the seventh.

Connor’s 4 RBI carry Cal State Fullerton past San Jose State, 9-5 in Stanford Regional

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Caden Connor drove in four runs and Cal State Fullerton outlasted San Jose State, 9-5 in an elimination game at the Stanford Regional on Saturday.

The Titans (32-23) advance to face the loser of Saturday's late game between top-seeded Stanford and second-seeded Texas A&M in an elimination game on Sunday.

Brendan Bobo singled in the first inning to drive home Nate Nankil to get Cal State Fullerton on the board. Jack Haley laid down a sacrifice bunt to score Moises Guzman, then scored on a double by Connor to make it 3-1 after two innings. Maddox Latta hit a solo home run in the third and Connor ripped a three-run homer in the fourth to put the game out of reach.

San Jose State got all of its scoring on five solo home runs — by Dalton Bowling, Jack Colette, Robert Hamchuck and two by Charles McAdoo.

Louisiana out-slugs Maine, 19-10 to advance in the Coral Gables Regional

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Carson Roccaforte hit a three-run home run to help power a nine-run seventh-inning rally that carried Louisiana past Maine 19-10 in an elimination game at the Coral Gables Regional Saturday.

The teams combined for 31 base hits and seven home runs in the slugfest.

The Ragin' Cajuns (41-23) advance to another loser-out game on Sunday against the loser of Saturday's late game between top-seeded Miami and second-seeded Texas.

Louisiana scored all of its runs in bunches, pushing across four runs in the second inning, and three in both the fourth and fifth before erupting for nine in the seventh on eight hits.

Miguel Santos hit 3 of Dallas Baptist’s 6 HRs in 18-4 win over Oklahoma St. at regional

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Miguel Santos hit three of Dallas Baptist's six home runs as the Patriots beat No. 1 seed Oklahoma State 18-4 Saturday to eliminate the Cowboys from the Stillwater Regional.

Santos finished 4 for 6 with nine RBIs and four runs.

No. 2 seed Dallas Baptist (46-15) will play the loser between Washington — which beat the Patriots 9-5 in opening game of the regional — and Oral Roberts in a loser-out game Sunday.

Kodie Kolden and Nathan Humphreys hit back-to-back homers to lead off the fourth inning and Santos added a two-run shot that made it 4-1. Santos added an RBI-double in DBU's six-run fifth inning, Kolden added a second lead-off homer before Santos hit a three-run shot in the sixth and another in the seventh to make it 18-1.

Southern Miss hits four home runs, knocks Auburn out of its own regional

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Christopher Sargent hit a three-run home run, Dustin Dickerson hit two solo shots, and Southern Miss defeated Auburn 7-2 on Saturday, eliminating the Tigers from their own regional.

A solo shot by Danny Lynch in the eighth inning gave the Golden Eagles four home runs for the game.

Second-seeded Southern Miss (42-18) will play on Sunday against the loser of Saturday's other game between No. 4 Penn and No. 3 Samford.

Sargent's first-inning home run got the Golden Eagles started and the 3-0 lead was enough as Auburn managed only a pair of RBI singles — by Chris Stanfield and Cooper McMurray — in the sixth inning.

Montreal police probe fatal downtown shooting

Montreal police say they are investigating after one man died in a shooting outside an apartment today.

Investigators say a man, 61, was allegedly shot in front of a building in the city's Ville-Marie district, located east of downtown, at around 8 a.m.

The victim was struck in the upper body and declared dead at the scene.

Police said later in the day the death was being investigated as a homicide.

Blanchard, Pracht drive in 10 runs, George Mason tops Northeastern 11-3 at Winston-Salem Regional

WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. (AP) — Chad Gartland went the distance and Evan Blanchard and Carson Pracht each drove in five runs to carry George Mason past Northeastern 11-3 in an elimination game at the Winston-Salem Regional on Saturday.

The Patriots (35-26) advance to face the loser of Saturday's late game between top-seeded Wake Forest and second-seeded Maryland on Sunday.

Gartland (7-2) scattered seven hits over nine innings and all three Northeastern runs came on solo home runs by Spenser Smith, Harrison Feinberg and Alex Lane.

Blanchard hit a pair of two-run singles and added a fifth RBI on a bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning. Pracht doubled to drive in two runs in the sixth, hit an RBI single in the eighth and singled home two more in the ninth.

Bosacker’s 4-hit shutout, Walker’s 4 RBIs help Xavier eliminate E. Illinois at Nashville Regional

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ethan Bosacker allowed four hits with six strikeouts in a complete game shutout, Andrew Walker went 2 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs to help Xavier beat Eastern Illinois 7-0 Saturday in an elimination game at the Nashville Regional.

No. 3 seed Xavier (38-24) plays the loser between Oregon — which beat the Musketeers 5-4 in the regional's opener — and No. 6 national seed Vanderbilt in a loser-out game Sunday.

Jared Cushing scored on an RBI groundout by Grant Stephenson to make it 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning and Walker hit a three-run shot in the fifth to make it 5-0. McCormick added a two-RBI single in the seventh inning and Jack Housinger scored on a groundout by Walker to cap the scoring in the eights.

No. 4 seed Eastern Illinois (38-21), which set a program record for single-season wins, never moved a runner beyond first base.