Fullerton pitcher keeps scoreless streak alive

OMAHA, Neb. -- Jason Windsor pitched a three-hitter and struck out a career-high 14 to lead Cal State Fullerton to a 2-0 victory over South Carolina in the College World Series on Saturday.

Windsor (12-4) won his 11th straight start and ran his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 24. He has given up just one run in 32 innings (0.28 ERA) in the NCAA tournament, including the eight shutout innings he tossed in a super regional win over Tulane last Saturday.

"I'm just glad you and America got to see what we've been seeing for two years," Fullerton coach George Horton said.

Fullerton (43-21) will play Miami on Monday. The Hurricanes (50- 11) beat LSU 9-5 later on Saturday.

LSU (46-18) will face South Carolina (50-16) in an elimination game.

Windsor pitched out of trouble three times, leaving runners at third base in the second and fifth innings and getting out of a bases- loaded jam in the seventh by striking out Steven Tolleson for the third time in the game.

The 6-foot-2, 220-pound right-hander, a third-round draft pick by the Oakland Athletics, pitched his third shutout of the season.

"I didn't have real good control of my fastball, but it came around in the second or third inning," Windsor said. "I just kept working to get to the next pitch, and finally things smoothed out and my fastball came back."

South Carolina hadn't been shut out in 67 games since losing 8-0 in to Stanford in last year's CWS.

"Jason Windsor completely dominated the game. He just overmatched us," Gamecocks coach Ray Tanner said. "We had a couple opportunities but weren't able to cash in. He's just too good."

It was the third time in six games that Fullerton has held its opponent scoreless. The Titans have won 28 of their last 33 games after starting the season 15-16.

South Carolina starter Matt Campbell (10-5), a first-round draft pick of the Kansas City Royals, allowed four hits but walked a career- high eight in 5 2-3 innings.

In the late game, Cesar Carrillo settled down after two shaky innings and held LSU to two hits over his last six innings and Adam Ricks' two-run homer helped Miami beat the Tigers 9-5.

Carrillo (12-0) gave up five runs on five hits, two walks and a hit batter in the first two innings, then settled down to retire 19 of 23 batters and lead the Hurricanes to their 13th straight victory.

It was the first meeting of the traditional powers since LSU's Warren Morris hit his home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of the 1996 CWS championship game.

"I knew there was tremendous pressure trying to beat them, with the big rivalry between us," Carrillo said.

The Hurricanes broke a 5-all tie when Erick San Pedro doubled with two outs in the fifth and scored on Gaby Sanchez's second RBI single of the game.

Jon Jay hit a run-scoring triple in the sixth before Ricks connected off Justin Determann (6-5) for his 11th home run, which barely cleared the wall in left-center field.

LSU starter Nate Bumstead lasted only two innings, giving up five runs and eight hits before Determann relieved in the third.

The Tigers strung together three straight hits off Carrillo to open the game.

"We had to tack a lot early because they were going to hang with him as long as they could because he does get better, and he did," LSU coach Smoke Laval said.

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