A few minutes after he made the defensive play of the game, Bennett Lee delivered the hit that put Wake Forest on the inside track to the Men’s College World Series finals.
The Demon Deacons came from behind to win a second straight one-run game at Charles Schwab Field, beating LSU 3-2 on Monday night in the game that determined control of their bracket.
Wake Forest is 7-0 in the NCAA tournament. It’s the fifth No. 1 national seed to win its first two games in the MCWS; three of previous four reached the championship game but only Miami in 1999 won the title.
Chase Burns pitched six shutout innings in relief of Chase Dollander, Tennessee manufactured two runs to break a tie in the seventh, and the Volunteers knocked Stanford out of the Men’s College World Series with a 6-4 victory Monday.
Tennessee (44-21) ended a six-game CWS losing streak dating to 2001 and plays…
