College World Series predictions, picks for Day 2: Coastal Carolina, Oregon State battle for semifinals

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OMAHA, NE ― The first team will be sent packing from Omaha on Day 3 of the 2025 Men's College World Series, while another team will secure a berth in the semifinals. In the early game (1 p.m. CT, ESPN), Louisville will take on Arizona.Both teams were competitivein their first games, but the Wildcats gave up a three-run eighth inning for a 7-4 loss to Coastal Carolina and Louisvillegot walked off on, 4-3, by Oregon State. The winner of that game will play for a spot in the semifinals June 17. The Chanticleers and Beavers will face off for a spot in the semifinals in the late game (6 p.m. CT, ESPN). The winner will be off until June 18's semifinal, while the loser will face the winner of the Louisville/Arizona game. Here are our predictions: Louisville 5, Arizona 1 The Cardinals were uncharacteristically unable to play their traditional small ball in their opener against Oregon State, but it seems unlikely this pace-pushing offense can be held down for too long. Louisville's non-Patrick Forbes pitching will have to continue to pitch as well as it has in the rest of the postseason to match Arizona's strong bullpen. CWS storylines:Biggest strength, weakness of every team in Omaha Coastal Carolina 2, Oregon State 1 Coastal Carolina has a big-time cheat code here in the ability to start Jacob Morrison, the Sun Belt pitcher of the year. The Beavers haven't always had the most reliable rotation. They do have a better offense than the Chanticleers, but a big part of that is drawing more walks than anyone in Omaha. Morrison, and the rest of Coastal Carolina's pitching staff, doesn't issue many walks. Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her atagerson@gannett.comor on X@aria_gerson. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:College World Series picks, predictions for Day 3 in Omaha

 

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