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Stanford Beats Texas to Advance to College World Series on Insane Ending!

The Stanford Cardinal is heading back to Omaha after beating the University of Texas in the super regional championship. Stanford will earn a berth to the College World Series after one of the more insane endings you'll ever see.

Brady Farkas

Stanford Beats Texas to Advance to College World Series on Insane Ending!
Stanford Beats Texas to Advance to College World Series on Insane Ending! /

Here at Fastball and FanNation, we obviously focus on Major League Baseball.

Unless it's June and unless it's around the College World Series and unless it's one of the most insane endings you'll ever see.

Then we make exceptions, like what happened on Monday.

Stanford University clinched a spot in the College World Series in Omaha on Monday with a walk-off victory over the University of Texas.

The game was tied 6-6 in the bottom of the ninth inning when this happened with two men on and two men out:

Via @thecomeback on Twitter:

STANFORD WALKS IT OFF ON A ROUTINE FLYBALL THAT TEXAS CAN'T FIND, TO REACH THE MEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES! #MCWS #Omaha

That is just a brutal way to lose a game with the College World Series on the line. While Texas obviously plays games under the lights during the season, when you're not used to playing under a certain set of lights, it can be hard to pick up the ball, which is what happened here.

For Stanford, they'll join the following teams in Omaha:

1) The University of Florida

2) Louisiana State University (LSU)

3) Oral Roberts

4) TCU

5) Virginia

6) Wake Forest

7) Winner of Tennessee and Southern Miss

Here is the schedule of events for the College World Series, per NCAA.com:

  • First day of MCWS games: Start Friday, June 16
  • MCWS finals: Saturday-Monday, June 24-26
  • Final championship game: Monday, June 26

The games will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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