TCU beat Coastal Carolina 6-1 Tuesday night at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. (Photo by Michelle Bishop)
Parrett finished two for four at the plate driving in three runs for Coastal, while also stealing two of the four bases the Chanticleers stole on the night.
Mike Morrison (8-1), picked up the win out of the bullpen after relieving Jason Bilous, who could not make it out of the third inning. Morrison gave Coastal four-and-one-third innings, only giving up two runs on three hits while striking out six Red Raiders.
Coastal Carolina (51-17) broke the scoreless tie in the top of the second. Billy Cooke drew a one-out walk and stole second to get in to scoring position. After a strikeout, Parett singled through the left side, driving home Cooke and putting the Chanticleers on the board.
Texas Tech (47-20) looked to threaten in the bottom half of the inning after two straight one-out singles put a runner in scoring position. Michael Davis hit a grounder in the hole on the left side which looked like it might score a run after the ball went off of the glove of a diving Michael Paez and in to short left field. Paez recovered and made a strong throw to home to throw out Eric Gutierrez at the plate.
The Red Raiders would not be denied after a walk loaded the bases. Stephen Smith lined a shot to the wall in left field which cleared the bases and gave Texas Tech a 3-1 lead.
Coastal bounced back in its very next at bat. Zach Remillard singled with one out and moved to third after a double down the right field line by Connor Owings. G.K. Young hit a grounder to third and Remillard broke to home. Hunter Hargrove’s throw short hopped Tyler Floyd at home and got away from Floyd, allowing Remillard to score and move the runners to second and third.
With the Chanticleers threatening, Tim Tadlock made the move to the bullpen, ending Erickson Lanning’s (3-4) day after two-and-two-thirds innings. Robert Dugger came on in relief and got a ground ball from Kevin Woodall Jr., but the ball got under Gutierrez’s glove at first and allowed both runners to come home to put Coastal back on top, 4-3.
In the bottom of the third, a one-out double by Tyler Neslony and a walk to Gutierrez chased Bilous from the game, bringing Morrison out of the bullpen. Morrison walked the first batter he faced to load the bases, then promptly struck out the next two batters to leave the bases full of Red Raiders.
Coastal Carolina tacked on another run in the top of the fifth on a bases loaded sacrifice fly by Tyler Chadwick, after another Red Raider error and two walks. The sacrifice fly came off of Parker Muschinski after he replaced Dugger after the second walk. The inning continued as Parrett lined a single to left center field to bring home two more runners to make it 7-3.
In the bottom of the seventh, Texas Tech finally got to Morrison. After loading the bases with one out, Hargrove drove a ball deep enough to left field for a sacrifice fly to make it 7-4. The Red Raiders got another run back as Davis sent a grounder to right field to make it 7-5 after seven innings.
Morrison was relieved by Bobby Holmes, who picked up his fourth save of the season, throwing the last two-and-a third innings only giving up one hit and one walk while striking out two batters.
The Red Raiders were the final national seed in the College World Series, and with the loss, national seeds finished 1-6, which is the fewest wins by national seeds in the the CWS.
Coastal Carolina will play TCU Friday, with first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m
