North Carolina vs. Oklahoma baseball box score: Live stats from College World Series Championship
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One way or another, a champion will be crowned tonight.
North Carolina vs. Oklahoma baseball box score: Live stats from College World Series Championship originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
A champion will be crowned tonight in Omaha, Nebraska. Oklahoma and North Carolina will face off in the critical game three of this 2026 College Baseball World Series final.
Both of these team enter Game 3 with similar World Series final wins. Oklahoma won Game 1 by scoring in five different innings while North Carolina did not score after the first inning. Conversely, in Game 2, North Carolina won by scoring in three different innings after Oklahoma did not score after the first inning.
With a win tonight, Oklahoma will win their first College World Series since 1994. In the event North Carolina wins, it'll be their first World Series in program history. Despite making the College Baseball World Series final eleven times from 1960 to 2018.
First pitch is scheduled for 7pm EST and will broadcast on ESPN.
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Oklahoma (42-22)02131209120
North Carolina (54-13-1)001000161
Oklahoma vs North Carolina baseball box score: Live stats from College World Series NCAA Championship
Oklahoma
BatterPOSABRHRBIBBSOAVGOBP
1Jason WalkCF310012.278.379
9Camden Johnson3B211010.300.405
48Deiten LaChanceC300111.329.399
7Jaxon WillitsSS323210.315.406
20Trey GambillLF400004.286.428
10Brendan BrockDH312110.302.396
17Dasan HarrisRF411002.357.411
16Dayton Tockey1B422100.252.378
6Kyle Branch2B312311.218.321
Total299118610
2B:
Willits 1 (20)
H:
Tockey 1 (9)
RBI:
LaChance 1 (69)
Willits 2 (55)
Brock 1 (55)
Tockey 1 (23)
Branch 3 (26)
PitcherPOSIPHRERBBSOBFERA
37Nick WesloskiP2.151113123.6
22LJ MercuriusP3.210004124.4
Total6.06111724
Mercurius 48 (29 strikes)
Wesloski 50 (30 strikes)
North Carolina
BatterPOSABRHRBIBBSOAVGOBP
2Jake SchaffnerSS311000.354.467
8Owen HullCF201010.391.498
5Gavin Gallaher2B301102.292.382
44Erik Paulsen1B301001.303.423
1Cooper Nicholson3B300001.255.430
23Colin HynekC300001.254.340
18Carter FrenchRF201001.244.406
25Rom Kellis VDH201000.304.342
12Tyler HoweLF200001.233.364
Total2316117
RBI:
Gallaher 1 (64)
PitcherPOSIPHRERBBSOBFERA
35Jackson RoseP2.263305142.5
36Folger BoazP1.22201196.9
40Walker McDuffieP0.21333163.6
24Matthew MatthijsP1.01111356.4
27Caden GlauberP0.0000000-
Total6.0119761036
Boaz 32 (20 strikes)
McDuffie 25 (10 strikes)
Rose 70 (46 strikes)
Matthijs 23 (14 strikes)
How to watch: North Carolina vs. Oklahoma 2026 NCAA Baseball Championship
Date: Monday, June 22
Time: 7 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN
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