
Gene Fisten laid the ball down the first base line so perfectly that no play was possible and Arizona had a 1-0 triumph when Ernie Oosterveen breezed through the last of the ninth for a rest.”īut it was that first round start against Ole Miss that lands Kazura in the record books. Another bunt filled the bases and a third sent Messick scampering across the plate. That apparently upset Kazura and he erred on a bunt by the next hitter to put men on second and first. "Then left hander Joe Kazura of New Hampshire started himself on the way to defeat by hitting Harry Missick, first man up. To his credit, Kazura bounced back to pick up a win in relief the next day against Washington State and then pitched well in a 1-0 loss to Arizona the following game.Īn excerpt from Biddeford Daily Journal from June 12, 1956: Both were part of his final stat line in UNH's 13-2 loss to Mississippi on June 9, 1956. New Hampshire pitcher Joe Kazura is the owner of two rather dubious CWS records: most runs (13) and hits (16) allowed in a single outing. That led to this interesting quote from Cowboys coach Gary Ward on Dilks' gutsy performance: "They got 10 runs on eight hits, and other than those, Darren Dilks dominated some of the best collegiate hitters in the nation."ĬWS HISTORY: Programs with the most CWS titles | Most CWS appearances | Winningest coaches in CWS Dilks' final line included 10 earned runs and eight hits allowed. He was relieved, and OSU would walk off as winners in the 13th. In a 13-inning 11-10 win over Arizona State on June 5, 1981, the southpaw hurled 189 pitches - 14 more than the next closest mark.ĭilks pitched 8.1 innings before surrendering a game-tying three-run homer with one out in the ninth inning. Oklahoma State's Darren Dilks probably needed lots of ice after this 1981 CWS start.

Most pitches thrown by one pitcher (since 1981) - 189 But then again, Vanderbilt's Kumar Rocker did punch out 19 in the first no-hitter in Super Regionals history back in 2019. Bane's total remains the single-game high-mark among nine-inning games. He had a program-best 294 in just two years in Columbus.Īrizona State's Ed Bane came the closest to matching Arlin in 1972 with 17 strikeouts in a 1-0 shutout of Oklahoma. His 20 strikeouts remain unmatched over five decades of play since in Omaha.Īrlin finished with 165 total punch-outs in the 1965 season, still an Ohio State record. NCAA Baseball FebruMost strikeouts by one pitcher - 20Īrlin didn't just hold the Cougars at bay in his 15-inning gem. June 10, 1965: Ohio State’s Steve Arlin throws 15-inning, 20-strikeout SHUTOUT… both #CWS records! /zdMCve30PR The Arlin Game is one of four 15-inning marathons in tournament history. To achieve the feat would require another broken record - longest CWS game by innings. The last player to reach 13 was Oklahoma's Jackson Todd in 1972.įorget the obvious obstacles in the way of this record in today's era: stricter pitch counts and heavier bullpen usage. Arizona State's Gary Gentry came one frame short of Arlin's record two years later in 1967 when he won a 4-3 game in 14 innings. The Buckeyes won 1-0 and would go on to lose to Arizona State in the championship game.įour other pitchers have thrown at least 13 innings in a single game. With Ohio State facing elimination in the 1965 College World Series, Arlin tossed a 15-inning complete game shutout with 20 strikeouts (another record we'll get to next) against Washington State. The former Ohio State pitcher was part of two CWS squads and finished with a 0.96 ERA in 47 career innings of work in Omaha.įifteen of those innings came in one appearance. There's a reason why Steve Arlin was named to the College World Series Legends Team back in 2010. The Tar Heels defeated the eventual national champion Beavers 8-6 in a steamy four-hour, 24-minute marathon. The nine-inning record was set in the 2018 CWS opener between North Carolina and Oregon State. The longest CWS game ever played took a whopping five hours, 40 minutes in a 13-inning affair between UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton in 2013. It would require tremendous efficiency by both pitchers, limited mound visits and pitching changes, and perhaps some divine intervention to come close to either low mark in today's age of baseball.
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Chris Bando had the decisive strike in a pitchers' duel, hitting a seventh inning homer to deliver the Sun Devils the title.
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Arizona State defeated South Carolina 2-1 in that year's championship game in just one hour, 35 minutes. The shortest nine-inning game in CWS history was played on June 18, 1977.
