[1] The Oregon State Beavers defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks in the best-of-three final series to win the championship.
With two outs and a runner on third, Oregon State shortstop Cadyn Grenier popped a foul ball down the right field line that multiple Razorback players appeared to have a play on.
Three pitches later, with the Beavers down to their final strike, Grenier singled in the tying run, and was followed by Trevor Larnach's two-run homer to give OSU a 5–3 lead and the eventual victory to even the series.
[4] The following day, Oregon State freshman Kevin Abel – who threw 23 pitches the previous night[5] – notched a 129-pitch complete game shutout, allowing just two hits and retiring the final 20 Razorback hitters [6] to secure the Beavers' third national title in baseball.
Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman was named College World Series Most Outstanding Player after collecting 13 RBI's and a College World Series record 17 hits.
[7] 16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show Monday, May 28 at 12 p.m. EDT on ESPNU.
Hosted by Vanderbilt at Hawkins Field Hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field The College World Series was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.
[9] Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series Teams, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.
NRG Media provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series through its Omaha station KOZN, in association with Westwood One.
Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series with Gary Sharp acting as the field reporter.
The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Bishop acting as field reporter.
During the Regionals and Super Regionals ESPN offered a dedicated channel, ESPN Bases Loaded (carried in the same channel allotments as its "Goal Line" services for football), carried live look-ins and analysis across all games in progress.