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• Virginia tops CS-Fullerton, eliminates Titans

  
  

  Omaha, NE (Sports Network) - Keith Werman finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored as Virginia topped CS-Fullerton, 7-5, in Bracket 1 play of the College World Series on Monday.

  Franco Valdes doubled and scored for Virginia, which will face the loser of Monday night's Arkansas/LSU game on Wednesday.

  Andrew Carraway hurled 2 2/3 relief innings for the win, allowing four hits and no runs for starter Robert Morey. Morey went just four frames and was charged with five hits and three runs.

  Dustin Garneau hit a two-run homer and both Gary Brown and Jared Clark collected three hits and knocked in one for the Titans, who were eliminated from the tournament despite being the second-ranked team in the nation.

  Daniel Renken got the start and took the loss after allowing six hits and six runs over 5 2/3 innings.

  Phil Gosselin's RBI double in the fifth gave the Cavaliers a 5-3 edge, then Werman and Tyler Cannon added run-scoring hits in the sixth for a four-run bulge.

  Brown and Clark's hits in the ninth brought the Titans within 7-5, but Kevin Arico retired Khris Davis to end the contest.

  06/15 19:26:41 ET