Jenkins hits for cycle as OSU outlasts USC

Andy Jenkins hit for the cycle and drove in four runs to lead Oregon State to a 10-8 victory over Southern California on Monday in Corvallis, Ore., for its first College World Series since 1952.

Jenkins went 5-for-5 for the eighth-seeded Beavers (46-10), who are in the postseason for the first time since 1986. They will play top-seeded Tulane in Omaha.

Southern California (41-22) has won 12 national championships since 1948, the most recent in 1998.

The Trojans forced the third and deciding game by rallying from an 8-3 deficit for a 9-8, 10-inning victory Sunday night.

USC erased a 7-3 deficit in Game 3 with a four-run sixth inning.

Jenkins, a first baseman, completed his cycle in the bottom of the inning with a triple, and he scored on Shea McFeely's sacrifice fly to make it 8-7. Darwin Barney had an RBI single in the seventh for the Beavers, then scored on Jenkins' second single of the game.

Jenkins' two-run double in the first started the game's scoring.

USC catcher Jeff Clement, taken by Seattle with the third overall pick in the baseball draft, hit a three-run home run to tie it 3-all in the third.

Jenkins put the Beavers, who had 17 hits, back in front in the bottom of the inning with a solo homer.

Reliever Eddie Kunz (2-0) allowed one run and two hits, while Dallas Buck, the Beavers' fifth pitcher, earned the save. Reliever Ryan Schlack (0-2), the fourth of seven USC pitchers, took the loss.

TULANE 9, RICE 6: At New Orleans, Micah Owings drove in the decisive run in the top of the ninth, and Tulane advanced to the College World Series for the second time in school history.

Rice starter Eddie Degerman shut down Tulane (55-10) for most of the game and the Owls led 3-2 heading into the eighth. The Green Wave then scored seven runs in the last two innings, with Owings' liner to left breaking a 6-6 tie.

Tulane reliever Daniel Latham (2-0), who had given up three runs in the eighth as Rice (45-19) tied the game at 6, retired the side in order in the bottom of the ninth for the victory.

Reliever Adam Hale (1-3) was charged with the loss after giving up three hits and all three runs in the ninth.

Tulane's other CWS appearance was in 2001.

BAYLOR 6, CLEMSON 1: At Waco, Texas, Kevin Sevigny hit a three-run double in the fourth to lead the Bears into the College World Series.