Oregon State got on the scoreboard against Miller in the third, thanks in part to an overly aggressive North Carolina fan.

Kunda led off the inning with a liner to left-center that a shirtless fan — whose hair was colored Carolina powder blue — touched with his glove while apparently reaching over the wall before left fielder Cox could get to it. It deflected off the glove of the young fan, Tyson Cunningham of Syracuse, Utah, and into the hands of an Oregon State fan, Casey Hill from West Point, Utah.

Cox immediately pointed up at the stands while Kunda rounded the bases, thinking he homered.

But left-field ump John Kleis put up two fingers to signal two bases before consulting with the other umpires, who ruled it a double. Oregon State coach Pat Casey came out to argue that the ball should have been ruled a homer to no avail.

Canham followed with a bunt single, and Barney's flyout to left made it 2-1.