Martin, Florida State still chasing 1st NCAA baseball title

Keller went 13-0 as a senior in 1989, and he pitched the Seminoles past Wichita State in their second game of the College World Series. We've won five already this year - the SEC West, the SEC regular season, the SEC Tournament, a Regional and a Super Regional.

A staffer for Scalise tweeted that the congressman was watching the game and "rooting hard for a big Tigers win tonight". But for most of the participants, by the time next week ends, their recent tales of CWS near-misses will include yet another agonizing chapter. In the evening game starting at 6 p.m. (CT), No. 6 national seed TCU (47-16) will be squaring off against No. 3 national seed Florida (47-18). The game will be broadcast on ESPN.

If the rivals extend their remarkable late-season surges under extreme pressure, they could potentially face off for a championship.

"This is what it's all about", veteran coach Mike Martin said during a press conference Friday.

"If you look at our team across the board, we don't have a great batting average (.272) or awesome ERA (4.02) or fielding percentage (.974), but we have experience and savvy and presence", Frogs' coach Jim Schlossnagle said. "It's cool to have people I am around all the time watch me and support me". "But I can say this: You'll never be able to take away the memories".

Martin's chase of a title will make him the sentimental favorite among fans this week. "You saw (Omaha) as a player and you go through it and you don't really appreciate it at the time".

In addition to being one of the top hitters on the team, McKay is also the ace with a 2.34 ERA and a 10-3 record.

Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan stared at the stats in front of him and picked out the only number he wanted to talk about.

". We had a guy run to first base, touch first base, and broke his foot". The coaches did the best they could possibly do to stay out of the way and see what they did with that tough situation. The Frogs and Gators are the only teams with five CWS appearances this decade. "They've got a lot of parts, and they're tough to stop". "We plan for the entire year until we get here today". "Two months ago, everyone was ready to bury them (LSU)".

"We've had to endure, like everybody else, injuries". The three-game championship series will be played from Monday, June 26 through Wednesday, June 28. Hopefully, we'll come back in the future.

"The first trip of the year, we opened up in Clearwater, Florida, at the Phillies complex, lovely complex down there".