Oklahoma beats Georgia, Texas eliminates Alabama at MCWS

Oklahoma outlasted Georgia, winning 4-3, to move to 2-0 in the Men’s College World Series and is now one win away from the championship series.

The Bulldogs will next rematch with Texas at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday. 

OU freshman right-hander Xander Mercurius shined in the win, unfazed by UGA’s high octane offense, lasting 7.1 innings with nine strikeouts while holding the Bulldogs to three runs. 

Check out some of the most notable numbers and moments from the contest:

• Mercurius and Georgia’s Caden Aoki both duked it out for seven-plus innings. The last MCWS game where both starting pitchers threw seven-plus innings was Game 13 in 2023
  • Wake Forest’s Rhett Lowder (7 IP) and LSU’s Paul Skenes (8 IP)
  • They threw a combined 219 pitches
• Oklahoma handed Georgia its first loss since May 16 (Auburn)
• Oklahoma scored three runs in the first after scoring two in the first in the Sooners’ MCWS opener
• UGA went 0-for-12 with runners on base, scoring all runs via solo homers
  • The Bulldogs were also 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position
• Th 4-3 victory marks the Sooners’ fourth 2-0 start in MCWS history
• Georgia’s Daniel Jackson hit his 32nd home run of the season 447 feet, the third longest homer at the MCWS since the move to Charles Schwab Field
• With brothers Kolby (Georgia) and Kyle (Oklahoma) Branch playing, the game marked the first time in MCWS two brothers played against each other in the same game. You can read more about the Branch brothers and the family here.

The Texas-Georgia game will be the second time the two have met in Omaha, with Georgia topping the Longhorns 7-1 on Saturday. Now the two will meet again in an elimination game.