2018 CWS: Full inning of Oregon State's crazy Game 2 comeback vs. Arkansas

Down to its final out, Oregon State staved off elimination with an amazing rally to beat Arkansas in Game 2 of the 2018 CWS finals. Watch the full top of the ninth inning here.
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[@Jay-cv4dy]

OSU alum & this game makes me cry everytime. Did an extended cross-country road trip in june 2018 (moving & visit baseball parks + national parks), and wondered if the beavers might make an omaha run & could time being there while not skipping hikes or parks i wanted to see. Really needed circumstances to play out with beavs playing the most games possible & rain delays. On this day, exhaustedly came from rocky mtn nat park to a random sports dive bar in boulder to watch and have my fate decided if i'm immediately driving 8 hrs to omaha in the middle of the night to watch my beavs win the championship. I felt like I was in a movie watching that foul ball drop & homerun in sequence. Everyone at that dive bar was captivated by my trip & rooting with me to see my dreams come true. Next day in Omaha & enjoying the championship in person was icing on the cake. If an angel or spirit was along side me & a baseball or beaver fan, i'm convinced they played a part.

[@B1GE2]

I’ve never been more confident in a team winning a game than I was going into the stadium for game 3 cheering for the beavs

[@gingerface1898]

God Oregon State was loaded this year with future top-notch MLB prospects

[@jacksoncalifano6103]

Facts

[@iamkonner4813]

So does the Arkansas team Isaiah Campbell, Casey Martin, Jax Biggers, Blaine Knight, Dominic Fletcher and Heston Kjerstad all of them were drafted

[@richschaff5504]

Man that game was epic. Game 1 all Arkansaw, Game 2 epic Game 3 all Oregon State. Could have gone either way and my hats off to the Razorbacks, very worthy.

[@joecoolberry911]

For some reason I came here after just watching 12 seed Oregon st make the sweet 16 in March Madness 2021

[@user-zp5lt3kj7o]

haha God bless Jesus loves and God has a plan for all have a blessed day

[@califinn]

That right fielder has to come in and take charge of that ball, he's got the best run at it....going to be on instructional videos for decades.

[@jmhydn58]

Good God the right fielder looking at anybody else on that ball was a sin. Catch the ball and keep running to the huddle.

[@califinn]

@@jmhydn58 Apparently, he's just there to hit. However, some things never change --- when the screws get tight people perform differently, sometimes your mind and body just don't do what you've trained them to. Happens every year. Credit to Oregon State, they made Arkansas pay and grabbed new life in the series...got them a Championship with all that momentum..and in the big games of baseball, momentum and confidence are everything. A little bit of poetic karma as Larnach launched the go ahead over Cole's head. (Did Cole have the Texas flag on his glove 17:56, isn't he playing at Arkansas?)

[@donaldthomas7070]

Starting from Little League right up through Babe Ruth, high school, JCs, college, even the pros.

[@iamkonner4813]

The problem was just that know called for the ball in the air, and that’s just textbook you learn that after teaball

[@juanlewis4335]

Idealy the second baseman should be able to catch that ball though. Looked like he ran to the first basemen instead of following the ball, and the right fielder had 2 people in his way so idk

[@fosbury68]

Still amazes me that OSU won CWS with their best player (Madrigal .367 BA season) in a slump, their best pitcher (Heimlich 16-3, 2.92 ERA season) going 0-1 and their productive lead-off hitter (Kwan .463 OBP season) essentially on the bench, injured. Monster Championship series' by Rutschman (8/13), Larnach (5/11) and Abel (2-0) still got the job done.

[@SPDSniper310]

Abel was unbelievable

[@hamiltonnewhart3053]

Got a little help from the hogs..should have lost 2-0

[@fosbury68]

@@hamiltonnewhart3053 That's what happens when you can't make routine plays.

[@10Peter25]

What amazes me is that every game the Beavers won in that CWS--both in bracket play and the final series--was an elimination game for them. Only one other team had ever won the CWS against such odds, and that team also represented Oregon State.

[@justintaylor4471]

I've seen this about 50 times and it never gets old. "Please give that pitch to Larnach again..." OH SHIT!!! HE DID!!!!

[@Beertownbill]

Decided to watch this again for the umpteenth time, Trevor getting the callup today was the trigger. Go Beavs. Still must still hurt if you are a Hogs fan.

[@UrbanMiller]

Still sickening. My stomach is in knots all over again.

[@Marvin-nc8jk]

It always will hurt .. 1 freaking out away Hopefully we can make it back this year

[@kinleyfreese4637]

I was at this game its been the best game I’ve ever seen

[@awsomehog1]

As a hog fan, I have to disagree lol

[@samrizzo6632]

Kinley Freese lucky as hell

[@iamkonner4813]

awsomehog1 I’m indifferent the game was exciting and close and then it ended exciting for literally everyone but us Arkansas fans

[@GoBlues767]

So was I lol. In fact, I was at every OSU cws game except for their loss against NC and the first Mississippi State game

[@coltonkrokroskia1044]

Feel bad for Shaddy, he is a local and had a great season and is still known for missing that ball. Sucks.

[@hibrother6764]

Colton Krokroskia Still don’t think it’s his fault... right fielder shoulda taken that

[@coltonkrokroskia1044]

@@hibrother6764 its 100% the right fielders ball but shaddy came flying in and called him off. Shaddy would make that play 999/1000 and that one time just happened to be in this game.

[@hibrother6764]

Colton Krokroskia Yeah shaddy shouldnt have came flying in like that i agree. Tough play for anyone but the right fielder tbh but yeah he would have caught that on any other day

[@iamkonner4813]

Can we just agree we were hit with the stupid dust

[@michaeljackson6164]

He was a dummy overrunning it

[@realmackle]

I was in a hotel room up in washington watching this. I was praying when that ball was in the air that it would drop, and when it did I was estatic. Amazing close to the beavs' season.

[@stephenbird5472]

Anybody still watching this in 2024. We could be heading for a rematch in the CWS. Oregon State has a team that is re-writing the offensive record books at OSU. Love to see Arkansas in the CWS, that would be fun!

[@user-tt1qf5fg8b]

It's June and Arkansas needs the Hymlic maneuver again. They are choked out of their own Regional and were scheduled for a Super but again the shit the bed...

[@jps5y]

NOPE LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@stephenbird5472]

Sad to see Arkansas will not make it! We were so looking forward to beating you again! Maybe next year!

[@eKriZZLe]

This has got to hurt even more knowing Arkansas best team got destroyed by a little giant in the Northwest playing WITHOUT one of the best players in the majors right now. In Kwan's rookie season. Ouch.

[@MinkJu]

Kwan was on this team.

[@eKriZZLe]

@@MinkJu Meant that Kwan was hurt during the CWS and he was one of the best players in the majors during his rookie season.

[@MoodyClanHQ]

I wouldnt call oregon state a little giant in the northwest. Theyre literally the best baseball program in the northwest and been the best in the PAC 12 for some time now

[@califinn]

'Destroyed' -- one play away from losing the series is not Destroyed. Arkansas gave it away, and Oregon State took advantage.

[@fishyguy5706]

18:33 rip helmet

[@superballer398]

The 37 dislikes are the damaged grass blades from the dropped fly ball

[@NCAAChampionships]

😂💀

[@fisher2536]

@@NCAAChampionships damn y'all replied

[@christiansmith982]

And maybe a few of us arkansas fans :/

[@shadowforce623]

Congrats to OSU from a UNC fan.

[@scottiedont8641]

As a Oregon State fan, I approve!!

[@Kari2025]

I remember watching this live and couldn’t believe nobody caught that pop up! Glad they didn’t though, because OSU was my pick.

[@guzzy620]

These were the two best teams that year. It was an awesome series!

[@johnvinga5446]

It was the year for the Beavs! What a talented team.

[@rickwalbu]

This missed opportunity still haunts the Hogs to this day!

[@RedtailMediaPro]

I still get nervous watching this, and I know what's going to happen!

[@B1GE2]

I never realized it until now but mullholland the relief pitcher who had the crazy double play to end the game was celebrating the Larnach home run with the boys in the dugout which means he literally had to get his gear and head to the pen between innings. Which is why Abel started the inning.

[@Polar7]

This ones definitely on the right fielder for having the best view and angle on the ball and then just stops for no reason

[@ohiostate1629]

That was the right fielder ball and the Campbell take his shirt off thinking they win he gose out there the next game and lose

[@michaeljackson6164]

Maybe bc carson shaddy was running in like a chicken with his head cut off

[@spencerjeffcoat9177]

As an Arkansas ran this hurt so bad

[@ohiostate1629]

As a gator fan i know the feeling

[@gortond21]

As a life long beaver fan it was the most joy filled moment of my sports life. I still watch this years later and can’t believe it happened. Best moment in sports history for me and I’ll never have anything like it again. Got married 3 days after they won the title. Best week ever. Wish we could have played you guys in the final 4 last week, but we both lost in the elite 8.

[@americanlee6409]

awesome series

[@Beavers1986]

Never gets old ❤

[@cassiusproductions]

That pop-up is BRUTAL

[@nolandunn1805]

Imagine after the hit he just gets picked at 1st 😂

[@sportzhighlightz8093]

Still ties the game tho

[@grantw6833]

As a lifelong Razorback fan I knew when the foul ball dropped that the game and series was lost. I didn't even watch game 3.

[@bryanh5097]

Same. When that ball hit the ground a voice in my head said "We just lost."

[@fosbury68]

Awesome!

[@OGsloth89]

As a Razorback fan I knew it was over for us once that ball hit the ground. Cant give a team like that years beavers second life. I hate my dad and brother were in the stands for that heartbreaker.

[@Beertownbill]

I was in the stands for a Beaver loss in the first round of the NCAA basketball tourney in the early 80's. Rolando Blackman buried a jumper at the buzzer. Beavs were ranked #1. The hurt from that loss never goes away. I'm sure it will be the same for Hogs fans with this game.

[@thomasg86]

I was at this game live as a Beaver fan. That two minutes between Shaddy missing the pop fly, Grenier singling home the tying run, and Larnach launching a 2 run HR... craziest and most exciting thing I've ever witnessed. Made even better by the fact my buddy and I were pretty much the only OSU fans in our section. 🦫🦫🦫

[@user-gh9pe3yb4h]

Sitting in club seats for $20 with my dad who is from Milwaukie. That was an amazing game

[@imaninja17]

I was out in left center with the beaver squad. Most electric moment I’ve ever witnessed!

[@thomasg86]

@@imaninja17 That little patch of orange going wild in the sea of red was amazing!

[@kylewilson2819]

18:05 The moment the series ended. Go Beavs!

[@asantesamuel13]

I've never laughed harder at anything than the missed popup... until I saw the killer two-run homer 🤣

[@br360guy2]

I’m an LSU baseball fan and I usually pull for SEC teams. I was pulling for Arkansas that night, until “the drop” happened. I was so pissed that I invested emotion into the Razorbacks that I pull for anyone playing against them now. This years Super Regional was so sweet😂😎🤣😎 when I watch this replay it looks like curly, mo and larry trying to play baseball. Who’s on first?😂😂😂

[@FaintAura]

How'd you like that sweep last weekend?

[@eKriZZLe]

Thank god for that dropped ball. Arkansas was outplayed in all 3 games. It would have been a travesty if the Beavs didn't go home with the title. Baseball gods knew this, and delivered.

[@iamkonner4813]

Dude Arkansas deserves the title especially since we woulda won our first. Our schools sports programs are all shit minus this. Oregon State shines all the time in baseball.

[@iamkonner4813]

We also outplayed the beavers for the first game and all of the second until the incident happened

[@brys8162]

Hate to tell you but it was Arkansas moment in the sun. The most stacked line up in college baseball made Fayetteville dinger city, all season. That fly ball was their moment and a total breakdown in miscommunication cost them their season. After that the baseball gods gave it to Oregon st, to be sure that this goes down as a lesson. It’s the new 11th baseball commandment “thy 2nd baseman shall’nt call for a foul ball, that two nobel fielders, have already called”

[@eKriZZLe]

@@brys8162 No, it wasn't. Oregon State had one of the best baseball teams of all time for two seasons. They let it slip in 2017 and came back on a mission. Nobody's lineup compared to what the Beavers brought to the diamond. They even did it with three of their best players slumping or injured.

[@eKriZZLe]

@@iamkonner4813 The Beavs outplayed the Razorbacks all three games. Some awful umpiring nearly gave Arkansas game 1 and 2. It would have been robbery if that ball didn't drop.

[@timesup8088]

The beavs absolutely crushed the sec that year,

[@Petermanchannel9]

They should have been swept in the cws final... not a crush the hogs lost it.

[@timesup8088]

@@Petermanchannel9 The beavs were 6-1 in the ncaa baseball tourney against the sec. . Like I said the beavs crushed the sec. Lsu2-0, Mississippi state 2-0, Arkansas 2-1 cumulative score 54-12. Crushed.

[@bamafan73191]

@@timesup8088 objectively thats wrong.....arkansas catches a routine fly ball they are champions....end of story.

[@timesup8088]

@@bamafan73191 IF, IF, IF. But it didn't happen. Beavs crushed the sec. Accept facts or deny reality. 6-1, 54-12. In anybody's book except for yours apparently that equals crushed

[@exacerbatedfellow1236]

@@timesup8088 Meanwhile since then Oregon St’s coach retired and now they’re a has been. The SEC also won the previous two titles.

[@bscrazycrew358]

This game hurt

[@jacobhammock3355]

I can watch it now

[@jloo6822]

That pop up is an awkward play for everyone, but the RF undoubtedly needs to take control. I know exactly what he was doing, 2B came in aggressive and he just hoped he didn’t have to step up. Then when 2B overran it because he’s an infielder, RF looked dumb as hell standing there as the ball bounced vertically 3 feet in front of him. Gotta be a brutal feeling

[@christinawheeler3862]

Walk!!

[@10Peter25]

Beavers fan here. I knew as soon as Grenier's pop foul hit the ground that the Beavs were going to make Arkansas pay for their gaffe. NEVER give a team as talented as that year's Oregon State team extra chances to beat you. Arkansas had the win literally within arm's reach and blew it.

[@miguelsandoval1985]

The Oregon St Pop Up In Foul Ground Cost Arkansas The College World Series... Sort Of Speak.

[@gortond21]

This is a lie. This isn’t the full inning. This is only half the inning. I wanted to see the double play too!

[@brianfuterman4667]

It's Nick Madrigal!

[@NoIwont]

Baseball is a 9 inning, 27 outs per game.

[@gioborges1226]

Heartbreaker , every pitch matters.

[@RagnarLothbrok2222]

Go beavs baby!

[@Thegeneralms1]

Still amazes me they had the CWS won and that 1 dropped foul ball changed the whole thing.

[@billyg7798]

when that happened i told my brother they're done and it'll be 10 years before they're ever in that position again............

[@zerip9756]

Yuhhh

[@dougg2012]

What a choke

[@reneeskinner4078]

This hurts as an Arkansas fan

[@armyvet8279]

😅🤣

[@10Peter25]

Yeah, I know the feeling. The year before, Oregon State was on the verge of setting an NCAA record for wins and winning percentage in a season before losing two straight to LSU when they only needed one more win to advance to the CWS finals. If they had won that CWS, they would probably have been heralded as the greatest college baseball team ever. That hurts as a Beavers fan.

[@bearcookie13]

This is the type of loss that can ruin a school’s program for years to come!

[@captainmelvinseahorse3520]

To many fastballs and got to predictable with location. I would have gone to a outside change up with a lefty P and a righty batting. also can NEVER walk the lead off guy

[@zachmorse5572]

Captain MelvinSeahorse especially the 8 hole guy

[@TANTRUMGASM]

@@zachmorse5572 ..even the 8 hole had a .330 OBP

[@deplorable_bitter_clinger7482]

The first batter (#16) was early twice on 90+ fast balls pulling it deep foul down the right field line. Perfect hitter to throw a change to.

[@twinscecil3492]

Deplorable_Bitter_Clinger that’s the left field line

[@deplorable_bitter_clinger7482]

@@twinscecil3492 - Lol Well, I'm a victim of dyslxeia agian! :D

[@Jaybo337]

2 ft from a championship, baseball is a game of inches. And that missed pop up is a perfect example.

[@jamedlock83]

14:02 literally dropped the trophy!

[@truthsoldier5757]

That foul ball still makes me sick!!!

[@joecoolberry911]

14:00 if they communicate better and catch that foul this series is over, that’s insane!

[@rileybautista6998]

came back cuz it's adley's big day

[@voidoflife7058]

That foul ball wasn’t the easiest thing in the world to catch but somebody definitely should’ve caught it. Any one of those three players could’ve caught it and If you’re in that situation you just simply have to be as assertive as possible, call off everyone and catch the ball

[@doncarrico3021]

Last time I checked a baseball inning consists of 6 outs, try again

[@doncarrico3021]

@@fishyguy5706 ha ha ya "2018 CWS: Full inning of Oregon State's crazy Game 2 comeback vs. Arkansas"

[@vihockeyguy1]

This was fun until it wasn’t

[@Burt_Sampson]

1 run is a comeback now?

[@mk6damon983]

Yeah bro when it's the 9th inning of an elimination game with 2 outs and the world series on the line

[@jakebartholomew98]

Stop being mad that the beavs are just better

[@scottbaseball8046]

How do Cole, Shatey and Gates go on with their lives after letting the National Championship ball fall to the grouned? The RF and 2B had the best shot at it. My point is all three should of slammed into each other for the catch instead of none of them going for the ball and pulling up. The play should of been made. It wasn't and history has been changed forever. This non- play gives the Beavers their 3rd NC in in 13 years and the Razorbacks still without a title.

[@NateDogMXtv]

The 2nd base player screwed the pooch on that one.

[@sadeaton]

And thus the new three stooges were born.

[@br360guy2]

I love SEC baseball and was rooting hard for Arkansas. This ultimate choke job was disgusting. A real “hog killin”. 😂😂😂

[@97Devils]

Hogs know how to run! LOL

[@vihockeyguy1]

Man. As a hog fan, this game was a lot of fun until it wasn’t

[@lomastennett6086]

U got be slim of earth try take away from kids that are champions now. Bunch jealous thugs

[@danielsnyder4388]

Good ol' Oregon: she flies on her own wings and it doesn't matter if she's fourteen.

[@imjustkidding5978]

I throw up every time I see this.

[@timesup8088]

Well you should quit watching

[@lexiescalderon5639]

That was some horrible pitching, the fact it took the Oregon boys that long to start teeing off is just ridiculous

[@TheeChosenWon]

We beat every team we played and won the whole tournament because of our hitting lmao

[@markhagen7719]

Ok, pally, whatever you say.🤣

[@gortond21]

Oregon state

[@donaldthomas7070]

It may have taken OSU a long time to get started, but that's why college baseball games are scheduled for 9 innings, not 7.

[@Spiderjohn62]

The way the Arkansas fans acted going i to that series was awful. Grew to hate Arkansas quickly. That was just deserts. Loved it!!

[@jamedlock83]

14:02 literally dropped the trophy!

[@robertflaxman6014]

Maybe you had to be there, but this didn't seem that "crazy" to me.

[@TheeChosenWon]

Down 1 run in the bottom of the 9th with two outs, two strikes, and they comeback to win on two clutch hits. Are you dumb or something?

[@gortond21]

You’re crazy then. Arkansas drops pop fly to win the national championship. Osu makes them pay by hitting single to tie. Then immediate home run to nail the coffin. Plus a double play in the bottom of the 9th. This is the greatest sequence in college baseball history and if you don’t see it you must not like baseball let alone sports.

[@22hogfan94]

Woo Pig til I die but god this game broke my heart. I was SO close to seeing my Hogs win it all

[@jamedlock83]

14:02 literally dropped the trophy!