Oregon St. Rallies to Even Series vs. Arkansas in College World Series Game 2

Oregon State was down to its final strike.

Suffice it to say, the Beavers made the most of it.

Cadyn Grenier hit a game-tying RBI single, and Trevor Larnach hit a go-ahead two-run homer the very next at-bat, allowing the Beavers to earn a 5-3 comeback victory over Arkansas in Game 2 of the College World Series. The teams are tied a game apiece heading into Thursday's deciding Game 3.

Oregon State had failed time and again to score with runners on base for the first 17.2 innings of this CWS—and nearly did so again. Grenier hit a catchable pop fly in foul territory that saw three Razorbacks miscommunicate, allowing it to drop to the field.

The Baltimore Orioles' second-round pick singled on the very next pitch, tying the game and opening up the floodgates. Arkansas had been 42-0 when leading through eight innings this season, per ESPN Stats & Info. 

Matt Cronin, who recorded an Arkansas-record 14th save in Game 1, took the loss. Cronin allowed just three baserunners in his 1.2 innings of work, but all three crossed the plate.

Oregon State had previously left eight runners stranded on base and blew a huge opportunity to break the game wide open in the fifth. The Beavers loaded the bases with one out and left with only one run when Larnach struck out and Adley Rutschman grounded out to end the frame.

Arkansas capitalized on the Beavers' struggles with runners on, scoring two in the bottom half of the frame on RBI singles by Luke Bonfield and Carson Shaddy. That set the game at 3-2, where it stayed until the top half of the ninth.

Rutschman previously homered in the top of the fourth for Oregon State.

Kevin Abel moved to 7-1 on the season after getting the win for a lone inning of work. Brandon Eisert went five innings and gave up two runs after coming in for starter Bryce Fehmel.