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Rice beats Stanford to win the College World Series

Rice players pile up as they celebrate their 14-2 championship win over Stanford in the final game of the College World Series best-of-three championship series in Omaha, Nebraska on Monday. PHOTO: AP

Rice University scored three runs in the first inning, then added a record-tying seven in the sixth Monday as the Owls won their first national title in any college team sport with a 14-2 victory over Stanford University.

The win in the third and deciding game of the College World Series championship series saw Rice (58-12) set the record for largest winning margin in a title game.

Philip Humber pitched a complete-game five-hitter, Enrique Cruz drove in four runs and Paul Janish knocked in three as Rice battered Stanford pitching for 14 hits. Stanford (51-18), which overcame a second-round CWS loss to reach the final series and then forced a third game against Rice, lost in the championship game for the third time in four years. The Cardinal have won two titles, the last in 1988.

Freshman left-hander Mark Romanczuk gave up the three runs in the first inning. Five innings and five pitchers later, the Owls led 11-0.

Humber (11-3) retired the first seven batters he faced before Brian Hall doubled in the third. He then set down 10 of the next 12 before Ryan Garko doubled in the seventh and later scored to end the shutout bid.
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