The College World Series is just full of numbers. For instance, roughly 2.5 percent of Division I team (8 of 301) make it to TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska, and get the chance to win the national championship.
We take a look at some of the key stats and figures to come from Game 1 of the College World Series Finals.
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| Only seven Cavaliers were able to get the ball out of the infield against Vanderbilt pitcher Carson Fulmer. |
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| Jack Gerstenmaier's ninth-inning RBI single snaps Vanderbilt bullpen's 22-inning scoreless streak in the NCAA tourney. |
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| In roughly 53 percent of Carson Fulmer's starts (10 of 19), he has held the opposition scoreless. |
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| Vanderbilt's Carson Fulmer finishes his night with eight strikeouts, upping his CWS total to 15 in 13.2 innings pitched. |
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| Four of Vanderbilt's five runs have come with two outs in an inning. |
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| Ro Coleman breaks a 12 at-bat hitless drought at the CWS to drive in Vanderbilt's third run of the game. |
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| Vanderbilt freshman Will Toffey has two hits and three RBI in the CWS after his sixth-inning, two-RBI double to give the Commodores the lead in the bottom of the sixth. |
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| This is the first game in the CWS Finals -- or title game -- to be scoreless heading into the sixth in 54 years. |
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| Vanderbilt's Carson Fulmer is the first pitcher to start consecutive CWS Finals games in 54 years. |
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| The past six national champions have all won Game 1 of the CWS Finals. |
