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Twins Draftee CWS Hero

Twins Draftee CWS Hero

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Zander Wiel’s home run leading off the seventh inning broke up Alex Young’s no-hit bid  and Vanderbilt defeated TCU 1-0 in the College World Series on Tuesday night.

Wiel, an infielder,  was a 12th round pick by the Minnesota Twins in the recent Major League Baseball Draft.

The defending national champion Commodores (49-19) earned two days off and would have to be beaten twice by either TCU (50-14) or LSU to be denied a second straight trip to the best-of-three finals. Those teams will play an elimination game Thursday.

Young (9-3) flummoxed Vanderbilt for six innings, striking out a career-high 12 batters. Wiel drove out the junior left-hander’s 2-1 changeup just inside the left-field foul pole for his 15th homer of the season.

Philip Pfeiffer (5-5) and Kyle Wright allowed five singles and walked four. Wright earned his fourth save.