Arizona will face the Gamecocks' best

The Arizona Wildcats will face a formidable opponent  in South Carolina today at the College World Series in Omaha.  As it should be. And by the same token, the Gamecocks will go up against the best hitting team in the country. Sure, on paper there are three teams -- Utah Valley, Hofstra and Stony Brook, which finished with better batting averages, but they are not playing for the national championship today. The Wildcats have hit the ball all season long and take an unbelievable .330 average into today's first game. The Wildcats will send Konner Wade against Forrest Koumas in the  game today.  Sure, the Eastern seaboard is probably placing bets that fireballer Michael Roth will silence the Arizona bats in either Game 2 or Game 3, but, on the other hand, the Wildcats will counter with the hard-working, go-the-distance mentality of  Kurt Heyer in Game 2 or Game 3 and he bends but does not break. In short, Heyer is an animal who devours innings much like a Mountain Lion devours his prey. Roth and Company own the 10th best ERA (2.95) in the country, and yes the nine teams ahead of the Gamecocks in that category are not playing for the title. It's 2 out of  3 to decide the nation's best college baseball team this year, First one to win two are the champions. The fact Arizona and South Carolina are the best two college teams in the country is icing on the cake. Can Wade and Heyer shutdown the Gamecocks? Can Koumas, Roth and the South Carolina heralded bullpen do a number on the Wildcats? Or the big question, will our Wildcats continue to hit with authority?  I'm hoping for the latter. Good luck, Wildcats!