Welcome, we have made it to the finals.

What a season it has been. Let’s close out strong.

Can Oklahoma extend the SEC’s streak to 7 consecutive years?

UNC has been to Omaha 13 times and has never won it all. They have finished runner-up multiple times. Can they get over the hump?

Oklahoma vs UNC – Game 1

• Oklahoma continues to defy their season long numbers this postseason as they find themselves in the CWS finals for the second time in the last 5 seasons. If you are using regular season stats to judge this team, you are missing out. The Sooners are the hottest team in the country and they believe they can beat anyone that stands in front of them. This is a team that has navigated one of the toughest postseason paths in history to find themselves in the national title game. They are on a 8 game win streak with seven wins being against top 20 teams. They have bounced the ACC champion (Ga Tech), Big 12 champion (Kansas), and SEC champion (Georgia). Another crazy stat? They have started a freshman on the mound in every Omaha game. Cord Rager will get the ball in game one. Rager has been dialed in his last two starts. He went 6 innings with 6 strikeouts against Kansas in Supers then followed it up with 7 innings and 8 strikeouts against Alabama. Across those two games, he has only allowed 4 combined hits. Rager does a great job of throwing strikes. He has only walked one batter in 4 starts since 5/16. Rager is a left-handed arm and UNC rolls 5 LHB in their starting lineup. hey haven’t needed them much, but Oklahoma’s bullpen is a strong group. Offensively, this team is raking. The Sooners are averaging 9.4 runs a game over their last 10. Jason Walk and Dasan Harris belted two HRs each in their 11-4 win over Georgia on Wednesday. Oklahoma has hit 43 home runs in their last 16 games, nearly half of their total of 91 this season.
• UNC heads into the title game for the first time since reaching in 2006 and 2007. After facing a scare against USC in Supers, UNC walked through their side of the bracket with wins over Ole Miss and WVU. In both wins against WVU, the Tar Heels jumped on the board early by scoring 2 runs in the 1st. Gavin Gallaher has been on fire at the plate. In the two wins against WVU, he collected 5 hits and 6 RBI. Owen Hull went 4-5 at the plate in their last game. Hull also hit a solo HR in their win over Ole Miss. Jason DeCaro will get the ball here. DeCaro ranks 8th nationally in ERA with a 2.31. He was hit around in Regionals, but has bounced back in Supers and Omaha for two of his best starts of the season. He pitched a complete game shutout against USC and tied his career high with 9 strikeouts against Ole Miss. UNC’s Caden Glauber has pitched in every game in Omaha. He is one of the best freshmen in the country and will be an absolute force in the rotation next season.
• With this being the final series of the season, these teams will allow their starters to pitch to the max if they are dealing. If you tailed my preseason futures, we are sitting on a UNC ticket at +2000. I will be hedging with Oklahoma for guaranteed profit. I honestly like Oklahoma in this matchup as I have it priced much closer to a pick’em. Through this year’s CWS, the trend has been over in day games and under in night games. However, I played under 9.5 on release. It has since dropped down to 8.5, but I would still rock that for 0.5u. I also was able to get down on the NRFI at +125 on B365 through a friend. If you want to sprinkle the exact score, I like OU 4-3 and OU 4-2. Another angle I like is sprinkling OU or UNC to win by 1 run or 2 runs. Good luck and enjoy the game!

My bets:

Oklahoma +140 DK

OU / UNC u9.5 -115 DK

NRFI +125 B365 / MGM