The final game of the men’s College World Series lacked drama, but it still delivered an incredible moment.
On Monday, the Oklahoma Sooners won the third college baseball national championship in program history and first since 1994 with a dominant 13-2 win over the North Carolina Tar Heels. Second baseman Kyle Branch, batting ninth, was the biggest star of the game, finishing 3-for-4 at the plate with six RBI and hitting arguably the most memorable home run at Omaha this tournament.
Kyle Branch adds to family’s memorable week at CWS with eighth-inning home run
Branch delivered a three-run blast in the eighth inning to extend Oklahoma’s lead to 11, a moment made more special considering his brother Kolby, a Georgia Bulldogs infielder, also hit a home run in his final at-bat at the College World Series earlier this week.
The two made history by becoming the first brothers to play against each other at the CWS, doing so twice as Kyle’s Sooners swept the two games, and the two even shared a brief high-five as Kolby trotted the bases after hitting his long ball.