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Towns’ double in 8th sends Virginia to 5-3 CWS win over Hogs

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June 13th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Kenny Towns hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning after Daniel Pinero stole second and third base, and Virginia opened the College World Series with a 5-3 victory over Arkansas on Saturday. Ernie Clement added a run-scoring single in the ninth for Virginia (40-22), which scored all five of its runs with two outs. The Cavaliers, a No. 3 regional seed and the lowest seed to make it to Omaha, improved to 6-0 in the NCAA Tournament. Arkansas (40-24) tied it at 3 in the fifth on Andrew Benintendi’s nation-leading 20th home run.