OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – TCU freshman star Luken Baker continued his hot hitting, going 3 for 3 with a home run, and the Horned Frogs took control of their College World Series bracket with a 6-1 victory over Coastal Carolina on Tuesday night.

The Frogs (49-16) have won their first two CWS games for the first time in four appearances and move to Friday’s Bracket 2 final. They’ll play the winner of a Thursday elimination game between Coastal Carolina and Texas Tech. A win in that game would put them in the best-of-three finals for the first time.

The Chanticleers (50-17), who beat No. 1 national seed Florida 2-1 in their first-ever CWS game on Sunday, pushed across a run in the sixth inning but otherwise didn’t do much against Brian Howard and Ryan Burnett.

Baker, who hit the winning three-run homer against Texas Tech Sunday, went deep to right in the second inning and singled in his other two at bats.

Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 4, Atlantic 3
AHSTW 21, Tri-Center, Neola 8
Boyer Valley 5, Exira-EHK 1
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 10, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 5
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 12, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 8
Creston 12, Shenandoah 1
Glenwood 12, Clarinda 0
IKM-Manning 12, Treynor 2
Lenox 18, East Union 9
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 8, Woodbury Central 7
Missouri Valley 5, Riverside, Oakland 0
Mount Ayr 11, Southwest Valley 0
Mount Ayr 12, Southwest Valley 0
Seymour 11, Orient-Macksburg 2
Sidney 17, East Mills 9
Underwood 14, Griswold 5

Kuemper Catholic 6, Atlantic 1
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 8, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 1
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 7, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 3
Creston 14, Shenandoah 4
Earlham 9, Panorama, Panora 5
East Mills 14, Sidney 2
Glenwood 14, Clarinda 2
Lenox 16, East Union, Afton 2
Lewis Central 5, Harlan 2
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 11, Woodbury Central, Moville 5
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 9, Denison-Schleswig 2
Treynor 10, IKM-Manning 1
Tri-Center 10, AHSTW 7
Underwood 2, Griswold 0
Van Meter 14, Guthrie Center 1

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Rankings released June 19th

2016 IHSBCA Baseball Rankings
June 19th

Class 4A

1.    Johnston
2.    Iowa City, West
3.    Cedar Rapids, Prairie
4.    Cedar Rapids, Jefferson
5.    Southeast Polk
6.    Waukee
7.    Dubuque, Senior
8.    Mason City
9.    Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines
10. Valley, West Des Moines

Others: Lewis Central; Ankeny Centennial; Cedar Rapids, Kennedy; Urbandale; Cedar Falls

Class 3A

1.      Davenport, Assumption
2.      Pella
3.      Harlan
4.      Estherville Lincoln Central
5.      Saydel
6.      Sergeant Bluff-Luton
7.      West Delaware, Manchester
8.      Boone
9.      Fairfield
10.  Carlisle

Others: Wahlert, Dubuque; Algona; Central DeWitt; Bishop Heelan, Sioux City

Class 2A

1.      Wilton
2.      Clear Lake
3.      New Hampton
4.      Hinton
5.      Treynor
6.      Van Meter
7.      Roland-Story
8.      Northeast, Goose Lake
9.      Monticello
10.  Cascade, Western Dubuque

Others:

Dike-New Hartford; Saint Ansgar; Albia; Van Buren Community; Beckman, Dyersville

Class 1A

1.      Newman Catholic, Mason City
2.      Don Bosco, Gilbertville
3.      Alburnett
4.      West Sioux, Hawarden
5.      Martensdale-St. Mary’s
6.      Lawton-Bronson
7.      North Linn
8.      Coon Rapids-Bayard
9.      Jesup
10.  North Tama

Others:

Akron-Westfield; St. Edmond, Fort Dodge; St. Mary’s, Remsen; Central Lyon, Rock Rapids; Lisbon; CAM, Anita; West Fork; Glidden-Ralston

A-D-M, Adel 11, Carroll 1
CAM, Anita 6, Coon Rapids-Bayard 0
Creston 10, Clarinda 0
Glenwood 15, Red Oak 5
Glenwood 6, Red Oak 0
IKM-Manning 10, Tri-Center, Neola 0
IKM-Manning 19, Tri-Center, Neola 1
Lenox 8, Wayne 6
Lewis Central 5, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 4
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 13, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 1
Sidney 8, Fremont-Mills 2
Sioux City, North 4, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 2
Winterset 10, Perry 0

Audubon 13, Riverside 1
Glenwood 13, Red Oak 3
Glenwood 14, Red Oak 4
Glidden-Ralston 3, EHK-Exira 1
Lewis Central 8, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 4
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 8, West Monona, Onawa 3
Nodaway Valley 7, Adair-Casey 2
Stanton 19, Essex 9
Treynor 11, Logan-Magnolia 0
West Central Valley, Stuart 7, Guthrie Center 6

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police are investigating after someone left a dog in a sweltering car at Kauffman Stadium during a Kansas City Royals baseball game. The dog was rescued by fans who heard it whimpering when they left a game on Sunday. The fans took the dog, which had no access to food and water, into the stadium and left a note for the car’s owner.

As of Monday afternoon, no one had claimed the dog, which is being kept at a shelter. It will be up for adoption if the owners don’t contact the shelter within five days. The Kansas City Star reports one of the dog’s rescuers is interested in adopting the puppy. The penalty for animal cruelty is up to $1,000 or 180 days in jail.

Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry has won the George Halas Award for overcoming adversity to succeed. The Professional Football Writers of America honored Berry on Monday. Berry, the AP’s Comeback Player of the Year, overcame a diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma in late 2014 to return to the field and have an All-Pro season in 2015. The 47th Halas Award winner, Berry is the first member of the Chiefs to receive the honor.

He underwent six rounds of chemotherapy treatment from Dec. 10, 2014 until May 13, 2015. Berry was declared cancer free last June 22, and he was on the field for the first training camp practice July 29. Berry returned to the starting lineup in Week 2, was third on the team with 61 tackles (55 solo), and had a pair of interceptions.