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• Federowicz's slam knocks LSU out of CWS

  
  

  Omaha, NE (Sports Network) - Tim Federowicz drove in five runs, including the game-winning grand slam in the top of the ninth inning, as North Carolina moved one step closer to the College World Series title with a 7-3 win over LSU at Rosenblatt Stadium in a game that was resumed Friday after being halted due to inclement weather on Thursday.

  Locked in a 3-3 game, Ryan Graepel doubled off Louis Coleman with one out in the ninth, and Dustin Ackley was intentionally walked to set up a double play. A wild pitch, however, moved the runners to second and third before Coleman fannedpinch-hitter Mark Fleury for the second out.

  Tim Fedroff was intentionally walked to load the bases, and Federowicz crushed a 1-1 breaking ball over the wall in left to break the game wide open.

  Alex White worked a 1-2-3 ninth to eliminate the Tigers from the CWS.

  Ackley was 4-for-4 and scored twice for the Tar Heels, who advanced to the Bracket 2 final. Fedroff and Graepel each scored a pair of runs, while White tossed a pair of shutout innings to earn the win.

  Matt Clark homered for the Tigers, while D.J. LeMahieu added an RBI single and Micah Gibbs scored a pair of runs. Coleman allowed four runs in three innings -- striking out six -- and took the loss in relief of Jared Bradford, who held UNC to a run on four hits in 5 2/3 frames of relief.

  LSU pitcher Blake Martin had a rocky first on Thursday.

  He gave up a leadoffsingle,a one-outRBI double toTim Fedroff, then beaned consecutive batters before walking in a run to make it 2-0.

  Then the umpires stopped the game due to rain and lightning before being resumed Friday with Bradford on the hill in place of Martin.

  Harvey walked Gibbs and Clark to start the bottom of the second, and LeMahieu cut the UNC lead in half with an RBI single to center.

  Rain was again a factor, as weather forced a delay of nearly 90 minutes in the top of the third inning.

  Federowicz extended the lead to 3-1 in the fifth, knocking in a run with a bases-loaded fielder's choice.

  With Brian Moran on the hill in the fifth, the Tigers fought to tie the game. Gibbs singled with one out, and Clark followed with a two-run blast just over the wall in right-center.

  The two games originally slated for Friday, an afternoon matchup between Georgia and Stanford and a nightcap between the UNC-LSU winner and Fresno State, were pushed back to Saturday.

  UNC will take on Fresno State in the Bracket 2 final, needing to beat the Bulldogs twice in order to advance to the CWS championship series. Georgia and Stanford will meet in the Bracket 1 final, with Georgia needing just one victory to reach the championship series.

  06/21 00:04:59 ET