Tennessee eliminates Stanford from College World Series behind Chase Burns' dominant relief outing

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Chase Burns pitched six shutout innings in relief of Chase Dollander, Tennessee manufactured two runs to break a tie in the seventh, and the Volunteers knocked Stanford out of the College World Series with a 6-4 victory Monday.

Tennessee (44-21) ended a six-game CWS losing streak dating to 2001 and plays Tuesday against SEC rival LSU for the opportunity to play Wake Forest on Wednesday. The Tigers beat Tennessee 6-3 here on Saturday.

Stanford (44-20) went 0-2 at the CWS for a second straight year.

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Tennessees Chase Burns pitches plays against Stanford in the fourth inning of a baseball game at the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 19, 2023.  (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

Burns (5-3), who went from weekend starter at the start of the season to bullpen bulldog at the end, mixed his slider with a fastball he ran up to 102 mph while striking out nine and limiting the Cardinal to two hits.

"Coming out of the bullpen, you’ve got one thing in mind; it’s just do your job," Burns said. "No fight is too big for us. Just going to go out there, do my job, hope for the best."

Burns' best was great against the Cardinal. He was the first reliever since 1997 to blank an opponent for six innings at the CWS.

"Hat's off to him because that was an all-time performance at the College World Series," Stanford coach David Esquer said.

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Tennessees Zane Denton, left, dives safely into home plate ahead of the tag from Stanfords Malcolm Moore, right, in the fifth inning of a baseball game at the NCAA College World