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The Arkansas Diamond Hogs beat Kent State 8-1 in the College World Series today in Omaha, Neb.
Junior catcher Jake Wise had two hits and three RBI to lead the University of Arkansas baseball team to an 8-1 victory over Kent State at the College World Series on Saturday in front of 23,980 fans at TD AmeriTrade Park in Omaha.
The Razorback victory is its second consecutive first-round win at the College World Series (2009) and improves the Razorbacks to 45-20 on the year.
Arkansas struck first with a run in the bottom of the first. Tim Carver drew a leadoff walk and was then sacrificed to second by Joe Serrano. Back-to-back walks by Matt Reynolds and Dominic Ficociello loaded the bases with one out. Brian Anderson then hit a liner that hit off Starn and went for an infield single, scoring Carver. Kent State was able to avoid further damage as Bo Bigham grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.
The Razorbacks added another run in the home half of the second when Wise hit a 2-out solo blast over the wall in left-center field, his second homer of the season.
Arkansas stretched the lead to 3-0 with a run in the bottom of the fifth. Wise drew a leadoff walk and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Carver. Serrano then lined a single up the middle to score Wise from second.
Kent State got the scoreboard with a run in the top of the sixth. With two out, Jimmy Rider hit a solo home run into the left field bullpen to cut the Razorbacks' lead to 3-1.
Arkansas answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth. After the first two batters of the inning were retired, Bigham chopped a ground ball over the third baseman's head and down the left field line for a double. A walk to Derrick Bleeker put runners on first and second. Matt Vinson then lined a double into the left field corner to score both runners.
The Golden Flashes had a chance to cut into the lead in the top of the seventh, but came up empty. With one out, T.J. Sutton singled up the middle and advanced to second on a walk by Nick Hamilton. Moore then came in and did the job, getting Sawyer Polen to ground out to short and Alex Miklos to fly out to center to end the inning.
The Razorbacks tacked on three insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth after loading the bases with one out. Anderson scored on a wild pitch, then Bigham and Bleeker crossed the plate on a line drive to right by Wise.
DJ Baxendale was credited with his eighth win of the season after going 6.1 innings and allowing just a single run on three hits while striking out four. Brandon Moore was credited with his third save of the season.
The Razorbacks are playing in the College World Series for the ninth time, making their first appearance in 1979 and their most recent in 2009.
Arkansas has never won the national championship, and had a 9-12 overall record in the College World Series heading into Saturday's game against Kent State.
As the 2012 season started, Arkansas was one of the nation's highly regarded teams, and won its first seven games. By late March, the slew of victories that followed the strong February start had the Razorbacks ranked No. 3 in the nation.
However, the Razorbacks struggled through the difficult Southeastern Conference schedule, finishing conference play with a 16-14 record. The Razorbacks then lost their only two games in the SEC Tournament.
After being selected among the teams in the NCAA Tournament field, the Razorback traveled to Houston where they won the Regional, and then knocked off highly-touted Baylor in a three-game series at Waco, Texas, to win the Super Regional and advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) - After four years and 143 races - the agonizing near-misses and all those questions about when he might finally win again - Dale Earnhardt Jr. was alone in his car, comfortably ahead of the field and only a few minutes from victory.
"That was the worst feeling, riding around there with 15 laps to go, wondering what was going to happen - how you were going to lose," Earnhardt said. "Those laps couldn't go by fast enough."
There was no falling short this time. Earnhardt held on smoothly at Michigan International Speedway for his first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory since 2008, and he did it in convincing fashion, beating Tony Stewart by 5.393 seconds Sunday. When the black Chevrolet with the green No. 88 crossed the finish line, Earnhardt ended a streak of 143 Cup races without a win and gave his legions of fans a thrilling reward for all their support - and patience.
"They stayed loyal," he said. "As soon as I got out of the car, that was my initial thought - was about how many people were in their living rooms screaming at the top of their lungs, or running out in the yard, or whatever they do. I just wish I could see it all at once."
The victory came almost exactly four years to the day after his last trip to Victory Lane in a Cup race. That also was in Michigan on June 15, 2008. He led for 36 laps a week ago at Pocono but made a late stop for gas instead of trying to stretch the fuel to the end.
On Sunday, it wasn't even close - but Earnhardt was still sweating out the finish, waiting for the other shoe to drop during the final moments of the 200-lap, 400-mile race.
"I was in there just going crazy," he said. "I just knew I was going to come around the next corner and see a piece of metal laying in the racetrack. I just was waiting on something to happen. That was terrifying."
Earnhardt already had 11 top-10 finishes this season and was second in the points standings entering this race. But after another close run at Pocono, the questions kept coming about his dry spell.
That's now over.
"Dale had the fastest car all day," Stewart said. "It's not a national holiday, guys. This morning they were celebrating his fourth anniversary of his last win, so I guess we're all in a state of mourning now, because he's broke that string now, so I don't know what we're all supposed to think."
Earnhardt remains second to Matt Kenseth in the standings.
Earnhardt's 143 races between wins was the sixth-longest streak in Sprint Cup history.
Like his last victory in Michigan, this one came on Father's Day - fitting for the driver whose father has been so revered around NASCAR circles. Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a last-lap crash at the Daytona 500 in 2001. "Junior" is now stock-car racing's most popular driver.
Earnhardt had lost 76 races in a row when he won in Michigan four years ago.
"That race four years ago was a fuel-mileage race," Earnhardt said. "Today we just whooped 'em really good."
Earnhardt moved past pole winner Marcos Ambrose on lap 70 to take the lead, and although Stewart would lead for a bit, Earnhardt was in front again not long after the race's halfway point.
Earnhardt led on lap 171, after a pitting cycle. With 25 laps remaining, he was ahead by 1.978 seconds. With 10 remaining, he had built a 5.468-second cushion.
The end was almost anticlimactic, and it gave the team a measure of vindication after Earnhardt played it safe at Pocono.
"It just proves to us that our strategy is correct," crew chief Steve Letarte said. "If you bring fast enough racecars, you don't have to get outside your comfort zone too far."
After finally winning, Earnhardt stopped in front of the grandstand and spun his wheels in front of thousands of fans who were on their feet screaming.
It was the 19th Cup victory of Earnhardt's career and second in 159 starts for Hendrick Motorsports. He had 17 victories in 291 races for Dale Earnhardt Inc.
Kenseth finished third in the race, which included eight cautions for 39 laps. After practice and qualifying speeds soared over 200 mph on the newly paved surface at MIS, teams switched left-side tires for the actual race.
Earnhardt seemed agitated after a special practice session Saturday night following the tire switch.
"I was desperate in that last practice to get something to work," he said. "When it ended, I still wasn't really sure if we were where we needed to be. I woke up this morning, just antsy, not knowing how this was going to play out."
It worked out just fine for Earnhardt, although there were problems around the track almost from the start. The race started a couple hours late because of rain. Kurt Busch - back from a one-week suspension for verbally abusing a media member - went into an early spin. He finished 30th.
Joey Logano, who won last week's Sprint Cup race and Saturday's Nationwide race, was out of this one after a multicar crash that brought out a caution from laps 127-132. Almost immediately after the restart, Denny Hamlin's Toyota went sliding across the grass and caught fire. The flames were extinguished and Hamlin got out of the vehicle OK.
Ambrose finished ninth after a qualifying lap of over 203 mph. He was the first Cup driver to win the pole at over 200 since 1987.
Earnhardt led for 95 laps. Nobody else led more than 38.
"This is incredible," Earnhardt said. "I just didn't know when it would happen. I knew it was going to happen, just didn't know when."
Confirming previous rumors about simplified SKUs, Microsoft has announced that its latest operating system will come in three consumer flavors: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT (stands for runtime). The first two will be available at retail, while the third will only be preinstalled on ARM-based devices. This has been reduced from four retail editions of Windows Vista and three for Windows 7.
All three have the same core features and the average user would likely have a tough time telling them apart. "Windows 8" is intended as the base offering and it seems analogous to previous "Home" editions. It has virtually all the upgrades we've discussed, like the updated Task Manager and Windows Explorer, better multi-monitor support, Sky Drive integration, improved power efficiency and more.
"Windows 8 Pro" has some extra perks meant for tech enthusiasts and professionals, such as access to BitLocker and BitLocker To Go, Client Hyper-V, Group Policy controls, as well as the ability to host via Remote Desktop and boot from VHD. Again, nothing the average user is likely to need, though it's worth noting that the Pro edition is required to upgrade from Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate.
"Windows RT" (also known as Windows on ARM or WOA) won't be available as a standalone retail OS and since it's mostly geared toward tablets, Microsoft made some mobile-oriented tweaks. Most notably, the company mentions touch-optimized desktop versions of Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. It also gains device encryption, but loses Windows Media Player.
Outside consumer offerings, there will be an Enterprise edition that contains everything in Windows 8 Pro with added features for IT organization that "enable PC management and deployment, advanced security, virtualization, new mobility scenarios, and much more." Pricing hasn't been shared yet, but we'd be surprised to see a significant deviation from previous rates. The full feature chart is below:
| Feature name | Windows 8 | Windows 8 Pro | Windows RT |
| Upgrades from Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium | x | x | |
| Upgrades from Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate | x | ||
| Start screen, Semantic Zoom, Live Tiles | x | x | x |
| Windows Store | x | x | x |
| Apps (Mail, Calendar, People, Messaging, Photos, SkyDrive, Reader, Music, Video) | x | x | x |
| Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote) | x | ||
| Internet Explorer 10 | x | x | x |
| Device encryption | x | ||
| Connected standby | x | x | x |
| Microsoft account | x | x | x |
| Desktop | x | x | x |
| Installation of x86/64 and desktop software | x | x | |
| Updated Windows Explorer | x | x | x |
| Windows Defender | x | x | x |
| SmartScreen | x | x | x |
| Windows Update | x | x | x |
| Enhanced Task Manager | x | x | x |
| Switch languages on the fly (Language Packs) | x | x | x |
| Better multiple monitor support | x | x | x |
| Storage Spaces | x | x | |
| Windows Media Player | x | x | |
| Exchange ActiveSync | x | x | x |
| File history | x | x | x |
| ISO / VHD mount | x | x | x |
| Mobile broadband features | x | x | x |
| Picture password | x | x | x |
| Play To | x | x | x |
| Remote Desktop (client) | x | x | x |
| Reset and refresh your PC | x | x | x |
| Snap | x | x | x |
| Touch and Thumb keyboard | x | x | x |
| Trusted boot | x | x | x |
| VPN client | x | x | x |
| BitLocker and BitLocker To Go | x | ||
| Boot from VHD | x | ||
| Client Hyper-V | x | ||
| Domain Join | x | ||
| Encrypting File System | x | ||
| Group Policy | x | ||
| Remote Desktop (host) | x | |
