The CWS often boils down to manufactured runs. Arizona will have to hammer out four games worth of them just to make the championship series.

The Wildcats lost the opener of the College World Series in a game full of quirks — a balk, fan interference, hits batsmen, and what Arizona coach Chip Hale called

With Coastal Carolina and Arizona baseball meeting in the College World Series, here's a look back at the teams' meeting in the 2016 CWS finals.

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and Arizona Wildcasts hope to start off their runs in Omaha on the right foot, as they both open their NCAA Men’s College World Series schedules on Friday afternoon.

Coastal Carolina broke open a tied game with three runs in the eighth inning, Dominick Carbone shut down a threat by Arizona in the ninth and the Chanticleers opened the College World Series with a 7-

That move eventually led to three runs that gave CCU a 7-4 victory over Arizona before a Charles Schwab Field crowd of 24,058. Coastal will play the winner of Friday’s second Bracket 1 game between Oregon State and Louisville at 7 p.m. Sunday.

The College World Series officially gets underway today when the Arizona Wildcats face the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in Game 1 of the double-elimination round.