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OMAHA, Neb. -- After five months of college baseball, the season will come down to one game.In the second game of Tuesday nights College World Series finals, Coastal Carolina and Arizona unfurled another pitching showdown in a 5-4 victory for the Chanticleers. The game itself was Mondays Game 1 turned inside out.On Monday, it was the Chanticleers who looked tight, made uncharacteristic fielding errors and failed to capitalize when runners reached base. On Tuesday, that role was played by the Wildcats, who officially left nine baserunners stranded, but in reality, the number was much higher.On Monday, Arizona essentially won the game in the nights first frame, with a ground-rule double to build a lead it would never surrender. On Tuesday, the Wildcats once again took a 1-0 lead but only after a bizarre series that included a failed squeeze bunt with the bases load and ended with an out and nearly a caught-stealing double play.That was a play we had success with in the regional final against Louisiana [Lafayette], Arizona coach Jay Johnson said. Scoring first has been a big deal out here [in Omaha] ... and he didnt bunt at the pitch. Thats what happened.That set the tone for a night that felt like an episode of Twilight Zone from the onset, both on the playing field and in the grandstands.A sea of beach balls was launched onto the grass from the left-field bleachers. The biggest cheer of the night was for Staredown Sammy, the kid who has become an internet sensation for going high noon on an ESPN camera Saturday night. There was even an appearance from Marlins Man sitting behind home plate.But none of that could match what happened on the field, particularly for Arizona. One of the worst-looking wild pitches in the history of baseball was unleashed by Arizona starter Kevin Ginkel, who went on to tie a CWS finals record with 10 strikeouts. That record was matched by his opponent, Coastals usual closer, Mike Morrison.The Wildcats recovered from that, just as they recovered from the first-inning baserunning gaffe. However, they werent able to recover from what happened next. What looked to be a lazy fly ball broke in toward the infield and fell through three defenders to the ground in short left field with a man on third. The runner didnt score then, but he scored on the next play.It was the moment that summed up Arizonas night: close ... in position to close out a national title ... again ... but not able to do it. The last gasp came in the eighth, when Coastal started the inning with three runs and Arizona answered with two but left two more on base.This felt epic, didnt it? Morrison said in closing a Coastal Carolina postgame news conference that would have played well at any local comedy club -- not exactly the sign of a team scared of the moment. It just feels crazy. Like something you read about or watch, but you never expected to be here. It feels weird but great.What it feels like is 2008.Thats when Fresno State, an upstart squad like Coastal Carolina, lost Game 1 to Georgia in somewhat demoralizing fashion. Amid worries that they were completely out of pitchers, the Bulldogs survived a shootout in Game 2, a contest in which Georgia had multiple opportunities to finish early but didnt. Sound familiar?Like 2008, the winner-take-all final game might set up a showdown of pitchers we thought might be long gone. That year, Fresnos Justin Wilson, now of the Detroit Tigers, gutted his way through a short-rest start to ice another future big leaguer, Gordon Beckham, and his Georgia teammates.Although Coastal Carolina coach Gary Gilmore wouldnt show his hand for Game 3, he said he had a card to play. That card was sent to the bullpen late Tuesday for little more than show. Ace pitcher Andrew Beckwith was never going to be used by Coastal in Game 2. He stretched in the pen but never threw a single warm-up pitch as reliever Bobby Holmes gutted through the final two innings.It was total psychological warfare. Gilmore wanted everyone to see his burgeoning folk hero jog out to warm up. On Wednesday night, Beckwith will be on four days rest.Ill be honest with you, I dont think I would have let it happen, Gilmore said of Beckwith. We went into this knowing that the two guys that threw tonight, they had to get it done for us. And they did.As for Arizona, ace Nathan Bannister left Fridays de facto semifinal game against Oklahoma State in the third inning because of tightness in his pitching arm, an arm that has thrown more innings than any starter in college baseball this season. Johnson, notoriously stingy with his starting pitcher announcements, never mentioned the possibility of Bannister on Tuesday, even when prodded. The player quietly slipped out of TD Ameritrade Park without comment.The safe choice might be for Johnson to go with righty Bobby Dalbec. But cautious isnt a word usually associated with the biggest game in the lives of everyone involved.Im going to try to make it not be that, Gilmore said. If you make it bigger than life ... weve not done that through this entire thing. I keep telling them that every time we meet. Its just another baseball game.No, its another Game 3. Adidas Ultra Boost Schweiz . 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DETROIT -- Miguel Cabreras homer broke a seventh-inning tie, and the Detroit Tigers rallied for a crucial 9-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.The Tigers trailed 5-2 in the fourth inning, but came from behind to pull one game behind Toronto for the second AL wild card.Ian Kinsler had four hits, finishing a homer short of the cycle, and drove in three runs while scoring two. Brian Dozier and Kurt Suzuki homered for the Twins.Both starting pitchers made early exits. Minnesotas Tyler Duffey allowed six runs in 3 2/3 innings, while Anibal Sanchez gave up six in four-plus.Shane Greene (5-4) got the win, while Ryan Pressly (6-7) took the loss after surrendering Cabreras homer.Bruce Rondon pitched the eighth for Detroit, while Francisco Rodriguez put up a perfect ninth for his 42nd save.After Sanchez struck out the side in the first, Kinsler and Cameron Maybin gave the Tigers the lead with back-to-back doubles in the bottom of the inning. Kinslers RBI single in the second doubled the lead.Sanchez retired the first nine batters in order, but Dozier launched his first pitch of the fourth into the left-field stands for his 41st homer. The next three batters singled, with Kennys Vargas driving home Jorge Polanco to tie the game.Suzuki then made it 5-2 with a homer down the left-field line, but the Tigers came back in the bottom of the inning. Andrew Romine had an RBI single before Kinsler and Maybin hit back-to-back triples to tie the game.J.T. Chargois replaced Duffey and allowed a tiebreaking single to Cabrera, but Sanchez couldnt hold the lead. He walked Byron Buxton to start the fifth and Dozier followed with a double to make it 6-6.Alex Wilson got out of the inning without further damage, and the two bullpens were able to settle the game down until Cabreras homer off Pressly with one out in the seventh.The Tigers added two more runs in the eighth on Kinslers second RBI single and a wild pitch.ddddddddddddTRAINERS ROOMTwins: 3B Miguel Sano missed his second straight game with back stiffness. Hes expected back for Minnesotas weekend series against the Mets. . Suzuki left the game in the eighth injury with a lacerated chin after being hit in the mask by a foul tip.Tigers: RHP Jordan Zimmermann threw an 80-pitch simulated game Wednesday afternoon in an attempt to fix his mechanics and get back into the rotation. Due to assorted injuries, Zimmermann has only started twice since June and didnt escape the second inning either time. ... 3B Nick Castellanos (broken hand) batted once against Zimmermann before taking himself out of the lineup. He hopes to be back before the end of the regular season.ODD DEFENSIVE LINEUPZimmermann, who mostly faced September call-ups in his simulated game, didnt get a lot of help from his defense. Instead of one of baseballs best double-play combinations in Ian Kinsler and Jose Iglesias, Zimmermann had his fellow pitchers backing him up. Rookie of the Year favorite Michael Fulmer made a nice running catch on a pop up into shallow right, but Mike Pelfrey, Mark Lowe and Justin Verlander werent impressive as infielders.OLYMPIC WEEK CONTINUESFor the third straight day, an Olympic medalist from Rio threw out the first pitch. On Wednesday, it was New Zealands Nick Willis, who won the bronze medal in the 1,500-meter run. Willis spent his college career at the University of Michigan, and still lives in Ann Arbor.UP NEXTThe teams conclude their four-game series with the Tigers Mike Pelfrey (4-9, 4.76) facing the Twins Hector Santiago (11-8, 4.75). Pelfrey hasnt pitched in a big-league game since July 30 due to a back injury, and is expected to be on a 60-pitch limit. ' ' '