1987 College World Series

The 1987 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from May 29 to June 7. The forty-first tournament's champion was Stanford University, coached by Mark Marquess. The Most Outstanding Player was Paul Carey of Stanford University. This CWS was best known for Stanford's dramatic 6-5 win over LSU in an elimination game. In that game, Stanford trailed 5-2 in the bottom of the 10th inning with 2 outs and nobody on base. Eventually, Freshman outfielder Paul Carey hit a walk off grand slam home run off LSU freshman (and future major leaguer) Ben McDonald to win the game.

This was the last CWS to use a double-elimination format through the championship game. Under the format used from 1950 through 1987, the bracket was often adjusted after the field was pared to four teams in order to avoid rematches from earlier rounds. Starting in 1988 and continuing through 2002, the eight teams were divided into two four-team brackets, with the bracket winners meeting in a single championship game. In 2003, the single championship game was changed to a best-of-three series.

Participants

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS Record
Arizona State	Pac-10	40 - 25 (16 - 14)	Jim Brock	13 (last: 1984)	1st (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981)	46 - 21
Arkansas	SWC	50 - 14 - 1 (17 - 4)	Norm DeBriyn	2 (last: 1985)	2nd (1979)	5 - 4
Florida State	Metro	54 - 16 (19 - 4)	Mike Martin	8 (last: 1986)	2nd (1970, 1986)	12 - 16
Georgia	SEC	42 - 19 (18 - 8)	Steve Webber	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
Louisiana State	SEC	47 - 17 (12 - 10)	Skip Bertman	1 (last: 1986)	6th (1986)	1 - 2
Oklahoma State	Big 8	56 - 11 (15 - 6)	Gary Ward	14 (last: 1986)	1st (1959)	30 - 27
Stanford	Pac-10	48 - 16 (21 - 9)	Mark Marquess	5 (last: 1985)	3rd (1967)	7 - 10
Texas	SWC	58 - 9 (18 - 3)	Cliff Gustafson	23 (last: 1985)	1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983)	55 - 40

Results

Bracket

Bracket to be Included

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 29	Game 1	Oklahoma State	8 - 3	Arizona State
	Game 2	Louisiana State	6 - 2 (10 innings)	Florida State
May 30	Game 3	Texas	13 - 6	Arkansas
	Game 4	Stanford	3 - 2	Georgia
May 31	Game 5	Florida State	3 - 0	Arizona State	Arizona State eliminated
	Game 6	Arkansas	5 - 4	Georgia	Georgia eliminated
June 1/2	Game 7	Oklahoma State	8 - 7	Louisiana State
June 2	Game 8	Stanford	6 - 1	Texas
June 3	Game 9	Louisiana State	5 - 2	Arkansas	Arkansas eliminated
	Game 10	Texas	6 - 4 (10 innings)	Florida State	Florida State eliminated
June 4	Game 11	Oklahoma State	6 - 2	Stanford
June 5	Game 12	Stanford	6 - 5 (10 innings)	Louisiana State	Louisiana State eliminated
	Game 13	Texas	6 - 5	Oklahoma State
June 6	Game 14	Stanford	9 - 3	Texas	Texas eliminated
June 7	Final	Stanford	9 - 5	Oklahoma State	Stanford wins CWS

• The Oklahoma State-LSU game was suspended overnight due to severe thunderstorms.
• By virtue of its 3-0 start, Oklahoma State was guaranteed a spot in the championship game, even after losing Game 13 to Texas.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Pat Hope	Sophomore	Oklahoma State
	Gregg Patterson	Junior	Louisiana State
Catcher	Adam Smith	Junior	Oklahoma State
First baseman	Jimmy Barragan	Senior	Oklahoma State
Second baseman	Brad Beanblossom	Freshman	Oklahoma State
Third baseman	Scott Coolbaugh	Junior	Texas
Shortstop	David Esquer	Senior	Stanford
Outfielder	Paul Carey	Freshman	Stanford
	Brian Cisarik	Junior	Texas
	Jack Voigt	Junior	Louisiana State
Designated hitter	Mark Machtolf	Senior	Stanford

Notable players

• Arizona State University: Mike Benjamin, Blas Minor, Mike Schwabe, Tim Spehr
• University of Arkansas: Jimmy Kremers, Mike Oquist, Tim Sherrill
• Florida State University: Rafael Bournigal, Matt Dunbar, Richie Lewis, Jerry Nielsen, Deion Sanders
• University of Georgia: Cris Carpenter, Steve Carter, Derek Lilliquist
• Louisiana State University: Albert Belle, Mark Guthrie, Barry Manuel, Ben McDonald, Russ Springer, Jack Voigt
• Oklahoma State University: Monty Fariss, Tim Pugh, Robin Ventura
• Stanford University: Ruben Amaro, Paul Carey, Steve Chitren, Toi Cook, David Esquer, Brian Johnson, Brian Keyser, Jack McDowell, Al Osuna, Ed Sprague, Ron Witmeyer
• University of Texas: Scott Coolbaugh, Todd Haney, Mark Petkovsek