Virginia celebrates in Omaha after winning the opener against Arkansas. (Mandy Sorenson)

CWS GM1: Aggressive Cavs Right At Home

OMAHA — Through six innings, everything was going according to plan for both Virginia and Arkansas. Both teams wanted their starters to keep the game close and then put the game in the hands of their standout power closers.

Neither Arkansas starter Trey Killian nor Virginia starter Connor Jones was at their very best Saturday, but they battled each other to a 3-3 tie through six innings. Then the real marquee matchup began: Virginia called upon bullpen ace Josh Sborz to start the seventh, and Arkansas went to its own bullpen dynamo, Zach Jackson, with a runner on[…]