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Two Big 12 teams vied for a spot in the CWS championship series Saturday. Two Big 12 teams were eliminated as their starting pitchers struggled.

TCU starter Jared Janczak lasted three innings in his seventh start this season. He was tagged with the loss in the Horned Frogs’ final game, a 7-5 defeat. The converted reliever surrendered three earned runs on five hits and two walks. He struck out three.

Coming into this game, hitters were hitting .241 off Janczak in 25 appearances, most coming out of the bullpen. The freshman struck out 77 in his previous 79-2/3 innings, and his ERA increased from 2.37 to 2.61.

His Big 12 counterpart, Oklahoma State ace Thomas Hatch, labored through two-plus innings. Hatch took the loss in Arizona’s 5-1 victory in the afternoon game. Wildcat hitters pounded him for four runs on five hits and two walks. It was Hatch’s shortest outing of the season and the first time he failed to strike out a batter.

Hatch came into the game with a 1.89 ERA — 16th in Division I — with 112 strikeouts in 128-1/3 innings. His ERA climbed to 2.14 after the outing. Hatch was the Big 12 pitcher of the year and was drafted in the third round by the Chicago Cubs.