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The Durham Bulls won another Triple-A National Championship this weekend in Las Vegas, topping the Reno Aces.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has had a setback and was removed from his rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham due to ongoing hand soreness.

East Carolina's baseball team faced Texas in a decisive Game 3 of the NCAA Super Regional on Sunday at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville. Rain and lightning delays, lasting more than six hours total, pushed the game's finish into Monday morning. But much of the Pirates' fanbase stuck around for the whole thing.

In all, five college baseball teams from North Carolina will be playing in the tournament. Joining the Tar Heels of UNC and the Pirates of ECU are Campbell, Wake Forest and UNC-Greensboro.

The High-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Grasshoppers have played in Greensboro since 1979.

North Carolina State baseball players who were one win away from playing for a national championship reacted with anger and confusion to their team’s removal from the College World Series because of COVID-19 protocols.

Terrell Tatum’s fifth-inning home run spoiled a dominant performance by national strikeout leader Jack Leiter and allowed North Carolina State to take control of its College World Series bracket with a 1-0 win over Vanderbilt.

Jose Torres' ninth inning dinger helped N.C. State knock out No. 1 national seed Arkansas with a 3-2 win in a deciding Game 3. With a win in the super regional, the Wolfpack are headed to the College World Series for the third time ever.

Durham Bulls' pitcher Tyler Zombro was released from the hospital and will transition to outpatient occupational and speech therapy after being struck in the head by a line drive last week.

Tyler Zombro, a right-hander in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, was hit by a sharp liner from Norfolk’s Brett Cumberland in the eighth inning on Thursday. The frightening scene prompted Triple-A Durham to suspend its game.