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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Keegan O´Connor had a record-breaking three-run homer, Lincoln Sheffield threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings and Kansas State beat Houston Christian 7-4 on Saturday in the Austin Regional.
Kansas State (32-25) advances to Sunday's elimination game against the loser of Saturday's nightcap between Texas and UTSA.
Houston Christian (32-25), in its first season under head coach Clay Vanderlaan, finished with a 14-game improvement from last year for its second trip to the regionals.
O´Connor became Kansas State's single-season home run leader with his 17th blast for a 5-0 lead in the third inning. The previous record of 16 was set in 1997 by Scott Poepard and Heath Schesser. O´Connor's homer put him at 59 RBIs.
Kansas State´s shutout bid ended in the eighth on Rhett Hendricks´ two-run single up the middle. The Wildcats answered with two runs on a passed ball and sacrifice fly in the bottom half for a 7-2 lead.
Jeremy Rader blasted a two-run homer in the ninth to get within three runs before KSU closed it out.
Sheffield (7-4) struck out six and allowed only four hits.
Joshua Caravalho (9-4) went 3 2/3 innings and allowed six hits and five runs, four earned, while walking one.
Coach Pete Hughes became the fastest to reach 200 wins in Kansas State history.
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