1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#East Regional at Clemson, SC

The opening rounds of the tournament were played at eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. Regional games were scheduled for Thursday, May 21 through Sunday, May 24; however, one final Sunday game (Arizona State vs. Georgia Tech at Wichita) had to be played the next day due to rainout. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/college/skeds.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010610213813/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/college/skeds.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 10, 2001 |title=1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Regional Tournament Schedule & Results |publisher=ESPN |date=May 25, 1998 |access-date=January 11, 2009}}

In the final year of the 48-team tournament, six regionals required the full 11 games. Only Florida State and LSU advanced to the CWS unscathed, while Long Beach State won four games over three days after losing their first to North Carolina St.

Bold indicates winner.

{{6TeamBracket-2Elim-NCAA |style=2

| RD1=May 21

| RD2=May 22–23

| RD3=May 23

| RD4=May 24

| RD5=May 24

| RD1-seed1=1| RD1-team1=Southern California| RD1-score1=10

| RD1-seed2=6| RD1-team2={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Fordham Rams|title=Fordham}}| RD1-score2=6

| RD1-seed3=2| RD1-team3=Clemson| RD1-score3=12

| RD1-seed4=5| RD1-team4=The Citadel| RD1-score4=3

| RD1-seed5=3| RD1-team5={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=VCU Rams|title=VCU}}| RD1-score5=1

| RD1-seed6=4| RD1-team6={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=South Alabama Jaguars|title=South Alabama}}| RD1-score6=2

| RD2-seed1=1| RD2-team1=Southern California| RD2-score1=4

| RD2-seed2=3| RD2-team2=VCU| RD2-score2=14

| RD2-seed3=5| RD2-team3=The Citadel| RD2-score3=5

| RD2-seed4=6| RD2-team4=Fordham| RD2-score4=1

| RD2-seed5=2| RD2-team5=Clemson| RD2-score5=1

| RD2-seed6=4| RD2-team6=South Alabama| RD2-score6=2

| RD2-seed7=1| RD2-team7=Southern California| RD2-score7=8

| RD2-seed8=2| RD2-team8=Clemson| RD2-score8=5

| RD3-seed1=3| RD3-team1=VCU| RD3-score1=3

| RD3-seed2=5| RD3-team2=The Citadel| RD3-score2=2

| RD3-seed3=4| RD3-team3=South Alabama| RD3-score3=2

| RD3-seed4=1| RD3-team4=Southern California| RD3-score4=3

| RD4-seed1=3| RD4-team1=VCU| RD4-score1=0

| RD4-seed2=4| RD4-team2=South Alabama| RD4-score2=6

| RD5-seed1=4| RD5-team1=South Alabama| RD5-score1=3

| RD5-seed2=1| RD5-team2=Southern California| RD5-score2=4

}}

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| RD1=May 21

| RD2=May 22–23

| RD3=May 23

| RD4=May 24

| RD5=May 24

| RD1-seed1=1| RD1-team1=Miami (FL)| RD1-score1=21

| RD1-seed2=6| RD1-team2={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Bowling Green Falcons|title=Bowling Green}}| RD1-score2=6

| RD1-seed3=2| RD1-team3={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=South Carolina Gamecocks|title=South Carolina}}| RD1-score3=21

| RD1-seed4=5| RD1-team4={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=FIU Golden Panthers|title=FIU}}| RD1-score4=9

| RD1-seed5=3| RD1-team5={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=North Carolina Tar Heels|title=North Carolina}}| RD1-score5=2

| RD1-seed6=4| RD1-team6={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Texas Tech Red Raiders|title=Texas Tech}}| RD1-score6=6

| RD2-seed1=1| RD2-team1=Miami (FL)| RD2-score1=5

| RD2-seed2=3| RD2-team2=North Carolina| RD2-score2=6

| RD2-seed3=5| RD2-team3=FIU| RD2-score3=13

| RD2-seed4=6| RD2-team4=Bowling Green| RD2-score4=7

| RD2-seed5=2| RD2-team5=South Carolina| RD2-score5=9

| RD2-seed6=4| RD2-team6=Texas Tech| RD2-score6=8

| RD2-seed7=1| RD2-team7=Miami (FL)| RD2-score7=13

| RD2-seed8=4| RD2-team8=Texas Tech| RD2-score8=0

| RD3-seed1=3| RD3-team1=North Carolina| RD3-score1=8

| RD3-seed2=5| RD3-team2=FIU| RD3-score2=2

| RD3-seed3=2| RD3-team3=South Carolina| RD3-score3=2

| RD3-seed4=1| RD3-team4=Miami (FL)| RD3-score4=14

| RD4-seed1=3| RD4-team1=North Carolina| RD4-score1=4

| RD4-seed2=2| RD4-team2=South Carolina| RD4-score2=2

| RD5-seed1=3| RD5-team1=North Carolina| RD5-score1=4

| RD5-seed2=1| RD5-team2=Miami (FL)| RD5-score2=7

}}

{{6TeamBracket-2Elim-NCAA

| RD1=May 21

| RD2=May 22

| RD3=May 23

| RD4=May 23

| RD5=May 24

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Florida State | RD1-score1=10

| RD1-seed2=6 | RD1-team2={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Liberty Flames|title=Liberty}} | RD1-score2=7

| RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Auburn Tigers|title=Auburn}} | RD1-score3=15

| RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Rutgers Scarlet Knights|title=Rutgers}} | RD1-score4=17

| RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens|title=Delaware}} | RD1-score5=3

| RD1-seed6=4 | RD1-team6={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}} | RD1-score6=6

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Florida State | RD2-score1=27

| RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=Delaware | RD2-score2=6

| RD2-seed3=5 | RD2-team3=Rutgers | RD2-score3=7

| RD2-seed4=4 | RD2-team4=Oklahoma | RD2-score4=9

| RD2-seed5=2 | RD2-team5=Auburn | RD2-score5=3

| RD2-seed6=6 | RD2-team6=Liberty | RD2-score6=2

| RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=Florida State | RD3-score1=23

| RD3-seed2=4 | RD3-team2=Oklahoma | RD3-score2=2

| RD3-seed3=2 | RD3-team3=Auburn | RD3-score3=7

| RD3-seed4=5 | RD3-team4=Rutgers | RD3-score4=4

| RD4-seed1=2 | RD4-team1=Auburn | RD4-score1=9

| RD4-seed2=4 | RD4-team2=Oklahoma | RD4-score2=8

| RD5-seed1=1 | RD5-team1=Florida State | RD5-score1a=16 | RD5-score1b=—

| RD5-seed2=2 | RD5-team2=Auburn | RD5-score2a=10 | RD5-score2b=—

}}

{{6TeamBracket-2Elim-NCAA |style=2

| RD1=May 21

| RD2=May 22–23

| RD3=May 23

| RD4=May 24

| RD5=May 24

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Rice Owls|title=Rice}} | RD1-score1=11

| RD1-seed2=6 | RD1-team2={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Oral Roberts Golden Eagles|title=Oral Roberts}} | RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Texas A&M Aggies|title=Texas A&M}} | RD1-score3=17

| RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=UNC Charlotte 49ers|title=UNC Charlotte}} | RD1-score4=0

| RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Washington Huskies|title=Washington}} | RD1-score5=4

| RD1-seed6=4 | RD1-team6={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Mississippi State Bulldogs|title=Mississippi State}} | RD1-score6=7

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Rice | RD2-score1=11

| RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=Washington | RD2-score2=20

| RD2-seed3=5 | RD2-team3=UNC Charlotte | RD2-score3=13

| RD2-seed4=6 | RD2-team4=Oral Roberts | RD2-score4=20

| RD2-seed5=2 | RD2-team5=Texas A&M | RD2-score5=4

| RD2-seed6=4 | RD2-team6=Mississippi State | RD2-score6=3

| RD2-seed7=1 | RD2-team7=Rice | RD2-score7=14

| RD2-seed8=4 | RD2-team8=Mississippi State | RD2-score8=15

| RD3-seed1=3 | RD3-team1=Washington | RD3-score1=13

| RD3-seed2=6 | RD3-team2=Oral Roberts | RD3-score2=6

| RD3-seed3=2 | RD3-team3=Texas A&M | RD3-score3=9

| RD3-seed4=4 | RD3-team4=Mississippi State | RD3-score4=10

| RD4-seed1=3 | RD4-team1=Washington | RD4-score1=4

| RD4-seed2=2 | RD4-team2=Texas A&M | RD4-score2=6

| RD5-seed1=2 | RD5-team1=Texas A&M | RD5-score1=5

| RD5-seed2=4 | RD5-team2=Mississippi State | RD5-score2=11

}}

{{6TeamBracket-2Elim-NCAA |style=2

| RD1=May 21

| RD2=May 22–23

| RD3=May 23

| RD4=May 24

| RD5=May 25

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Wichita State Shockers|title=Wichita State}} | RD1-score1=7

| RD1-seed2=6 | RD1-team2={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Southeast Missouri Redhawks|title=SE Missouri State}} | RD1-score2=4

| RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|title=Georgia Tech}} | RD1-score3=4

| RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Oklahoma State Cowboys|title=Oklahoma State}} | RD1-score4=13

| RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5=Arizona State | RD1-score5=8

| RD1-seed6=4 | RD1-team6={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Arkansas Razorbacks|title=Arkansas}} | RD1-score6=4

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Wichita State | RD2-score1=2

| RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2=Arkansas | RD2-score2=3

| RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=Georgia Tech | RD2-score3=14

| RD2-seed4=6 | RD2-team4=SE Missouri State | RD2-score4=5

| RD2-seed5=5 | RD2-team5=Oklahoma State | RD2-score5=13

| RD2-seed6=3 | RD2-team6=Arizona State | RD2-score6=8

| RD2-seed7=1 | RD2-team7=Wichita State | RD2-score7=4

| RD2-seed8=3 | RD2-team8=Arizona State | RD2-score8=6

| RD3-seed1=4 | RD3-team1=Arkansas | RD3-score1=0

| RD3-seed2=2 | RD3-team2=Georgia Tech | RD3-score2=2

| RD3-seed3=5 | RD3-team3=Oklahoma State | RD3-score3=5

| RD3-seed4=3 | RD3-team4=Arizona State | RD3-score4=13

| RD4-seed1=2 | RD4-team1=Georgia Tech | RD4-score1=6

| RD4-seed2=5 | RD4-team2=Oklahoma State | RD4-score2=5

| RD5-seed1=2 | RD5-team1=Georgia Tech | RD5-score1=1

| RD5-seed2=3 | RD5-team2=Arizona State | RD5-score2=3

}}

{{6TeamBracket-2Elim-NCAA |style=2

| RD1=May 21

| RD2=May 22–23

| RD3=May 23

| RD4=May 24

| RD5=May 24

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Florida | RD1-score1=12

| RD1-seed2=6 | RD1-team2={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Monmouth Hawks|title=Monmouth}} | RD1-score2=8

| RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Wake Forest Demon Deacons|title=Wake Forest}} | RD1-score3=14

| RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Illinois Fighting Illini|title=Illinois}} | RD1-score4=12

| RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Baylor Bears|title=Baylor}} | RD1-score5=10

| RD1-seed6=4 | RD1-team6={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Richmond Spiders|title=Richmond}} | RD1-score6=12

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Florida | RD2-score1=5

| RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=Baylor | RD2-score2=10

| RD2-seed3=5 | RD2-team3=Illinois | RD2-score3=12

| RD2-seed4=6 | RD2-team4=Monmouth | RD2-score4=2

| RD2-seed5=2 | RD2-team5=Wake Forest | RD2-score5=6

| RD2-seed6=4 | RD2-team6=Richmond | RD2-score6=5

| RD2-seed7=1 | RD2-team7=Florida | RD2-score7=15

| RD2-seed8=4 | RD2-team8=Richmond | RD2-score8=3

| RD3-seed1=3 | RD3-team1=Baylor | RD3-score1=7

| RD3-seed2=5 | RD3-team2=Illinois | RD3-score2=8

| RD3-seed3=2 | RD3-team3=Wake Forest | RD3-score3=9

| RD3-seed4=1 | RD3-team4=Florida | RD3-score4=12

| RD4-seed1=5 | RD4-team1=Illinois | RD4-score1=13

| RD4-seed2=2 | RD4-team2=Wake Forest | RD4-score2=4

| RD5-seed1=5 | RD5-team1=Illinois | RD5-score1=6

| RD5-seed2=1 | RD5-team2=Florida | RD5-score2=7

}}

{{6TeamBracket-2Elim-NCAA

| RD1=May 21

| RD2=May 22

| RD3=May 23

| RD4=May 23

| RD5=May 24

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=LSU Tigers|title=LSU}} | RD1-score1=18

| RD1-seed2=6 | RD1-team2={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Nicholls State Colonels|title=Nicholls State}} | RD1-score2=4

| RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Cal State Fullerton Titans|title=Cal State Fullerton}} | RD1-score3=16

| RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Harvard Crimson|title=Harvard}} | RD1-score4=1

| RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Tulane Green Wave|title=Tulane}} | RD1-score5=11

| RD1-seed6=4 | RD1-team6={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns|title=SW Louisiana}} | RD1-score6=5

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=LSU | RD2-score1=15

| RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2=SW Louisiana | RD2-score2=6

| RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=Cal State Fullerton | RD2-score3=10

| RD2-seed4=3 | RD2-team4=Tulane | RD2-score4=6

| RD2-seed5=5 | RD2-team5=Harvard | RD2-score5=6

| RD2-seed6=6 | RD2-team6=Nicholls State | RD2-score6=5

| RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=LSU | RD3-score1=13

| RD3-seed2=2 | RD3-team2=Cal State Fullerton | RD3-score2=11

| RD3-seed3=5 | RD3-team3=Harvard | RD3-score3=15

| RD3-seed4=3 | RD3-team4=Tulane | RD3-score4=11

| RD4-seed1=5 | RD4-team1=Harvard | RD4-score1=3

| RD4-seed2=2 | RD4-team2=Cal State Fullerton | RD4-score2=11

| RD5-seed1=1 | RD5-team1=LSU | RD5-score1a=14 | RD5-score1b=—

| RD5-seed2=2 | RD5-team2=Cal State Fullerton | RD5-score2a=3 | RD5-score2b=—

}}

{{6TeamBracket-2Elim-NCAA |style=2

| RD1=May 21

| RD2=May 22–23

| RD3=May 23

| RD4=May 24

| RD5=May 24

| RD1-seed1=1| RD1-team1={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Stanford Cardinal|title=Stanford}}| RD1-score1=2

| RD1-seed2=6| RD1-team2={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Loyola Marymount Lions|title=Loyola Marymount}}| RD1-score2=6

| RD1-seed3=2| RD1-team3={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Alabama Crimson Tide|title=Alabama}}| RD1-score3=8

| RD1-seed4=5| RD1-team4={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Minnesota Golden Gophers|title=Minnesota}}| RD1-score4=2

| RD1-seed5=3| RD1-team5={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Long Beach State 49ers|title=Long Beach State}}| RD1-score5=3

| RD1-seed6=4| RD1-team6={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=NC State Wolfpack|title=NC State}}| RD1-score6=12

| RD2-seed1=6| RD2-team1=Loyola Marymount| RD2-score1=9

| RD2-seed2=3| RD2-team2=Long Beach State| RD2-score2=19

| RD2-seed3=1| RD2-team3=Stanford| RD2-score3=19

| RD2-seed4=5| RD2-team4=Minnesota| RD2-score4=1

| RD2-seed5=2| RD2-team5=Alabama| RD2-score5=10

| RD2-seed6=4| RD2-team6=NC State| RD2-score6=13

| RD2-seed7=2| RD2-team7=Alabama| RD2-score7=13

| RD2-seed8=6| RD2-team8=Loyola Marymount| RD2-score8=5

| RD3-seed1=3| RD3-team1=Long Beach State| RD3-score1=5

| RD3-seed2=1| RD3-team2=Stanford| RD3-score2=1

| RD3-seed3=4| RD3-team3=NC State| RD3-score3=2

| RD3-seed4=2| RD3-team4=Alabama| RD3-score4=9

| RD4-seed1=3| RD4-team1=Long Beach State| RD4-score1=10

| RD4-seed2=4| RD4-team2=NC State| RD4-score2=6

| RD5-seed1=3| RD5-team1=Long Beach State| RD5-score1=5

| RD5-seed2=2| RD5-team2=Alabama| RD5-score2=3

}}

The 1998 CWS was infamous for producing several high-scoring games, which was termed by media covering the Series as "Gorilla Ball" (or "Geaux-rilla Ball" among LSU fans), which placed a premium on home runs. LSU, which won the 1996 and 1997 national championships and set an NCAA record in 1997 by hitting 188 home runs, hit eight home runs in its first game (by seven different players) vs. USC, and added six more in its second game vs. Mississippi State to bring its season total to 157. Needing one victory to advance to the championship game for the third consecutive year, LSU fell twice to USC, hitting just one home run in 18 innings. USC and Pac-10 rival Arizona St. set numerous offensive records in the championship game, won by the Trojans 21–14.

Prior to the 1999 season, the NCAA adopted restrictions on aluminum bats, requiring the difference between the length and weight ("drop") of the bat to be no more than three (e.g. a 34-inch bat could not weigh less than 31 ounces). This reduced home run output slightly, but it was not until more sweeping changes in 2011 before aluminum bats would perform more like their wood counterparts.

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| sets=1/1/2/1|

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01=Florida

| RD1-score01=13

| RD1-seed02=8

| RD1-team02={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Mississippi State Bulldogs|title=Mississippi State}}

| RD1-score02=14

| RD1-seed03=4

| RD1-team03=Southern California

| RD1-score03=10

| RD1-seed04=5

| RD1-team04={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=LSU Tigers|title=LSU}}

| RD1-score04=12

| RD1-seed05=1

| RD1-team05=Florida

| RD1-score05=10

| RD1-seed06=4

| RD1-team06=Southern California

| RD1-score06=12¹¹

| RD1-seed07=2

| RD1-team07=Miami (FL)

| RD1-score07=3

| RD1-seed08=7

| RD1-team08={{CBSB link|year=1998|team=Long Beach State 49ers|title=Long Beach State}}

| RD1-score08=1

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09=Florida State

| RD1-score09=10

| RD1-seed10=6

| RD1-team10=Arizona State

| RD1-score10=11

| RD1-seed11=7

| RD1-team11=Long Beach State

| RD1-score11=7

| RD1-seed12=3

| RD1-team12=Florida State

| RD1-score12=4

| RD2-seed01=8

| RD2-team01=Mississippi State

| RD2-score01=8

| RD2-seed02=5

| RD2-team02=LSU

| RD2-score02=10

| RD2-seed03=8

| RD2-team03=Mississippi State

| RD2-score03=1

| RD2-seed04=4

| RD2-team04=Southern California

| RD2-score04=7

| RD2-seed05=2

| RD2-team05=Miami (FL)

| RD2-score05=2

| RD2-seed06=6

| RD2-team06=Arizona State

| RD2-score06=9

| RD2-seed07=2

| RD2-team07=Miami (FL)

| RD2-score07=3

| RD2-seed08=7

| RD2-team08=Long Beach State

| RD2-score08=6

| RD3-seed01=5

| RD3-team01=LSU

| RD3-score01-1=4

| RD3-score01-2=3

| RD3-seed02=4

| RD3-team02=Southern California

| RD3-score02-1=5

| RD3-score02-2=7

| RD3-seed03=6

| RD3-team03=Arizona State

| RD3-score03-1=14

| RD3-score03-2=—

| RD3-seed04=7

| RD3-team04=Long Beach State

| RD3-score04-1=4

| RD3-score04-2=—

| RD4-seed01=4

| RD4-team01=Southern California

| RD4-score01=21

| RD4-seed02=6

| RD4-team02=Arizona State

| RD4-score02=14

}}

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

• Arizona State: Andrew Beinbrink, Willie Bloomquist, Ryan Mills
• Florida: Mark Ellis, Josh Fogg, David Ross, Brad Wilkerson
• Florida State: Kevin Cash
• Long Beach State: Mike Gallo
• LSU: Kurt Ainsworth, Randy Keisler
• Miami (FL): Pat Burrell, Bobby Hill, Aubrey Huff, Jason Michaels
• Mississippi State: Matt Ginter
• Southern California: Morgan Ensberg, Seth Etherton, Jason Lane, Eric Munson

• 1998 NCAA Division I softball tournament
• 1998 NCAA Division II baseball tournament
• 1998 NCAA Division III baseball tournament
• 1998 NAIA World Series

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