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...St. John's smoked favored Temple, 15-6, in the final game of the NCAA Northeast Regional baseball playoff Sunday to win the six-team tournament and gain a berth in the College World Series in Omaha. Harvard had been eliminated from the double-elimination tourney after losses to Delaware, last Wednesday, and St. John's, Thursday...
...St. John's Redmen dominated their showdown with the Owls, stealing nine bases (to raise their total for the tourney to 39) while watching Temple commit seven errors...
Temple slugger Jim Beck had given the Owls an early lead by whacking a three-run homer in the first inning, but St. John's got in gear and pulled away and cruised to victory with five runs in the fourth, one in the fifth and three in the sixth...
...Redmen became the first team in history to win the tournament after having lost its opening contest. Holy Cross had beaten St. John's 5-3 on catcher Rick Allen's two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning in their contest last Thursday...
...then St. John's came alive, reeling off five straight wins in decisive fashion to take the tourney. The Redmen knocked off Delaware in consecutive games, then had to handle Temple twice...