San Jose State played 322 minutes of baseball on Tues. night at the University of the Pacific, with UOP overcoming three deficits in the late innings to claim a dramatic, marathon win over the #33 Spartans (11-10, in 13 inn.; 5:22 game time). That win represented one of eight upsets suffered by CB360 top-50 teams on a busy day of midweek action across college baseball – including Georgia Southern‘s 7-0 win at #1 Florida. front-page photo courtesy of Sam Houston State
Georgia Southern - which recently upset in-state power Georgia Tech – added another big upset on Tuesday, winning 7-0 at #1 Florida.
There were 30 games on Tuessday involving top-50 teams from the most-recent CB360 Composite National Rankings (March 2; next update coming on March 9), with the higher-ranked teams winning 73% of those games (22-8). Other upsets included: #38 Oregon State winning its “Civil War” battle against #17 Oregon (4-1) … Sam Houston State 7-0 at #18 Rice … Purdue 6-4 at #30 Louisville … Mount St. Mary’s 2-1 at #43 Central Florida … VMI 8-2 at #47 James Madison … and UNC Greensboro 9-7 vs. #48 St. John’s.
TUESDAY’S TOP-50 SCORES (3/8/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
South Carolina's Forrest Koumas
#5 South Carolina 5-8-1 def. vs. #8 Clemson 4-9-0 (Greenville, SC)
Final Stats | SC Recap | CLEM Recap
at #38 Oregon State 4-8-0 won at #16 Oregon 1-7-0
Final Stats | OSU Recap | ORE Recap
Oregon State's Ryan Dunn
at #22 UC Irvine 5-9-0 def, #28 Connecticut 4-10-2
Final Stats | UCI Recap | UConn Recap
TUESDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (3/8/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
Georgia Southern 7-11-0 won at #1 Florida 0-3-4
Final Stats | GS Recap | FL Recap
at #2 Vanderbilt 12-12-0, Wofford 1-5-4
Final Stats | VAN Recap | WOF Recap
at #6 Florida State 10-15-0 def. Maine 2-7-2
Final Stats | FSU Recap | Maine Recap
at #9 TCU 7-10-0 def. Texas Arlington 3-11-0
Final Stats | TCU Recap | UTA Recap
Sam Houston State's Greg Olson
at #11 Texas 8-8-3 def. Texas-San Antonio 5-6-2
Final Stats | TX Recap | UTSA Recap
at #13 Virginia 1-7-1 def. Marshall 0-8-1
Final Stats | VA Recap | MAR Recap
at #15 Texas A&M 21-23-0 def. Centenary 3-5-7
Final Stats | A&M Recap | CENT Recap
#17 Arizona 12-16-0 won at UNLV 1-3-2
Final Stats | AZ Recap | UNLV Recap
Sam Houston State 7-9-0 won at #18 Rice 0-5-1
Final Stats | SHS Recap | Rice Recap
Purdue's Barrett Serrato
at #19 Fresno State 9-12-2 def. Cal State Bakersfield 2-10-6
Final Stats | FRES Recap | CSB Recap
at #20 California 20-21-1 def. Santa Clara 5-14-3
Final Stats | Cal Recap | SCU Recap
at #21 North Carolina 16-14-0 def. Elon 0-3-2
Final Stats | UNC Recap | Elon Recap
at #23 Auburn 6-10-0 def. Memphis 2-10-1
Final Stats | AUB Recap | MEM Recap
at #24 Miami 5-14-4 def. Illinois State 4-6-5 (11 inn.)
Final Stats | MIA Recap | ISU Recap
at #25 Georgia Tech 7-11-0 def. Kennesaw State 4-7-1
Final Stats | GT Recap | KEN Recap
at #27 College of Charleston 4-8-0 def. South Carolina Upstate 0-6-2
Final Stats | C of C Recap | USC-U Recap
UOP's Allen Riley
Final Stats | PUR Recap | LOU Recap
#31 Baylor 6-15-1 won at Texas State 4-5-2
Final Stats | BAY Recap | TxSt Recap
Western Kentucky at #32 Mississippi – canceled (still will play Wed., 3/9, 6:30 CT)
at Pacific 11-11-2 def. #33 San Jose State 10-18-1
Final Stats | UOP Recap | SJSU Recap
at #36 Washington State 8-7-3 def. Dallas Baptist 7-7-1-0
Final Stats | WSU Recap | DB Recap
at #39 Alabama 6-7-2 def. Troy 5-8-2 (11 inn.)
Final Stats | AL Recap | Troy Recap
#40 Virginia Tech 14-12-2 won at Florida Atlantic 2-8-5
Final Stats | VT Recap | FAU Recap
Mount St. Mary's pitcher Max Brittenham
South Alabama at #41 Southern Mississippi – rainout (no makeup)
Mount St. Mary’s 2-7-0 won at #43 Central Florida 1-6-0
Final Stats | MtSM Recap | UCF Recap
St. Gregory’s at #44 Oklahoma State – rainout (now will play Wed., 3/9, at 4 CT)
VMI posted a win over surging James Madison.
at #45 Charlotte 8-8-3 def. Tennessee Tech 1-9-1
Final Stats | CHAR Recap | TT Recap
VMI 8-12-0 won at #47 James Madison 2-11-0
Final Stats | VMI Recap | JMU Recap
at UNC Greensboro 9-12-1 def. #48 St. John’s 7-10-1
Final Stats | UNCG Recap | SJU Recap
#50 East Carolina 3-8-2 won at Campbell 2-8-0
Final Stats | ECU Recap | CAMP Recap
UNCG's Drew Gehringer