Saturday College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard/Wrapup (4/9/11)

April 9, 2011
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Seven different underdogs – most notably #19 Oregon State (7-6 vs. #5 Arizona State), Memphis (16-8 vs. #15 Southern Mississippi) and #25 Arkansas (4-3 vs. #16 LSU) – won again on Saturday, clinching their series vs. higher-ranked teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings.  front-page photo courtesy of Oregon State

James McCann launched a 3-run home run to beat LSU (4-3), which moments earlier had scored three times in the top of the 9th to end a scoreless deadlock.

After a rough showing on Friday, the higher-ranked teams did better on Saturday (26-12; 68%). Seven teams upset CB360 top-20 teams, three mentioned above along with: #8 North Carolina 8-5 at #7 Florida State (series tied) … #50 San Jose State 4-3 vs. #10 Fresno State (SJSU leads series, 2-1) … #41 Baylor 7-6 vs. #13 Texas (series tied) … and USC 3-1 vs. #14 Stanford (series tied).

A bases-loaded walk by Brian Stamps gave Oregon State a 9th-inning series-clincher vs. Arizona State.

The four other underdogs that clinched series vs. top-50 teams include: #34 Georgia 8-3 at #33 Mississippi … The Citadel 17-14 vs. #45 College of Charleston UAB 6-1 at #46 Houston … and UC Davis 11-1 at #49 Long Beach State.

Saturday’s other top-50 upset saw Central Arkansas tie its series against #30 Texas State, 6-5 in 11 innings.

Six of the weekend’s head-to-head series between CB360 top-50 teams already have been clinched, including #1 Virginia‘s showdown at #9 Georgia Tech (12-9), #3 Vanderbilt vs. #20 Alabama (7-0) and #28 Rice vs. #31 East Carolina (5-3 in 10 inn.), along with the aforementioned wins by Oregon State, Arkansas and Georgia.

#12 Cal State Fullerton won Saturday vs. #29 UC Irvine (2-1), setting up a deciding game on Sunday in that key Big West series.

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SATURDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (4/9/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)

Virginia's Colin Harrington

#1 Virginia 12-15-2 won at #9 Georgia Tech 9-12-0 … series-clincher
Final StatsVA RecapGT Recap Video Highlights

at #3 Vanderbilt 7-11-1 def. #20 Alabama 0-6-2 … series-clincher
Final StatsVAN Recap (w/ video)  |  AL Recap

North Carolina's Shane Taylor

at #19 Oregon State 7-14-1 def. #5 Arizona State 6-6-0 … series-clincher
Final StatsOrSt Recap ASU RecapPhotos

#8 North Carolina 8-10-1 won at #7 Florida State 5-14-1 … series tied
Final StatsUNC RecapFSU RecapPhotos

#10 Fresno State 5-9-1 won at #50 San Jose State 1-6-1 (7 inn.; DH/gm-1) … series tied
Final StatsFS RecapSJSU Recap

at #50 San Jose State 4-8-0 def. #10 Fresno State 3-8-0 (DH; gm-2) … SJSU leads series (2-1)
Final StatsSJSU RecapFS Recap

San Jose State's Esteban Guzman

at #12 Cal State Fullerton 2-4-0 def. #29 UC Irvine 1-8-1 … series tied
Final StatsCSF RecapUCI Recap

at #41 Baylor 7-7-0 def. #13 Texas 6-9-0 … series tied
Final StatsBAY RecapTX RecapPhotosVideo HighlightsQuotes

at #25 Arkansas 4-8-1 def. #16 LSU 3-4-3 … series-clincher
Final StatsARK RecapLSU Recap

#18 California at #22 Arizonapostponed (Sun. DH, 10:30 PT) … AZ won opener

#28 Rice 5-10-3 won at #31 East Carolina 3-6-1 (10 inn.) … series-clincher
Final StatsRice RecapECU RecapVideo Highlights (ECU)  |  Postgame Video (ECU)

#34 Georgia 8-14-0 won at #33 Mississippi 3-8-2 … series-clincher
Final StatsGA RecapOleMiss Recap

 

SATURDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (4/9/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)

#2 Florida 18-18-1 won at Mississippi State 0-8-1 … series tied
Final StatsFL RecapMS Recap

#4 South Carolina 2-5-0 won at Tennessee 1-5-1 … series sweep
Final StatsSC RecapTN RecapPhotos

#6 Texas A&M 5-9-1 won at Texas Tech 4-4-3 … series tied
Final StatsA&M RecapTT RecapPhotosVideo HighlightsPostgame VideoNotesQuotes

#11 Oklahoma 14-14-0 won at Kansas State 3-8-1 … series tied
Final StatsOU Recap (w/ video)  |  KSU RecapPhotos

at USC 3-7-1 def. #14 Stanford 1-7-1 … series tied
Final StatsUSC RecapSTAN Recap

T.J. Rich smacked two home runs while leading Memphis to another win over Southern Miss.

at Memphis 16-18-2 def. #15 Southern Mississippi 8-13-2 … series-clincher
Final Stats | MEM RecapSoMiss Recap

at #17 TCU 11-11-2 def. New Mexico 4-8-4 … series tied
Final StatsTCU RecapNM Recap

#21 UCLA 10-15-0 won at Washington State 3-6-0 … series-clincher
Final StatsUCLA RecapWSU Recap (w/ video)

at #23 Stetson 10-16-0 def. Kennesaw State 2-6-2 … series-clincher
Final StatsSTET RecapKS Recap

at #24 Oklahoma State 4-8-0 def. Missouri 1-5-1  … series-clincher
Final StatsOKSt RecapMO Recap

at #26 Troy 9-12-1 def. Florida International 5-7-1 … series-clincher
Final StatsTroy RecapFIU RecapPostgame Audio (Troy)

at #27 Clemson 7-13-1 def. Maryland 0-3-1 … series-clincher
Final StatsCLEM RecapMD Recap

Jonathan Davis (Central Arkansas)

at Central Arkansas 6-15-1 def. #30 Texas State 5-6-2 (11 inn.) … series tied
Final Stats UCA RecapTxSt Recap

#32 Louisville 5-7-1 won at Cincinnati 3-7-0 … series-clincher
Final StatsLOU RecapCIN Recap

at #35 East Tennessee State 6-9-0 def. Lipscomb 2-6-2 (7 inn.) … series-clincher
Final StatsETSU RecapLIP Recap

at #36 Gonzaga 3-8-1 def. San Diego 1-10-1 … series-clincher
Final StatsGON Recap (w/ video)  |  USD Recap

at #37 Cal State Bakersfield 13-16-2 def. Cal State Northridge 3-8-1 … series-clincher
Final StatsCSB RecapCSN Recap

#38 Auburn 15-20-1 won at Kentucky 8-10-0 … series-clincher
Final StatsAUB RecapKY RecapPhotos

at #39 Miami 14-16-1 def. North Carolina State 13-13-4 (10 inn.) … series-clincher
Final StatsMIA Recap (w/ video) |  NC-St Recap

#40 Charlotte 9-13-1 def.  St. Joseph’s 2-10-4 (at LaSalle) … series opener
Final StatsCHAR RecapStJoe Recap

The Citadel's Nick Orvin

#42 Coastal Carolina 15-20-1 won at Presbyterian 3-9-3 … series-clincher
Final StatsCC RecapPRES Recap

#43 Tulane 6-7-0 won at Central Florida 5-13-0 … series-clincher
Final Stats TUL RecapUCF Recap

#44 Connnecticut 6-10-2 won at Notre Dame 3-5-2 … series-clincher
Final StatsUConn RecapND RecapPhotos (ND)

at The Citadel 17-15-2 def. #45 College of Charleston 14-23-4 … series-clincher
Final StatsCIT RecapCofC Recap

UAB's Ryan Woolley

UAB 6-7-0 won at #46 Houston 1-3-3 … series-clincher
Final StatsUAB RecapHOU Recap

Wofford at #47 Elon suspended (0-0, mid-5th; resume Sun. at 1 ET) … Elon won opener

#48 Creighton 8-11-2 won at Illinois State 2-4-2 … series tied
Final StatsCreighton RecapISU RecapPostgame Audio (ISU)

David Popkins (UC Davis)

UC Davis 11-15-2 won at #49 Long Beach State 1-7-2 … series-clincher
Final StatsUCD RecapLB Recap

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