Friday College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard/Wrapup (4/15/11)

There weren’t many upsets (8-of-38; or 21%) in Friday’s games involving CB360 top-50 teams … but there still were some very noteworthy results, including South Carolina (cb350 #4) edging #3 Vanderbilt, 3-1, while #21 Oklahoma State opened its Bedlam Series vs. #15 Oklahoma in dramatic fashion – winning 8-7 on a Dane Phillips 1st-pitch home run that led off the bottom of the 9th (at Tulsa’s OneOK Field).  front-page photo courtesy of Central Michigan

Oklahoma State's Dane Phillips

Four of the head-to-head matchups between CB360 top-50 teams saw the lower-ranked teams emerge victorious: the clutch wins by South Carolina and Oklahoma State, plus #35 Auburn 8-7 at #27 LSU and #46 Southeastern Louisiana 8-5 at #37 Texas State (in a key Southland Conference battle). Friday’s eight total top-50 upsets also included: North Carolina State edging #5 North Carolina, 5-4 … Virginia Tech winning a similar tight game in the ACC, 2-1 vs. #9 Florida State … Central Michigan knocking off Mid-American Conference leader Kent State, also 2-1 (overcoming another strong outing from Flashes ace Andrew Chafin)  … and St. John’s winning a BIG EAST battle vs. #36 Louisville, 8-2.

Oregon State's Sam Gaviglio went the distance in the 1-0 win at Stanford.

Other results of note in head-to-head battles within the CB360 top-50 included: #13 Oregon State posting another big Pac-10 road win  (1-0, at #16 Stanford) … #22 Arizona winning at Pac-10 leader UCLA (cb360 #25) … and East Carolina picking up a key Conference USA series-opening win over #40 Central Florida (12-6).

In addition to the 10 head-to-head battles, there were 10 other matchups between current CB360 top-50 squads and teams that were top-50 earlier this season. Those games included the wins by North Carolina State, Virginia Tech and St. John’s, along with (keep an eye on these series for potential upsets during the weekend): #39 Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount … College of Charleston at #48 Elon … Duke at #1 Virginia … Texas Tech at #6 Texas … Tulane at #24 Rice … Tennessee at #30 Alabama … and Washington State at #8 Arizona State.

This expanded CB360 gameday page includes in-depth preview/gave-coverage info. for several of the weekend’s top series (now archived at bottom of this page).

FRIDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (4/15/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)

South Carolina's Michael Roth won the pitching duel vs. Vanderbilt's Sonny Gray.

#2 Florida 5-13-1 won at #29 Georgia 4-8-0
Final Stats |  FL Recap |  GA Recap (w/ video)

at #4 South Carolina 3-11-0 def. #3 Vanderbilt 1-3-0
Final Stats |  SC Recap (w/ video) |  VAN Recap |  Photos |  Quotes

#6 Texas A&M 5-10-0 won at #47 Baylor 1-7-2
Final Stats |  A&M Recap |  BAY Recap |  Video Highligts |  Quotes

Arizona's Matt Chaffee

at #14 Arkansas 6-11-0 def. #38 Mississippi State 5-10-1
Final Stats |  ARK Recap |  Miss-St. Recap

#21 Oklahoma State 8-11-2 def. #15 Oklahoma 7-12-2 (in Tulsa)
Final Stats |  OK-St. Recap |  OU Recap |  Photos

#22 Arizona 5-10-0 won at #25 UCLA 4-7-0
Final Stats |  AZ Recap |  UCLA Recap

East Carolina's Jack Reinheimer

#35 Auburn 8-7-3 won at #27 LSU 7-7-0
Final Stats |  AUB Recap |  LSU Recap |  Video Highlights

at #34 East Carolina 12-13-0 def. #40 Central Florida 6-10-0
Final Stats |  ECU Recap | UCF Recap

Southeastern Louisiana's Jacob Fisher

#46 Southeastern Louisiana 8-11-1 won at #37 Texas State 5-12-2
Final Stats |  SE-La. Recap |  TxSt Recap

FRIDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (4/15/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)

at #1 Virginia 10-13-1 def. Duke 0-4-0
Final Stats |  VA Recap |  Duke Recap |  Video Highlights

North Carolina State's Cory Mazzoni

at North Carolina State 5-7-0 def. #5 North Carolina 4-5-1
Final Stats |  NC-St Recap |  UNC Recap

at #6 Texas 4-5-1 def. Texas Tech 1-8-1
Final Stats |  TX Recap |  TT Recap |  Photos |  Postgame Video (TT)  |  Notes (TT)

at #7 Cal State Fullerton 3-5-2 def. UC Santa Barbara 2-5-2
Final Stats |  CSF Recap |  UCSB Recap |  Photos

at #8 Arizona State 3-7-1 def. Washington State 1-6-1
Final Stats |  ASU Recap |  WSU Recap

Virginia Tech's Jake Atwell

at Virginia Tech 2-4-0 def. #9 Florida State 1-6-0
Final Stats |  VT Recap |  FSU Recap |  Photos

#10 Georgia Tech 5-9-1 won at Wake Forest 1-1-2
Final Stats |  GT Recap |  WFU Recap

at #12 Fresno State 8-12-1 def. Nevada 3-8-1
Final Stats |  FS Recap |  NEV Recap

#17 TCU 11-14-0 won at San Diego State 4-8-0
Final Stats |  TCU Recap |  SDSU Recap

at #18 Southern Mississippi 11-12-0 def. New Orleans 0-8-4
Final Stats |  SoMiss Recap |  UNO Recap

at #19 Stetson 17-20-2 def. Savannah State 4-8-3
Final Stats |  STET Recap |  SAV Recap

#20 Troy at Middle Tennessee State – postponed to Sat., 4/16 (DH at 1 CT)

#23 California 6-8-1 won at Washington 2-9-1
Final Stats |  Cal Recap |  WA Recap

at #24 Rice 3-12-0 def. Tulane 1-6-0
Final Stats |  Rice Recap |  TUL Recap |  Photos

#26 Clemson 9-11-0 won at Boston College 2-7-0
Final Stats |  CLEM Recap |  BC Recap

#28 Miami 10-13-2 won at Maryland 4-9-3
Final Stats |  MIA Recap |  MD Recap

Central Michigan's Trent Howard

Tennessee at #30 Alabama – postponed to Sat., 4/16 (DH at 3 CT)

#31 UC Irvine 10-11-0 won at Univ. of the Pacific 0-8-3
Final Stats |  UCI Recap |  UOP Recap

#32 East Tennessee State at Belmont – postponed (makeup-Sat., 4/16, DH at 1 CT)

at Central Michigan 2-6-0 def. #33 Kent State 1-6-0
Final Stats |  CMU Recap |  Kent-St Recap |  Photos |  Video Highlights |  Postgame Video

at St. John’s 8-13-0 def. #36 Louisville 2-8-5
Final Stats |  SJU Recap |  LOU Recap

Matt Wessinger (St. John's)

#39 Gonzaga 5-9-1 won at Loyola Marymount 3-6-1
Final Stats |  GON Recap |  LMU Recap

#41 Cal State Bakersfield 6-10-2 won at UC Davis 3-8-1
Final Stats |  CSB Recap |  UCD Recap

at #42 Mississippi 3-9-0 def. Kentucky 2-10-1
Final Stats |  OleMiss Recap |  KY Recap |Photos

#43 Charlotte 3-12-2 won at St. Louis 0-3-3
Final Stats |  CHAR Recap |  SLU Recap

at #44 Coastal Carolina 7-11-0 def. Gardner-Webb 4-11-2
Final Stats |  CC Recap |  G-Webb Recap

#45 Connecticut 7-13-1 won at Villanova 1-4-2 (gm-1)
Final Stats |  UConn Recap |  VILL Recap

#45 Connecticut 10-12-0 won at Villanova 0-2-2 (gm-2)
Final Stats |  UConn Recap |  VILL Recap

at #48 Elon 5-9-0 def. College of Charleston 1-5-2
Final Stats |  Elon Recap |  CofC Recap

#49 Creighton 4-8-0 won at Indiana State 0-6-0
Final Stats |  Creighton Recap |  Ind.-St. Recap

at #50 Jacksonville 11-17-3 def. Campbell 10-13-3
Final Stats |  JU Recap (w/ video) |  CAMP Recap

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8 ET (7:30 CT) – #21 OKLAHOMA STATE (25-8/8-4 Big 12) … at #15 OKLAHOMA (25-8/6-5 Big 12)

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PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP

OKLAHOMA

#44 Michael Rocha
RHP  • Sr. … 5-11  •  210
Buda , TX

1.02  •  7-1
61.2 IP  •  8 starts

50 K  •  9 BB (5.6 K/BB ratio) … 8 HB  •  2 WP
33 H (.158 opp. avg.)  •  1 HR allowed … 6.1 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)

Previous Start: loss at Kansas State (2-0) .. 6 IP … 2R/1 ER … 4 H … 3 BB … 1 HB … 3 K … 1 WP … 28 BF … 109p (60K)

Career: 3.68 … 24-9 … 68 GP/32 GS … 247 IP … 179 Ks/67 BB … 236 H

OKLAHOMA STATE

#23 Mike Strong
LHP  • Sr. … 6-0  •  185
Afton, MN • Iowa Western JC

2.41  •  3-0
37.1 IP  •  6 starts (8 appearances)

43 K  •  11 BB (3.9 K/BB ratio) … 8 HB  •  3 WP
31 H (.231 opp. avg.)  •  4 HR allowed … 10.1 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)

Previous Start: no-dec. vs/ Missouri  (3-2) .. 6.2 IP … 2 R/1 ER … 6 H … 3 BB … 2 HB … 4 K … 29 BF … 122p (77K)

Career: 3.72 … 7-3 … 24 GP/17 GS … 101.2 IP … 109 Ks/47 BB … 92 H (.246) … 16 HB/9 WP