Missouri continued its recent string of upsets, winning 10-9 vs. Texas A&M (cb360 #6), while Clemson‘s Dominic Leone used one of the best outings of his career to outduel Georgia Tech ace Mark Pope in a 4-2 win for the #22 Tigers vs. the #8 Yellow Jackets – but there were only six other upsets among 35 games played on Friday involving CB360 top-50 teams (the higher-ranked teams won 77% of the games, 27-8). front-page photo courtesy of Hawaii
Clemson's Dominic Leone
There were 10 top matchups on Friday – featuring CB360 top-50 teams going head-to-head – with Clemson being the only lower-ranked team to claim a victory among those 10 games. In other key Friday matchups: Texas ace Taylor Jungmann steamrolled on, as the #12 Longhorns shut out #16 Oklahoma (5-0) … #9 Florida State used a 9th-inning run to win at #17 Miami … #5 Arizona State held off #18 Stanford (12-10) and #7 Oregon State roughed up #25 UCLA‘s Gerritt Cole (7-6), as the Sun Devils and Beavers remained atop the Pac-10 standings … #2 South Carolina became one of several teams to stage a late rally (2-1 vs. #28 Auburn) … #15 Southern Mississippi won 3-1 in its key Conference USA series at #29 East Carolina … #21 Arkansas posted a needed quality win, 10-4 at #30 Georgia … #20 Oklahoma State ran away from #37 Kansas State (9-2) … and #4 Florida added to its win total, 9-3 vs. #42 Mississippi.
Friday’s other top-50 upsets played out as follows: Hawaii 6-5 at #13 Fresno State (10 inn.) … Maryland 13-11 at #31 North Carolina State … Cal State Bakersfield 5-4 vs. #33 UC Irvine … Rutgers 8-3 vs. #34 Connecticut … South Florida 2-0 vs. #43 St. John’s … and Tulane 6-3 vs. #50 UAB.
All but four of the CB360 top-50 teams were scheduled to play on Friday, with the idle teams including: #11 North Carolina, #23 Rice, #32 Mississippi State and #45 Alabama. UNC will return to action on Tuesday, May 3, while Rice is slated to play next on May 4 vs. Stephen F. Austin (the Alabama at Mississippi series will open Sat., April 30, with a 2 CT doubleheader).
FRIDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (4/29/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
Arizona State's Riccio Torrez
at #2 South Carolina 2-7-1 def. #28 Auburn 1-7-0
Final Stats | SC Recap (w/ video) | AUB Recap | Photos | Quotes
at #4 Florida 9-17-0 def. #42 Mississippi 3-9-0
Final Stats | FL Recap | OleMiss Recap | Photos
at #5 Arizona State 12-16-2 def. #18 Stanford 10-15-1
Final Stats | ASU Recap | STAN Recap
Oregon State's Carter Bell
#7 Oregon State 7-11-1 won at #25 UCLA 5-8-1
Final Stats | OR-St. Recap | UCLA Recap
at #22 Clemson 4-11-4 def. #8 Georgia Tech 2-2-2
Final Stats | CLEM Recap | GT Recap
Florida State's Sherman Johnson
#9 Florida State 6-7-1 won at #17 Miami 5-8-7
Final Stats | FSU Recap | MIA Recap | Notes | Postgame Video
at #12 Texas 5-9-0 def. #16 Oklahoma 0-4-1
Final Stats | TX Recap | OU Recap (w/ video) | Photos
Texas ace Taylor Jungmann now is 10-0 with a 0.90 season ERA and a lowly 6.3 WHIP (14 walks + 49H/89.2 IP).
#15 Southern Mississippi 3-8-0 won at #29 East Carolina 1-10-2
Final Stats | SoMiss Recap | ECU Recap
at #20 Oklahoma State 9-14-1 def. #37 Kansas State 2-2-0
Final Stats | OK-St. Recap | K-St. Recap | Photos
#21 Arkansas 10-15-2 won at #30 Georgia 4-9-1
Final Stats | ARK Recap | GA Recap (w/ video)
FRIDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (4/29/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
Missouri's Jonah Schmidt
#1 Virginia 17-18-0 won at Boston College 0-1-2
Final Stats | VA Recap | BC Recap
at #3 Vanderbilt 10-11-2 def. Tennessee 1-4-3
Final Stats | VAN Recap (w/ video) | TN Recap
at Missouri 10-12-3 def. #6 Texas A&M 9-11-2
Final Stats | MO Recap | A&M Recap
Hawaii's Blair Walters
at #10 Cal State Fullerton 12-14-3 def. Univ. of the Pacific 6-12-4
Final Stats | CSF Recap | UOP Recap | Photos
Hawaii 6-8-2 won at #13 Fresno State 5-11-1 (10 inn.)
Final Stats | Hawaii Recap | FS Recap
#14 TCU 6-8-1 won at BYU 4-8-2 (series-clincher)
Final Stats | TCU Recap | BYU Recap
at #19 Stetson 6-8-3 def. North Florida 3-4-3
Final Stats | STET Recap | UNF Recap
Maryland's Korey Wacker
at #24 California 2-8-0 def. Oregon 1-4-0
Final Stats | Cal Recap | ORE Recap
#26 Troy at Florida Atlantic – suspended (resume Sat. at 1 ET, FAU up 6-3 in top-4; then gm-2)
at #27 Arizona 4-9-1 def. USC 3-10-3 (10 inn.)
Final Stats | AZ Recap | USC Recap
Maryland 13-13-2 won at #31 North Carolina State 11-16-2
Final Stats | MD Recap | NC-St. Recap
Cal State Bakersfield's Andrew Letourneau
at Cal State Bakersfield 5-9-3 def. #33 UC Irvine 4-10-1
Final Stats | CSB Recap | UCI Recap
at #34 Central Florida 6-10-1 def. Houston 4-13-1
Final Stats | UCF Recap | HOU Recap
at Rutgers 8-9-0 def. #34 Connecticut 3-9-0
Final Stats | RU Recap | UConn Recap
at #36 Texas State 5-5-2 def. McNeese State 2-4-3
Final Stats | TxSt Recap | McN Recap
D.J. Anderson (Rutgers)
at #38 Elon 10-13-0 def. Davidson 0-4-4
Final Stats | Elon Recap | DAV Recap
#39 Kent State 11-20-0 won at Ohio Univ. 3-10-1
Final Stats | Kent-St. Recap | Ohio Recap | Photos
at #40 LSU 12-15-0 def. Kentucky 4-7-4 (series-clincher)
Final Stats | LSU Recap | KY Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
at #41 Coastal Carolina 8-10-1 def. VMI 2-6-2
Final Stats | CC Recap | VMI Recap
at South Florida 2-6-0 def. #43 St. John’s 0-6-6
Final Stats | SF Recap (w/ video) | SJU Recap
South Florida's Randy Fontanez
at #44 Creighton 7-14-0 def. Bradley 3-10-2
Final Stats | CU Recap | BRAD Recap
at #46 Florida International 9-13-1 def. South Alabama 6-6-2
Final Stats | FIU Recap | So.-AL Recap
#47 Southeastern Louisiana 5-10-1 won at Sam Houston State 4-11-2 (10 inn.)
Final Stats | SE-La. Recap | SHS Recap
#48 Jacksonville 10-14-1 win at Florida Gulf Coast 7-12-4
Final Stats | JU Recap | FGCU Recap
Tulane's Bowen Woodson
#49 Charlotte 13-13-1 won at Massachusetts 4-8-4
Final Stats | CHAR Recap | UMass Recap
at Tulane 6-9-2 def. #50 Alabama Birmingham 3-4-1
Final Stats | TUL Recap | UAB Recap