Surging Dallas Baptist added to its NCAA Tournament resume with another quality win – 14-10 in a wild 10-inning game at Texas A&M (cb360 #11) – to produce one of the more noteworthy results among Friday’s 36 games involving CB360 top-50 teams. front-page photo courtesy of Dallas Baptist
The unranked/lower-ranked teams won one-third of Friday’s top-50 games (12-24), including upset wins in four of the five head-to-head battles between CB360 top-50 squads: #21 Arkansas 5-3 vs. #4 Florida (series-clincher) … #20 Oklahoma State 6-2 vs. #15 TCU … #38 Auburn 4-3 vs. #28 Georgia (11 inn.) … and #35 LSU 10-6 at #33 Alabama.
Friday’s seven other upsets of top-50 teams included another strong showing from Kentucky ace Alex Meyer, as the Wildcats knocked off #2 Vanderbilt (2-0).
An assortment of postgame links from all 36 of Friday’s top-50 games follows below (as do expanded links/info. for the six head-to-head series that were scheduled between cb360 top-50 teams, with those pitching matchups a the bottom of the page).
The six top-50 teams that were not scheduled to play 9n Friday include: #1 Virginia, #10 Georgia Tech, #19 Clemson, #25 Connecticut, #46 Baylor and #47 Gonzaga (#24 California was rained out at #7 Oregon State, as was #32 Coastal Carolina vs. Radford).
FRIDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (5/6/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
• at #21 ARKANSAS 5-9-2 def. #4 FLORIDA 3-6-1 … AUB 32-14/12-11 SEC; FL 35-12/17-6 … series-clincher
Final Stats | ARK Recap | FL Recap
Arkansas reliever Barrett Astin
game coverage – Live Stats | Live Video (FL) | Live Audio (ARK) | Live Audio (FL) | Siruis Radio 91; XM 91
ARK info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
FL info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Supplement | Quick Facts
SEC info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats| History
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• at #6 FLORIDA STATE 8-15-1 def. #41 CENTRAL FLORIDA 0-3-0 … FSU 35-11/16-8 ACC; UCF 28-18/7-11 CUSA
Final Stats | FSU Recap | UCF Recap | Photos
Floirda State's Sean Gilmartin reached 11 Ks, en route to his 29th career win.
game coverage – Live Stats | Live Video | FSU Audio | UCF Audio
FSU info. – Game Notes | Series Preview | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
UCF info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
ACC info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | Media Guide
CUSA info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | Interactive Guide | Media Guide
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#24 CALIFORNIA (27-14/11-7 Pac-10) … at #7 OREGON STATE (32-10/12-3 Pac-10) – rainout (DH Sat., 5/7, at 1 PT)
game coverage – Live Stats | Live Video | Live Audio
Ore.-St. info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | History | Quick Facts
Cal info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide
Pac-10 info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | Media Guide
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• at #20 OKLAHOMA STATE 6-13-2 def. #15 TCU 2-7-0 … OK-St. 31-13/12-8 Big-12; TCU 31-14/15-2 Mt.-West
Final Stats | OK-St. Recap | TCU Recap
Oklahoma State's Hunter Bailey
game coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio (OSU) | Live Audio (TCU)
OSU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
TCU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide
Big 12 info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | Media GuideMt.-West info. –Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats
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• at #38 AUBURN 4-13-0 def. #28 GEORGIA 3-9-1 (11 inn.) … AUB 24-21/10-12 SEC; GA 24-22/13-9
Final Stats | AUB Recap | GA Recap
Auburn extra-inning hero Tony Caldwell
game coverage – Live Stats | Live Video (AUB) | Live Video (GA) | Live Audio (GA)
AUB info. –
GA info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
SEC info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | History
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• #35 LSU 10-14-1 won at #33 ALABAMA 6-12-0 … LSU 30-17/8-14 SEC; AL 28-20/10-12
Final Stats | LSU Recap | AL Recap | Quotes & Notes (AL)
LSU's Mikie Mahtook and Mason Katz
game coverage – Live Stats | Live Video | Live Audio (LSU) | TV: Jumbo Sports Network
AL info. – | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide |
LSU info. – Game Notes | Series Preview | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
SEC info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats| History
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FRIDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (5/6/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
Kentucky ace Alex Meyer used his fourth complete game of the season to outduel Vanderbilt's Sonny Gray
at Kentucky 2-4-0 def. #2 Vanderbilt 0-5-1
Final Stats | KY Recap | VAN Recap (w/ video) | Photos | Notes
#3 South Carolina 6-14-1 won at Mississippi 1-6-0
Final Stats | SC Recap (w/ video) | OleMiss Recap
at #5 Arizona State 6-10-1 def. Long Beach State 3-8-2
Final Stats | ASU Recap | LB Recap
#8 Texas 5-12-2 won at Nebraska 3-5-1
Final Stats | TX Recap | NEB Recap
at #9 North Carolina 5-5-1 def. Maryland 0-4-0
Final Stats | UNC Recap | MD Recap | Photos
Dallas Baptist's quality-win resume now includes victories versus Oklahoma State, TCU (2), Washington State, Rice, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Texas A&M.
Dallas Baptist 14-23-3 won at #11 Texas A&M 10-12-3 (10 inn.) … series tied
Final Stats | DB Recap | A&M Recap
#12 Cal State Fullerton 4-16-2 won at UC Riverside 1-2-0
Final Stats | CSF Recap | UCR Recap
at #13 Southern Mississippi 4-10-2 def. UAB 2-8-0
Final Stats | SoMiss Recap | UAB Recap
#14 Fresno State 9-9-0 won at Louisiana Tech 2-8-0
Final Stats | FS Recap | LT Recap
#16 Stetson 6-15-0 won at Florida Gulf Coast 4-8-0
Final Stats | STET Recap | FCG Recap
at #17 Miami 16-16-1 def. Hofstra 4-9-3
Final Stats | MIA Recap (w/ video) | HOF Recap | Notes
at #18 Oklahoma 12-11-0 def. Kansas 1-7-4
Final Stats | OU Recap (w/ video) | KU Recap
#22 Rice 8-9-2 won at Houston 2-6-1
Final Stats | Rice Recap | HOU Recap | Photos
at #23 Stanford 6-12-1 def. Washington 2-6-1
Final Stats | STAN Recap | WA Recap | Photos
#27 UCLA 7-11-2 won at Oregon 1-7-1
Final Stats | UCLA Recap | ORE Recap
at #26 Arizona 2-4-4 def. Alcorn State 2-4-4
Final Stats | AZ Recap | Alcorn Recap
#29 East Carolina 9-14-1 won at Marshall 8-15-3 (10 inn,)
Final Stats | ECU Recap | MAR Recap
at #30 Kent State 8-12-2 def. Miami (Ohio) 6-13-2
Final Stats | Kent-St. Recap | Miami Recap
at #31 UC Irvine 6-8-1 def. Cal Poly 2-7-4
Final Stats | UCI Recap | CP Recap
Radford at #32 Coastal Carolina – rainout (Sat. DH, 5/7, at 3 ET)
Wichita State's Charlie Lowell
at #34 Troy 7-16-0 def. Louisiana-Lafayette 1-4-0
Final Stats | Troy Recap | ULL Recap
at Wichita State 8-15-1 def. #36 Creighton 0-5-0
Final Stats | WICH Recap | Creighton Recap
East Tennessee State 5-11-1 won at #37 North Carolina State 1-4-1
Final Stats | ETSU Recap | NC-St. Recap
Nicholls State's Austin Flores
#39 Florida International 9-13-2 won at Middle Tennessee State 3-5-1
Final Stats | FIU Recap | MTSU Recap
#40 Elon 11-12-1 won at The Citadel 6-14-2
Final Stats | Elon Recap | CIT Recap
Missouri's Eric Anderson
at #42 Texas State 3-4-0 def. Texas-San Antonio 0-4-2
Final Stats | TxSt Recap (w/ video) | UTSA Recap
Nicholls State 7-16-0 won at #43 Southeastern Louisiana 3-11-2
Final Stats | NICH Recap | SL Recap
Missouri 5-10-1 won at #44 Kansas State 4-9-2
Final Stats | MO Recap | K-St. Recap | Photos
Richmond's Bret Williams
#45 Mississippi State 16-15-1 won at Tennessee 5-15-4
Final Stats | MS Recap | TN Recap (w/ video) | Photos
Richmond 3-4-0 won at #48 Charlotte 0-4-1
Final Stats | RICH Recap (w. video) | CHAR Recap
UNC Grensboro 5-12-0 won at #49 College of Charleston 4-11-3 (11 inn.)
Final Stats | UNCG Recap | CofC Recap
UNC Greensboro's Thomas Troelstrup
#50 Florida Atlantic 4-10-1 won at Western Kentucky 2-9-1
Final Stats | FAU Recap | WKU Recap
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PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
FLORIDA STATE
#3 Sean Gilmartin
LHP • Jr. … 6-2 • 190
Moorpark, CA
1.48 • 7-1
79 IP • 11 starts (12 appearances)
87 K • 14 BB (6.2 K/BB ratio) … 4 HB • 3 WP
50 H (.180 opp. avg.) • 3 HR allowed … 7.3 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: win vs. Duke (2-1) .. 7.1 IP … R … 3 H … 0 BB … 1 HB … 13 K … 29 BF … 97p (70K)
Career: 3.62 … 28-12 (1 SV) … 50 GP/44 GS … 288.2 IP … 278 Ks/85 BB … 265 H (.244), 32 HR … 15 HB/19 WP
CENTRAL FLORIDA
#16 Brian Adkins
LHP • So. … 5-11 • 170
Orlando, FL
3.25 • 6-2
61 IP • 9 starts (11 appearances)
31 K • 13 BB (2.4 K/BB ratio) … 3 HB • WP
54 H (.238 opp. avg.) • 3 HR allowed … 9.9 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: win vs. Florida State (6-4) .. 6 IP … 4 R/3 ER … 11 H … BB … K … 30 BF … 101p (65K)
Career: 4.39 … 10-5 … 32 GP/15 GS … 110.2 IP … 64 Ks/30 BB … 121 H
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PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
OKLAHOMA STATE
#23 Mike Strong
LHP • Sr. … 6-0 • 185
Afton, MN • Iowa Western JC
3.42 • 5-2
52.2 IP • 9 starts (11 appearances)
52 K • 17 BB (3.1 K/BB ratio) … 10 HB • 3 WP
46 H (.241 opp. avg.) • 5 HR allowed … 10.8 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: win vs. Kansas State (9-2) .. 8 IP … 2 R/1 ER … 2 H … 2BB … 1 HB … 6 K … 30 BF … 120p (76K)
Career: 4.00 … 8-4 … 27 GP/20 GS … 117 IP … 118 Ks/53 BB … 107 H (.248) … 18 HB/9 WP
TCU
#8 Kyle Winkler
RHP • Jr. … 5-11 • 205
Sugar Land , TX
1.25 • 8-1
79.1 IP • 11 starts
87 K • 13 BB (6.7 K/BB ratio) … 5 HB • 2 WP
53 H (.189 opp. avg.) • 2 HR allowed … 7.5 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: win at BYU (12-6) .. 7 IP … 0 R … 5 H … BB … 13 K … 1 WP … 26 BF … 104p (64K)
Career: 2.97 … 27-5 … 47 GP/344 GS … 269.2 IP … 227 Ks/84 BB … 234 H … 18 HB/9 WP
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PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
ALABAMA
#28 Nathan Kilcrease
RRP • Sr. … 5-6 • 160
Phenix City, AL
3.12 • 5-3
69.1 IP • 11 starts
58 K • 15 BB (3.9 K/BB ratio) … 3 HB • 1 WP
71 H (.263 opp. avg.) • 4 HR allowed … 11.2 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: no-dec. at Mississippi State (5-4) .. 5 IP … 3 R … 8 H … BB … HB … 2 K … WP … 25 BF … 96p (55K)
Career: 3.22 … 20-10 (7 SV) … 83 GP/21 GS … 246.1 IP … 210 Ks/65 BB … 245 H
LSU
#39 Kurt McCune
RRP • Fr. … 6-3 • 170
Norco, LA
3.34 • 5-3
70 IP • 11 starts
54 K • 21 BB (2.6 K/BB ratio) … 8 HB • 2 WP
53 H (.209 opp. avg.) • 3 HR allowed … 9.5 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: no-dec. at Kentucky (9-5) .. 6.1 IP … 2 R … 7 H … 2 BB … 7 K … 26 BF … 107p (66K)
Career: first season at LSU
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PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
OREGON STATE
#32 Sam Gaviglio
RRP • Jr. … 6-1 • 195
Ashland, OR
2.00 • 8-1
81 IP • 11 starts
76 K • 19 BB (4.0 K/BB ratio) … 3 HB • 1 WP
54 H (.189 opp. avg.) • 1 HR allowed … 8.1 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: win at UCLA (7-5) … 6 IP … 5 R/4 ER … 6 H … 7 BB … 0 K … 30 BF … 110p (59K)
Career: 3.32 … 21-6 (3 SV) … 44 GP/27 GS … 206.1 IP … 176 Ks/51 BB … 167 H (.221), 10 HR… 15 HB … 6 WP
CALIFORNIA
#35 Erik Johnson
RHP • Jr. … 6-2 • 240
Los Altos, CA
1.94 • 5-1
69.2 IP • 11 starts
64 K • 27 BB (2.4 K/BB ratio) … 6 HB • 8 WP
48 H (.199 opp. avg.) • 3 HR allowed … 9.7 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: no-dec. vs. Oregon (2-1) .. 8 IP … 1 R … 4 H … 3 BB … HB … 11 K … 31 BF
Career: not available