Tuesday’s College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard & Wrapup

February 28, 2012
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A busy Tuesday produced six upsets of CB360 top-50 teams in the Composite National Rankings, including a pair of losses within the top-25: Eastern Illinois 3-2 at #21 Louisville and Texas State’s 4-hit shutout (1-0) at #22 TCU. Liberty also registered a noteworthy win by knocking off its top-ranked in-state rival, 8-0 at #27 Virginia.  front-page photo courtesy of Liberty

Blake Forslund (Liberty)

Favorites went 20-6 (77%), with a pair of rainouts, in Tuesday’s top-50 action.

One of the upsets came in a head-to-head battle between CB360 top-50 teams, as #42 Pepperdine picked up another top win after beating #30 USC, 7-2. In other top-50 head-to-head matchups, #6 North Carolina won 8-4 over #44 St. John’s while #45 Tulane improved to 8-1 with a 12-1 win over #49 Southeastern Louisiana.

In addition to the wins by Pepperdine, Eastern Illinois, Texas State and Liberty, Tuesday’s other top-50 upsets included Mercer’s 12-4 win at #46 Georgia Southern and Middle Tennessee State being previously-unbeaten #47 Tennessee (5-4, in 10 innings).

There was one game on Monday involving a current CB360 top-50 team, as #37 Texas Tech rallied to beat Northern Illinois, 3-2 (postgame links for that game at bottom of this page).

Alex Byo (Tulane)

Tuesday’s top-50 results and an assortment of postgame links are included below. A special dedicated Twitter feed is included (team tweets from CB360 head-to-head matchups and the “Bakers Dozen” top-15). …

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TUESDAY’S TOP-50 GAMES  (Feb. 28, 2012)
… based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

upsets in italics

• at #2 Stanford 5-7-2 … def.  UC Davis 1-6-2
Final Stats  |  STAN Recap  |  UCD Recap

• at #3 South Carolina 2-4-0 … def. Presbyterian 1-5-0
Final Stats  |  SC Recap  |  PRES Recap  |  Quotes

Cody Stubbs (North Carolina)

• #4 Rice 4-5-0 … won at Houston 1-4-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Rice Recap  |  HOU Recap

• at #5 Texas A&M 14-16-2 … def. Northwestern (La.) State 10-8-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  A&M Recap  |  NW-La. Recap

• at #6 North Carolina 8-13-1 … def. #44 St. John’s 4-7-2
Final Stats  |  UNC Recap  |  StJ Recap  |  Photos

• at #7 Arkansas 5-6-1 … def. BYU 0-3-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ARK Recap  |  BYU Recap
Photos  |  Video Highlights  |  Postgame Video-1  |  Postgame Video-2

• Kennesaw State at #8 Georgia Tech – rainout (makeup-2/19)

• at #12 Georgia 5-10-0 … def. Savannah State 0-7-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GA Recap (w/ video)  |  SAV Recap  |  Photos

TJ McManus (Eastern Illinois)

• at #13 LSU 17-19-1 … def. Grambling 10-15-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LSU Recap  |  GRAM Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

• at #15 Cal State Fullerton 3-8-2 … def. San Diego State 0-3-0
Final Stats  |  CSF Recap  |  SDSU Recap  |  Photos

• at #18 UCLA 9-12-1 … def. Long Beach State 1-2-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCLA Recap  |  LB Recap

• at #19 Texas 2-7-2 … def. Houston Baptist 0-3-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TX Recap  |  HB Recap  |  Photos

• Portland at #20 Oregon – rainout  (makeup 5/23)

• Eastern Illinois 3-8-0 … won at #21 Louisville 2-7-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF |  EIU Recap  |  LOU Recap  |  Notes  |  Quotes  |  Photos

Mitchell Pitts (Texas State)

• Texas State 1-5-1 … won at #22 TCU 0-4-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TX-St Recap  |  TCU Recap  |  Notes  |  Quotes

• at #23 Mississippi 7-11-1 … def. Memphis 2-7-1
Final Stats  |  OleMiss Recap  |  MEM Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

• at #24 California 5-7-1 … def. San Francisco 3-14-1
Final Stats  |  Cal Recap  |  SanFran Recap

• at #25 Baylor 6-11-0 … def. Sam Houston State 2-8-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  BAY Recap  |  SH Recap  |  Video Highlights  |  Quotes

• #26 Stetson 7-11-0 … won at Bethune-Cookman 1-7-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  STET Recap  |  B-C Recap

Matt Maurer (Pepperdine)

• Liberty 8-11-1 … won at #27 Virginia 0-2-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LIB Recap (w/ postgame audio)  |  VA Recap

• at #28 Central Florida 12-16-0 … def. South Florida 1-9-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCF Recap (w/ video)  |  So-FL Recap

• at #42 Pepperdine 7-9-2 … def. #30 USC 2-9-1
… Final Stats  |  PEP Recap  |  USC Recap

• #34 College of Charleston 7-9-0 … won at Jacksonville 0-2-0
Final Stats  |  CofC Recap  |  J’ville Recap

• #36 Charlotte 7-11-2 … won at Winthrop 1-6-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CHAR Recap (w/ video)  |  WIN Recap

• at #45 Tulane 12-14-0 … def. #49 Southeastern Louisiana 1-6-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TUL Recap  |  SE-La. Recap  |   Quotes
Postgame Video-1  |  Postgame Video-2

Mercer celebrated a key midweek win over Georgia Southern.

• Mercer 12-15-2 … won at #46 Georgia Southern 4-6-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MER Recap  |  GS Recap

• Middle Tennessee State 5-10-2 … won at #47 Tennessee 4-7-1  (10 inn.)
… Final Stats  |  MTSU Recap  |  TN Recap (w/ video)  |  Photos

• at #48 Southern Mississippi 5-6-1 … def. Mississippi Valley State 1-1-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SoMiss Recap  |  MVSU Recap

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Matthew Drake (Middle Tennessee)

MONDAY’S TOP-50 RESULT (Feb. 27, 2012)
… based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

at #37 Texas Tech 3 … def. Northern Illinois 2
Final Stats  |  TT Recap  |  NIU Recap  |  Notes
Photos  |  Video Highlights  |  Postgame Video

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