Saturday’s College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard & Wrapup

March 17, 2012
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For the second straight week, the favorites had a strong Saturday during action involving top-50 teams from the CB360 Composite National Rankings – as there were only 10 upsets among the day’s 44 games involving top-50 teams (30-10; 4 rainouts). Kentucky (cb360 #28) rallied again vs. #3 South Carolina, winning 4-3 behind the two-way talents of freshman A.J. Reed (who hit the go-ahead double and logged two strong innings of late-relief). Several series already have been clinched, but there still will be some Sunday drama among the top-50. front-page photo courtesy of  Texas

Recent CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages …
March 15-16  |  March 14  |  March 12-13  |  March 11  |  March 10  |  March 8-9  |  March 7  |  March 6
March 4  |  March 3   |  March 1-2  |  Feb. 29 |  Feb. 27-28  |  Feb. 26

A.J. Reed's clutch hitting and pitching led another Kentucky rally vs. South Carolina.

In addition to Kentucky clinching its series vs. South Carolina, another noteworthy head-to-head series was wrapped up – as #41 Texas clinched the Red River Rivalry with a 9-5 win at #18 Oklahoma. Elsewhere, #4 North Carolina clinched its series at #30 Maryland (9-5) … #13 LSU won again in dramatic fashion, 4-3, to secure its series vs. #27 Mississippi State … #22 Oregon State swept its doubleheader at #24 California (9-2; 4-1) … #23 North Carolina kept rolling with a series-clinching win over #31 Wake Forest, 6-2 … and #38 Baylor secured its series vs. #34 Texas Tech, 4-3. #6 Florida State opened its Sat.-Sun.-Sun. series vs. #42 Virginia by beating the Cavs, 12-3.

Corey Knebel (Texas)

Here are the series that will be up-for-grabs on Sunday:
• Kansas State at #8 Texas A&M
• #11 Miami at Duke
• Auburn at #14 Mississippi (Tigers won 10-4 on Sat.)
• Virginia Tech at #15 Georgia Tech (VT won 12-9 on Sat.)
• Stephen F. Austin at #25 Texas State (SFA won 8-6 on Sat., in 10)
• Murray State at #38 Southern Mississippi
• #50 Elon at Davidson (split Sat. DH; 10-2/11-12, in 11)

In other Saturday results of note, Washington won its series vs. #16 Oregon by splitting a pair (5-0, 2-3) while Wichita State swept two from #21 Purdue (8-2, 5-3) for a 2-2 finish in that series.

Brad Kuntz (Baylor)

Stanford (cb360 #2) was the only idle top-50 team, with Saturday’s top-50 results (44 total games) included below, including an assortment of postgame links. A special dedicated Twitter feed is included, featuring team tweets from CB360 top-50 teams playing head-to-head and from the “Bakers dozen” top-13 …

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SATURDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS  (March 17, 2012)
… based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

Chaz Frank (North Carolina)

upsets in italics

• at #28 Kentucky 4-8-1 … def. #3 South Carolina 3-10-0
(‘Cats have clinched series, 2-0) … KY now 20-0, SC 15-3
Final Stats  |  KY Recap (w/ video)  |  SC Recap  |  Photos (KY)  |  Photos (SC)

Justin Gonzalez (Florida State)

• #4 North Carolina 9-12-0 … won at #30 Maryland 5-8-2
(UNC has clinched series, 2-0) … UNC now 16-3, MD 13-6
Final Stats  |  UNC Recap  |  MD Recap  |  Photos

• at #6 Florida State 12-12-0 … def. #42 Virginia 3-10-1
(series opener) … FSU now 15-2, UVa 11-6-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap  |  UVa Recap

Nick Goody (LSU)

• #41 Texas 9-15-1 … won at #18 Oklahoma 5-11-4
(‘Horns have clinched series, 2-0) … TX now 9-8, OU 11-8
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TX Recap  |  OU Recap  |  Photos

• #19 Arizona State at #12 UCLA – rainout  (DH on 3/18;  Bruins won Fri.)

• at #13 LSU 4-4-0 … def. #27 Mississippi State 3-10-0
(Tigers have clinched series, 2-0) … LSU now 16-3, Miss-St 14-7
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LSU Recap  |  Miss-St Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

• #22 Oregon State 9-14-1 … won at #24 California 2-6-4
(series opener; DH, gm-1) … OR-St now 12-5, Cal 11-5
Final Stats  |  OR-St Recap (w/ video)  |  Cal Recap

Ryan Dunn (Oregon State)

• #22 Oregon State 4-4-2 … won at #24 California 1-5-3
(Beavers have clinched series, 2-0) … OR-St now 13-5, Cal 11-6
Final Stats  |  OR-St Recap  |  Cal Recap

• at #23 North Carolina State 6-7-1 … def. #31 Wake Forest 2-4-2
(NC-St has clinched series, 2-0) … NC-St now 14-3, WFU 16-6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NC-St Recap  |  WFU Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

Trea Turner (North Carolina State)

•  at #38 Baylor 4-10-0 … def. #34 Texas Tech 3-7-2
(Bears have clinched series) … BAY now 13-7, TT 12-7
Final Stats  |  BAY Recap  |  TT Recap  |  Notes (TT)  |  Photos (BAY)  |  Postgame Video (TT)

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SATURDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES  (March 17, 2012)
… based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

upsets in italics

• at #1 Florida 5-7-0 … def. Vanderbilt 1-6-1
(Gators have clinched series, 2-0) … FL now 18-1, VAN 7-12
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FL Recap  |  VAN Recap  |  Photos

• at #5 Arkansas 8-9-3 … def. Alabama 4-9-1
(Razorbacks have clinched series, 2-0) … ARK now 18-2, AL 8-11
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ARK Recap (w/ video)  |  AL Recap  |  Photos

• at #7 Rice 12-17-1 … def. Grambling 1-4-1
(series opener) … Rice now 15-5, GRAM 10-7
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Rice Recap  |  GRAM Recap

• at #8 Texas A&M 9-10-1 … def. Kansas State 2-6-1
(series tied) … A&M now 15-5, K-St 12-7
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  A&M Recap  |  K-St Recap

Creede Simpson (Auburn)

• at #9 Arizona 8-11-2 … def. Washington State 7-11-2
(DH, gm-1; series tied) … AZ now 15-4, WSU 10-7
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AZ Recap  |  WSU Recap

• at #9 Arizona 12-13-2 … def. Washington State 9-12-3
(AZ won series, 2-1) … AZ now 16-4, WSU 10-8
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AZ Recap  |  WSU Recap

Long Beach State at #10 Cal State Fullerton – rainout (makeup 3/18; Titans lead series, 2-0)

• #11 Miami 2-7-1 … won at Duke 1-8-0
(series tied) … Miami now 15-4, Duke 8-13
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miami Recap  |  Duke Recap  |  Video Highlights

Jake Atwell (Virginia Tech)

Auburn 10-9-1 … won at #14 Mississippi 4-8-5  
(series tied) … AUB now 11-8, OleMiss 15-4
Final Stats  |  AUB Recap  |  OleMiss Recap

Virginia Tech 12-15-2 … won at #15 Georgia Tech 9-10-1  
(series tied) … VT now 15-5, GT 13-6
Final Stats  |  VT Recap  |  GT Recap

• at Washington 5-8-0 … def. #16 Oregon 0-6-1  
(DH, gm-1; Huskies have clinched series, 2-0) … WASH now 12-6, ORE 12-5
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  WASH Recap  |  ORE Recap

• #16 Oregon 3-4-1 … won at Washington 2-10-1
(DH, gm-2; Huskies won series, 2-1) … ORE now 13-5, WASH 12-7
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ORE Recap  |  WASH Recap

Jayce Ray (Washington)

• at #17 Georgia 10-18-1 … def. Tennessee 5-10-1
(UGa has clinched series, 2-0) … GA now 15-5, TN 10-8
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GA Recap (w/ video)  |  TN Recap  |  Postgame Video (TN)

• at #20 Central Florida 4-2-0 … def. Harvard 2-3-2
(UCF has clinched series, 2-0) … UCF now 15-5, HARV 1-11
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCF Recap (w/ video)  |  HARV Recap

• at Wichita State 8-14-1 … def. #21 Purdue 2-5-4
(DH, gm-1; Boilers lead 4-gm series, 2-1) … WICH now 11-10, PUR 14-2
Final Stats  |  WICH Recap  |  PUR Recap

Johnny Coy (Wichita State)

• at Wichita State 5-10-1 … def. #21 Purdue 3-6-2
(DH, gm-2; series ended 2-2) … WICH now 12-10, PUR 14-3
Final Stats  |  WICH Recap  |  PUR Recap

Stephen F. Austin 8-13-4 … won at #25 Texas State 6-6-1  (10 inn.)  
(series tied) … SFA now 7-11, TX-St 12-6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SFA Recap  |  TX-St Recap

Freddy Villalobos (Stephen F. Austin)

• at #26 Louisville 14-17-1 … def. Ball State 5-10-5
(LOU has clinched series. 2-0) … LOU now 13-6, BSU 3-11
Final Stats  |  LOU Recap  |  BSU Recap  |  Notes  |  Quotes

• at #29 Stetson 4-9-2 … def. Rutgers 3-11-1
(STET has clinched series, 2-0) … STET now 15-3 , RUT 7-9
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  STET Recap  |  RUT Recap

• #33 TCU 10-9-0 … won at  UNLV 2-6-0
(Frogs have clinched series, 2-0) … TCU now 10-6, UNLV 10-9
Final Stats  |  TCU Recap  |  UNLV Recap  |  Notes

• at #35 Clemson 6-11-1 … def. Boston College 3-4-0
(CLEM has clinched series, 2-0) … CLEM now 8-8, BC 6-10
Final Stats  |  CLEM Recap  |  BC Recap

• at #36 East Carolina 6-10-0 … def. Penn State 5-9-1 (10 inn.)
(ECU has clinched series, 2-0) … ECU now 13-5, PSU 3-15
…Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ECU Recap  |  PSU Recap  |  Photos

• #37 Cal Poly 4-8-0 … won at Minnesota 3-14-1
(series opener) … CP now 12-5, MN 7-11
Final Stats  |  CP Recap  |  MN Recap

• at #38 Southern Mississippi 9-10-2 … def. Murray State 7-8-3
(series tied) … SoMiss now 11-8, MUR 9-10
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SoMiss Recap  |  MUR Recap

Kent State at #39 Pepperdine – rainout (makeup 3/19;  KS won series opener Fri.)

• #40 Liberty 5-11-3 … won at Presbyterian 2-4-1
(LIB has clinched series, 2-0) … LIB now 19-3, PRES 9-12
Final Stats  |  LIB Recap  |  PRES Recap

Columbia at#43  San Diego – rainout  (makeup 3/18; USD leads 4-gm series, 2-1)

• #44 UC Irvine 6-13-1 … won at Nevada 5-11-2
(UCI won series, 2-1) … UCI now 11-8, NEV 10-8
Final Stats  |  UCI Recap  |  NEV Recap

• at #45 College of Charleston 8-9-2 … def. Wofford 1-6-1
(CofC has clinched series, 2-0) … CofC now 14-5, WOF 8-11
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CofC Recap (w/ video links)  |  WOF Recap

• at #46 Appalachian State 9-12-0 … def. The Citadel 4-5-2
(APP has clinched series, 2-0) … APP now 16-3, CIT 8-10
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  APP Recap (w/ video links)  |  CIT Recap

Drew Gadaire (Davidson)

•  at #47 Tulane 20-19-0 … def. Brown 2-8-2
(Green Wave has clinched series, 2-0) … TUL now 13-6, Brown 0-6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TUL Recap (w/ video links) |  Brown Recap

• at #49 Missouri State 5-9-0 … def. Oral Roberts 0-7-3
(Bears lead 4-gm series, 2-1; gms 1 & 2 at ORU) … MO-St now 13-6, ORU 9-8
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MO-St Recap  |  ORU Recap

• #50 Elon 10 … won at Davidson 2  (DH, gm-1; series opener)
Final Stats  |  Elon Recap  |  DAV Recap

•  at Davidson 12-12-2 … def. #50 Elon 11-17-4  (11 inn.)
(DH, gm-2; series tied) … DAV now 6-10, Elon 12-7
Final Stats  |  DAV Recap  |  Elon Recap  |  Video Highlights

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