Friday’s College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard & Wrapup

April 6, 2012
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James Brooks (Utah)

The upsets came early and often on Friday, as underdogs won nearly half (16-19; 46%) of the day’s games involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings. Six top-10 teams were among the upset victims: #3 North Carolina (0-8 at #13 Miami) … #5 UCLA (3-8 vs. #21 Oregon) … #6 Arizona (6-7 at Utah) … #8 Stanford (4-6 vs. Washington) … #9 Arkansas (2-4 vs. #30 Georgia) … and #10 South Carolina (4-5 vs. Tennessee).  front-page photo courtesy of  Utah 

Earlier This Week (top-50 scoreboards) – April 5April 4April 2-3
Previous Week – April 1March 31March 30March 28March 26-27
Click Here for links to CB360 top-50 scoreboard pases from Feb. 26-March 25

Ryon Healy (Oregon)

Oregon already has clinched its series at UCLA, as part of a wide-open Pac-12 race, while #7 Texas A&M also wrapped up a series vs. a fellow top-50 team (5-2 vs. #32 Oklahoma) – as did #27 Arizona State vs. visiting #20 Oregon State (3-2), #44 Cal Poly vs. #39 UC Irvine (3-1) and #33 Appalachian State vs. #49 College of Charleston (8-6).

Mike Zunino (Florida)

Several teams posted noteworthy wins on Friday to square their series and force a deciding game on Saturday:
• at #1 Florida 7, #11 LSU 0
• at #22 San Diego 5, #38 Gonzaga 2
• at Tulane 7, #11 Rice 2
• at Texas Tech 7, #23 Texas 6 (14)
• at #26 New Mexico State 13, Nevada 6
• at USC, #40 California 1
• at #48 TCU 4, UNC Wilmington 0

Eric Erickson (Miami)

The long list of Friday’s top-50 upsets also included (in addition to those mentioned above): UAB 11-4 at #16 UCF … Alabama 10-6 vs. #24 Auburn … Bradley 2-1 vs. #36 Missouri State … and Furman 19-2 vs. #46 Elon.

Branden Berry (Washington)

Friday’s top-50 results are included below, with an assortment of postgame links. Two ACC top-50 teams – #31 Virginia and #43 Wake Forest – were idle on Friday but will be playing a Sat.-Sun.-Mon. series (at UVa).

Michael Wagner (San Diego)

A special dedicated Twitter feed (see below) has returned to the CB360 Scoreboard page, featuring team tweets from top-50 teams playing head-to-head and from the “Bakers dozen” top-13 …

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FRIDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS  (April 6, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

Brandon Leibrandt (Florida State)

• at #1 Florida 7-11-0 … def. #11 LSU 0-4-1
(series tied … FL now 25-6/7-4 SEC … LSU 24-7/7-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FL Recap (w/ video)  |  LSU Recap  |  Photos

• #2 Florida State 2-7-0 … won at #28 Georgia Tech 1-5-0  (10 inn.)
(series opener … FSU now 25-5/12-1 ACC … GT 19-12/6-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap  |  GT Recap

• at #13 Miami 8-14-2 … def.  #3 North Carolina 0-6-1
(series opener … MIA now 22-8/9-4 ACC; UNC 23-7/9-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MIA Recap  |  UNC Recap

Luke Maile (Kentucky)

• at #4 Kentucky 3-7-3 … def. #14 Mississippi 2-14-1
(series opener … KY now 29-2/8-2 SEC … OleMiss 20-9/5-5)
Final Stats  |  KY Recap  |  OleMiss Recap  |  Photos

• #21 Oregon 8-11-1 … won at #5 UCLA 3-6-2  
(Ducks have clinched series, 2-0 … ORE now 20-8/8-3 Pac12; UCLA 20-7/7-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ORE Recap  |  UCLA Recap

Ross Stripling (Texas A&M)

• at #7 Texas A&M 5-10-0 … def. #32 Oklahoma 2-7-1
(A&M has clinched series, 2-0 … A&M now 25-6/6-2 B12 … OU 18-13/4-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  A&M Recap  |  OU Recap

• at #45 Washington 6-12-0 … def. #8 Stanford 4-9-0
(series tied … WA now 17-10/4-4 Pac12 … STAN 18-7/3-5)
Final Stats  |  WA Recap  |  STAN Recap

Levi Hyams (Georgia)

• #30 Georgia 4-7-0 … won at #9 Arkansas 2-7-1  
(series opener … GA now 19-11/5-5 SEC … ARK 22-7/5-5)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GA Recap  |  ARK Recap  |  Photos  |  Postgame Video

Jimmy Reed (Maryland)

• at #50 Maryland 4-8-0 … def. #17 North Carolina State 0-2-1
(series opener … MD now 20-12/4-9 ACC … NC-St 20-8/8-5)
… Fina Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MD Recap  |  NC-St Recap

• at #27 Arizona State 3-7-1 … def. #20 Oregon State 2-5-0 
(ASU has clinched series, 2-0 … ASU now 18-12/5-6 Pac12 … OR-St 18-10/6-5)
… Final Stats  |  ASU Recap  |  OR-St Recap

Daniel Kassouf (Appalachian State)

• at #22 San Diego 5-7-2 … def. #38 Gonzaga 2-8-3  (series tied)
(USD now 24-8/6-2 WCC … GON 20-8/3-2)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  USD Recap  |  GON Recap

• at #33 Appalachian State 8-11-2 … def. #49 College of Charleston 6-7-1
(series opener … APP now 23-5/8-2 SoCon … CofC 21-10/11-5)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  APP Recap (w/ video)  |  CofC Recap  |  Video Highlights

Tim Wise (Cal Poly)

• at #44 Cal Poly 3 -6-0 … def. #39 UC Irvine 1-4-1 
(CP has clinched series, 2-0 … CP now 19-10/3-2 BW … UCI 17-11/3-2)
Final Stats  |  CP Recap  |  UCI Recap

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Drew Steckenrider (Tennessee)

FRIDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES  (April 6, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

at Utah 7-8-2 … def. #6 Arizona 6-12-2 
(series tied … Utah now 8-21/4-7 Pac12 … AZ 22-9/8-3)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Utah Recap  |  AZ Recap

Tennessee 5-10-2 … won at #10 South Carolina 4-8-2  
(series opener … TN now 20-10/6-4 SEC … SC 21-9/3-7)
Final Stats  |  TN Recap  |  SC Recap  |  Quotes  |  Photos

D.J. Ponder (Tulane)

• at Tulane 7-9-1 … def. #11 Rice 2-13-0 
(series tied … TUL now 21-9/3-2 CUSA … Rice 22-11/5-3)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TUL Recap  |  Rice Recap

• at #15 Cal State Fullerton 5-8-0 … def. UC Davis 4-6-0(CSF has clinched series, 2-0 … CSF now 19-12/4-1 BW … UCD 11-15/0-2)
Final Stats  |  CSF Recap  |  UCD Recap

Ivan De Jesus (UAB)

• #16 Baylor 5-10-3 … won at Missouri 3-6-2
(BAY has clinched series, 2-0 … BAY now 24-7/11-0 Big12 … MO 16-13/3-5)
Final Stats  |  BAY Recap  |  MO Recap

UAB 11-16-2 … won at #18 Central Florida 4-11-6  
(series opener … UAB now 19-12/3-4 CUSA … UCF 24-7/5-2)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UAB Recap  |  UCF Recap

• #19 Purdue 7-12-0 … won at Northwestern 0-2-1  (series opener)
(PUR now 22-5/5-2 BigTen … NW 10-16/3-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PUR Recap  |  NW Recap (w/ video)

Jamodrick McGruder (Texas Tech)

• at Texas Tech 7-12-1 … def. #23 Texas 6-12-3 (14 inn.) 
(series tied … TT now 18-14/3-8 Big12 … TX 16-12/6-2)
Final Stats  |  TT Recap  |  TX Recap  |  Photos

• at Alabama 10-8-1 … def. #24 Auburn 6-16-1  
(series opener … AL now 11-19/2-8 SEC … AUB 17-12/6-4)
Final Stats  |  AL Recap  |  AUB Recap  |  Quotes  |  Photos

Taylor Dugas (Alabama)

• #25 Louisville 12-16-2 … won at Georgetown 1-3-5  (Bethesda, MD)
(LOU has clinched series, 2-0 … LOU now 23-8/7-1 BE … G’town 14-16/2-6)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LOU Recap  |  G’town Recap  |  Notes (LOU)

• at #26 New Mexico State 13-11-1 … def. Nevada 6-11-4 
(series tied … NMSU now 24-9/1-1 WAC … NV 16-13/1-1)
Final Stats  |  NMSU Recap  |  NV Recap

• at #29 East Carolina 16-15-1 … def. Houston 1-6-1 
(ECU has clinched series, 2-0 … ECU now 22-8/6-2 CUSA … HOU 11-18/1-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ECU Recap  |  HOU Recap

• #34 Coastal Carolina 5-9-1 … won at Gardner-Webb 2-7-1
(series opener … CC now 19-9/3-1 BigSo … G-W 16-15/2-5)
Final Stats  |  CC Recap  |  G-W Recap

Joe Bircher (Bradley)

• #35 Texas State 2-9-0 … won at Texas A&M Corpus Christi 0-5-1
(TxSt has clinched series, 2-0 … TxSt now 20-10/8-6 SLC; A&MCC 12-18/5-9)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TxSt Recap  |  A&MCC Recap

• at Bradley 2-5-2 … def. #36 Missouri State 1-7-2  
(series opener … BRAD now 15-11/2-2 MVC … MO-St 23-9/3-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  BRAD  Recap  |  MO-St Recap

• at #37 Sam Houston State 4-8-4 … def. Northwestern (La.) State 3-9-1 (11 inn.)
(SH has clinched series, 2-0 … SH now 22-9/12-2 SLC … NWLA 12-16/9-5)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SH Recap (w/ video links)  |  NWLA Recap

• at USC 2-6-0 … def. #40 California 1-6-1 
(series tied … USC now 18-10/4-6 Pac12 … Cal 17-11/2-6)
Final Stats  |  USC Recap  |  Cal Recap

James Roberts (USC)

• at #41 Liberty 5-9-0 … def. Campbell 4-11-1
(series opener … LIB now 26-7/6-1 BigSo … CAMP 25-6/5-2)
Final Stats  |  LIB Recap  |  CAMP Recap  |  Photos

• at #42 Mississippi State 7-10-3 … def. Vanderbilt 4-8-1
(series opener … Miss-St now 19-11/4-6 SEC … VAN 12-18/3-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miss-St Recap  |  VAN Recap  |  Notes

• at Furman 18-17-0 … def. #46 Elon 2-9-3  
(series opener … FUR now 16-15/6-7 SoCon … Elon 18-13/11-5)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FUR Recap  |  Elon Recap

• #47 Clemson 4-10-0 … won at Duke 1-7-4  (11 inn.)
(series opener … CL now 16-14/6-7 ACC … Duke 13-18/5-8)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CLEM Recap  |  Duke Recap  |  Video Highlights

Will Owens (Furman)

• at #48 TCU 4-9-0 … def. UNC Wilmington 0-4-3
(series tied …  TCU now 15-13, UNCW 16-14)
Final Stats  |  TCU Recap  |  UNCW Recap  |   Notes

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