Saturday’s College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard & Wrapup

March 16, 2013
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Saturday’s results indicated another strong day for the favorites in various games involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings. There were only nine upsets on Friday in CB360 top-50 action and that number dropped to seven on Saturday, with the higher-ranked teams winning at an 85% clip (39-7).  front-page photo courtesy of Nebraska

There are 24 series involving CB360 top-50 teams that were clinched on Saturday (one of them on Fri.), including three head-to-head matchups: (3) Oregon State won again at (21) Arizona, 4-3, and will look to sweep that Pac-12 opening series on Sunday … (4) LSU similarly clinched its series at (12) Mississippi State, winning 7-3 on Sat., and Sunday will be looking to sweep a series at Dudy-Noble Field for the first time since 1971 … and (19) Notre Dame won 6-5 at (25) Cal Poly to head home having won 2-of-3 vs. the Mustangs.

Garrett Boulware (Clemson)

CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages:
week-5 – 
March 12  |  March 13  |  March 14-15
week 4 – March 4-5  |  March 6  |  March 7-8  |  March 9  |  March 10
week 3 – Feb. 25-26  |  Feb. 27  |  Feb. 28-March 1  |  March 2  |  March 3
week-2 – Feb. 18-19  |  Feb. 20  |  Feb. 21  |  Feb. 22  |  Feb. 23  |  Feb. 24
week 1 – Feb. 15  |  Feb. 16  |  Feb. 17

Even with the relatively lower number of upsets over the past two days, there still are 14 series involving CB360 top-50 teams that are set to be decided on Sunday:

• (31) Miami at (1) North Carolina  (UNC won 14-2 on Sat.)
• (16) Arkansas at (6) Mississippi  (Hogs won 10-6 on Sat.)
• (7) Florida State at Maryland
• (9) Kentucky at (45) Florida  (‘Cats won 11-5 on Sat.)
• Washington State at (15) Arizona State
• (28) Clemson at (17) Virginia  (Tigers won 7-6 on Sat.)
• Wake Forest at (18) North Carolina State (WFU won 13-4 on Sat.)
• New Mexico at (22) UNLV
• Nebraska at (32) UC Irvine  (‘Huskers won 4-1 on Sat.)
• Texas Tech at (36) Texas
• Texas-Pan American at (37) Lamar
• Davidson at (38) Furman  (DAV won 22-2 on Sat.)
• Monmouth at (46) VCU
• and Presbyterian at (49) Connecticut

Four series with top-50 teams wrapped up on Saturday, including the aforementioned Notre Dame-Cal Poly matchup. South Carolina won to open Saturday’s doubleheader at Missouri, but the Tigers then averted the series sweep with a 4-0 upset win. (35) San Diego completed its WCC series sweep of BYU in dramatic fashion, winning in the 14th inning on yet another Kris Bryant home run, while Louisville took both games of a doubleheader vs. Xavier to sweep that series. Missouri State played a doubleheader on Sat. vs. visiting Western Illinois and won the early game to clinch the series, but WIU won the series finale (6-3) to avert the seep.

Jake Rodriguez (Oregon State)

Summary data, photos from key games and an assortment of postgame links are in the process of being added to this scoreboard page to complete it into a wrapup synopsis … CLICK HERE to see the top-50 wrapup page from Friday (March 15).

CB360 top-50 scoreboard pages are updated each day to include links for various live-coverage options, team game notes/weekly releases, and an assortment of postgame offerings (recaps from both teams, final stats in HTML & PDF format, photo galleries, video highlights, and postgame video/audio). Results for each game will include linescores (R-H-E), updated team won-loss records and status of each respective series (i.e. 1-1, sweep, etc.).

Randall Fant (Arkansas)

Also note that daily highlights from noteworthy CB360 top-50 results (plus other college baseball newsworthy items) are posted on the CB360updates Twitter feed (now followed by 9,000-plus college baseball fans).
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Brian Holberton (North Carolina)

SATURDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS  (March 16, 2013)
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both teams the CB360 Composite National Rankings

upsets in italics

• at (1) North Carolina (17-1/4-1 ACC)  14-16-1  … def. (31) Miami (15-6/2-3)  2-3-1  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNC Recap  |  Miami Recap  |  Photos

• (3) Oregon State (18-1/2-0 Pac12)  4-7-2 … won at (21) Arizona (15-7/0-2)  3-10-0  (OR-St. has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OR-St. Recap  |  AZ Recap

Ryan Eades (LSU)

• (4) LSU (18-1/2-0 SEC)  7-10-1 … won at (12) Mississippi State (18-4/0-2)  3-10-3  (Tigers have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LSU Recap  |  Miss.-St. Recap  |  Video Highlights  |  Postgame Video (Miss.-St.)

• at (16) Arkansas (14-6/1-1 SEC)  10-11-2 … def. (6) Mississippi (19-2/1-1)  1-9-2  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ARK Recap (w/ postgame video links)  |  OleMiss Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

Jerad Grundy (Kentucky)

• (9) Kentucky (15-3/1-1 SEC)  11-8-1 … won at (45) Florida (9-11/1-1)  5-9-0  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  KY Recap  |  FL Recap  |  Photos

 at (28) Clemson (11-6/3-2 ACC)  7-11-1 … def. (17) Virginia (16-2/3-2)  6-9-2  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CLEM Recap  |  UVa Recap

Matt Ternowchek (Notre Dame)

• (19) Notre Dame (12-5)  6-12-3 … won at (25) Cal Poly (15-4)  5-14-0  (ND won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ND Recap  |  CP Recap

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SATURDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 RESULTS  (March 16, 2013)
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based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

• (2) Vanderbilt (18-2/2-0 SEC)  8 … won at Auburn (13-5/0-2)  1  (VAN has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  VAN Recap  |  AUB Recap  |  Photos (AUB)

• (5) South Carolina (17-2/2-0 SEC)  2-7-0 … won at Missouri (5-9/0-2)  0-5-2  (DH; gm-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SC Recap  |  Mizzou Recap  |  Photos

 at Missouri (6-9/1-2 SEC)  4-9-1 … def. (5) South Carolina (17-3/2-1)  0-5-0  (DH gm-2; SC won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Mizzou Recap  |  SC Recap  |  Photos

Brett Graves (Missouri)

• (7) Florida State (17-1/4-1 ACC)  7 … won at Maryland (12-6/2-3)  6  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap  |  MD Recap  |  Photos (MD)

• at (8) UCLA (13-3/1-0 Pac12)  3-9-0 … def. Washington (4-12/0-1)  2-9-1  (15 inn.)
(DH gm-1; series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCLA Recap  |  WA Recap

• at (8) UCLA (14-3/2-0 Pac12)  5 … def. Washington (4-13/0-2)  0  (DH gm-2; UCLA has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCLA Recap  |  WA Recap

• (10) Cal State Fullerton (15-3)  6 … won at Oral Roberts (5-12)  2  (CSF has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CSF Recap  |  ORU Recap

• at (11) Georgia Tech (16-2)  11 … def. Boston College (3-14)  3  (GT has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GT Recap  |  BC Recap  |  Postgame Video

• at (13) Louisville (15-2)  7 … def. Xavier (6-7)  0  (DH; gm-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LOU Recap  |  XAV Recap  |  Photos

• at (13) Louisville (16-2)  8 … def. Xavier (6-8)  6  (DH gm-2; series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LOU Recap  |  XAV Recap

• (14) Oregon (15-5/2-0 Pac12)  8 … won at USC (7-11/0-1)  4  (Ducks have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ORE Recap  |  USC Recap

• at (15) Arizona State (12-3/1-1 Pac12)  4 … Washington State (10-7/1-1)  1  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ASU Recap  |  WSU Recap

Jack Carey (Wake Forest)

• at Wake Forest (12-9/1-4 ACC)  13-14-1 … def. (18) North Carolina State (15-5/2-3)  4-4-1  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  WFU Recap  |  NC-St. Recap  |  Postgame Video

• at (20) Oklahoma (16-4)  7 … def. Northwestern (LA.) State (9-12)  2  (OU has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OU Recap  |  NWLA Recap  |  Video Highlights

 at (22) UNLV (15-4/1-1 MWC)  8 … New Mexico (7-10/1-1)  7  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNLV Recap  |  UNM Recap

• at (26) Rice (13-7)  … def. Harvard (1-8)  2  (Owls have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Rice Recap  |  HARV Recap

• (27) Central Arkansas (17-2)  14 … won at Southern Mississippi (7-11)  3  (UCA has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCA Recap  |  So.-Miss. Recap  |  Photos

• (29) Indiana (13-3)  12 … def. UAB (9-10)  3  (Winter Haven, FL; tournament)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  IU Recap  |  UAB Recap

• at (30) Oklahoma State (15-3)  16 … def. Iona (2-15)  0  (7 inn.; DH gm-1; OK-St leads 4-gm series 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OK-St. Recap  |  Iona Recap

• at (30) Oklahoma State (16-3)  6 … def. Iona (2-16)  1  (DH, gm-2; OK-St has clinched 4-gm series 3-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OK-St. Recap  |  Iona Recap

Josh Roeder (Nebraska)

• Nebraska (6-10)  4 … won at (32) UC Irvine (14-5)  1  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NEB Recap  |  UCI Recap

• (33) Mercer (16-4/2-0 ASun)  5 … won at Kennesaw State (9-10/0-2)  1  (MER has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MER Recap  |  Kenn.-St. Recap  |  Photos (KS)  |  Postgame Video (KS)

• at (34) Louisiana-Lafayette (15-3/2-0 SunBelt)  5 … def. Louisiana-Monroe (8-11/0-2)  2 (ULL has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ULL Recap  |  ULM Recap

• at (35) San Diego (13-6/3-0 WCC)  10-22-5 … def. BYU (9-10/0-3)  9-13-1  (14 inn.; series sweep)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  USD Recap  |  BYU Recap  |  Postgame Video

Ryan Lowe (Davidson)

• at (36) Texas (12-6/1-1 Big12)  2 … def. Texas Tech (13-8/1-1)  1  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TX Recap  |  TT Recap  |  Photos  |  Postgame Notes (TT)

• (37) Lamar (17-3)  3 … at Texas-Pan American (4-10)  0  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Lamar Recap  |  UTPA Recap  |  Photos (UTPA)

• at Davidson (7-9/3-5 SoCon)  22 … (38) Furman (14-5/5-3)  2  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  DAV Recap  |  FUR Recap  |  Video Highlights

• at (39) Texas A&M (13-7/2-0 SEC)  2 … def. Georgia (8-11/0-2)  1  (10 inn.; Aggies have clinched series)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  A&M Recap  |  UGa Recap

• at (40) Missouri State (13-4)  10-14-2 … def. Western Illinois (3-13)  4-8-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Mo.-St. Recap  |  WIU Recap

• Western Illinois (4-13)  6-9-1 … won at (40) Missouri State (13-5)  3-9-3  (Mo-St. won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  WIU Recap  |  Mo.-St. Recap

Zach Burling (Western Illinois)

• (41) Virginia Tech (15-5/3-2 ACC)  14 … won at Duke (10-9/2-3)  7  (Hokies have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  VT Recap  |  Duke Recap

• (42) Dartmouth (4-0)  5-12-1 … def. Army (4-0)  2-6-0  (Winter Haven, FL)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  DART Recap  |  Army Recap

• (43) South Alabama (17-3/2-0 SunBelt)  7 … won at Troy (11-6/0-2)  5  (Jags lead series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  So.-AL Recap  |  Troy Recap

• at (44) Houston (15-4)  3 … def. Baylor (9-11)  2  (single game)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  HOU Recap  |  BAY Recap

 at (46) VCU (11-4)  8 … def. Monmouth (4-8)  3  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  VCU Recap  |  MON Recap

• (47) Austin Peay (17-2/2-0 OVC)  5 … won at Eastern Illinois (3-14/0-2)  2  (AP has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  | AP Recap  |  EIU Recap  |  Postgame Notes

• at (48) Southeastern Louisiana (13-6)  4 … def. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5-13) 3  (SE-La. has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SE-La. Recap  |  UAPB Recap

• (49) Connecticut (10-5)  13 … won at Presbyterian (12-8)  2  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UConn Recap  |  PRES Recap

• (50) Illinois (12-4)  7 … won at Southern Illinois (9-9)  5  (10 inn.; ILL has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ILL Recap (w/ postgame video links)  |  SIU Recap

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