Several teams got a jump start on the weekend by opening their series on Thursday, in advance of not playing on Easter Sunday. Thursday’s slate included 20 games involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings, with seven upsets (favorites won only 65%) and four head-to-head matchups. front-page photo courtesy San Diego
CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages:
week-7 – March 25-27
week-6 – March 19 | March 20-21 | March 22-24
week-5 – March 12 | March 13 | March 14-15 | March 16 | March 17
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
Two of Thursday’s more noteworthy games involving CB360 top-50 teams were head-to-head matchups that produced matching rarities: as Louisville 3B/3-hole hitter Ty Young tripled twice in the series-opening win vs. visiting Notre Dame (in back-to-back innings no less, vs. different pitchers) before San Diego CF/8-hole batter Louie Lechich had his own rare “double triple” game, while playing a key role in USD’s upset of visiting (3) Oregon State (which entered the game 21-2). The Toreros are 39th in the current CB360 top-50 while Louisville’s game vs. Notre Dame was a top-20 showdown (16 vs. 17)between BIG EAST contenders.
Arizona State (cb360 #31) joined USD in knocking off a CB360 top-10 team, as the Sun Devils posted a 4-1 home win over (7) UCLA. Thursday’s other CB360 top-50 upsets included the following:
• Texas 8-5 at (25) Oklahoma State
• at UC Riverside 4-3 vs. (26) UC Irvine
• at Loyola Marymount 7-4 vs. (29) Gonzaga
• Seton Hall doubleheader sweep vs. visiting (46) Connecticut, 4-3 in 11 innings and 3-0
In addition to three games mentioned above (USD-Oregon State, Louisville-ND and ASU-UCLA), Thursday’s other head-to-head battle between CB360 top-50 teams saw (15) South Carolina beat visiting (27) Texas A&M, 3-2.
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.).
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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THURSDAY’S TOP-50 RESULTS (March 28, 2013)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
upsets in italics
• at (39) San Diego (17-9) 7-7-1 … def. (3) Oregon State (21-3) 4-9-5 (non-conf. series)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | USD Recap | OR-St. Recap
• at (6) Cal State Fullerton (22-4) 9-16-0 … def. Univ. of the Pacific (7-13) 2-5-1 (Big West opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CSF Recap | UOP Recap
• at (31) Arizona State (14-7-1; 3-4 Pac12) 4-4-0 … def. (7) UCLA (17-5/5-2) 1-8-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ASU Recap | UCLA Recap | Postgame Video
• at (10) Oregon (20-6/6-1 Pac12) 5-8-1 … def. Washington (6-17/2-5) 3-5-0 (10 onn.)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORE Recap | WA Recap
• at (13) Oklahoma (24-4/4-0 Big12) 12-13-1 … def. Kansas (14-9/2-2) 1-2-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OU Recap | KU Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
• at (15) South Carolina (20-6/3-4 SEC) 3-5-0 … def. (27) Texas A&M (18-9/5-2) 2-10-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SC Recap (w/ video links) | A&M Recap | Photos
• at (16) Louisville (20-5/2-2 BigEast) 10-13-1 … def. (17) Notre Dame (15-7/2-2) 5-8-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LOU Recap | ND Recap | Photos
• at (20) Rice (19-8/3-1 CUSA) 4-10-0 … def. Tulane (14-14/2-2) 2-6-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Rice Recap | Tulane Recap
• at (23) Cal Poly (18-6/1-0 BigWest) 5-10-1 …def. UC Davis (10-13/0-1) 4-9-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CP Recap | UCD Recap
• Texas (16-9/2-2 Big12) 8-13-1 … won at (25) Oklahoma State (19-6/1-2) 5-11-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TX Recap | OK-St. Recap
• at UC Riverside (11-9/1-0 BigWest) 4-9-3 … def. (26) UC Irvine (16-6/0-1) 3-10-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCR Recap | UCI Recap
• at (28) Florida Gulf Coast (17-5/3-1 A-Sun) 8-9-1 .. def. Lipscomb (9-18/1-3) 0-8-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FGCU Recap | LIP Recap
• at Loyola Marymount (12-13.4-3 WCC) 7-12-2 … def. (29) Gonzaga (15-9-1/4-3) 4-11-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LMU Recap | GON Recap | Video Recap
• (32) Stanford (12-8/2-2 Pac12) 3-9-1 … won at Washington State (15-9/2-2) 0-4-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | STAN Recap | WSU Recap
• (33) Georgia Southern (18-7/9-1 SoCon) 8-9-0 … won at UNC Greensboro (12-13/1-6) 4-7-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GS Recap | UNCG Recap
• (38) Austin Peay (20-5/5-1 OVC) 4-9-2 … won at Murray State (12-13/6-4) 3-8-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AP Recap | MUR Recap | Postgame Notes (AP)
• at (40) Arizona (16-11/1-6 Pac12) 4-11-2 … def. Utah (12-11/2-5) 3-6-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AZ Recap | Utah Recap
• at Seton Hall (10-12/2-2 BigEst) 4-12-3 … def. (46) Connecticut (14-8/2-2) 3-8-0 (11 inn.)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SHU Recap | UConn Recap
• at Seton Hall (11-12/3-2 BigEst) 3-9-1 … def. (46) Connecticut (14-9/2-3) 0-3-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SHU Recap | UConn Recap | Postgame Video
• (47) Kansas State (18-8/3-1 Big12) 3-11-2 … won at Baylor (11-15/1-2) 2-8-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | K-St. Recap | BAY Recap | Quotes (BAY)