College baseball’s penchant for upsets was on full display over the past weekend, as action involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings produced 17 upsets on three successive days (April 5-7). When all the dust had settled, 15 “underdogs” (unranked/lower-ranked) had won the 40 series involving top-50 teams and only nine “favorites” completed sweeps among those 40 series, including three straight LSU wins over Kentucky. front-page photo courtesy of LSU
Three unranked/lower-ranked teams swept their series: Michigan vs. (41) Michigan State … South Florida vs. (44) Pittsburgh … and (23) North Carolina State vs. (21) Virginia Tech. Each of those series were played, at least partially, at home (Michigan played gm-2 at home but games 1 & 3 at MSU).
The 15 series wins by underdogs also included two vs. top-10 teams, as (20) Arizona State beat visiting (8) Oregon in the first two games of that series while Duke won 2-of-3 vs. visiting (10) Georgia Tech. Some of the other noteworthy series upsets included: at Marshall vs. (22) Houston … at UC Santa Barbara vs. (24) Cal Poly … Auburn at (25) Texas A&M … and at Kansas vs. (27) Oklahoma State.
CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages:
week-8 – April 1-4
week-7 – March 25-27 | March 28 | March 29 | March 30 | March 31
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
Here are the other weekend top-50 series that were won by the underdogs:
• Tennessee Tech at (29) Austin Peay
• at North Florida vs. (32) Mercer
• at Louisiana-Monroe vs. (33) Florida Atlantic
• at Appalachian State vs. (40) Georgia Southern
• at Towson vs. (43) William & Mary
• and at Illinois State vs. (48) Missouri State
Only two teams – Auburn (at Texas A&M) and Tennessee Tech (at Austin Peay) – posted top-50 series upsets on the road (Michigan’s sweep of MSU included one home game).
Eight of the series that played out over the weekend pitted fellow CB360 top-50 teams against each other, including the NC State sweep of Virginia Tech and ASU taking the series from visiting Oregon. Two SEC teams impressively swept fellow top-50 opponents, including (2) Vanderbilt winning all three games at (12) Ole Miss. (3) LSU pushed its win streak to 12 games and moved to 30-2, following a sweep of visiting (14) Kentucky.
The four other head-to-head battles on the top-50 slate ended as follows:
• (7) Florida State won 2-of-3 at (35) Miami
• (17) Arkansas won 2-of-3 at (37) Alabama (Thur.-Sat. series)
• (5) Oregon State won 2-of-3 at (13) UCLA
• and (19) Mississippi State took 2-of-3 from visiting (44) Florida
In addition to the three series sweeps by underdogs, nine of the favorites won all three games, the aforementioned LSU and Vanderbilt, along with: at (1) North Carolina vs. Maryland … (4) Cal State Fullerton at UC Davis … (11) South Carolina at Tennessee … (16) Louisville at Cincinnati … (38) Clemson at Boston College … at (39) UC Irvine vs. Hawaii … and at (49) Arizona vs. California.
Dartmouth (cb360 #45) had another so-so weekend in Ivy League play, splitting home doubleheaders vs. both Princeton and Cornell. (6) Virginia clinched its series at Wake Forest and went on to complete the sweep Monday night.
CB360 top-50 scoreboard pages are updated (time permitting) 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.).
Additional game info., photos from key games and postgame links are being added to this page.
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 nearly 10,000 college baseball fans).
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WEEKEND TOP-50 RESULTS (April 5-7, 2013)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
• at (1) North Carolina (29-2/12-2 ACC) … swept Maryland (16-15/4-11) … 12-4/5-3/8-4
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNC Recap | MD Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNC Recap | MD Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNC Recap | MD Recap
• (2) Vanderbilt (29-4/11-1 SEC) … swept series at (12) Mississippi (23-9/4-8) … 3-1/2-1/7-6
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VAN Recap | OleMiss Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VAN Recap | OleMiss Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VAN Recap | OleMiss Recap
• at (3) LSU (30-2/11-1 SEC) … swept (14) Kentucky (22-9/6-6) … 11-1/9-1/11-4
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | KY Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | KY Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | KY Recap
• (4) Cal State Fullerton (28-4/6-0 BigWest) … swept series at UC Davis (10-19/0-6) … 3-0/4-2/5-2
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CSF Recap | UCD Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CSF Recap | UCD Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CSF Recap | UCD Recap
• (5) Oregon State (25-5/7-2 Pac12) … won series at (13) UCLA (19-9/7-5), 2-games-to-1 … 2-3/5-0/5-2
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCLA Recap | OR-St. Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OR-St. Recap | UCLA Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OR-St. Recap | UCLA Recap
• (6) Virginia (29-3/11-3 ACC … won games 1 & 2 at Wake Forest (17-16/4-10) 2-0 (finale on Mon.) … 7-6/8-6
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UVa Recap | WFU Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UVa Recap | WFU Recap
• (7) Florida State (27-5/10-5 ACC) … won series at (35) Miami (21-14/6-9), 2-games-to-1 … 4-2/0-6/5-1
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FSU Recap | Miami Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miami Recap | FSU Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FSU Recap | Miami Recap
• at (20) Arizona State (19-9/6-6 Pac12) … won series vs. (8) Oregon (23-8/9-3), 2-games-to-1 … 6-5/14-9/3-16
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ASU Recap | ORE Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ASU Recap | ORE Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORE Recap | ASU Recap
• at (9) Indiana (25-4/8-1 BigTen) … won series vs. Illinois (19-9/2-4), 2-games-to-1 … 3-2/7-3/2-3
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | IU Recap | ILL Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | IU Recap | ILL Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ILL Recap | IU Recap
• at Duke (19-14/8-7 ACC) … won series vs. (10) Georgia Tech (23-9/9-6), 2-games-to-1 (2-0/1-2/3-0)
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Duke Recap | GT Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GT Recap | Duke Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Duke Recap | GT Recap
• (11) South Carolina (26-7/8-4 SEC) … swept series at Tennessee (13-17/3-9) … 5-4/12-8/19-2
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SC Recap | TN Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SC Recap | TN Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SC Recap | TN Recap
• (15) Oklahoma (27-6/7-2 Big12) … won series at Texas (17-13/3-6), 2-games-to-1 … 2-1/0-2/4-2
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OU Recap | TX Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TX Recap | OU Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OU Recap | TX Recap
• (16) Louisville (25-6/7-2 BigEast) … swept series at Cincinnati (11-18/1-8) … 8-3/4-1/7-4 (gm-2 at Great American Ballpark)
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LOU Recap | CIN Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LOU Recap | CIN Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LOU Recap | CIN Recap
• (17) Arkansas (23-9/8-4 SEC) … won Thur.-Fri.-Sat. series at (37) Alabama (20-13/8-4), 2-games-to-1 … 3-1/6-0/5-0
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ARK Recap | AL Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ARK Recap | AL Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AL Recap | ARK Recap
• at (18) Notre Dame (19-10/4-5 BigEast) … won series vs. Villanova (9-21/1-5), 2-games-to-1 … 4-3/11-8/6-10
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ND Recap | VILL Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ND Recap | VILL Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VILL Recap | ND Recap
• at (19) Mississippi State (26-9/5-7 SEC) … won series vs. (44) Florida (15-18/5-7), 2-games-to-1 … 7-3/2-0/8-3
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miss.-St. Recap | FL Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miss.-St. Recap | FL Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FL Recap | Miss.-St. Recap
• at Marshall (13-18/3-3 CUSA) … won series vs. (22) Houston (24-9/6-3), 2-games-to-1 … 19-13/4-0/1-9
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Marshall Recap | HOU Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Marshall Recap | HOU Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | HOU Recap | Marshall Recap
• at (23) NC State (24-10/8-7 ACC) … swept series vs. (21) Virginia Tech (21-12/7-8) … 8-7/13-4/7=3
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NC-St. Recap | VT Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NC-St. Recap | VT Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NC-St. Recap | VT Recap
• at UC Santa Barbara (16-14/3-3 BigWest) … won series vs. (24) Cal Poly (21-8/4-2), 2-games-to-1 … 4-2/13-2/6-7 (gms 1 & 3 at CP; gm-2 at UCSB)
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCSB Recap | CP Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCSB Recap | CP Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CP Recap | UCSB Recap
• Auburn (19-13/3-9 SEC) … won series at (25) Texas A&M (20-13/6-6), 2-games-to-1 … 6-4/10-5/1-4
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AUB Recap | A&M Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AUB Recap | A&M Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | A&M Recap | AUB Recap
• at Loyola Marymount (16-15/7-5 WCC) … won series vs. (26) San Diego (19-12/5-4), 2-games-to-1 … 4-0/2-4/3-1
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LMU Recap | USD Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | USD Recap | LMU Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LMU Recap | USD Recap | Video Recap
• at Kansas (18-12/5-4 Big12) … won series vs. (27) Oklahoma State (22-8/4-4), 2-games-to-1 … 7-5/3-14/3-2
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | KU Recap | OK-St. Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OK-St. Recap | KU Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | KU Recap | OK-St. Recap
• (28) Florida Gulf Coast (20-8/6-3 A-Sun) … won series at Kennesaw State (18-15/7-5), 2-games-to-1 … 1-6/5-3/4-1
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Kenn.-St. Recap | FGCU Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FGCU Recap | Kenn.-St. Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FGCU Recap | Kenn.-St. Recap
• Tennessee Tech (23-9/12-3 OVC) … won series at (29) Austin Peay (25-7/8-3), 2-games-to-1 … 3-7/10-7/12-4
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AP Recap | TN-Tech Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TN-Tech Recap | AP Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TN-Tech Recap | AP Recap
• (30) Rice (23-11/6-3 CUSA) … won series at East Carolina (15-17/1-5), 2-games-to-1 … 3-0/2-3/8-7
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Rice Recap | ECU Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ECU Recap | Rice Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Rice Recap | ECU Recap
• at (31) South Alabama (24-9/7-5) … won series vs. Florida International (18-14/6-6), 2-games-to-1 … 8-1/6-5/4-7
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | So.-AL Recap | FIU Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | So.-AL Recap | FIU Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FIU Recap | So.-AL Recap
• at North Florida (23-11/6-3 A-Sun) … won series vs. (32) Mercer (25-10/7-5), 2-games-to-1 … 4-5/10-4/3-2
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MER Recap | UNF Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNF Recap | MER Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNF Recap | MER Recap
• at Louisiana-Monroe (13-19/3-9 SunBelt) … won series vs. (33) Florida Atlantic (21-11/8-4), 2-games-to-1 … 6-8/8-5/8-4
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FAU Recap | ULM Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ULM Recap | FAU Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ULM Recap | FAU Recap
• (34) UNC Wilmington (23-10) … def. Davidson (9-21), 2-games-to-1 … 1-2/15-2/4-1 (gm-1 at DAV; gms-2 & 3 at UNCW)
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | DAV Recap | UNCW Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNCW Recap | DAV Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNCW Recap | DAV Recap
• (36) Central Arkansas (23-8/4-5 Southland) … won series at Northwestern (La.) State (10-23/1-8), 2-games-to-1 … 0-1/2-1/7-4
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NWLA Recap | UCA Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCA Recap | NWLA Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCA Recap | NWLA Recap
• (38) Clemson (21-11/9-6 ACC) … won series at Boston College (5-25/0-14), 2-games-to-1 … 7-5/9-2/1-0
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CLEM Recap | BC Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CLEM Recap | BC Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CLEM Recap | BC Recap
• at (39) UC Irvine (20-8/3-3 BigWest) … swept series vs. Hawaii (7-21/2-4) … 4-1/4-1/9-0
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCI Recap | Hawaii Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCI Recap | Hawaii Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCI Recap | Hawaii Recap
• at Appalachian State (17-10/8-6 SoCon) … won series vs. (40) Georgia Southern (20-11/10-5), 2-games-to-1 … 9-5/2-0/7-8
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | App.-St. Recap | GS Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | App.-St. Recap | GS Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GS Recap | App.-St. Recap
• Michigan (16-14/4-2 BigTen) … swept series vs. (41) Michigan State (17-11/2-4) … 6-3/5-1/6-2 (gms 1 & 3 at MSU, gm-2 at MICH)
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MICH Recap | MSU Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MICH Recap | MSU Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MICH Recap | MSU Recap
• (42) Stanford (16-10/5-4 Pac12) … won series at USC (16-10/5-4), 2-games-to-1 … 4-2/10-3/6-7
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | STAN Recap | USC Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | STAN Recap | USC Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | USC Recap | STAN Recap
• at Towson (15-16/7-5 CAA) … won series vs. (43) William & Mary (21-12/6-3), 2-games-to-1 … 12-4/2-5/13-8
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TOW Recap | W&M Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | W&M Recap | TOW Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TOW Recap | W&M Recap
• (45) Dartmouth (17-15/4-4 IvyLeague) split doubleheaders vs. Princeton (6-19/4-2) 1-7/6-1 and Cornell (17-10/5-3) 1-0/0-3
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | PRIN Recap | DART Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | DART Recap | PRIN Recap
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | DART Recap | COR Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | COR Recap | DART Recap
• (46) UNLV (22-9/7-5 MtWest) … won series at Fresno State (8-20/3-7), 2-games-to-1 … 9-8/9-8/3-5
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNLV Recap | FRES Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNLV Recap | FRES Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FRES Recap | UNLV Recap
• at South Florida (18-14/7-2 BigEast) … swept series vs. (47) Pittsburgh (20-9/3-3) … 1-0/7-6/3-2
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | So.-FL Recap | Pitt Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | So.-FL Recap | Pitt Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | So.-FL Recap | Pitt Recap
• at Illinois State (14-15/3-3 MVC) … won series (48) Missouri State (19-8/4-2), 2-games-to-1 … 2-1/6-0/3-8
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ILL-St. Recap | Mo.-St. Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ILL-St. Recap | Mo.-St. Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Mo.-St. Recap | ILL-St. Recap
• at (49) Arizona (21-11/6-6 Pac12) … swept series vs. California (16-16/5-7) … 10-16-4/5-4
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AZ Recap | Cal Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AZ Recap | Cal Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AZ Recap | Cal Recap
• at (50) College of Charleston (18-13/9-5 SoCon) … won series vs. UNC Greensboro (16-16/4-8), 2-games-to-1 … 0-12/11-3/3-2
gm-1 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNCG Recap | CofC Recap
gm-2 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CofC Recap | UNCG Recap
gm-3 – Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CofC Recap | UNCG Recap