College Baseball Top-50 Weekend Scoreboard & Wrapup (April 12-14)

April 15, 2013
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This past weekend’s noteworthy winners in games involving top-50 teams from the CB360 Composite National Rankings  included four that swept series vs. fellow top-50 teams, most notably (36) Mercer taking three games from visiting (24) Florida Gulf Coast in an Atlantic Sun showdown series. That was one of 15 series won by the underdogs (six of them sweeps) and one of six head-to-head series within the top-50 (UNC, Mississippi State and Ole Miss also posted head-to-head sweeps, see below). Over the course of the weekend, the higher-ranked teams won only two-thirds of the games (99-51) in top-50 action. front-page photo courtesy of Seton Hall

Jimmy Pickens (Michigan State)

In addition to Mercer, the five other lower-ranked/unranked teams that swept top-50 opponents included: Michigan State at home vs. (10) Indiana in a Big Ten matchup of NCAA tournament hopefuls … Pittsburgh vs. visiting (20) Notre Dame … (41) Florida in a big home weekend vs. (9) Souther Carolina … The Citadel at (45) Georgia Southern … and Indiana State at home vs. (48) Creighton.

Daniel Palka (Georgia Tech)

The 10 other top-50 series upsets (each 2-games-to-1) featured three more (in addition to Florida-South Carolina) with top-15 teams losing a pair of games: (18) Georgia Tech over visiting (6) Virginia, Baylor at home vs. (11) Oklahoma, and Tennessee‘s home series vs. (14) Kentucky. The six other upset series played out as follows:

• UCF at (25) Rice
• Seton Hall at (26) Houston
• at Southeast Missouri State vs. (31) Austin Peay
• Pepperdine at (38) San Diego
• at TCU vs. (44) Oklahoma State
• and Nevada at rival (50) UNLV

Surging Florida swept visiting South Carolina

Mercer (at FGCU) and The Citadel (at Georgia Southern) were the only underdogs that swept a top-50 team on the road, while five others won 2-1 series on the road (Tennessee, UCF, Seton Hall, Southeast Missouri and Pepperdine).

Zack Granite (Seton Hall)

In addition to Mercer-FGCU and Georgia Tech-UVa, the other head-to-head series within the CB360 top-50 included sweeps by (16) Mississippi State (at 34–Texas A&M) and (21) Ole Miss, vs. visiting (35) Alabama. Top-ranked North Carolina won all three games at (22) Virginia Tech, while (2) LSU retured home after taking a hard-fought set at (19) Arkansas.

CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages:
week-9 – April 8-11
week-8 – April 1-4  |  April 5-7
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

 

Chris Cotton (LSU)

The weekend’s 19 series sweeps in the top-50 (added to various ones mentioned above) also included these 11:

• at (3) Vanderbilt vs. Missouri
• at (4) Oregon State vs. Utah
• (7) Florida State at Duke
• (8) Oregon at California
• at (12) Louisville vs. Elon
• (17) NC State at Boston College
• at (23) Clemson vs. Wake Forest
• (28) South Alabama at Arkansas State
• at  (46) Gonzaga vs. St. Mary’s
• (47) Coastal Carolina at Winthrop

Luke Shearrow (Southeast Missouri)

Mercer and The Citadel were joined by six higher-ranked teams (UNC, Florida State, Oregon, Mississippi State, NC State and Coastal Carolina) in sweeping a top-50 series on the road. By the end of the weekend, 25 of the top-50 series had been decided 2-games-to-1 … meaning that, with the six upset sweeps, 31 of the 44 series saw the lower-ranked/unranked team win at least one game.

Zack Godley (Tennessee)

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.

Aaron Brown (Pepperdine)

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).

Hobbs Johnson (North Carolina)

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WEEKEND TOP-50 MATCHUPS  (April 12-14, 2013)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)

• (1) North Carolina swept series at (22) Virginia Tech  (21-8, 9-8, 3-0)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNC Recap  |  VT Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNC Recap  |  VT Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNC Recap  |  VT Recap 

Ryne Stanek (Arkansas)

• (2) LSU won series at (19) Arkansas, 2-ganes-to-1  (6-2, 3-8, 5-3)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LSU Recap  |  ARK Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ARK Recap  |  LSU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LSU Recap  |  ARK Recap

Scott Silverstein (Virginia)

• at (18) Georgia Tech won series vs. (6) Virginia, 2-games-to-1  (2-1, 2-7, 3-2)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GT Recap  |  UVa Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UVa Recap  |  GT Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GT Recap  |  UVa Recap

• at (41) Florida swept series vs. (9) South Carolina  (3-2, 4-3, 14-5)
gm-1 (Thur.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FL Recap  |  SC Recap
gm-2 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FL Recap  |  SC Recap
gm-3 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FL Recap  |  SC Recap

Nick Ammirati (Mississippi State)

• (16) Mississippi State swept series at (34) Texas A&M  (3-2, 9-3, 15-4)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miss.-St. Recap  |  A&M Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miss.-St. Recap  |  A&M Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miss.-St. Recap  |  A&M Recap

• at (36) Mercer swept series vs. (24) Florida Gulf Coast (7-2, 4-3, 7-3)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MER Recap  |  FGCU Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MER Recap  |  FGCU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MER Recap  |  FGCU Recap

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OTHER WEEKEND TOP-50 RESULTS  (April 12-14, 2013)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)

David Teasley (Mercer)

• at (3) Vanderbilt swept series vs. Missouri  (11-5, 12-1, 16-4)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  VAN Recap  |  MO Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  VAN Recap  |  MO Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  VAN Recap  |  MO Recap

• at (4) Oregon State series sweep vs. Utah (1-0, 8-3, 4-1)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OR-St. Recap  |  Utah Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OR-St. Recap  |  Utah Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OR-St. Recap  |  Utah Recap

Robby Nesovic (UC Santa Barbara)

• at (5) Cal State Fullerton won series vs.. UC Santa Barbara, 2-games-to-1 (4-3
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CSF Recap  |  UCSB Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CSF Recap  |  UCSB Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCSB Recap  |  CSF Recap

• at (7) Florida State swept series vs. Duke (16-2, 8-5, 8-3)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap  |  Duke Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap  |  Duke Recap
gm-3 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap  |  Duke Recap

• (8) Oregon swept series at California (3-2, 10-4, 5-4)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ORE Recap  |  Cal Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ORE Recap  |  Cal Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ORE Recap  |  Cal Recap

Cal Towey (Baylor)

• at Michigan State swept series vs. (10) Indiana (2-1 in 11 inn., 6-5 in 10, 6-5)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MSU Recap  |  IU Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MSU Recap  |  IU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MSI Recap  |  IU Recap

• at Baylor won series vs.. (11) Oklahoma, 2-games-to-1 (2-1, 3-1, 12-10)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  BAY Recap  |  OU Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OU Recap  |  BAY Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  BAY Recap  |  OU Recap

Brent Wheatley (USC)

• at (12) Louisville swept series vs. Elon (10-1, 7-5, 4-0)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LOU Recap  |  Elon Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LOU Recap  |  Elon Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LOU Recap  |  Elon Recap

• at (13) Arizona State won series at USC (0-5, 6-3, 6-5)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ASU Recap  |  USC Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ASU Recap  |  USC Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ASU Recap  |  USC Recap

Patrick McGrath (Loyola Marymount)

Tennessee won series at (14) Kentucky  (4-5, 10-9, 5-0)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  KY Recap  |  TN Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TN Recap  |  KY Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TN Recap  |  KY Recap

• at (15) UCLA won series vs. Loyola Marymount, 2-games-to-1 (2-0, 3-1, 1-4)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCLA Recap  |  LMU Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCLA Recap  |  LMU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LMU Recap  |  UCLA Recap

Ethan Mildren (Pitt)

• (17) North Carolina State swept series at Boston College (6-5, 6-2, 3-2)
gm-1 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NC-St. Recap  |  BC Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NC-St. Recap  |  BC Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NC-St. Recap  |  BC Recap

Tanner Mathis (Ole Miss)

• at Pittsburgh swept series vs. (20) Notre Dame (4-0, 4-2, 12-3)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Pitt Recap  |  ND Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Pitt Recap  |  ND Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Pitt Recap  |  ND Recap

• at (21) Mississippi swept series vs. (35) Alabama (6-0, 5-2, 4-3)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OleMiss Recap  |  AL Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OleMiss Recap  |  AL Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OleMiss Recap  |  AL Recap

• at (23) Clemson swept series vs. Wake Forest (8-2, 1-0, 6-4)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CLEM Recap  |  WFU Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CLEM Recap  |  WFU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CLEM Recap  |  WFU Recap

Tommy Williams (UCF)

• Central FLorida (UCF) won series at (25) Rice, 2-games-t0-1 (5-1, 11-7, 6-7)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCF Recap  |  Rice Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCF Recap  |  Rice Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Rice Recap  |  UCF Recap

Pi’ikea Kitamura (Hawaii)

• Seton Hall won series at (26) Houston, 2-games-to-1 (11-1, 0-4, 15-1)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SHU Recap  |  HOU Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  HOU Recap  |  SHU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SHU Recap  |  HOU Recap

• at (27) Cal Poly won series  vs. Hawaii, 2-games-to-1 (8-3, 3-2, 6-7)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CP Recap  |  Hawaii Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CP Recap  |  Hawaii Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Hawaii Recap  |  CP Recap

Calvin Copping (Cal State Northridge)

• (28) South Alabama swept series at Arkansas State (6-2. 20-2, 4-1)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  So.-AL Recap  |  ARK-St. Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  So.-AL Recap  |  ARK-St. Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  So.-AL Recap  |  ARK-St. Recap

Austin Voth (Washington)

• at (29) UC Irvine won series vs. Cal State Northridge, 2-games-to-1 (4-3, 1-2, 2-0)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCI Recap  |  CSUN Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CSUN Recap  |  UCI Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCI Recap  |  CSUN Recap

• at (30) Stanford won series vs. Washington, 2-games-to-1 (7-5, 3-11, 12-2)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  STAN Recap  |  WA Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  WA Recap  |  STAN Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  STAN Recap  |  WA Recap 

Matt Soten (Delaware)

• at Southeast Missouri State won series vs. (31) Austin Peay, 2-games-to-1 (4-9, 5-3, 14-8)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SE-Mo. Recap  |  AP Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SE-Mo. Recap  |  AP Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SE-Mo. Recap  |  AP Recap

• at (32) UNC Wilmington won series vs. Delaware, 2-games-to-1 (4-2, 3-2, 7-11)
gm-1 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNCW Recap  |  DEL Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNCW Recap  |  DEL Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  DEL Recap  |  UNCW Recap

Kyler Morgan (Longwood)

• at (33) Campbell won series vs. Longwood (2-3, 1-0, 5-2)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LONG Recap  |  CAMP Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CAMP Recap  |  LONG Recap
gm-3 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CAMP Recap  |  LONG Recap

• (37) Arizona won series at Washington State, 2-games-to-1 (5-9, 6-5, 7-3)
gm-1 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  WSU Recap  |  AZ Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AZ Recap  |  WSU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AZ Recap  |  WSU Recap

Charlie White (Maryland)

• Pepperdine won series at (38) San Diego, 2-games-to-1 (7-4, 2-4, 5-2)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PEP Recap  |  USD Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  USD Recap  |  PEP Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PEP Recap  |  USD Recap

Kory Delange (Nicholls State)

• (39) Miami won series at Maryland, 2-game-t0-1  (1-0 in 13 inn., 5-3, 2-7)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miami Recap  |  MD Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miami Recap  |  MD Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MD Recap  |  Miami Recap

• at (40) Central Arkansas won series vs. Nicholls State (5-4, 1-2, 7-6)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCA Recap  |  NICH Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NICH Recap  |  UCA Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCA Recap  |  NICH Recap

Blake Hufman (Arkansas-Little Rock)

• (42) Louisiana-Lafayette won series at Arkansas-Little Rock, 2-games-to-1 (9-2, 2-7, 15-10)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ULL Recap  |  UALR Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UALR Recap  |  ULL Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ULL Recap  |  UALR Recap

• at (43) Florida Atlantic won series vs. Middle Tennessee State (2-3, 5-3, 8-3)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MTSU Recap  |  FAU Recap
gm-2 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FAU Recap  |  MTSU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FAU Recap  |  MTSU Recap

TCU celebrated wins in games 1 & 3 to take the series vs. Oklahoma State.

• at TCU won series vs. (44) Oklahoma State (2-0, 1-4, 3-2)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TCU Recap  |  OK-St. Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OK-St. Recap  |  TCU Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TCU Recap  |  OK-St. Recap

Austin Mason (The Citadel)

• The Citadel swept series at (45) Georgia Southern (11-0, 1-0, 8-2)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CIT Recap  |  GS Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CIT Recap  |  GS Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CIT Recap  |  GS Recap

• at (46) Gonzaga swept series vs. St. Mary’s (8-7 in 11 inn., 4-2, 10-6)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GON Recap  |  SMC Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GON Recap  |  SMC Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GON Recap  |  SMC Recap

Mike Fitzgerald (Indiana State)

• (47) Coastal Carolina swept series at Winthrop (3-2 in 11, 13-2, 4-3)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CC Recap  |  WIN Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CC Recap  |  WIN Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CC Recap  |  WIN Recap

• at Indiana State swept series vs. (48) Creighton (6-1, 5-4, 5-3)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Ind.-St. Recap  |  Jays Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Ind.-St. Recap  |  Jays Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Ind.-St. Recap  |  Jays Recap

Matt Dermody (Iowa)

• (49) Kansas State won series at Iowa, 2-games-to-1 (1-6, 11-4, 5-3)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Iowa Recap  |  K-St. Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  K-St. Recap  |  Iowa Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  K-St. Recap  |  Iowa Recap 

Tom Jamison (Nevada)

• Nevada won series at (50) UNLV, 2-games-to-1  (7-6, 2-15, 5-4)
gm-1 (Fri.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NV Recap  |  UNLV Recap
gm-2 (Sat.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNLV Recap  |  NV Recap
gm-3 (Sun.) – Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NV Recap  |  UNLV Recap 

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