College Baseball Top-50 Midweek Scoreboard & Wrapup (April 15-18)

April 19, 2013
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The season-long trend of upsets in the top-50 of the CB360 Composite National Rankings continued during the midweek span of April 15-18, as the underdogs won nearly 30% of the games (14-33) vs. their higher-ranked foes. The upsets included a pair of doubleheader sweeps – as Arkansas-Little Rock won two at (19) Oklahoma (5-2 & 4-3) while Nebraska took a pair (3-0, 4-2) from a visiting (25) Arkansas team led by former Huskers head coach Dave Van Horn. front-page photo courtesy of Arkansas-Little Rock

Bryson Thionnet (Arkansas-Little Rock)

The other noteworthy midweek upsets included Memphis winning 4-0 vs. (18) Ole Miss (at AutoZone Park), along with Tennessee Tech‘s 10-9 victory at (3) Vanderbilt, (27) Arizona besting rival (11) Arizona State (also 10-9) and another loss by Mississippi (2-1 vs. Southern Miss., in Pearl).

Brandon Dixon (Arizona)

The six other midweek upsets in the CB360 top-50 broke down as follows:
• Ball State 5-3 at (17) Indiana
• Tennessee 5-4 vs. (29) Virginia Tech (Greenville, TN)
• at Michigan 8-2 vs. (34) Notre Dame
• at North Carolina Central 5-1 vs. (37) Campbell
• at Sam Houston State 9-8 vs. (47) Texas A&M (11 inn.)
• at Nicholls State 4-3 vs. (48) Louisiana-Lafayette

The midweek top-50 action featured six head-to-head matchups, the Arizona win over ASU along with: (1) North Carolina’s 5-1 home victory vs. (31) Coastal Carolina … (6) Florida State’s 2-0 win vs. visiting (22) South Alabama … (10) Louisville’s rivalry-game triumph, 12-5, at (20) Kentucky … (13) UCLA’s 6-4, 12-inning win at (30) UC Irvine … and (23) Florida’s 5-3 game at (43) Florida Gulf Coast.

CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages:
week-9 – April 8-11  |  April 12-14
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

Blake Headley (Nebraska)

Six different top-50 games during the midweel were cancelled, postponed or suspended.

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.).

Michael Morris (Tennessee Tech)

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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MONDAY’s TOP-50 RESULTS  (4/15/13)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)

Michael Wills (Memphis)

upset in italics

Memphis (23-14)  4-7-2 … def. (18) Mississippi (26-11)  0-5-2  (AutoZone Park; Memphis, TN)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MEM Recap  |  Ole Miss Recap

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Chaz Frank (North Carolina)

TUESDAY’s TOP-50 RESULTS  (4/16/13)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)

upsets in italics

• at (1) North Carolina (35-2)  5-4-1 … def. (31) Coastal Carolina (24-13)  1-8-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNC Recap  |  CC Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Recap

Tennessee Tech (27-10)  10-13-0 … won at (3) Vanderbilt (33-5)  9-14-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TN-Tech Recap  |  VAN Recap (w/ postgame video lines)  |  Photos

Peter Miller (Florida State)

• (5) Cal State Fullerton 8 … won at Pepperdine 4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CSF Recap  |  PEP Recap  

• at (6) Florida State (31-6)  2-5-1 … def. (22) South Alabama (27-11)  0-3-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap  |  So.-AL Recap 

• (8) Oregon 4 … won at Portland 1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ORE Recap  |  PORT Recap 

Jeff Gardner (Louisville)

• (10) Louisville (29-7)  12-15-0 … won at (20) Kentucky (24-12)  5-8-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LOU Recap  |  KY Recap  |  Postgame Notes (KY)
LOU Photos group-1 & group-2  |  KY Photos

at (27) Arizona (24-12)  10-9-3 … def. (11) Arizona State (22-11-1)  9-10-5
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AZ Recap  |  ASU Recap

• (12) North Carolina State 2 … won at Charlotte 1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NC-St. Recap  |  CHAR Recap 

Brenton Allen (UCLA)

• (13) UCLA (23-10)  6-14-1 … won at (30) UC Irvine (23-10)  4-6-2  (12 inn.)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCLA Recap  |  UCI Recap  |  Video Recap 

• at (14) Georgia Tech 14 … def. Savannah State 1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GT Recap  |  Sav.-St. Recap 

• at (15) South Carolina 10 … def. College of Charleston 6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SC Recap  |  CofC Recap

Austin Roussel (Southern Mississippi)

Southern Mississippi (19-17)  2-7-0 … def. (18) Mississippi (26-12)  1-7-2  (Pearl, MS)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  So.-Miss Recap  |  OleMiss Recap 

Arkansas-Little Rock 5-8-2 … won at (19) Oklahoma 2-6-1  (DH, gm-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UALR Recap  |  OU Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights 

Arkansas-Little Rock (18-18)  4-10-1 … won at (19) Oklahoma (28-10)  3-7-0  (DH, gm-2)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UALR Recap  |  OU Recap (w/ video highlights)  |  Photos 

Bobby Poyner (Florida)

• (21) Mercer 5 … won at Georgia Southern 3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MER Recap  |  GS Recap 

• (23) Florida (20-18)  5-11-5 … won at (43) Florida Gulf Coast (20-13)  3-5-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FL Recap  |  FGCU Recap 

• at (24) Cal Poly 7 … def. Santa Clara 2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CP Recap  |  SCU Recap 

at Nebraska 3-5-0 … def. (25) Arkansas 0-0-0  (DH, gm-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NEB Recap  |  ARK Recap 

at Nebraska 4-7-1 … def. (25) Arkansas 2-7-2  (DH, gm-2)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NEB Recap (w/ video links)  |  ARK Recap  |  Video Recap   

Christin Stewart (Tennessee)

• (26) UNC Wilmington 7 … won at East Carolina 2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNCRecap  |  ECU Recap 

Tennessee (17-18)  5-7-3 … def. (29) Virginia Tech (22-16)  4-6-4  (Greenville, TN)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TN Recap  |  VT Recap  |  Postgame Video (TN) 

• at (32) Michigan State 7 … def. Toledo 6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MSU Recap  |  TOL Recap 

James Bourque (Michigan)

at Michigan (21-14)  8-13-1 … def. (34) Notre Dame (19-15)  2-5-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MICH Recap  |  ND Recap  |  Postgame Notes  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights 

• at (35) San Diego 7 ... def. UC Santa Barbara 5
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  USD Recap  |  UCSB Recap 

• at (36) Gonzaga 4 … def. Washington State 3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GON Recap  |  WSU Recap 

Troy Marrow (North Carolina Central)

at North Carolina Central (23-17)  5-9-0 … def. (37) Campbell (31-8)  1-6-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NCC Recap  |  CAMP Recap 

• (38) Stanford 9 … won at Univ. of the Pacific (UOP) 2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  STAN Recap  |  UOP Recap 

• at (39) Rice 11 … def. Texas Tech 2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Rice Recap  |  TT Recap 

• at (41) Houston 12 … def. Texas Southern 2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  HOU Recap  |  TX-So. Recap 

• (42) Delaware 8 … won at Villanova 3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  DEL Recap  |  VILL Recap 

• (44) Kansas State 4 … won at Wichita State 1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  K-St. Recap  |  WICH Recap 

Hayden Simerly (Sam Houston State)

• (45) Florida Atlantic 10 … won at Central Florida (UCF) 2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FAU Recap  |  UCF Recap 

• at (46) Alabama 7 … def. UAB 4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AL Recap  |  UAB Recap 

at Sam Houston State (21-15)  9-15-1 … def. (47) Texas A&M (21-17)  8-10-1  (11 inn.)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SHSU Recap  |  A&M Recap  |  Postgame Video 

at Nicholls State (18-20)  4-9-2 … def. (48) Louisiana-Lafayette (24-12)  3-9-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NICH Recap  |  ULL Recap  |  Postgame Video 

Mike Barba (Nicholls State)

• (49) Austin Peay at Evansville – postponed (makeup April 24)

• (50) Illinois 12 … won at Illinois State 8  (8 inn.)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ILL Recap  |  ILL-St. Recap

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WEDNESDAY’s TOP-50 RESULTS  (4/17/13)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)

upsets in italics

• at (1) North Carolina 14 … def. Elon 5
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNC Recap  |  elon Recap

• at (2) LSU 4 … def. Grambling 0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LSU Recap  |  GRAM Recap

• (4) Oregon State 5 … won at Portland 1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OR-St. Recap  |  PORT Recap

• Furman at (16) Clemson – postponed (makeup May 7 at 6:30 ET)

• at (7) Virginia 10 … def. Old Dominion 9  (10 inn.)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UVa Recap  |  ODU Recap 

Elbert Devarle (Ball State)

Ball State (16-17)  5-7-2 … won at (17) Indiana (26-8)  3-7-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  BSU Recap  |  IU Recap

• at (28) Miami 6 ... def. Bethune-Cookman 1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miami Recap  |  B-C Recap

• (32) Michigan State at Central Michigan – suspended (MSU leads 1-0, b5; resume 5/14)

• Bowling Green at (34) Notre Dame – cancelled (mo makeup)

• at (37) Campbell 11 … def. Appalachian State 6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CAMP Recap  |  APP-St. Recap

• Texas Tech at (39) Rice – cancelled (no makeup)

• at (40) William & Mary 7 … def. Richmond 6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  W&M Recap  |  RICH Recap

• McNeese State at (41) Houston – postponed (makeup TBA)

• (48) Louisiana-Lafayette 12 … won at Northwestern (La.) State 0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ULL Recap  |  NWLA Recap

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THURSDAY’s TOP-50 RESULTS  (4/18/13)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)

• Auburn at (9) Mississippi State – suspended (MS leads 6-3, b7; resume 4/19)

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