Big Ten wins 7-of-10 games on day-1 (note: day-1 notes will be continually added to this post, in blog post format)
2:54 p.m. (2/27/10) – Game-3 highlightes and notes:
Seton Hall 001 200 000 – 3 6 2 Michigan State 000 011 12X – 5 5 0
MSU Notes – Jr. RHP A.J. Achter 5.1IP-3R-5H-2BB-8K … so. LHP Trevor Popp (W-3.2IP-H-BB-3K) … tying run in 7th, 2R in 8th: sr LF Bo Felt/6-hole RBI triple, so. 3B/8-hole Andrew Carpenter (2RBI-R) added RBI single
SHU Notes – Jr RHP Joe DiRocco 5.1 IP-2R/1 ER-2H-3BB-4K … jr. 3B/7-hole Sean Gusrang solo HR … sr. 1B/5-hole Chris Spagnuolo 2-run 2B
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1:02 p.m. (2/27/10) – Game-2 highlightes and notes:
Connecticut 000 040 100 0 – 5 10 4 Northwestern 001 004 000 1 – 6 12 3
NU NOTES – So. DH/RHP Paul Snieder (5-hole) scored winning run in 10th (2-for-4/2R-BB; middle relief 2.2IP-2H-3BB-K) … winning sequence in 10th: Snieder leadoff 1B to CF, Colby Everett SAC, so. IF/9-hole Zach Morton 2-out 1B to RF (2-for-3, 2 RBI-R-BB-SAC) … sr. LHP starter Jack Muraski 6.1IP-5R-7H-2BB … game had 8 combined errors
UCONN NOTES – So. CF/3-hole George Springer 3RBI-R-BB-2B-SF … jr. LHP Elliot Glynn 5IP-R-5H-BB-5K … 4R in 5th (4-1 lead) … both teams 10 LOB (UConn left man on 2nd in 8th-9th-10th) … so. RHP Ryan Thompson (L) 0.2IP-R-2H-BB
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11:32 a.m. (2/27/10) – Game-1 highlightes and notes:
Rutgers 010 010 001 – 3 7 0 Iowa 101 010 03X – 6 11 0
TOP IOWA PLAYERS: so. LHP Jarrod Hippen 8.2IP-3R-6H-BB-8K … jr. SS/9-hole Kurt Lee 2-3/2RBI-R-2B-SAC-SB … jr. LF/9-hole Kurt McCool 2-3/2R-3B-SAC
RUTGERS NOTES: sr. RHP Casey Gaynor (L) 6.1IP-3R-8H-BB-5K … jr. 1B/cleanup Jared Matthews 3B/R…jr. RF/leadoff Michael Lang RBI 2B … sr. catcher/7-hole Jayson Hernandez 2-out RBI single in 9th, brought tying run to plate (Iowa jr. RHP Kevin Lee rolle up game-ending 6-4 groundout from pinch-hitter Ryan Kapp)
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10:29 p.m. (2/26/10) – Day-1 scores and links
The first day of competition in the second Big Ten/BIG EAST Baseball Challenge is complete, with the Big Ten winning 7-of-10 games to take a four-game cushion into Saturday’s series of 10 more games (followed by 10 more on Sunday, the tournament’s final day).
The Big Ten outscored the BIG EAST by only 10 runs (56-46), with the day’s action featuring three 1-run games (two of them in extra innings and four others decided by 2-run margins (plus one 3-run game). The BIG EAST had one blowout win (Villanova 13, Purdue 5), while the Big Ten posted the day’s biggest margin when Illinois defeated Notre Dame, 11-1.
BIG TEN/BIG EAST CHALLENGE – Day-1 Results
(Feb. 26, 2010 … Big Ten won 7-of-10)
(BIG EAST wins in italics)
GAME 10 – Louisville 2, Michigan 0 (Dunedin Staduim)
FINAL STATS | LOU Recap | MICH Recap
GAME 9 – Illinois 11, Notre Dame 1 (Jack Russell Stadium)
FINAL STATS | ILL Recap | ND Recap
GAME 8 – Ohio State 4, South Florida 2 (Al Lang Stadium)
FINAL STATS | OSU Recap | USF Recap
GAME 7 – St. John’s 5, Minnesota 4 (Dunedin Stadium)
FINAL STATS | SJU Recap | MINN Recap
GAME 6 – Villanova 13, Purdue 5 (Naimoli Complex)
FINAL STATS | VILL Recap | PUR Recap
GAME 5 – Indiana 10, West Virginia 8 (Jack Russell Stadium)
FINAL STATS | IU Recap | WVU Recap
GAME 4 – Penn State 5, Cincinnati 4 … 12 innings (Al Lang Stadium)
FINAL STATS | PSU Recap | CIN Recap
GAME 3 – Michigan State 5, Seton Hall 3 (Naimoli Complex)
FINAL STATS | MSU Recap | SHU Recap
GAME 2 – Northwestern 6, Connecticut 5 … 10 inn. (Jack Russell Stadium)
FINAL STATS | NU Recap | UConn Recap
GAME 1 – Iowa 6, Rutgers 3 (Al Lang Stadium
FINAL STATS | Iowa Recap | RU Recap