Friday’s College Baseball Top-50 Gameday Scoreboard & Wrapup

May 4, 2012

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There was some bonus baseball at a couple SEC venues on Friday, highlighting the day’s action among top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings. #4 LSU rode a couple clutch hits from Grant Dozar to post its 10th 1-run win in SEC play this season (4-3 at #21 Mississippi, in 13), while #6 South Carolina came all the way back from an early 6-0 deficit to win, 8-6, at #15 Arkansas. Of the 27 top-50 games that were played on Friday (two were suspended), underdogs won roughly one-fourth of them (6). See below for plenty of offerings from CB360’s expanded top-50 Gameday Scoreboard. front-page photo courtesy of LSU

Earlier This Week (top-50 scoreboards) – May 2 … April 30-May 1
Previous Week – April 29 … April 28 … April 26-27 … April 25 …April 24
Earlier Weeks – April 22 ... April 21 … April 19-20 … April 18 … April 16-17
April 15 … April 14 … April 12-13 … April 11 … April 10… April 9
April 8 … April 7 … April 6… April 5 … April 4 … April 2-3
April 1 … March 31 … March 30 … March 28 … March 26-27
Click Here for links to CB360 top-50 scoreboard pages from Feb. 26-March 25

The day’s biggest upset came in a crosstown rivalry, as Houston ran past #10 Rice, 11-6. #20 San Digo won again at BYU, 13-2, for a key win with hard-charging San Francisco trying to move up the jumbled WCC standings (the Dons won 7-2 at #32 Pepperdine). There was another upset in the WCC, as Saint Mary’s topped slumping #37 Gonzaga, 6-4.

The day’s other upsets included Oklahoma State opening the Bedlam rivalry series with a 3-0 win over #45 Oklahoma (in Tulsa), the Cowboys second win over the Sooners during the past 10 days. Towson posted a 3-1 win over Colonial Athletic Association leader #47 UNC Wilmington, possibly opening the door for title contender Hofstra.And, late out in the islands, Hawaii blew past #24 New Mexico State in a 7-inning, run-rule game (14-2) that leaves those teams tied atop the WAC standings (Hawaii earlier won the series opener on Thursday).

In addition to games already mentioned, other head-to-head results between CB360 top-50 teams included #3 Florida clinching its series at #5 Kentucky (5-1) and#42 Georgia topping #48 Auburn (5-2), plus a couple key results out of the Pac-12 – as #12 Oregon opened the showdown series at #13 Arizona with a 6-1 win and #7 Stanford won 8-2 at #26 Oregon State (that game was 0-0 until the Ducks scored twice in the 7th).

Friday’s 29 top-50 results are listed below, with an assortment of postgame links to be added later in the day. Thursday’s three top-50 results are listed at the bottom of this page (with links).

A special dedicated Twitter feed (see below) also is included below, featuring team tweets from top-50 teams playing head-to-head and from the “Bakers dozen” top-13 …

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FRIDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (May 4, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

upsets in italics

Josh Tobias (Florida)

• #3 FLORIDA 5-9-0 … won at #5 KENTUCKY 1-8-1
(Gators have clinched series, 2-0 … FL now 35-12, 14-9 SEC … KY 36-11, 14-9)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FL Recap | KY Recap | Photos

Game-2 Probable Starting Pitchers

KENTUCKY

#22 Jerad Grundy
LHP … Jr. … 6-1/200 … Johnsburg, IL
(played at Univ. of Miami in 2010, Heartland JC in ’11)

4.29 season ERA … 5-3 record … 39 Ks in 56.2 innings

11 GS … .242 opp. batting avg. (52 H; 3 HR)

6.2 K/9 IP … 1.6 K/BB ratio (24 BB)

12.1 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP) … 1 HBP … 10 WP … 2 balks

Previous: no-dec. at Vanderbilt (3-4), 5.2IP-3R-5H-BB-24BF-68p

FLORIDA

#22 Karsten Whitson
RHP … So. … 6-4/225 … Chipley, FL

3.86 season ERA … 3-0 record … 8 Ks in 16.1 innings

8 GP/6 GS … .328 opp. batting avg. (21 H; 0 HR)

4.4 K/9 IP … 2.0 K/BB ratio (4 BB)

13.8 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP) … 5 HB … 2 WP

Previous: win vs. Bethune-Cookman (10-1; 4/25), 4IP-4H-K-15BF-53p

Career: 2.61 … 11-1 … 100 K/32 BB (3.1) … 113.2 IP … .249 opp. avg.

Game-3 Probable Starters
… KY – so. LHP Corey Littrell (2.44, 6-0) … FL – jr. LHP Brian Johnson (4.50, 5-3)

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Brett DeLoach (Georgia)

• at #42 GEORGIA 5-4-1 … def. #48 AUBURN 2-4-2
(UGa now 26-20, 10-12 SEC … AUB 25-20, 10-12)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UGa Recap (w/ video) | AUB Recap

Game-1 Probable Starting Pitchers

GEORGIA

#33 Alex Wood
LHP … Jr./So. … 6-4/220 … Charlotte, NC

2.69 season ERA … 5-1 record … 71 Ks in 73.2 innings

12 GP/11 GS … .259 opp. batting avg. (71 H; 3 HR)

8.7 K/9 IP … 4.4 K/BB ratio (16 BB)

10.6 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP) … 4 HBP … 3 WP

Previous: no-dec. vs. LSU (5-6), 7IP-4R/3ER-8H-2BB-2K-WP-30BF-104p

Career: 3.69 … 11-8 … 151 K/42 BB (3.6) … 175.2 IP … .282 opp. avg.

AUBURN

#19 Jon Luke Jacobs
RHP … So. … 5-11/190 … Gainestown, AL

3.21 season ERA … 5-1 record … 44 Ks in 47.2 innings

9 GP/8 GS … .202 opp. batting avg. (33 H; 2 HR)

8.3 K/9 IP … 2.2 K/BB ratio (20 BB)

10.0 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP) … 2 HB … 4 WP

Previous: no-dec. vs. Tenn. (12-5), 3.2IP-3R-4H-3BB-K-WP-17BF-69p

Career: 4.91 … 9-13 … 184 K/106 BB (1.7) … 211 IP … .264 opp. avg.

Game-2 Probable Starters
… GA – sr. RHP Michael Palazzone (5.40, 2-5)
… AUB – fr. LHP Daniel Koger (2.67, 3-4)
Game-3 Probable Starters
… GA – fr. RHP Luke Crumley (4.44, 1-2) … AUB – TBA

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Grant Dozar (LSU)

• #4 LSU 4-11-0 … won at #21 MISSISSIPPI 3-10-0 (13 inn.)
(LSU now 37-10, 15-7 SEC … OleMiss 30-17, 10-12)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | OleMiss Recap

Game-1 Probable Starting Pitchers

MISSISSIPPI

#19 Bobby Wahl
RHP … So. … 6-3/200 … Springfield, VA

2.09 season ERA … 5-1 record … 67 Ks in 60.1 innings

11 GS … .211 opp. batting avg. (46 H; 1 HR)

10.0 K/9 IP … 2.9 K/BB ratio (23 BB)

10.3 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP) … 3 HBP … 5 WP … 2 balks

Previous: loss at Mississippi State (0-4), 6IP-3R/1 ER-4H-2BB-7K-WP-24BF-110p

Career: 2.99 … 5-3 … 93 K/34 BB (2.7) … 90.1 IP … .232 opp. avg.

LSU

#12 Kevin Gausman
RHP … So. … 6-4/185 … Centennial, CO

3.12 season ERA … 7-1 record … 97 Ks in 75 innings

11 GS … .242 opp. batting avg. (70 H; 1 HR)

11.6 K/9 IP … 4.9 K/BB ratio (20 BB)

10.8 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP) … 0 HB … 10 WP

Previous: no-dec. vs. Georgia (6-5), 6IP-5R/3ER-10H-9K-WP-29BF-120p

Career: 3.33 … 12-7 … 183 K/43 BB (4.3) … 164.2 IP … .228 opp. avg.

Game-2 Probable Starters
… OleMiss – so. RHP Mike Mayers (3.69, 4-2) … LSU – so. RHP Ryan Eades (3.29, 5-2)
Game-3 Probable Starters
… OleMiss – TBA … LSU – fr. RHP Aaron Nola (3.90, 5-2)

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Evan Marzilli (South Carolina)

• #6 SOUTH CAROLINA 8-13-1 … won at #15 ARKANSAS 6-7-2 (10 inn.)
(SC now 35-11, 15-7 SEC … ARK 33-14, 11-11)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SC Recap | ARK Recap | Photos | Postgame Video (ARK)

Game-1 Probable Starting Pitchers

ARKANSAS

#55 Ryne Stanek
RHP … So. … 6-4/180 … Overland Park, KS

2.52 season ERA … 6-3 record … 60 Ks in 64.1 innings

11 GS … .234 opp. batting avg. (54 H; 0 HR)

8.4 K/9 IP … 2.9 K/BB ratio (21 BB)

10.5 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP) … 2 HBP … 7 WP

Previous: loss at Florida (2-3), 5.2IP-3R-4H-3BB-3K-HB-2WP-25BF-96p

Career: 3.23 … 10-5 … 101 K/47 BB (2.1) … 128.1 IP … .223 opp. avg.

SOUTH CAROLINA

#29 Michael Roth
LHP … Sr. … 6-1/210 … Greer, SC

2.57 season ERA … 4-0 record … 60 Ks in 73.2 innings

11 GS … .192 opp. batting avg. (51 H; 4 HR)

7.3 K/9 IP … 3.3 K/BB ratio (18 BB)

8.4 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP) … 7 HB … 4 WP

Previous: no-dec. vs. Alabama (1-0), 7IP-4H-2BB-3K-27BF-97p

Career: 1.82 … 21-5 … 235 K/80 BB (2.9) … 291 IP … .208 opp. avg.

Game-2 Probable Starters
… ARK – jr. LHP Randall Fant (4.05, 2-2) … SC – fr. LHP Jordan Montgomery (3.47, 4-0)
Game-3 Probable Starters
… ARK – jr. RHP D.J. Baxendale (3.47, 6-2) … SC – TBA

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Alex Blandino (Stanford)

• #7 STANFORD 8-13-2 … won at #26 OREGON STATE 2-9-1
(STAN now 29-12, 11-8 Pac 12 … OR-St. 28-15, 9-10)
… Final Stats | STAN Recap (w/ video) | OR-St. Recap

Game-1 Probable Starting Pitchers

OREGON STATE

#28 Ben Wetzler
LHP … So. … 6-1/200 … Clackamas, OR

3.18 season ERA … 5-2 record … 50 Ks in 70.2 innings

11 GS … .226 opp. batting avg. (57 H; 1 HR)

6.4 K/9 IP … 2.1 K/BB ratio (24 BB)

10.3 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP) … 9 HBP … 6 WP

Previous: win at USC (5-3), 6.2IP-2R-7H-7K-HB-2WP-27BF-96p

Career: 3.90 … 11-5 … 100 K/42 BB (2.4) … 138.1 IP … .251 opp. avg.

STANFORD

#26 Mark Appel
RHP … Jr. … 6-5/215 … Houston, TX

2.73 season ERA … 6-1 record … 81 Ks in 79 innings

10 GS … .218 opp. batting avg. (63 H; 2 HR)

9.2 K/9 IP … 4.1 K/BB ratio (20 BB)

9.5 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP) … 7 HB … 2 WP

Previous: win at UCLA (7-2), 7IP-R-8H-10K-HB-WP-28BF-107p

Career: 3.41 … 14-9 … 193 K/75 BB (2.6) … 227.1 IP … .260 opp. avg.

Game-2 Probable Starters
… STAN – sr./jr. LHP Brett Mooneyham (3.98, 5-4) … ORSt – fr. LHP Jace Fry (2.25, 4-3)
Game-3 Probable Starters
… STAN – TBA … OrSt – so. RHP Dan Child (2.65, 4-3)

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Alex Keudell (Oregon)

• #12 OREGON 6-13-2 … won at #13 ARIZONA 1-7-2
(ORE now 33-13, 15-7 Pac 12 … AZ 29-14, 12-7)
… Final Stats | ORE Recap | AZ Recap

Game-1 Probable Starting Pitchers

ARIZONA

#26 Kurt Heyer
RHP … Jr. … 6-2/210 … Huntington Beach, CA

2.42 season ERA … 8-1 record … 71 Ks in 85.2 innings

11 GS … .256 opp. batting avg. (86 H; 2 HR)

7.5 K/9 IP … 5.5 K/BB ratio (13 BB)

10.2 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP) … 6 HBP … 1 WP

Previous: win vs. East Tennessee (24-7), 7.2IP-6R-12H-BB-9K-HB-36BF-131p

Career: 2.68 … 23-10 … 314 K/68 BB (4.6) … 326 IP … 305 H

OREGON

#47 Alex Keudell
RHP … Sr. … 6-3/205 … Portland, OR

1.87 season ERA … 7-3 record … 46 Ks in 81.2 innings

12 GP/11 GS … .225 opp. batting avg. (66 H; 1 HR)

5.1 K/9 IP … 3.3 K/BB ratio (14 BB)

8.9 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP) … 10 HB … 5 WP

Previous: win vs. California (4-1), 9IP-R-5H-BB-2K-33BF

Career: 3.28 … 19-18 … 219 K/81 BB (2.7) … 294 IP … .259 opp. batting avg.

Game-2 Probable Starters
… ORE – fr. RHP Jake Reed (2.26, 5-2) … AZ – so. RHP Konner Wade (3.83, 6-1)
Game-3 Probable Starters
… ORE – TBA … AZ – so. RHP James Farris (3.83, 6-1)

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FRIDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (May 4, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

Jacob Lueneberg (Houston)

upsets in italics

• Houston 11-15-0 … won at #10 Rice 6-13-1
(HOU now 16-26-1 , 4-11-1 CUSA… Rice 31-13, 11-5)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | HOU Recap | Rice Recap | Postgame Video (HOU)

• at #11 North Carolina 15-16-0 … def. Boston College 1-9-2
(UNC now 32-13, 14-8 ACC … BC 20-27, 9-16)
… Final Stats | UNC Recap | BC Recap | Photos

• at #14 Texas A&M 4-6-2 … def. Texas Tech 2-9-2
(A&M now 33-13, 12-7 Big 12 … TT 26-23, 5-14)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | A&M Recap | TT Recap | Notes (TT)

• at #16 North Carolina State 8-9-2 … def. Cal State Bakersfield 4-10-3
(NC-St. now 31-12 … CSB 19-21)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NC-St. Recap (w/ video) | CSB Recap

• #17 Cal State Fullerton 5-11-0 … won at University of the Pacific 2-5-3
(CSF now 28-14, 10-3 BW … UOP 11-32, 1-12)
… Final Stats | CSF Recap | UOP Recap

• #20 San Diego 13-18-1 … won at BYU 2-7-3
(USD has clinched series, 2-0 … USD now 35-11, 12-5 WCC … BYU 18-20, 7-7)
… Final Stats | USD Recap | BYU Recap

• at #23 Miami 7-9-1 … def. Bethune-Cookman 0-5-1
(Miami now 28-17 … B-C 28-19)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Miami Recap | B-C Recap

Stephen Ventimilia (Hawaii)

• at Hawaii 14-9-0 … def. #24 New Mexico State 2-5-2 (7 inn.)
(UH has clinched series, 2-0 … Hawaii now 27-18, 7-4 WAC … NMSU 30-16, 7-4)
… Final Stats | Hawaii Recap | NMSU Recap

• #25 Sam Houston State at Texas-Arlington – suspended (SHSU up 2-0, b8 … resume Sat. at 2 CT; DH)

• at #27 East Carolina 8-14-0 … def. Marshall 2-8-1
(ECU now 19-16-1, 11-7-1 CUSA … MAR 15-29, 3-13)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ECU Recap | MAR Recap

• at #28 Appalachian State 8-8-3 … def. UNC Greensboro 7-10-1
(APP now 33-10, 17-5 SoCon … UNCG 21-22, 6-16)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | APP Recap | UNCG Recap | Video Highlights | Postgame Video

Abe Bobb (San Francisco)

• #29 Texas 6-9-3 … won at Missouri 4-5-2
(TX now 27-16, 13-6 Big 12 … MO 23-22, 7-12)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TX Recap | MO Recap

• #31 Mississippi State 3-7-0 … won at Alabama 1-11-0
(MS now 28-11, 11-11 SEC … AL 17-29, 6-16)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MS Recap | AL Recap | Quotes | Photos

• San Francisco 7-13-1 … won at #32 Pepperdine 2-4-2
(SanFran now 23-26, 9-7 WCC … PEP 24-18, 7-6)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SanFran Recap | PEP Recap

• at #33 Arizona State 5-9-0 … def. Utah 3-5-2
(ASU now 27-17, 12-10 Pac 12 … Utah 12-31, 6-16)
… Final Stats | ASU Recap | Utah Recap

Patrick Keane (St. Mary's)

• #36 Missouri State 7-0-1 … def. Air Force 0-4-1 (in Lawrence, KS)
(MO-St. now 32-14 … AFA 12-31)
… Final Stats | MO-St. Recap | AFA Recap

• at Saint Mary’s 6-8-0 … def. #37 Gonzaga 4-10-2
(SMC now 22-21, 6-10 WCC … GON 27-17, 7-9)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SMC Recap | GON Recap

• New Mexico at #38 TCU – suspended, 0-0 b1 (resume Sat. at 1 CT; DH)

• at #40 Dallas Baptist 10-10-0 … def. Evansville 4-7-1
(DB now 32-14 … EV 27-19)
… Final Stats | DB Recap | EV Recap

Robbie Rea (Oklahoma State)

• at #41 Indiana State 1-5-0 … def. Wichita State 0-5-1 (10 inn.)
(Ind.-St. now 35-11, 9-4 MVC … WICH 28-21, 6-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Ind.-St. Recap | WICH Recap | Video Highlight | Postgame Video

• at #44 Southeastern Louisiana 4-10-0 … def. Stephen F. Austin 3-9-0
(SE-La. now 32-15, 16-9 SLC … SFA 18-27, 11-14)
… Final Stats | SE-La. Recap | SFA Recap

• Oklahoma State 3-7-0 … def. #45 Oklahoma 0-3-0 (in Tulsa)
(OK-St. now 27-17, 12-8 Big 12 … OU 29-18, 9-9)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OK-St. Recap | OU Recap | Photos

Zach Fisher (Towson)

• Towson 3-7-1 … won at #47 UNC Wilmington 1-5-0
(TOW now 21-25, 11-11 CAA … UNCW 27-18, 17-5)
… Final Stats | TOW Recap | UNCW Recap

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THURSDAY’S TOP-50 GAMES (May 3, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

upsets in italics

• #3 Florida 5-9-0 … won at #5 Kentucky 3-8-1
(FL now 34-12, 13-9 SEC … KY 36-10, 14-8)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FL Recap | KY Recap | Photos

• #20 San Diego 14-16-1 … won at BYU 7-8-2
(USD now 34-11, 11-5 WCC … BYU 18-19, 7-6)
… Final Stats | USD Recap | BYU Recap

• at Hawaii 5-10-0 … def. #24 New Mexico State 2-6-0
(Hawaii now 26-18, 6-4 WAC … NMSU 30-15, 7-2)
… Final Stats | Hawaii Recap | NMSU Recap

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