There weren’t many upsets (8-of-38; or 21%) in Friday’s games involving CB360 top-50 teams … but there still were some very noteworthy results, including South Carolina (cb350 #4) edging #3 Vanderbilt, 3-1, while #21 Oklahoma State opened its Bedlam Series vs. #15 Oklahoma in dramatic fashion – winning 8-7 on a Dane Phillips 1st-pitch home run that led off the bottom of the 9th (at Tulsa’s OneOK Field). front-page photo courtesy of Central Michigan
Four of the head-to-head matchups between CB360 top-50 teams saw the lower-ranked teams emerge victorious: the clutch wins by South Carolina and Oklahoma State, plus #35 Auburn 8-7 at #27 LSU and #46 Southeastern Louisiana 8-5 at #37 Texas State (in a key Southland Conference battle). Friday’s eight total top-50 upsets also included: North Carolina State edging #5 North Carolina, 5-4 … Virginia Tech winning a similar tight game in the ACC, 2-1 vs. #9 Florida State … Central Michigan knocking off Mid-American Conference leader Kent State, also 2-1 (overcoming another strong outing from Flashes ace Andrew Chafin) … and St. John’s winning a BIG EAST battle vs. #36 Louisville, 8-2.
Other results of note in head-to-head battles within the CB360 top-50 included: #13 Oregon State posting another big Pac-10 road win (1-0, at #16 Stanford) … #22 Arizona winning at Pac-10 leader UCLA (cb360 #25) … and East Carolina picking up a key Conference USA series-opening win over #40 Central Florida (12-6).
In addition to the 10 head-to-head battles, there were 10 other matchups between current CB360 top-50 squads and teams that were top-50 earlier this season. Those games included the wins by North Carolina State, Virginia Tech and St. John’s, along with (keep an eye on these series for potential upsets during the weekend): #39 Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount … College of Charleston at #48 Elon … Duke at #1 Virginia … Texas Tech at #6 Texas … Tulane at #24 Rice … Tennessee at #30 Alabama … and Washington State at #8 Arizona State.
This expanded CB360 gameday page includes in-depth preview/gave-coverage info. for several of the weekend’s top series (now archived at bottom of this page).
FRIDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (4/15/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
#2 Florida 5-13-1 won at #29 Georgia 4-8-0
Final Stats | FL Recap | GA Recap (w/ video)
at #4 South Carolina 3-11-0 def. #3 Vanderbilt 1-3-0
Final Stats | SC Recap (w/ video) | VAN Recap | Photos | Quotes
#6 Texas A&M 5-10-0 won at #47 Baylor 1-7-2
Final Stats | A&M Recap | BAY Recap | Video Highligts | Quotes
#13 Oregon State 1-7-1 won at #16 Stanford 0-4-1
Final Stats | OR-St. Recap | STAN Recap | Photos
at #14 Arkansas 6-11-0 def. #38 Mississippi State 5-10-1
Final Stats | ARK Recap | Miss-St. Recap
#21 Oklahoma State 8-11-2 def. #15 Oklahoma 7-12-2 (in Tulsa)
Final Stats | OK-St. Recap | OU Recap | Photos
#22 Arizona 5-10-0 won at #25 UCLA 4-7-0
Final Stats | AZ Recap | UCLA Recap
at #34 East Carolina 12-13-0 def. #40 Central Florida 6-10-0
Final Stats | ECU Recap | UCF Recap
#46 Southeastern Louisiana 8-11-1 won at #37 Texas State 5-12-2
Final Stats | SE-La. Recap | TxSt Recap
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FRIDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (4/15/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
at #1 Virginia 10-13-1 def. Duke 0-4-0
Final Stats | VA Recap | Duke Recap | Video Highlights
at North Carolina State 5-7-0 def. #5 North Carolina 4-5-1
Final Stats | NC-St Recap | UNC Recap
at #6 Texas 4-5-1 def. Texas Tech 1-8-1
Final Stats | TX Recap | TT Recap | Photos | Postgame Video (TT) | Notes (TT)
at #7 Cal State Fullerton 3-5-2 def. UC Santa Barbara 2-5-2
Final Stats | CSF Recap | UCSB Recap | Photos
at #8 Arizona State 3-7-1 def. Washington State 1-6-1
Final Stats | ASU Recap | WSU Recap
at Virginia Tech 2-4-0 def. #9 Florida State 1-6-0
Final Stats | VT Recap | FSU Recap | Photos
#10 Georgia Tech 5-9-1 won at Wake Forest 1-1-2
Final Stats | GT Recap | WFU Recap
at #12 Fresno State 8-12-1 def. Nevada 3-8-1
Final Stats | FS Recap | NEV Recap
#17 TCU 11-14-0 won at San Diego State 4-8-0
Final Stats | TCU Recap | SDSU Recap
at #18 Southern Mississippi 11-12-0 def. New Orleans 0-8-4
Final Stats | SoMiss Recap | UNO Recap
at #19 Stetson 17-20-2 def. Savannah State 4-8-3
Final Stats | STET Recap | SAV Recap
#20 Troy at Middle Tennessee State – postponed to Sat., 4/16 (DH at 1 CT)
#23 California 6-8-1 won at Washington 2-9-1
Final Stats | Cal Recap | WA Recap
at #24 Rice 3-12-0 def. Tulane 1-6-0
Final Stats | Rice Recap | TUL Recap | Photos
#26 Clemson 9-11-0 won at Boston College 2-7-0
Final Stats | CLEM Recap | BC Recap
#28 Miami 10-13-2 won at Maryland 4-9-3
Final Stats | MIA Recap | MD Recap
Tennessee at #30 Alabama – postponed to Sat., 4/16 (DH at 3 CT)
#31 UC Irvine 10-11-0 won at Univ. of the Pacific 0-8-3
Final Stats | UCI Recap | UOP Recap
#32 East Tennessee State at Belmont – postponed (makeup-Sat., 4/16, DH at 1 CT)
at Central Michigan 2-6-0 def. #33 Kent State 1-6-0
Final Stats | CMU Recap | Kent-St Recap | Photos | Video Highlights | Postgame Video
at St. John’s 8-13-0 def. #36 Louisville 2-8-5
Final Stats | SJU Recap | LOU Recap
#39 Gonzaga 5-9-1 won at Loyola Marymount 3-6-1
Final Stats | GON Recap | LMU Recap
#41 Cal State Bakersfield 6-10-2 won at UC Davis 3-8-1
Final Stats | CSB Recap | UCD Recap
at #42 Mississippi 3-9-0 def. Kentucky 2-10-1
Final Stats | OleMiss Recap | KY Recap |Photos
#43 Charlotte 3-12-2 won at St. Louis 0-3-3
Final Stats | CHAR Recap | SLU Recap
at #44 Coastal Carolina 7-11-0 def. Gardner-Webb 4-11-2
Final Stats | CC Recap | G-Webb Recap
#45 Connecticut 7-13-1 won at Villanova 1-4-2 (gm-1)
Final Stats | UConn Recap | VILL Recap
#45 Connecticut 10-12-0 won at Villanova 0-2-2 (gm-2)
Final Stats | UConn Recap | VILL Recap
at #48 Elon 5-9-0 def. College of Charleston 1-5-2
Final Stats | Elon Recap | CofC Recap
#49 Creighton 4-8-0 won at Indiana State 0-6-0
Final Stats | Creighton Recap | Ind.-St. Recap
at #50 Jacksonville 11-17-3 def. Campbell 10-13-3
Final Stats | JU Recap (w/ video) | CAMP Recap
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7 ET – #3 VANDERBILT (31-3/10-2 SEC) … at #4 SOUTH CAROLINA (26-6/10-2 SEC)
game coverage – Live Stats | Live Video/Audio (SC) | VAN Audio | Satellite Radio: Sirius 122 & XM 143
SC info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
VAN info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
SEC info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | History
#29 Michael Roth
LHP • Jr. … 6-1 • 210
Greer, SC
1.25 • 7-1
57.2 IP • 8 starts (9 appearances)
54 K • 13 BB (4.2 K/BB ratio) … 3 HB • 1 WP
46 H (.219 opp. avg.) • 1 HR allowed … 9.21 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: win at Tennessee (4-0) .. 7.2 IP … 0 R … 6 H … 1 BB … 4 K … 27 BF … 97p (61K)
Career: 2.01 … 10-3 (3 SV) … 62 GP/12 GS … 130 IP … 117 Ks/36 BB … 114 H
#2 Sonny Gray
RHP • Jr. … 5-11 • 180
Smyrna, TN
1.54 • 7-1
52.2 IP • 8 starts
66 K • 24 BB (2.7 K/BB ratio) … 5 HB • 9 WP
30 H (.166 opp. avg.) • 0 HR allowed … 9.23 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: win vs. Alabama (11-3) .. 6 IP … 2 UER … 4 H … 4 BB … HB … 4 K … WP … 20 BF … 76p (43K)
Career: 3.23 … 22-7 … 59 GP/28 GS … 220 IP … 251 Ks/92 BB … 196 H (.239), 10 HR… 17 HB … 19 WP
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7:30 ET (6:30 CT) – #46 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (23-11/9-6 SEC) … at #37 TEXAS STATE(21-11/11-4 SEC)
game coverage – Live Stats | Live Video | TxSt Live Audio | SE-La. Live Audio
TxSt info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Online/Virtual Guide | Quick Facts
SE-La. info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
SLC info. – Home Page | Standings | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | Record Book
#27 Carson Smith
RHP • Jr. … 6-5 • 215
Midland, TX
1.76 • 5-1
51 IP • 7 starts (8 appearances)
57 K • 19 BB (3.0 K/BB ratio) … 10 HB • 7WP
47 H (.240 opp. avg.) • 2 HR allowed … 9.88 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: win at Central Arkansas (8-3) .. 9 IP … 3 R … 7 H … 2 BB … HB … 6 K … 36 BF … 130p (78K)
Career: 2.66 … 15-5 (3 SV) … 32 GP/20 GS … 155.2 IP … 151 Ks/43 BB … 140 H
#16 Brandon Efferson
RHP • Sr. … 6-9 • 180
Zachary, LA
4.27 • 5-2
52.2 IP • 8 starts
42 K • 17 BB (2.5 K/BB ratio) … 4 HB • 1 WP
46 H (.232 opp. avg.) • 2 HR allowed … 10.77 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: win at Texas Arlington (5-3) .. 7.2 IP … 3 R … 7 H … 2 BB … 5K … 32 BF … 113p (77K)
Career: 4.92 … 21-14 … 46 GP/42 GS … 259.2 IP … 191 Ks/85 BB … 290 H (.282), 27 HR… 23 HB … 29 WP
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8:30 ET (5:30 PT) – #13 OREGON STATE (24-7/5-1 Pac-10) … at #16 STANFORD (16-9/3-3 Pac-10)
game coverage – Live Stats | STAN Video/Audio | Ore.-St. Audio
STAN info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
Ore.-St. info. – Game Notes | Road Report | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | History | Quick Facts
Pac-10 info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | Media Guide
#26 Mark Appel
RHP • So. … 6-5 • 190
Sam Ramon, CA
3.09 • 2-3
43.2 IP • 7 starts
31 K • 11 BB (2.8 K/BB ratio) … 3 HB • 3 WP
42 H (.269 opp. avg.) • 0 HR allowed … 10.92 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: win at USC (8-1) .. 9 IP … 1 UER … 4 H … 0 BB … HB … 7 K … 2 WP … 31 BF … 109p (79K)
Career: 4.41 … 4-4 … 31 GP/10 GS … 81.2 IP … 57 Ks/30 BB … 86 H (.280), 3 HR … 5 HB/7 WP
#32 Sam Gaviglio
RRP • Jr. … 6-1 • 195
Ashland, OR
1.34 • 6-1
60.1 IP • 8 starts
60 K • 10 BB (6.0 K/BB ratio) … 3 HB • 1 WP
37 H (.175 opp. avg.) • 0 HR allowed … 7.01 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: win at Arizona State (5-3) … 9 IP … 3 R … 9 H … 1 BB … 6 K … 37 BF … 136p (88K)
Career: 3.25 … 19-6 … 41 GP/24 GS … 185.2 IP … 160 Ks/42 BB … 150 H (.220), 9 HR… 15 HB … 6 WP
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8 ET (7:30 CT) – #21 OKLAHOMA STATE (25-8/8-4 Big 12) … at #15 OKLAHOMA (25-8/6-5 Big 12)
game coverage – Live Stats | OU Audio | OSU Audio | TV: Cowboy Sports/Cox 3
OU info. – Game Notes | Sunny Galloway Bedlam Blog | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
OSU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2011 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
Big 12 info. – Home Page (w/ standings) | Weekly Release | Conference Stats | Media Guide
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP
#44 Michael Rocha
RHP • Sr. … 5-11 • 210
Buda , TX
1.02 • 7-1
61.2 IP • 8 starts
50 K • 9 BB (5.6 K/BB ratio) … 8 HB • 2 WP
33 H (.158 opp. avg.) • 1 HR allowed … 6.1 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: loss at Kansas State (2-0) .. 6 IP … 2R/1 ER … 4 H … 3 BB … 1 HB … 3 K … 1 WP … 28 BF … 109p (60K)
Career: 3.68 … 24-9 … 68 GP/32 GS … 247 IP … 179 Ks/67 BB … 236 H
#23 Mike Strong
LHP • Sr. … 6-0 • 185
Afton, MN • Iowa Western JC
2.41 • 3-0
37.1 IP • 6 starts (8 appearances)
43 K • 11 BB (3.9 K/BB ratio) … 8 HB • 3 WP
31 H (.231 opp. avg.) • 4 HR allowed … 10.1 WHIP (BB+H/9 IP)
Previous Start: no-dec. vs/ Missouri (3-2) .. 6.2 IP … 2 R/1 ER … 6 H … 3 BB … 2 HB … 4 K … 29 BF … 122p (77K)
Career: 3.72 … 7-3 … 24 GP/17 GS … 101.2 IP … 109 Ks/47 BB … 92 H (.246) … 16 HB/9 WP