Friday’s College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard & Wrapup

April 13, 2012
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The arrival of mid-April not only signifies the tax deadline, but also the start of crunch time for many college baseball teams that soon will be running out of time to make their push for the postseason. Numerous key conference series began on Friday – with all of the top-50 teams in the Composite National Rankings in action, including nine head-to-head matchups (41 total games). Five of those games were rained out (all in southern California) and another was suspended, while underdogs won 34% (12-23) of the top-50 games that went final. But the theme of the day was extra innings, as seven different games involving top-50 squads extended past the 9th.  front-page photo courtesy of Southern Mississippi

Alex Keudell (Oregon)

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Earlier This Week  (top-50 scoreboards) – April 11 … April 10…  April 9
Past Week 
– April 8 … April 7 …  April 6…  April 5 … April 4 … April 2-3
Previous Week – 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

Earlier in the week, South Alabama and homestanding Mississippi State (cb360 #14) took a 0-0 game into the 12th inning, (the Bulldogs won, 2-0) – but that scoreless marathon was topped on Friday night in Hattiesburg, as #17 Central Florida and Southern Mississippi put up zeroes in 27 consecutive half-innings before the Golden Eagles finally won in the bottom of the 14th (1-0). Other Friday top-50 games that produced multiple extra-innings included: #33 Clemson‘s 7-6 upset of #20 North Carolina State (12) … another upset, this one by Oklahoma State (3-1 at #23 Texas, in 11) … and #35 Indiana State rallying late en route to a 5-4, 11-inning win at Bradley. There also were three 10-inning thrillers: #18 Oregon‘s huge 4-2 Pac-12 series opener at #2 Stanford … #7 North Carolina 2-1 at #24 Virginia … and #41 Maryland 4-2 at Duke.

Levi Hyams (Georgia)

A few days earlier this wek, on Tuesday (April 10), there also was a high percentage of CB360 top-50 games (5 of 27) that extended to extra innings – highlighted by the marathon South Alabama at Mississippi State game. The top-50 teams that played in those extra-inning games all were different from those that played bonus baseball on Friday.

In addition to the aforementioned wins by Southern Miss, Clemson, OK State and Oregon, Friday’s eight other CB360 top-50 upsets broke down as follows:
• #12 Arkansas 8-7 at vs. #3 Kentucky
• #40 Georgia 6-3 vs. #19 Mississippi (series-clincher)
• #47 Wake Forest 4-2 vs. #32 Georgia Tech
• Seton Hall 3-2 at #30 Louisville
• Southeastern Louisiana 10-1 vs. #37 Texas State
• Vanderbilt 5-4 vs. #43 Auburn
• Mercer 7-4 vs. #48 Belmont
• and California 7-6 vs. #49 Washington

Kurt Heyer (Arizona)

Friday’s head-to-head matchups between CB360 top-50 teams also included #10 Arizona‘s 4-3 showdown win vs. #11 UCLA … #13 South Carolina rallying to edge #34 Mississippi State, 7-6 … and #29 Arizona State 5-1 vs. #39 USC.

Jay Baum (Clemson)

Friday’s top-50 results are included below, with an assortment of postgame links. A special dedicated Twitter feed (see below) has returned to the CB360 Scoreboard page, featuring team tweets from top-50 teams playing head-to-head and from the “Bakers dozen” top-13 …

There were two top-50 games on Thursday, with #40 Georgia rallying for an 8-4 win over #19 Mississippi while #46 Dallas Baptist opened its home series vs. Southern Illinois with an 11-8 win (postgame links for those games are included at bottom of this page).

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FRIDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS  (April 13, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

Tim Carver (Arkansas)

upsets in italics

• at #12 Arkansas 8-9-0 … def. #3 Kentucky 7-11-1
(ARK now 25-8/8-5 SEC … KY 30-5/9-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ARK Recap  |  KY Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights  |   Postgame Video

• #18 Oregon 4-12-1 … won at #5 Stanford 2-6-4  (10 inn.)
(ORE now 23-9/9-4 Pac12 … STAN 21-8/4-6)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ORE Recap  |  STAN Recap

Jacob Stallings (North Carolina)

• #7 North Carolina 2-10-2 … won at #24 Virginia 1-3-1  (10 inn.)
(UNC now 25-9/10-6 ACC … UVa 23-11/9-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNC Recap  |  UVa Recap  |  Video Highlights

• at #10 Arizona 4-12-0 … def. #11 UCLA 3-8-2
(AZ now 24-9/10-3 Pac12 … UCLA 22-8/8-5)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AZ Recap  |  UCLA Recap

Christian Walker (South Carolina)

• at #13 South Carolina 7-11-1 … def. #34 Mississippi State 6-7-0
(SC now 25-10/6-7 SEC … Miss-St 21-13/5-8)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SC Recap (w/ video)  |  Miss-St Recap  |  Quotes  |  Photos

• at #40 Georgia 6-9-1 … def. #19 Mississippi 3-9-0  (UGa has clinched series, 2-0)
(UGa now 22-13/7-7 SEC … OleMiss 23-12/6-8)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UGa Recap (w/ video)  |  OleMiss Recap

Joey DeMichele (Arizona State)

• at #29 Arizona State 5-9-1 … def. #39 USC 1-6-0
(ASU now 21-13/7-6 Pac12 … USC 19-12/5-7)
Final Stats  |  ASU Recap  |  USC Recap

•  at #33 Clemson 7-12-1 … def. #20 North Carolina State 6-6-2  (12 inn.)
(Final Stats  |  CLEM now 20-15/9-7 ACC … NC-St 23-9/9-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CLEM Recap  |  NC-St Recap

Brett Armour (Wake Forest)

• at #47 Wake Forest 4-11-1 … def. #32 Georgia Tech 2-12-1
(WFU now 21-14/5-11 ACC … GT 20-15/6-10)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  WFU Recap  |  GT Recap  |  Postgame Video

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FRIDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES  (April 13, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

upsets in italics

• #1 Florida State 6-11-0 … won at Boston College 5-11-1
(FSU now 28-6/15-1 ACC … BC 13-21/4-12)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap  |  BC Recap

• #2 Florida 3-9-0 … won at Tennessee 1-9-0
(FL now 27-7/8-5 SEC … TN 20-14/6-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FL Recap  |  TN Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

• #4 Texas A&M 8-11-0 … won at Kansas 0-4-4
(A&M now 27-7/8-2 Big12 … KU 12-22/2-8)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  A&M Recap  |  KU Recap

• at #6 LSU 10-9-0 … def.  Alabama 2-6-0
(LSU now 28-7/9-4 SEC … AL 13-21/4-9)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LSU Recap  |  AL Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

• #8 Miami 6-12-1 … won at Virginia Tech 4-10-1
(Miami now 25-9/12-4 ACC … VT 23-11/5-11)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miami Recap  |  VT Recap  |  Photos

• #9 Baylor 5-13-2 … won at Kansas State 2-6-0
(BAY now 28-7/13-0 Big12 … K-St 17-16/3-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  BAY Recap  |  K-St Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

• #14 Rice 9-11-2 … won at Marshall 0-4-4
(Rice now 25-11/7-3 CUSA … MAR 13-20/1-6)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF |  Rice Recap  |  MAR Recap

• #15 Cal State Fullerton at UC Irvine – rainout  (DH Sat. at 1 PT)

Andrew Pierce (Southern Mississippi)

• at #16 Purdue 3-8-0 … def. Illinois 0-5-0
(PUR now 25-5/7-2 ACC … ILL 18-14/3-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PUR Recap  |  ILL Recap  |  Photos

• at Southern Mississippi 1-8-1 … def. #17 Central Florida 0-6-2  (14 inn.)
(SoMiss now 20-13/4-3 CUSA … UCF 28-8/7-3)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SoMiss Recap  |  UCF Recap  |  Photos

• LaSalle at #21 San Diego – rainout  (DH on Sat. at 11 a.m. PT)

• #22 New Mexico State at Sacramento State – rainout (DH on Sat., at 11:30 PT)

Oklahoma State 3-10-0 … won at #23 Texas 1-6-0  (11 inn.)
(OK-St now 18-14/5-5 Big12 … TX 18-13/7-3)
Final Stats  |  OK-St Recap  |  TX Recap  |  Photos

Blake Barnes (Oklahoma State)

• #25 Sam Houston State 6-12-0 … won at Lamar 2-9-2
(SHSU now 24-9/14-2 SLC … Lamar 12-20/5-11)
Final Stats  |  SHSU Recap  |  Lamar Recap

• #26 East Carolina 5-8-3 … won at Memphis 2-7-2
(ECU now 24-9-1/7-2-1 CUSA … MEM 15-19/5-5)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ECU Recap  |  MEM Recap

Dillon Hamlin (Seton Hall)

• #27 Appalachian State 5-12-0 … won at Georgia Southern 1-6-2
(APP now 25-7/10-3 SoCon … GS 20-16/8-8)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  APP Recap  |  GS Recap

• at #28 Oregon State 5-5-2 … def. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 3-5-3
(OR-St now 21-11 … APB 6-26-1)
Final Stats  |  OR-St Recap  |  APB Recap

• Seton Hall 3-7-1 … won at #30 Louisville 2-9-0
(SHU now 18-15/6-4 BE … LOU 24-10/7-3)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SHU Recap  |  LOU Recap  |  Photos

• #31 Cal Poly at Cal State Northridge – rainout  (DH on Sat. at noon PT)

• #35 Indiana State 5-10-2 … won at Bradley 4-10-1  (11 inn.)
(ISU now 27-8/7-3 MVC … BRAD 17-13-1/3-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ISU Recap  |  Brad Recap  |  Postgame Video

Andro Cutura (Southeastern Louisiana)

• at #36 Gonzaga 4-7-1 … def. Santa Clara 2-9-0
(GON now 23-9/4-3 WCC … SCU 18-13/1-6)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GON Recap  |  SCU Recap

• at Southeastern Louisiana 10-11-0 … def. #37 Texas State 1-5-1
(SE-La. now 23-11/9-7 SLC … TX-St 20-13/8-8)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SE-La. Recap  |  TX-St Recap

• at #38 Missouri State leading 7-0 vs. Illinois State – susp. in top-6  (resume Sat. at 2 CT; DH)

T.J. Pecoraro (Vanderbilt)

• at #41 Maryland 4-5-0 … def. Duke 2-10-0  (10 inn.)
(MD now 23-13/6-10 ACC … Duke 13-22/5-11)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MD Recap  |  Duke Recap

• at #42 Elon 17-18-1 … def. Towson 9-13-4
(Elon now 20-16 … TOW 17-17)
Final Stats  |  Elon Recap  |  TOW Recap

• at Vanderbilt 5-8-2 … def. #43 Auburn 4-11-0
(VAN now 15-19/5-8 SEC … AUB 18-15/6-7)
Final Stats  |  VAN Recap (w/ video links)  |  AUB Recap

• Portland at #44 Pepperdine – rainout  (DH on Sat. at 11 a.m. PT)

• #45 Florida Atlantic 9-11-0 … won at Louisiana-Monroe 7-10-2
(FAU now 23-12/11-2 SBC … ULM 16-18/4-9)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FAU Recap  |  ULM Recap

Brandon Love (Mercer)

• at #46 Dallas Baptist 12-5-2 … def. Southern Illinois 8-14-1
(DB has clinched series, 2-0 … DB now 23-10 … SIU 18-17)
Final Stats  |  DB Recap  |  SIU Recap

• at Mercer 7-9-0 … def. #48 Belmont 4-10-2
(MER now 22-14/5-8 A-Sun … BEL 24-12/10-3)
Final Stats  |  MER Recap  |  BEL Recap

• at California 7-15-2 … def. #49 Washington 6-13-2
(Cal now 18-14/3-7 Pac-12 … WA 17-14/5-5)
Final Stats  |  Cal Recap  |  WA Recap

Vince Bruno (California)

• at #50 TCU 5-1-2 … def. Air Force 0-4-0
(TCU now 18-13/7-3 CUSA … AFA 8-23/3-7)
Final Stats  |  TCU Recap  |  AFA Recap  |  Notes  |  Photos

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THURSDAY’S TOP-50 GAME  (April 12, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

• at #19 Georgia 8-14-2 … def. #40 Mississippi 4-9-0
(UGa now 21-13/6-7 SEC … OleMiss 23-11/6-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UGa Recap (w/ video)  |  OleMiss Recap

• at #46 Dallas Baptist 11-14-0 … def. Southern Illinois 8-13-9
(DB now 22-10 … SIU 18-16)
Final Stats  |  DB Recap  |  SIU Recap

 

 

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