Friday’s College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard & Wrapup

April 27, 2012
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Tyler Gaffney (Stanford)

In games this season involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings, the “underdogs” (unranked/lower-ranked) have been winning fairly consistently at a 1/3rd clip and that trend continued on Friday, as the underdogs went 12-25 (32%, plus one rainout). Half of the head-to-head battles between top-50 teams saw the lower-ranked squad prevail, capped by #12 Stanford‘s 7-2 win at #5 UCLA to further jumble the Pac-12 standings.  front-page photo courtesy of Portland

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Daniel Palka (Georgia Tech)

Friday’s other head-to-head upsets (within the contexts of the CB360 top-50) included #39 Georgia Tech surviving a 13-inning game vs. #31 Clemson (6-5), while elsewhere in the ACC #45 Virginia Tech beat #42 Maryland, 7-5. An SEC rivalry series began with a victory for the underdog, as homeestanding #46 Mississippi State topped #17 Mississippi, 4-0.

Both West Coast Conference teams in the CB360 top-50 – #19 San Diego (5-4 loss at Portland) and #29 Gonzaga (which lost to Loyola Marymount, also 5-4, but at home) – failed to pick up crucial wins in one of the few conferences that awards its automatic NCAA bid to the regular-season champion. USD now is 9-4 in the WCC, followed by a pack that includes LMU (8-5), BYU (7-4), Pepperdine (7-5), Portland (9-7) & San Francisco (7-7), which suffered a costly home loss to BYU on Friday after beating the Cougars on Thursday.

Nick Schneeberger (Tulane)

Friday’s six other upsets of top-50 teams broke down as follows:
• Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5-2 at #24 Sam Houston State
• Tulane 4-1 at #27 East Carolina
• Wichita State 13-3 vs. #35 Dallas Baptist
• Boston College 1-0 vs. #40 Wake Forest
• Northwestern (La.) State 5-1 vs. #44  Southeastern Louisiana
•  and Lipscomb 6-2 vs. #50 Campbell

A pair of top-50 teams played resumed games on Friday, followed by gm-2 of their respective series. South Carolina scored in the 8th en route to winning its resumed game vs. Alabama (1-0) and then rallied for three runs in the bottom of the 9th to take gm-2 (12-11). Campbell had won its resumed game at Lipscomb (5-2) before losing later in the day.

An 8th-inning Raph Rhymes single and Austin Nola home run pushed LSU to yet another 1-run win in the SEC, this time 6-5 vs. Georgia.

Friday’s four other top-50 matchups saw #2 Florida edge #20 Arkansas, 3-2 … #4 Baylor shut out visiting #23 New Mexico State, 5-0, to open that non-conference series … #6 LSU ride Austin Nola’s 2-run home run in the 8th for a 6-5 win over #37 Georgia Tech … and #16 Texas A&M hold off a 9th-inning charge from #25 Texas, 6-5.

The six top-50 teams that were idle on Friday included #8 Rice, #10 North Carolina, #13 Cal State Fullerton, #21 Miami, #26 Virginia and #38 Pepperdine. Virginia will be playing a Sat.-Sun.-Mon. series at Miami, while Rice is off until May 2 (vs. Texas Southern) and UNC also will be in action on May 2 (vs. Winthrop), while Cal State Fullerton (vs. USC) and Pepperdine (vs. Cal Poly) don’t play until the first day of May.

Chris Stratton (Mississippi State)

Friday’s 38 top-50 results are listed below, with an assortment of postgame links. There were two top-50 games on Thursday, but both were suspended mid-game and will resume on Friday.

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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Austin Maddox (Florida)

FRIDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS  (April 27, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

upsets in italics

• at #2 Florida 3-5-0 … def. #20 Arkansas 2-8-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FL Recap  |  ARK Recap

Josh Turley (Baylor)

• at #4 Baylor 5-9-1 … def. #23 New Mexico State 0-3-2
Final Stats  |  BAY Recap  |  NMSU Recap

• #12 Stanford 7-10-1 … won at #5 UCLA 2-9-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  STAN Recap  |  UCLA Recap

• at #6 LSU 6-11-2 … def. #37 Georgia 5-12-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LSU Recap  |  UGA Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

Troy Stein (Texas A&M)

• at #16 Texas A&M 6-9-0 … def. #25 Texas 5-9-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  A&M Recap  |  TX Recap

• at #46 Mississippi State 4-5-0 … def. #17 Mississippi 0-5-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MS-St. Recap  |  OleMiss Recap  |   Notes  |  Video Highlights  |  Postgame Video

• at #39 Georgia Tech 6-9-1 … def. #31 Clemson 5-9-0  (13 inn.)
Final Stats  |  GT Recap  |  CLEM Recap  |  Video Highlight

Tyler Horan (Virginia Tech)

• at #45 Virginia Tech 7-10-0 … def. #42 Maryland 5-14-1
Final Stats  |  VT Recap  |  MD Recap  |  Photos

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FRIDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES  (April 27, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings 

upsets in italics

• at #1 Florida State 17-14-3 … def. Rhode Island 6-14-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap  |  URI Recap

• #3 Kentucky 5-9-0 … won at Vanderbilt 2-7-1
Final Stats  |  KY Recap  |  VAN Recap  |  Photos  |  Postgame Video  

• at #7 South Carolina 1-1-0 … def. Alabama 0-4-0 (DH, gm-1; resumed from Thur.)
Final Stats  |  SC Recap (w/ video)  |  AL Recap

• at #7 South Carolina 12-13-4 … def. Alabama 11-14-2  (DH, gm-2)
Final Stats  |  SC Recap (w/ video)  |  AL Recap  |  Quotes

• at #9 Purdue 6-8-1 … def. Michigan State 2-8-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PUR Recap  |  MSU Recap  |  Photos

• at #11 Central Florida 4-6-3 … def. Memphis 3-8-1
… Final Stats: HTMLPDF  |  UCF Recap (w/ video)  |  MEM Recap  |  Photos

• at #14 Oregon 4-7-0 … def. California 1-5-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ORE Recap  |  Cal Recap

Kyle Kraus (Portland)

• at #15 Arizona 24-25-0 … def. East Tennessee State 7-16-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AZ Recap  |  ETSU Recap

• at #18 North Carolina State 4-9-0 … def. Duke 0-2-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NC-St. Recap  |  Duke Recap

• at Portland 5-10-1 … def. #19 San Diego 4-8-1
Final Stats  |  PORT Recap  |  USD Recap

• #22 Oregon State 5-12-0 … won at USC 3-9-2
Final Stats  |  OR-St. Recap  |  USC Recap

Brad Porras (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)

• Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5-6-0 … won at #24 Sam Houston State 2-5-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  A&M-CC Recap  |  SHSU Recap

• Tulane 4-11-1 … won at #27 East Carolina 1-7-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Tulane Recap (w/ video links)  |  ECU Recap  |  Video (highlights & postgame)

• at #28 Louisville 5-9-2 … def. Connecticut 0-5-2
Final Stats  |  LOU Recap  |  UConn Recap  |  Notes  |  Quotes  |  Photos

Colton Plaia (Loyola Marymount)

• Loyola Marymount 5-8-0 … won at #29 Gonzaga 4-15-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LMU Recap  |  GON Recap

• #30 Appalachian State at Wofford – rainout (DH on Sat., 2 ET)

• at #32 Missouri State 1-5-1 … def. Southern Illinois 0-6-1
Final Stats  |  MO-St. Recap  |  SIU Recap

• #33 College of Charleston 5-9-1 … won at Western Carolina 4-8-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CofC Recap  |  WCU Recap  |  Photos

Johnny Coy (Wichita State)

• #34 Arizona State 7-10-1 … won at Washington State 4-6-4
Final Stats  |  ASU Recap  |  WSU Recap  |  Postgame Video (WSU)

• at Wichita State 13-16-0 … def. #35 Dallas Baptist 3-10-1
Final Stats  |  WICH Recap  |  DB Recap

• at #36 TCU 2-4-0 … def. Manhattan 1-7-2
Final Stats  |  TCU Recap  |  MAN Recap  |  Notes

Matt Brazis (Boston College)

• at Boston College 1-4-1 … def. #40 Wake Forest 0-2-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  BC Recap  |  WFU Recap

• at #41 Indiana State 2-4-0 … def.  Nebraska-Omaha 1-4-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ISU Recap  |  UNO Recap  |  Video Highlights  |  Postgame Video

• #43 Oklahoma 4-7-2 … won at Kansas 1-5-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OU Recap  |  KU Recap (w/ video)

Mason Melotakis (Northwestern State)

• at Northwestern (La.) State 5-10-1 … def. #44 Southeastern Louisiana 1-8-1
Final Stats  |  NW-La. Recap  |  SE-La. Recap

• #47 Texas State 3-7-1 … won at Nicholls State 0-6-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TX-St. Recap  |  NICH Recap

• #48 UNC Wilmington 15-17-0 … won at Georgia State 0-7-1
Final Stats  |  UNCW Recap  |  GS Recap

• #49 Washington 9-9-1 … won at Utah 1-7-2
Final Stats  |  WA Recap  |  Utah Recap

• #50 Campbell 5-8-0 … won at Lipscomb 2-5-3 (DH, gm-1; resumed from Thur.)
Final Stats  |  CAMP Recap  |  LIP Recap

Chris Nunn (Lipscomb)

• at Lipscomb 6-14-1 … def. #50 Campbell 2-8-4  (DH, gm-2; susp. on Fri.)
Final Stats  |  LIP Recap  |  CAMP Recap

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THURSDAY’S TOP-50 GAMES  (April 26, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings 

• Alabama at #7 South Carolina – suspended to Friday (0-0, top-8)

• #50 Campbell at Lipscomb – suspended to Friday (CAMP up 5-0, top-1)

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