Sunday’s College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard & Wrapup

April 22, 2012
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Nik Balog (San Francisco)

An exciting weekend in the CB360 top-50 wrapped up with a series of exciting finishes on the west coast, highlighted by: #12 Stanford holding on to sweep #25 Arizona State (9-5) … #26 Oregon State taking its series vs. #5 UCLA (7-6) … underdog Washington State winning at #10 Oregon for the second straight day (10-6) …  San Francisco‘s series-sweeping win over #27 Gonzaga (7-4) … and Long Beach State taking its series vs. #41 UC Irvine (5-4).   front-page photo courtesy of San Francisco

Alex Blandino (Stanford)

Elsewhere (outside of the west), the weekend’s marquee top-50 series saw #7 Baylor complete its sweep of #8 Texas A&M (7-5) – extending the Bears’ school-record win streak to 24 (18-0 in the Big 12) – while #3 Kentucky won the series showdown between SEC divisional leaders, 7-6 vs. #4 LSU. All told, there were 28 games on Sunday  involving  top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings, with underdogs winning 39% (11-17).

Be sure to check out the CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard & Wrapup pages from earlier in the weekend (linked below), which include a daily summary plus an assortment of photos, links and more.

Recent  (top-50 scoreboards) – April 21 … April 19-20 …  April 18 … April 16-17
…  April 15  …  April 14 … April 12-13 … April 11 … April 10…  April 9
Previous Week 
– April 8 … April 7 …  April 6…  April 5 … April 4 … April 2-3
Earlier 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

Baylor's Josh Ludy watches his well-earned home run in Sunday's game vs. Texas A&M (the Bears catcher fouled off 10 straight before homering on the 14th pitch of the at-bat).

The weekend’s 37 series featuring CB360 top-50 teams produced six that were won by the underdogs: Washington State, San Francisco and Long Beach, plus #47 Indiana State vs. #33 Dallas Baptist (7-4 on Sun.) and a couple that wrapped up on Saturday (#46 Georgia Tech at #6 North Carolina and Wofford vs. #45 Elon). The San Francisco Dons were the only underdog to sweep vs. a top-50 foe while GT and WSU were the only underdogs that won their series vs. top-50 opponents on the road.

In addition to various games mentioned above, Sunday’s other top-50 upsets played out as follows:
• #29 East Carolina 4-3 at #11 Rice
• Washington 6-5 vs. #15 Arizona (in 12)
• McNeese State 5-1 vs. #24 Sam Houston State
• Wichita State 3-2 vs. #30 Missouri State
• South Florida 5-1 vs. #32 Louisville
• San Diego State 5-3 vs. #35 TCU

Taylor Ard (Washington State)

There were 10 head-to-head series between CB360 top-50 teams that concluded on Sunday, most of them mentioned above along with: #1 Florida State coming back to complete sweep of #19 Miami (8-7 in 10) … #2 Florida 6-3 vs. #31 Georgia … #13 Cal State Fullerton capping a wild finish vs. #42 Cal Poly by winning that series-deciding game, 5-4 (also in 10) … and 14 Arkansas topping #21 Mississippi, 11-3 (Ole Miss already had clinched that series).

Robert Benincasa (Florida State)

Less than one-third of the weekend’s top-50 series (11 of 37) ended up being sweeps, including seven that finished on Sunday: #1 FSU vs. #19 Miami … #7 Baylor vs.#8 A&M … #12 Stanford vs. #25 ASU … San Francisco vs. #27 Gonzaga … #9 South Carolina vs. Auburn … #18 UCF vs. Tulane … and #38 Oklahoma vs. Alabama State. One day earlier, #37 Clemson completed a series sweep at #39 Maryland, as did #22 New Mexico State (vs. Louisiana Tech), #34 Appalachian State (vs. Furman) and #49 Mississippi State (vs. Tennessee).

Ryan Dunn (Oregon State)

Sunday’s 27 top-50 results are listed below, with an assortment of postgame 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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SUNDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS  (April 22, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

Florida's Daniel Pigott (#8) hit the big 3-run home run in Sunday's sereis finale vs. Georgia.

upsets in italics

• at #1 Florida State 8-12-0 … def. #19 Miami 7-11-0  (10 inn.) 
(series sweep … FSU now 33-7, 19-2 ACC … Miami 26-14, 12-9)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap (w/ video)  |  Miami Recap

• at #2 Florida 6-8-0 … def. #31 Georgia 3-9-0
(FL won series, 2-1; now 31-9, 11-7 … UGa 24-17, 8-10)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FL Recap (w/ video)  |  UGa Recap  |  Photos

Corey Littrell (Kentucky)

• at #3 Kentucky 7-11-1 … #4 LSU 6-10-0 
(KY won series, now 35-6, 13-5 SEC … LSU 32-9, 12-6)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  KY Recap  |  LSU Recap  |  Photos

• at #26 Oregon State 7-5-1 … def. #5 UCLA 6-12-3 
(OR-St. won series, 2-1; now 26-12, 8-7 Pac12 … UCLA 26-10, 11-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OR-St. Recap (w/ video)  |  UCLA Recap

• at #7 Baylor 7-9-3 … def. #8 Texas A&M 5-11-3
(series sweep … BAY now 35-7, 18-0 Big12 … A&M 28-12, 9-6)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  BAY Recap  |  A&M Recap  |  Quotes  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

Jharel Cotton (East Carolina)

• #29 East Carolina 4-8-0 … won at #11 Rice 3-12-2 
(Rice won series, 2-1 … ECU now 27-13, 9-5 CUSA … Rice 30-12, 11-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ECU Recap  |  Rice Recap

• at #12 Stanford 9-8-3 … def. #25 Arizona State 5-10-4 
(series sweep … STAN now 25-10, 8-7 Pac12 … ASU 24-16, 9-9)
Final Stats  |  STAN Recap  |  ASU Recap

Carlos Lopez (Cal State Fullerton)

• at #13 Cal State Fullerton 5-9-0 … def. #42 Cal Poly 4-12-1  (10 inn.)
(CSF won series, 2-1; now 26-13, 9-3 BW  … CP 22-16, 6-6)
Final Stats  |  CSF Recap  |  CP Recap

Jake Wise (Arkansas)

• #14 Arkansas 11-18-0 … won at #21 Mississippi 3-13-0
(OleMiss won series, 2-1 … ARK now 28-12, 9-9 SEC … OleMiss 27-13, 9-9)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ARK Recap  |  OleMiss Recap  |  Postgame Video (ARK)

Ryan Torgerson (Indiana State)

• at #47 Indiana State 7-10-0 … def. #33 Dallas Baptist 5-15-1  
(ISU won series, 2-1; now 31-10 …  DB  27-12)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ISU Recap  |  DB Recap  |  Video Highlights  |  Postgame Video

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SUNDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES  (April 22, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

upsets in italics

• #9 South Carolina 11-11-0 … won at Auburn 7-16-4
(series sweep … SC now 30-11, 11-7 SEC … AUB 21-19, 7-11)
Final Stats  |  SC Recap  |  AUB Recap  |  Photos

Washington State 10-13-0 … won at #10 Oregon 6-12-2  
(WSU won series 2-1; now 21-16, 7-8 Pac12 … ORE 27-12, 11-7)
Final Stats  |  WSU Recap  |  ORE Recap (w/ video links)\

Chase Anselment (Washington)

• at Washington 6-11-2 … def. #15 Arizona 5-10-0  (12 inn.) 
(AZ won series, 2-1 … WA now 20-17, 6-9 Pac12 … AZ 26-13, 12-6)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  WA Recap  |  AZ Recap

• #16 Purdue 8-15-1 … won at Nebraska 3-8-2
(PUR won series, 2-1; now 31-6, 12-3 BigTen … NEB 26-15, 8-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PUR Recap  |  NEB Recap

• #18 Central Florida 8-11-0 … won at Tulane 6-10-1
(series sweep … UCF now 34-8, 12-3 CUSA … Tulane 26-14, 5-7)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCF Recap (w/ video)  |  Tulane Recap

Michael Clemens (McNeese State)

• at #20 San Diego 7-16-1 … def. St. Mary’s 3-5-1 
(USD won series, 2-1; now  31-9, 9-3 WCC … SMC 18-19, 3-9)
Final Stats  |  USD Recap  |  SMC Recap

• at #23 Texas 7-6-0 … def. Kansas 2-4-1 
(TX won series, 2-1; now  23-14, 11-4 Big12 … KU 16-25, 4-11)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TX Recap  |  KU Recap  |  Quotes

• at McNeese State 5-8-1 … def. #24 Sam Houston State 1-3-0 
(SHSU won series, 2-1 … McN now 17-20, 11-10 SLC … SHSU 29-11, 17-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  McN Recap  |  SHSU Recap

Kris Gardner (Wichita State)

• at San Francisco 7-19-2 … def. #27 Gonzaga 4-13-2 
(series sweep … SanFran now 19-24, 6-6 WCC … GON 26-12, 6-6)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SanFran Recap  |  GON Recap  |  Video Recap

• at Wichita State 3-9-1 … def. #30 Missouri State 2-8-0 
(Mo-St won series, 2-1 …  WICH now 24-19, 6-6 MVC … MO-St. 29-12, 8-3)
Final Stats  |  WICH Recap  |  MO-St. Recap

• #32 Louisville 12-13-2 … won at South Florida 1-3-2  (resume from Sat.; DH, gm-1)
(LOU has clinched series, 2-0 … LOU now 28-11, 10-4 BE … SF 26-14, 10-4)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF |  LOU Recap  |  SF Recap

Derrick Stultz (South Florida)

• at South Florida 5-8-1 … def. #32 Louisville 1-6-0  (DH, gm-2)
(LOU won series, 2-1 … SF now 27-14, 11-4 … LOU 28-12, 10-5)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SF Recap  |  LOU Recap

• at San Diego State 5-8-2 … def. #35 TCU 3-10-1 
(TCU won series, 2-1 … SDSU now 19-23, 8-7 MtWest … TCU 23-14, 11-4)
Final Stats  |  SDSU Recap  |  TCU Recap  |  Notes

Ryan Doran (San Diego State)

• #36 Pepperdine 9-12-1 … won at Santa Clara 6-12-3
(PEP won series, 2-1; now 24-16, 7-5 WCC … SCU 19-18, 2-10)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PEP Recap  |  SCU Recap

• at #38 Oklahoma 7-9-1 … def. Alabama State 0-3-1 
(series sweep … OU now 26-14 … AS 16-26)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OU Recap (w/ video)  |  AS Recap

Brennan Metzger (Long Beach State)

• at Long Beach State 5-9-1 … def. #41 UC Irvine 4-10-0
(LB won series, 2-1; now 18-19, 9-3 BW … UCI 20-16, 5-7)
Final Stats  |  LB Recap  |  UCI Recap

• #44 Southeastern Louisiana 4-13-1 … won at Texas-San Antonio 2-7-1 
(SL won series, 2-1; now SL 28-13, 13-8 SLC … UTSA 17-23, 7-14)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SL Recap (w/ video)  |  UTSA Recap

• #47 Liberty 16-13-2 … won at UNC Asheville 6-10-3
(UNC-A won series, 2-1 … LIB now 32-12, 10-5 BigSo … UNC-A 19-22, 8-10)
… Final Stats  |  LIB Recap  |  UNC-A Recap

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