Sunday’s College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard/Wrapup

March 6, 2011
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Nebraska reprised its game-2, extra-inning win over UCLA (cb360 #4) by topping the Bruins again, 5-4 in 11 innings, to take the series on a leadoff, 1st-pitch home run by Bryan Peters. Nine other teams posted Sunday upsets of CB360 top-50 teams – including #8 Clemson squaring its rivalry series against #5 South Carolina (10-5) and Princeton’s 8-7 game at #14 LSU.  front-page photo courtesy of Nebraska

Bryan Peters send a 1st-pitch, leadof home run onto the leftfield berm for a 10-inning, series-clinching win over #4 UCLA.

Sunday’s series-clinching games included: #11 Texas topping #12 Stanford (4-2) … #6 Florida State winning 7-5 at Georgia … and two other teams that joined Nebraska in posting series upsets against top-50 teams (Tulane 3-1 finale at #32 Mississippi and Santa Clara 6-3 at #33 San Jose State).

Baylor's Max Muncy

There were 37 games on Sunday involving CB360 top-50 teams and the higher-ranked teams won 73% of the games (27-10). In addition to games mentioned above, Sunday’s other top-50 upsets included: #31 Baylor 12-8 vs. #18 Rice, winning on Max Muncy’s 10th-inn. grand-slam (at Minute Maid Park) … #28 Connecticu 3-1 vs. #20 California (at San Diego) … Texas Arlington 9-3 vs. #29 Wichita State South Alabama 14-3 vs. #36 Washington State (in Tucson, AZ) … and Louisiana-Lafayette 8-4 at #41 Southern Mississippi.

Sunday’s other head-to-head matchups of CB360 top-50 teams saw #1 Florida completed its sweep of #24 Miami (5-3) while #9 TCU similarly won again at #37 Texas Tech.

Clemson's Spencer Kieboom

SUNDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (3/6/11)
(based on CB360 Composite National Ranking
s … upsets in italics)

at #1 Florida 5-9-0 def. #24 Miami 3-8-1 … series sweep
Final Stats | FL Recap | MIA Recap

at #8 Clemson 10-15-1 def. #5 South Carolina 5-5-4 (Greenville, SC) … series tied
Final Stats | CLEM Recap | SC Recap

#9 TCU 8-15-0 won at #37 Texas Tech 1-3-1 … series sweep
Final Stats | TCU Recap | TT Recap |  Photos |  Video Highlights |  Postgame Video |  Quotes |  Notes

at #11 Texas 4-7-1 def. #12 Stanford 2-8-0 … series-clincher
Final Stats | TX Recap | STAN Recap |  Photos |  Quotes

UConn's Matt Barnes

#16 Oregon 4-5-0 at #49 Long Beach State 1-3-0 … series-clincher
Final Stats | ORE Recap | LBSU Recap

#31 Baylor 12-15-2 def. #18 Rice 8-11-1  (10 inn.; Minute Maid Park; Houston)
Final Stats | BAY Recap | Rice Recap |  Quotes

#28 Connecticut 3-6-1 def. #20 California 1-5-2 (at San Diego)
Final Stats | UConn Recap | Cal Recap

SUNDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (3/6/11)
(based on CB360 Composite National Ranking
s … upsets in italics)

at #2 Vanderbilt 6-13-4 def. Brown 5-6-3 (gm-1)
Final Stats | VAN Recap (w/ video) | Brown Recap

at #2 Vanderbilt 6-9-1 def. Brown 3-6-0 (7-inn.; gm-2) … series swweep
Final Stats | VAN Recap (w/ video) | Brown Recap | Photos | More Video

#3 Oklahoma 13-20-1 won at San Diego State 5-13-1
Final Stats | OU Recap | SDSU Recap

at Nebraska 5-13-2 def. #4 UCLA 4-11-3 (11 inn.) … series-clincher
Final Stats | NEB Recap | UCLA Recap |  Postgame Audio |  Audio (final HR)

#6 Florida State 7-7-0 won at Georgia 5-9-1 … series-clincher
Final Stats | FSU Recap | GA Recap

Princeton's Nate Baird

#7 Arizona State 5-14-1 def. UC Riverside 4-10-0 (12 inn.; Surprise, AZ)
Final Stats | ASU Recap | UCR Recap

#10 Cal State Fullerton 2-3-1 won at USC 1-4-1 … series sweep
Final Stats | CSF Recap | USC Recap (w/ video)

Princeton 8-9-3 won at #14 LSU 7-6-2 … LSU won series 2-1
Final Stats | PRIN Recap | LSU Recap |  Photos |  Video Highlights

#15 Texas A&M 11-15-1 def. Houston 4-4-2 (Minute Maid Park; Houston)
Final Stats | A&M Recap | HOU Recap

at #17 Arizona 9-12-0 def. Utah Valley 3-9-1 … series sweep
Final Stats | AZ Recap | UV Recap

#19 Fresno State at UC Davis – canceled (no makeup) … FRES won series 2-0

#22 UC Irvine at St. Mary’s – rainout (no makeup) … series ended 2-2

Texas Arlington's Preston Buck

at #25 Georgia Tech 14-17-3 def. Rutgers 3-7-2 … series sweep
Final Stats | GT Recap | RUT Recap

at #26 Arkansas 7-6-2 def. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 3-10-1 … series sweep
Final Stats | ARK Recap | MIL Recap

at #27 College of Charleston 24-17-3 def. New York Tech 4-6-8
Final Stats | CofC Recap | NYT Recap

at Texas Arlington 9-14-2 def. #29 Wichita State 3-11-5
Final Stats | UTA Recap | WICH Recap |  Photos

at #30 Louisville 1-3-0 def. Kent State 0-6-1 … series sweep
Final Stats | LOU Recap (w/ postgame audio) | Kent-St Recap |  Photos

Tulane 3-5-0 won at #32 Mississippi 1-6-0 … series-clincher
Final Stats | TUL Recap | OleMiss Recap

Santa Clara 6-11-1 won at #33 San Jose State 3-9-0 … series-clincher
Final Stats | SCU Recap | SJ-St Recap

at #34 Southeastern Louisiana 10-11-1 def. Sacred Heart 0-4-1 (gm-1)
Final Stats | SE-La. Recap | SH Recap

at #34 Southeastern Louisiana 11-9-1 def. Sacred Heart 3-7-1 (gm-2) … SE-La. leads 4-gm series (2-1)
Final Stats |  SE-La. Recap | SH Recap

South Alabama's Dustin Crenshaw

South Alabama 14-25-1 def. #36 Washington State 3-11-0 (Tucson, AZ)
Final Stats | SoAL Recap | WSU Recap

at #38 Oregon State 9-10-0 def. Hartford 1-6-2 (gm-1)
Final Stats | OrSt Recap | HART Recap

at #38 Oregon State 13-10-0 def. Hartford 2-7-1 (gm-2) … 4-gm series sweeo
Final Stats | OrSt Recap | HART Recap

at #39 Alabama 9-12-0 def. Northwestern (La.) State 0-3-0 … series sweep
Final Stats | AL Recap | NW-La. Recap |  Quotes/Notes

at #41 Southern Mississippi 6-7-0 def. Louisiana-Lafayette 5-8-2 (gm-1)
Final Stats | SoMiss Recap | ULL Recap

Louisiana Lafayette's Mike Petello

Louisiana Lafayette 8-9-1 won at #41 Southern Mississippi 4-7-2 (7-inn.; gm-2) … So-Miss won series 2-1
Final Stats | ULL Recap | SoMiss Recap |  Photos

at #42 Loyola Marymount 4-8-0 def. Hawaii 1-4-1 … series ended 2-2
Final Stats | LMU Recap | HI Recap

#44 Oklahoma State 16-18-1 def. Minnesota 2-9-2 (Tucson, AZ)
Final Stats | OkSt Recap | MN Recap

UNC Asheville at #45 Charlotte rainout (no makeup) … CHAR won series 2-0

at #46 Kansas State 14-15-1 def. Western Illinois 7-9-2 (gm-1)
Final Stats | K-St Recap | WIU Recap

at #46 Kansas State 7-12-0 def. Western Illinois 6-11-2 (13-inn.; gm-2) … 4-gm series sweep
Final Stats | K-St Recap | WIU Recap |  Photos

#48 St. John’s 7-10-2 won at Georgia Southern 3-8-2
Final Stats | SJU Recap | GS Recap (w/ postgame video)

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