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Friday’s Top-50 Results/Links (3/19)

Pete LaFleur — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:01:31 +0000

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Upsets & Walk-Offs Highlight Friday Action … Three teams among the top-12 of the CB360 top-50 were upset on Friday, including #6 LSU (which lost at home for the third time over the past two weekends, 6-3 vs. #13 Arkansas). In another central-region game, BYU edged #9 TCU (5-4) in the second game of a Mountain West Conference doubleheader – while the ACC saw a major upset when Maryland knocked off #12 Georgia Tech (5-2). Alabama (#21 in the top-50) cashed in its homefield advantage for a minor upset, 4-1 over #17 Vanderbilt, while San Diego also capitalized on a home-field game to post a 6-3 upset of #22 Rice. front-page photo courtesy of Maryland

Friday’s other upsets of teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings included: Monmouth 11, at #26 East Carolina 9 … Utah 16, at #29 New Mexico 2 … at #32 Wichita State 5, #30 Washington State 3 .. and at Louisiana Tech 4, #39 Southern Mississippi 3.

In addition to three of the games mentioned above (LSU-Ark.; Ala.-Vandy; Wich.-WSU), there were three other games on Friday that pitted top-50 squad against one another: #7 Florida State 4, at #19 North Carolina 3 … at #11 Florida 7, #43 Mississippi State 2 … and #18 Mississippi 9, at #28 Kentucky 0

The Friday top-50 slate included several conferences series, in the Atlantic Coast, Big South, Big 12, Mountain West, Southeastern, Southern, Southland and Sun Belt – with most other leagues to begin conference play next weekend.

An expanded offering of pregame links and info. (including select starting pitching matchups) is posted below, along with a variety of postgame links (final stats, recaps from both teams, photos, video, etc.).

FRIDAY’S TOP-50 RESULTS & LINKS

(upsets in italics)

• at #1 Virginia 7, Boston College 1 | Final Stats
UVa Recap | BC Recap

• at #2 UCLA 20, Oral Roberts 4 | Final Stats
UCLA Recap | ORU Recap

• at #3 Arizona State 10, Houston 1 | Final Stats
ASU Recap | HOU Recap

• at #4 Texas 6, Nebraska 5 | Final Stats
TX Recap | NEB Recap

• at #5 Clemson 3, Virginia Tech 0 | Final Stats
CLEM Recap | VT Recap

• # 13 Arkansas 6, at #6 LSU 3 | Final Stats
ARK Recap | LSU Recap | Photos

• #7 Florida State 4, at #19 North Carolina 3 | Final Stats
FSU Recap | UNC Recap

• #8 Louisville 11, Ball State 7 | Final Stats
LOU Recap | BSU Recap | Photos

• at #9 TCU 11, BYU 3 (gm-1) | Final Stats
TCU Recap | BYU Recap

• BYU 5, at #9 TCU 4 (gm-2) | Final Stats
TCU Recap | BYU Recap

• at #10 Oregon State 18, Maine 3 | Final Stats
OS Recap | Maine Recap

• at #11 Florida 7, #43 Mississippi State 2 | Final Stats
FL Recap | MS Recap

• at Maryland 5, #12 Georgia Tech 2 | Final Stats
MD Recap | GT Recap

• #14 Coastal Carolina 7, Charleston Southern 5 | Final Stats
CC Recap | CS Recap

• #15 Oklahoma 7, Baylor 6 (gm-1) | Final Stats
OU Recap | BAY Recap | Photos | Video HiLites

• at #16 Stanford 9, Pepperdine 8 | Final Stats
STAN Recap | PEP Recap

• postponed game : Baylor leading 5-0 at #15 Oklahoma (b-3; resume Sunday, 3/21)

• at #21 Alabama 4, #17 Vanderbilt 1 | Final Stats
AL Recap | VAN Recap | Photos

• #18 Mississippi 9, at #28 Kentucky 0 | Final Stats
Ol’Miss Recap | KY Recap

• #20 Miami 3, at Duke 1 | Final Stats
MIA Recap | Duke Recap

• at San Diego 6, #22 Rice 4 | Final Stats
USD Recap | Rice Recap

• at #23 Texas A&M 6, Texas Tech 3 | Final Stats
A&M Recap | TT Recap

• #24 Southeastern Louisiana 6, at McNeese State 5 | Final Stats
SELA Recap | McN Recap

• Monmouth 11, at #26 East Carolina 9 | Final Stats
MON Recap | ECU Recap

• at #27 South Carolina 4, Tennessee 2 | Final Stats
SC Recap | TN Recap

• Utah 16, at #29 New Mexico 2 | Final Stats
Utah Recap | NM Recap

• at #32 Wichita State 5, #30 Washington State 3 | Final Stats
WICH Recap (w/ postgame video) | WashSt Recap

• #31 UC Irvine 6, Gonzaga 4 | Final Stats
UCI Recap | GON Recap

• at #33 Kansas State 4, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 0 (gm-1) | Final Stats
K-St Recap | WM Recap

• at #33 Kansas State 2, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1 (gm-2) | Final Stats
K-St Recap | WM Recap

• #34 Northwestern (La.) St. 4, at Stephen F. Austin 2 | Final Stats
NWLA Recap | SFA Recap

• #35 Citadel 5, at Elon 3 | Final Stats
CIT Recap | Elon Recap

• #36 Cal State Fullerton 9, at Washington 7 | Final Stats
CSF Recap | WA Recap

• #37 Western Kentucky 19, at Virginia Commonwealth 4 | Final Stats
WKU Recap | VCU Recap

• #38 Connecticut 15, at Sacred Heart 2 | Final Stats
UConn Recap | SH Recap

• at Louisiana Tech 4, #39 Southern Mississippi 3 | Final Stats
LT Recap | SM Recap

• #41 Ohio State 7, Eastern Illinois 6 (Winter Haven, FL) | Final Stats
OSU Recap | EIU Recap

• #41 Ohio State 9, Bucknell 7 (Winter Haven, FL) | Final Stats
OSU Recap | BUCK Recap

• #42 VMI 5, at High Point 3 | Final Stats
VMI Recap | HP Recap | Photos

• at #44 Liberty 8, Manhattan 4 | Final Stats
LIB Recap | MAN Recap

• at #45 Oregon 16, Nevada 2 | Final Stats

ORE Recap | NV Recap

• at #46 Villanova 2, Niagara 1 | Final Stats
VILL Recap | NIA Recap

• #47 Texas State 12, at Sam Houston State 5 | Final Stats
TS Recap | SH Recap

• #48 North Carolina State 17, Wake Forest 6 | Final Stats
NCS Recap | WF Recap | Photos

• #49 Louisiana-Lafayette 3, at South Alabama 1 | Final Stats
LL Recap | USA Recap

• at #50 Hawaii 15, Air Force 7 | Final Stats
HI RECAP | AFA Recap

FRIDAY’S BIG-GAME MATCHUPS

(all in top-50 of CB360 Composite National Rankings)

FRIDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES

• 10:30 a.m. ET – #41 Ohio State vs. Eastern Illinois (Winter Haven, FL)
coverage – Live Stats
OSU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide

• 1:30 ET – #41 Ohio State vs. Bucknell (Winter Haven, FL)
coverage – Live Stats
OSU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide

• 3:00 ET – Manhattan at #44 Liberty
coverage – Live Stats
LIB info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide

• 3:15 ET – Niagara at #46 Villanova
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
VILL info. – Roster | 2010 Stats | Season Preview

• 3:30 ET – #38 Connecticut at Sacred Heart
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
UConn info. – Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts

• 4:00 ET (3CT) – #34 Northwestern (La.) State at Stephen F. Austin
coverage – Live Stats
NWLA info. – Series Preview | Games Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide

• 6:00 ET – Boston College at #1 Virginia
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
UVa info. – Preview | Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats
BC info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats
UVa starter – so. LHP Danny Hultzen (1.04, 3-1, 26 IP, 31 K/3 BB, 13 H/.146) …
BC starter – RHP Kevin Moran (10.54, 1-2, 13.2 IP, 7 K/11 BB, 20 H/.351)

• 7:00 ET – Tennessee at #27 South Carolina
live coverage – Live Stats | TN Audio | Live Video
SC info. – Game Notes | Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
SC starter – sr. RHP Blake Cooper (3.28, 3-0, 24.2 IP, 24 K/9 BB, 16 H/.195) …
TN starter – jr. LHP Bryan Morgado (5.16, 2-1, 22.2 IP, 29 K/11 BB, 15 H/.188))

• 7:00 ET – #37 Western Kentucky at Virginia Commonwealth
coverage – Live Stats
WKU info.: Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts (top-menu link)

• 7:00 ET (6CT) – #49 Louisiana-Lafayette at South Alabama
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
LL info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats

• 7:30 ET (630 CT) – #47 Texas State at Sam Houston State
coverage – Live Stats
TX-St info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts

• 8:00 ET – Nevada at #45 Oregon
coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
ORE info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide

• 9:00 ET (6:00 PT) – Oral Roberts at #2 UCLA
coverage – Live Stats
UCLA info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
ORU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
UCLA starter – so. RHP Gerrit Cole (2/10, 4-0, 25.2 IP, 41 K/4 BB, 12 H/.136) …
ORU starter – so. RHP Drew Bowen (8.83, 1-1, 17.1 IP, 15 K/8 BB, 30 H/.395)

• 9:00 ET (6PT) – Gonzaga at #31 UC-Irvine
• coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
• UCI info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Quick Facts

• 9:30 ET (630 PT) – Pepperdine at #16 Stanford
coverage – Live Stats | Live Video
STAN info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide

• 12:30 a.m. ET (3/20; 730 HT, 3/19) – Air Force at #50 Hawaii
coverage – Live Stats
Hawaii info. – Games Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats

Idle Top-50 Teams: #25 Kansas & #40 Michigan State

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College Baseball Notebook-Week 2

Sean Stires — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:01:33 +0000

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A By The Numbers Look At The First Full Week Of The Season

3…Weekend wins over Stanford by Texas. The Longhorns had dropped 2 of 3 games at home to New Mexico on opening weekend, while the Cardinal had started the season with a home 3-game sweep of Rice.

20-5…Combined score of Texas’ three wins.

1…Home run by Longhorn DH Russell Moldenhauer in the series. The single longball surpasses his 2009 regular season total. All four of Moldenhauer’s home runs last season were at the College World Series.

Jason Mitchell (UTA photo)

0…Hits allowed in five innings of relief by UT pitcher Cole Green. He fanned 6 with no walks in the series finale.

18…Strikeouts by UT Arlington pitcher Jason Mitchell in Friday’s win over Missouri State. Mitchell lost a no-hitter with one out to go in the game, which the Mavericks won 1-0 in 14 innings. The 18 Ks breaks a school and Southland Conference record. He struck out at least two batters in all but the 8th inning (1).

0…Runs allowed in 5 innings of relief in that same game by Arlington reliever Adam Boydston, who fanned 8 himself with just one walk and one hit allowed.

2…Wins in three games by TCU at Cal State Fullerton over the weekend.

4…Home losses by the Titans already this season.

8…Home losses by Fullerton in 2009.

2…Losses in his first two starts by Cal State Fullerton pitcher Daniel Renken after allowing 3 ER in 6 IP in Friday’s loss to the Horned Frogs.

3…Losses by Renken all of last year.

2…Wins by #19 Coastal Carolina over #4 UC Irvine on Saturday in Myrtle Beach, SC.

9…Runs in the 8^th inning of game two of the doubleheader by the Chanticleers to beat the Anteaters 13-6.

2…Combined losses by Irvine pitchers Daniel Bibona and Eric Pettis in Saturday’s twin bill.

3…Combined losses by Bibona and Pettis in 2009.

109…Pitches thrown in 5 1/3 IP by Bibona in his loss.

119…Pitches thrown in 6 2/3 IP by Pettis in his loss.

5…RBIs by Coastal Carolina catcher Jose Iglesias in the doubleheader sweep. He was 6-for-8 at the plate in the games.

6…Runs scored by Irvine in the 8th inning on Sunday to beat James Madison 15-9 for their only win in Myrtle Beach. In addition to their losses to Coastal Carolina the Anteaters also fell to North Carolina State.

Greg Peavey (OSU photo)

8…Strikeouts and earned runs allowed in 3 ½ innings by Tennessee’s Bryan Morgado in Friday’s 17-1 loss

to Oregon State.

0…Runs allowed with 9 strikeouts by Oregon State’s Greg Peavey in Sunday’s 1-0 win over the Vols. Peavey allowed just three hits with one walk in his first win of the season.

0.64…Peavey’s ERA in his first 14 innings pitched this season.

9…Strikeouts in 6 innings by Louisville pitcher Thomas Royse in Friday’s 2-0 win over Michigan.

10…Strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings by Todd McInnis in 26th ranked Southern Mississippi’s 8-2 loss to LeMoyne.

2 of 3…Games Southern Miss. dropped to LeMoyne after falling 12-11 in the series finale.

20…Runners left on base by the Golden Eagles in the pair of defeats.

5…RBIs by Dolphin LF Chris Edomonson in the 12-11 win over USM.

84…Runs scored by Arizona State in its 7-0 start to the season.

18…Runs allowed by the Sun Devils (two unearned) for a 2.36 staff ERA.

15…Runs and hits by Georgia Tech in Saturday’s 15-0 win over Xavier.

1…Win over a top 10 team in the history of Xavier baseball after Sunday’s 7-6 win over #4 Georgia Tech.

4 & 3…Respective errors and unearned runs allowed by the Yellow Jackets in their first loss of 2010.

13…Errors in three games committed by Notre Dame en-route to a 1-2 weekend at the Big Ten/Big East Challenge.

Maine's Jeffrey Gibbs

6…Of those errors committed by the Fighting Irish in Sunday’s 8-7 10-inning win over Penn State.

1…Win this season for Maine (1-5) after Saturday’s 5-3 upset of #12 North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

1…Career win for Black Bear pitcher Jeffrey Gibbs, who earned the win vs. the Tar Heels. He struckout seven and allowed 2 ER in 5 1/3 IP.

2…Career starts by Gibbs-a 6’4-190 lb. freshman from Toronto, Ontario.

12…Strikeouts in 7 IP by Virginia sophomore Danny Hultzen in a 13-0 win over Rhode Island. The lefty allowed no runs and no walks on two hits to improve to 2-0.

43…Runs scored by the Cavs in their 3-game sweep of URI while allowing just 7 runs to improve to 6-1.

Manhattan's John Soldinger

0…Runs allowed in 4 IP by Manhattan freshman reliever John Soldinger in Sunday’s 12-7 win over the 10th ranked Miami Hurricanes.

7…Earned runs allowed in 5 IP by Jasper starting pitcher Mike Gazzola who got credit for the win after exiting with his team leading 9-5.

7 & 9…Combined runs scored and RBIs, respectively, by Manhattan 2-5 batters Mark Onorati, Mike McCann, Chad Salem, and Austin Sheffield in the upset of the Hurricanes. The quartet also combined to hit .500 (10-for-20).

6-0…Washington State’s record after Sunday’s 10-7 win over Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX. It’s Wazzou’s best start since going 9-0 to start the 1988 season.

Brian Fletcher (Auburn photo)

4, 11 & 13…Home runs, RBIs & runs scored by New Mexico State shortstop Ryan Aguayo. The junior hit .440 with an 1.120 slugging percentage in six games last week.

3…Of Aguayo’s home runs that came in one game-a 17-5 win over Akron. He hit half of the Aggies’ 6 HRs in the contest.

4 & 9…Home runs and RBIs by Eastern Kentucky’s Anthony Ottrando in the Colonel’s season-opening 3-game series vs. Western Carolina.

11…RBIs with 3 home runs in 3 games by Auburn’s Brian Fletcher. His 10th inning walk-off home run gave the Tigers a Friday win over Boston College.

15…Strikeouts in 7 IP by Ole Miss lefty Drew Pomeranz in a win over Oakland. He allowed just a run on a solo HR.

8-0…The deficit top-ranked LSU faced in the middle of the 6th inning at home Saturday vs. William & Mary. The Tigers scored 8 runs in the bottom of the 6th and then added two more runs in the 7th to win 10-9.

22…Years since LSU had overcome as big a deficit. They came back from 10 runs down to beat Ole Miss in 1988.

13 1/3…Total innings pitched in two outings last week by Kansas pitcher Cameron Selik. The junior allowed just one earned run with 10 strikeouts vs. Eastern Michigan and Sacramento State.