ASU & UCLA upset on same day (again) …
There were six games on Tuesday involving head-to-head matchups between teams in the CB360 top-50 (Composition National Rankings) – and five of those games resulted in upsets. The top teams in the CNR both lost on Tuesday, as #21 Arizona won at #1 Arizona State (4-2) and #50 Long Beach State posted a shockingly easy victory at #2 UCLA (16-4).
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(reminder: the CNR numbers referenced on this page are from the April 14 update, with the most updated CNR set to be released soon).
While the two west-coast upsets surely will grab plenty of headlines, a game in the middle of the country was noteworthy on several levels – as #18 Western Kentucky (coming off a 0-3 series at Florida Atlantic) left no doubt in beating Kentucky (#40 in the CNR) for the second time over the past few weeks. The largest crowd ever to witness a college baseball game in the state of Kentucky (6,183) saw WKU score 16 times in the third inning (all without recording a single out!), en route to the 24-8 victory.
In addition to the upset wins by Arizona and Long Beach State, three other teams – #19 Oklahoma (8-3 vs. #13 TCU), #32 Texas A&M (7-1 vs. #28 Rice) and #39 College of Charleston (16-7 at #29 Citadel) – also won head-to-head showdowns vs. higher-ranked CB360 top-50 teams.
Tuesday’s schedule originally included 33 games involving CB360 top-50 teams, with four rainouts and nine total upsets (five mentioned above, plus: San Francisco 9, at #34 New Mexico 5 … at Tulane 6, #35 Southeastern Louisiana 0 …VCU 11, at #42 VMI 4 … and Kent State 16, at #43 Pittsburgh 3).
Here’s the full results from Tuesday games involving CB360 top-50 teams (includes postgame links).
Tuesday’s Top-50 Results (CB360 Composite National Rankings; 4/20/10; upsets in italics)
• #23 Arizona 4, at #1 Arizona State 2 | Final Stats
AZ Recap | ASU Recap
• #50 Long Beach State 16, at #2 UCLA 4 | Final Stats
LB Recap | UCLA Recap
• at #3 Virginia 11, Richmond 3 | Final Stats
VA Recap | RICH Recap | Video HiLites
• at #4 Arkansas 9, Oral Roberts 5 | Final Stats
ARK Recap | ORU Recap
• at #5 Texas 21, Texas Arlington 2 | Final Stats
TX Recap | UTA Recap
• at #6 Georgia Tech 6, Georgia Southern 2 | Final Stats
GT Recap | GS Recap
• Charleston Southern at #8 Florida State – canceled
(called due to lightning, 5-5 in b-3rd; no makeup; play 4/21 as scheduled)
• #10 LSU 14, Northwestern (La.) State 3 (in Shreveport, LA) | Final Stats
LSU Recap | NWLA Recap | Video HiLites
• at #12 South Carolina 4, South Carolina-Upstate 2 | Final Stats
SC Recap | SC-U Recap
• at #19 Oklahoma 8, #13 TCU 3 | Final Stats
OU Recap | TCU Recap
• at #15 Miami 5, Bethune-Cookman 2 | Final Stats
MIA Recap | BC Recap
• at #17 Cal State Fullerton 12, Pepperdine 5 | Final Stats
CSF Recap | PEP Recap
• at #18 Western Kentucky 24, #40 Kentucky 8 | Final Stats
WKU Recap | KY Recap
• at #20 Mississippi 7, Southern Mississippi 2 | Final Stats
OleMiss Recap (w/ Video HiLites) | SoMiss Recap
• #21 Vanderbilt 13, at Lipscomb 10 | Final Stats
VAN Recap | LIP Recap
• University of the Pacific at #22 California – canceled (makeup 4/21; 2:30 PT)
• at #24 Auburn 16, Troy 3 | Final Stats
AUB Recap | Troy Recap | Photos
• #25 Virginia Tech 16, at Radford 6 | Final Stats
VT Recap | RAD Recap
• #27 Kansas State 7, at Wichita State 4 | Final Stats
K-St Recap | WICH Recap
• #31 Oregon 7, at Gonzaga 2 | Final Stats
ORE Recap | GON Recap
• at #32 Texas A&M 7, #28 Rice 1 | Final Stats
A&M Recap | Rice Recap
• #39 College of Charleston 16, at #29 The Citadel 7 | Final Stats
CC Recap | CIT Recap
• #30 Connecticut 12, at Fairfield 2 | Final Stats
UConn Recap | FAIR Recap
• #33 UC Irvine 9, at San Diego State 4 | Final Stats
UCI Recap | SDSU Recap
• San Francisco 9, at #34 New Mexico 5 | Final Stats
USF Recap | NM Recap
• at Tulane 6, #35 Southeastern Louisiana o | Final Stats
TUL Recap | SELA Recap
• at #38 Baylor 9, Sam Houston State 5 | Final Stats
BAY Recap | SHS Recap | Quotes
• at #41 Kansas 11, Benedictine 2 | Final Stats (PDF)
KU Recap | BEN Recap
• Virginia Commonwealth 11, at #42 VMI 4 | Final Stats
VCU Recap | VMI Recap
• Kent State 16, at #43 Pittsburgh 3 | Final Stats
KSU Recap | Pitt Recap
• Santa Clara at #45 Stanford – canceled (makeup 4/21, at 5:30 PT)
• #46 San Diego at UC Riverside – canceled (possible makeup TBA)
• at #48 Michigan State 6, Western Michigan 3 | Final Stats
MSU Recap (w/ Weber audio) | WMU Recap