BIG 12 BASEBALL NOTES
Ø The Big 12 has defeated at least one ranked non-conference opponent over the last eight weeks. The league is 160-66-1 (.707) against other conferences in 2009.
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FROM USA BASEBALL
(DURHAM, N.C.) – USA Baseball announced Tuesday a list of 17 initial invitees to the 2009 USA Baseball National Team Trials to be held at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C., June 15-24.
The National Team Trials will be comprised of 36 collegiate players vying for a spot on the final 22-man roster to be announced on June 24. Read the rest of this entry »
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Dartmouth’s Mike Pagliarulo (Winchester, Mass.) found his power stroke this week, blasting four home runs in the five games he started while driving in a team-high 11 runs. He cranked his first homer, a solo shot, against Vermont before sending three out of the park in the final three games at Yale. His three-run shot in the first game Sunday gave Dartmouth a quick 3-0 lead in the first, then he capped the series finale with a grand slam in the ninth. Read the rest of this entry »
Nick Amhed (Media Credit: Ryan Sayers)
Here are some of the best links from Around the Nation for today.
Jim Foster of URI was recently featured in the Providence Journal about how he tries to keep all the potential College Baseball players in the state of Rhode Island home. Freshman Nick Amhed of UConn recently had to step into the big shoes of Michael Olt who went down with a wrist injury. The next article comes from The State in South Carolina which talks about a scary situation in the Auburn and South Carolina game on Friday night. Auburn pitcher Chris O’Neill took a line drive off of DeAngelo Mack’s bat in the forehead. The last article features Indian River State College baseball team who have had a tough season but could put themselves into postseason play with victories over the next two days. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
Miami, April 20, 2009 – Miami Dade College’s (MDC) baseball team is once again in the spotlight. On Apr. 17, the Sharks captured a third consecutive, and seventh in nine years, Southern Conference Championship with a 6-2 win over Indian River State College. Read the rest of this entry »
DENVER, CO – Louisiana Tech outfielder Devon Dageford and left-handed pitcher Mike Jefferson have been named the Western Athletic Conference Baseball Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for Apr. 13-19.
Dageford, a junior from Beatrice, Neb. (Beatrice HS), helped the Bulldogs to a 5-0 record last week, including a 4-0 mark against WAC foe Fresno State. Dageford batted .476 (10-for-21) with nine runs scored, nine RBI, three home runs, a triple, two walks and a stolen base. Dageford just missed achieving the cycle against Northwestern State as he went 3-for-3 at the plate with a triple, home run and a single, in order. He helped Louisiana Tech to an 11-9 victory over Fresno State as he hit a walk-off, two-run homer in game one of the series. Dageford also recorded 13 putouts without recording an error in right field.
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Matt Cerione (left) collected two ninth inning game-winning hits to lift Georgia to a series victory over Arkansas. (ESPN Photo)
With a weekend full of exciting baseball and some surprises, the SEC conference provided plenty of entertainment. The spotlight series of the weekend was Arkansas at Georgia, and the two teams played three hard-fought games, with all three games decided by a total of four runs. LSU entered the weekend with what looked like an easy weekend opponent in Tennessee, but the Volunteers marched into the new Alex Box Stadium and took two of three from the Bayou Bengals. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
P.J. Polk • Tennessee
Sophomore • OF • Murfreesboro, Tenn.
BROOKLINE MASS.- A lot of words could be used to describe Northeastern sophomore JT Ross’s pitching performance Monday.
Amazing. Dominating. Outstanding.
Or how about simply one of the best outings longtime NU head coach Neil McPhee has ever seen? Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Georgia Tech’s Jeff Rowland has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Week, while North Carolina’s Alex White received Pitcher of the Week honors following their performances during the period of April 13-19. Read the rest of this entry »
Kenny Burns of Rhode Island robs Mike Tamsin (Northeastern) of a sixth inning home run with an outstanding catch on April 20th. The catch did not help the Rams as J.T. Ross tossed a one hitter as the Huskies rolled 12-1 over the Rhode Island Rams.
Special thanks to Play by Play man Keith Lavon and Nate Owen for sending us the video.
MAC East Division Player of the Week
Adam Eaton, Miami, Right Fielder
Sophomore, Springfield, Ohio (Kenton Ridge)
Eaton led Miami to a weekend sweep of Buffalo in which the RedHawks scored 44 runs. The sophomore homered twice in game two of the series (game one of Saturday’s doubleheader) and scored four runs while driving in three runs. Eaton finished the week batting .500 (10-for-20), two homeruns, two triples, eight RBI’s and 10 runs scored. Read the rest of this entry »
2012 CBD All-American Teams Announced
Top 100 Countdown: 1. Mark Appel (Stanford)
Top 100 Countdown: 2. Mike Zunino (Florida)
Top 100 Countdown: 3. Deven Marrero (Arizona State)
Top 100 Countdown: 4. Michael Roth (South Carolina)
