This is your SLC recap for April 9th.
UT Arlington 7 #22 Southeastern Louisiana 6
Chad Comer went 4-for-5 and hit the game-winning, two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to give UT Arlington a 7-6 victory over No. 22 Southeastern Louisiana in front of 789 fans Friday night at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field.
This is your Big 12 Recap for April 9th.
#6 Texas 3 Kansas 2
The No. 6 Texas Longhorns won the series opener against the Kansas Jayhawks in dramatic fashion with a walk-off sacrifice fly in the 11th inning for the 3-2 victory.
Jordan Weymouth hit a one-out, pinch-hit triple, and after Kevin Lusson was hit by a pitch, the Longhorns had runners on first and third. Tim Maitland, who replaced Connor Rowe in the outfield, then delivered a fly ball deep enough to rightfield to bring Weymouth home, and give Texas the win.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — No. 5 Virginia’s 7-4 Friday victory against No. 2 Georgia Tech at home is really hard to capture in words—it’s hard to describe a game that was both a pitcher’s duel and an amazing display of hitting, and featured both 24 total strikeouts from the pitchers and five home runs from the batters.
This game met all of the nationally-acclaimed hype nonetheless—the record 4,155 fans that attended the game in Charlottesville were treated to an amazing game of baseball from two top teams.
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ILLINOIS def. IOWA, 9-8
Recap and Box Score
A three-run eighth capped an Illinois comeback on Friday night as the Fighting Illini took Game 1 of the series, 9-8, retaining a share of first place in the Big Ten. Casey McMurray led the Illinois offense, going 4-for-6 with three RBI and a run scored. Brian de la Torriente picked up the win in relief, while Bryan Roberts converted on his fourth consecutive save opportunity with two shutout innings. Michael Jacobs was tagged with the loss in relief, coming on for Jarred Hippen, who scattered five earned runs on 10 hits in six innings with seven strikeouts. Ryan Durant led the Hawkeyes at the plate, going 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run.
Here is your SEC Recap for April 9th.
#3 LSU 14 Auburn 10
AUBURN, Ala. – Third-ranked LSU struck for six first-inning runs Friday night and held off a late Auburn rally as the Tigers posted a 14-10 victory at Plainsman Park.
Game 2 of the series will start at 2 p.m. CT. The game may be heard on the LSU Sports Radio Network, and audio and live stats are available at www.LSUsports.net.
Saturday’s game will be televised by SportSouth (Cable Ch. 38 in Baton Rouge), and it may also be viewed at www.ESPN3.com.
Here is your ACC Recap for April 9th.
#5 Virginia 7 #2 Georgia Tech 4
#8 Florida State 10 Wake Forest 1
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Seventh-ranked Florida State (23-7, 8-5 ACC) began its second road trip to the Carolinas on the right foot defeating Wake Forest (10-22, 2-11 ACC) 10-1 Friday evening on Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park. The Seminoles tied a season-high with three home runs while capturing their sixth straight win over the Demon Deacons.
As is customary with a seven team league the first weekend of WAC play sees six of the seven teams in action including New Mexico State who holds the nation’s longest active winning at 11 games. Five of the seven teams in the league have a .500 or better record coming into league play and holds a 107-88-1 record against non-conference opponents.
The SEC enters its fourth weekend of action seeing South Carolina visiting Vanderbilt in the only matchup between two ranked squads. The rest of the matchups see Alabama visiting Kentucky, Arkansas at Mississippi State, LSU at Auburn, Florida at Tennessee, and Ole Miss at Georgia. LSU leads the Western Division with a 7-2 SEC record while South Carolina leads the Eastern Division also with a 7-2 conference record. Read the rest of this entry »
The ACC enters the fifth weekend of conference action this week which is headlined by number 2 ranked Georgia Tech visiting the Virginia Cavaliers in the marquee matchup. The other matchups see the Florida State Seminoles going to Winston Salem to take on Wake Forest, Miami (FL) visiting Virginia Tech, Clemson at Duke, NC State visiting UNC, and Boston College hosting Maryland. Read the rest of this entry »
The College Baseball Blog continues our weekly countdown to the release of the 2010 NCAA Regional Brackets. The brackets are done as if the NCAA Tournament was set to start today. We used the RPI provided by Boyd’s World. The RPI changes dramatically every week as schools get into the meat of their conference schedules. You can check out the full bracket below which is our best estimate right now. Read the rest of this entry »
Men’s Head Basketball Coach Fred Hill is reportedly being let go by Rutgers University on Thursday, according to Jeff Goodman of FoxSports.com The incident that is reportedly leading to the firing happened at the conclusion of the Pitt-Rutgers baseball game last Thursday at Bainton Field. Fred Hill’s father, Fred, is the longtime coach of the Rutgers Baseball team. It happened on April Fool’s Day, but this was no joke. Below is a recap of what happened, as told by Jerry Carino of MyCentralJersey.com on his Hoops Haven Blog:
Here is your SEC Recap for April 7th.
#3 LSU 6 Southern Miss 5 (12 innings)
METAIRIE, La. – Pinch hitter Wet Delatte lined a walk-off single in the bottom of the 12th inning to lift No. 3 LSU to a 6-5 victory over Southern Mississippi Wednesday night in the annual Wally Pontiff Jr. Classic in front of 9,370 fans Wednesday night at Zephyr Field.
After Southern Miss second baseman Taylor Walker launched a solo homer in the in the top of the twelfth, the Tigers (25-4) responded in the bottom of the frame when pinch hitter Mason Katz doubled off the wall in left field and Leon Landry ripped a triple into right that scored Katz and knotted the game at 5-5.
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)
