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Here is your Ivy League Recap for April 3rd.
Game 1: Penn 8 Brown 6
Game 2: Brown 11 Penn 5
Philadelphia, PA – The Brown baseball team kicked off its Ivy League season on Saturday afternoon, earning a road split against Penn, winning the second game 11-5 after dropping a tough 8-6 opener. Sophomore Mike DiBiase had a big day at the plate, going 5-6 with three RBI’s and two walks over the doubleheader.
Here is your Patriot League Recap for April 3rd.
Game 1: Holy Cross 19 Army 1
Game 2: Army 9 Holy Cross 7
WORCESTER, Mass. - Kevin McKague collected two hits and worked out of a pair of late-inning jams on the mound to earn his fourth save of the season as Army registered a 9-7 victory over Holy Cross to earn a split of the teams’ Patriot League doubleheader, Saturday afternoon at Fitton Field. Holy Cross pounded the Black Knights 19-1 in the opener.
Clint Moore and McKague slapped RBI doubles against Holy Cross starter Matt Croglio in the bottom of the first inning of the second game, staking Army starter Kirk Porter to an early 2-0 lead. Holy Cross responded with two runs in the second inning and one in the third to forge ahead 3-2. A run-scoring double by David Darnell in the fourth leveled the score at 3-3.
Here is your SEC Recap for April 3rd.
Georgia 12 #4 LSU 6
BATON ROUGE, LA. — Sophomore Levi Hyams and freshman Kyle Farmer combined to drive in seven runs, and a trio of senior pitchers led Georgia to a 12-6 win over fourth-ranked LSU Saturday in front of 7,468 at Alex Box Stadium.
Georgia (10-16, 2-6 SEC) was on the verge of a fast start against LSU right-hander Austin Ross in the first. With one out, third baseman Beau Didier’s miscue of a grounder by Peter Verdin allowed him to advance to second. Hyams (3-for-4, 4 RBI) drilled a single up the middle to give Georgia a 1-0 edge. Sophomore Zach Cone followed with a single to extend his hitting streak to 16 games. With runners at the corners, Ross recovered to retire Robert Shipman (2-for-4, 2 RBI) and Zach Taylor to keep it 1-0. LSU (22-4, 6-2 SEC) answered in the bottom of the inning. Mikie Mahtook led off with a double off Bulldog senior Jeff Walters and eventually scored on a groundout by first baseman Blake Dean to the contest at 1-all.
Here is your ACC Recap for April 3rd.
#1 Virginia 8 NC State 4
RALEIGH, N.C. – The No. 1-ranked Virginia baseball team racked up 15 hits in an 8-4 victory over NC State Saturday night at Doak Field at Dail Park in Raleigh, N.C. The series is now tied at one apiece, with the rubber game set for 1 p.m. Sunday.
The top four in the Cavaliers’ batting order combined for 10 hits Saturday, with Dan Grovatt (Jr., Tabernacle, N.J.) and Steven Proscia (So., Suffern, N.Y.) each notching three hits. Proscia went 3-for-3 and reached base in all five of his plate appearances. Phil Gosselin (Jr., West Chester, Pa.) and Keith Werman(So., Vienna, Va.) each had two hits, and Gosselin scored three times out of the leadoff spot. Stephen Bruno(Fr., Audubon, N.J.) added a pair of hits out of the nine-hole for UVa.
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#17 Vanderbilt dropped their second straight game to #8 Florida this afternoon, 7-3, but the bigger story concerns the health of reliever Corey Williams. Williams, a Redshirt Freshman who is 1-0 on the season in 12 relief appearances with a 2.65 ERA over 17 innings, took a line drive off the bat of Florida’s Austin Maddox in the bottom of the 7th. Williams reportedly was able to make the play on the ball, but was subsequently carted off.
I was alerted to this story from Vanderbilt Pitcher Sonny Gray’s twitter update that read:
"Tough loss but even tougher seeing a teammate go down.. Please pray for Corey Williams." – @SonnyGray2
Vanderbilt moves to 23-6 (4-4) on the season, while Florida improves to 20-6 (6-2).
Here is your SEC Recap for April 2nd.
#1 LSU 4 Georgia 3
BATON ROUGE, La. – A pair of clutch RBI singles by Beau Didier and Austin Nola helped drive the No.4 LSU Tigers past the Georgia Bulldogs 4-3 Friday night in Alex Box Stadium.
The Tigers (22-3) earned their eighth straight victory and improved to 6-1 in SEC play. With the loss, the Bulldogs (9-16) drop to 1-6 in league play.
Here is your ACC Recap for April 2nd.
NC State 6 #2 Virginia 5 (11 innings)
RALEIGH, N.C. – Matt Bergquist’s single to right field drove in pinch-runner Mike Clark with the winning run Friday, leading NC State past top-ranked Virginia 6-5 in 11 innings at Doak Field at Dail Park.
The victory was the Wolfpack’s second ninth-inning comeback and extra-inning victory in as many weekends, and raised the Pack’s record to 17-9 overall and 4-6 in the ACC. Virginia dropped to 22-5 and 7-3. Last Saturday, NC State scored five runs with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie Miami and force extra innings before winning in 11 innings.
Eugene, OR – Being a first time visitor to PK Park proved to be no problem for Arizona State as excellent pitching and a quick pace on Thursday afternoon culminated in a 1-0 victory over Oregon. Only 9 hits were recorded as the second and third best pitching staffs of the Pac-10 took turns holding each others offenses in check for 2:25. Sun Devil sophomore Drew Maggi’s first college home run over the left field fence in the top of the third inning resulted in the only run of the game.
The SEC enters the third weekend of conference action with a couple of good matchups. The biggest series takes place in Gainesville between the Florida Gators and the Vanderbilt Commodores. The Auburn and Alabama series features two squads that have struggled over the last week. Auburn enters the weekend after losing on the road at Troy on Wednesday by a score of 5-4 while Alabama lost to UAB on Wednesday by a score of 6-4. The other matchups this weekend see Kentucky visiting Arkansas, Georgia going to LSU, Mississippi State heading to South Carolina, and Ole Miss hosting Tennessee.
The ACC heads into the fourth weekend of conference action with Georgia Tech leading the Coastal Division while Clemson leads the Atlantic Division. Georgia Tech will host the Duke Blue Devils this weekend as they look to continue their strong start to the conference season. Clemson will host Boston College after the Tigers lost two out of three games at Virginia last weekend. The other series of the weekend sees Virginia heading to NC State, Virginia Tech going to Florida State, Wake Forest visiting Miami (FL), and North Carolina visiting Maryland in a battle of 2-7 teams in the ACC. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
WORCESTER, Mass. – On Saturday, April 3, the Holy Cross men’s baseball program will host “Armed Services Day” at Fitton Field during its game versus Army at 12:00 p.m. The event is being held to honor those from the Holy Cross community who have served in the Armed Forces.
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)
