Archive for April, 2010

Taylor Lewis impresses at Maine

– April 15, 2010Posted in: 2010 Top Players, America East

Adam Clark of The Maine Campus has an excellent look at Taylor Lewis of the Black Bears baseball program. Lewis is a sophomore centerfielder who turned down an offer from Boston College to play football to head to Orono to play baseball under Steve Trimper. Lewis has not disappointed yet as he leads the league in batting average (.417), hits (50), runs (38), RBIs (35), triples (9), total bases (88), on-base percentage (.486), slugging percentage (.733) and stolen bases (16). He also ranks near the top in doubles (8 – fourth), walks (15 – fourth) and home runs (4 – sixth).

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Tags: 2010 Top Players, America East, Maine

Deck McGuire: Possible #1 Overall Pick by the Nationals?

Mark Rafferty

– April 15, 2010Posted in: 2010 Top Players

Deck McGuire has been gaining more and more attention after going undrafted in 2007 out of high school. In addition to last year’s achievements of winning the ACC Pitcher of the Year and being named to multiple All-American teams, McGuire is now being profiled as a possible alternative for the Nationals in the #1 draft position.

Bryce Harper has been slated in that position since the moment he entered Junior College, making him eligible a year early, but Zach Berman of the Washington Post lists McGuire as an alternative. Berman compares McGuire to John Lackey, and gets the opinion of many from University of Virginia, including Brian O’Connor.

(Photo Credit: Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Tags: 2010 Top Players, ACC, Georgia Tech, MLB Draft

CBB Column: 2010 NCAA Regional Projections (April 15th)

Colin Weber

– April 15, 2010Posted in: 2010 CWS, 2010 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column

The College Baseball Blog continues our weekly release of Regional Projections with Colin Weber sitting in this week. They are done through games on Tuesday as that was the latest available RPI figures we could find. You can check out the full bracket below. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section at the bottom of the article with what you think is right and wrong. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 CWS, 2010 NCAA Regional Projections, 2010 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column

SEC Recap for April 14th

Brian Foley

– April 15, 2010Posted in: ACC, Conference USA, Mountain West, SEC, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt

Here is your SEC Recap for April 14th.

#5 Georgia Tech 25 Georgia 6

ATHENS, Ga. – Tony Plagman and Jeff Rowland each went 4-for-5 to lead 14 different players with a hit, while the Georgia Tech baseball team (28-7) recorded its largest-ever victory over rival Georgia (11-22) with a 25-6 win Wednesday night at Foley Field. With the win, the Yellow Jackets clinched the three-game series between the two.

The 25 runs also tie the most ever recorded by one team in the 112-year old rivalry. It is the most scored by Tech this season. Tech’s previous largest margin of victory over the Bulldogs came in 1998, a 21-4 win at Russ Chandler Stadium.

"One of our goals tonight was to win the series," head coach Danny Hall said. "I think we played well and really swung the bats well, and it was a nice victory for us."

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ACC Recap for April 14th

Brian Foley

– April 15, 2010Posted in: ACC, America East, Atlantic Sun, Big South, CAA, Ivy League, SEC, Southern Conference

Here is your ACC Recap for April 14th.

VMI 12 #1 Virginia 3

LEXINGTON, Va. - The top five hitters in the lineup went 10 for 21 with 10 RBIs as No. 26 VMI defeated No. 1 Virginia, 12-3, in front of a record crowd of 1,463 fans at Gray-Minor Stadium Wednesday night. The win is VMI’s first-ever over a top-ranked opponent and improves the Keydets to 29-5 on the season. The Cavaliers fall to 27-8 with the loss, the team’s first mid-week setback in 10 games this season.

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Alex Meyer out for 3-4 Weeks

Brian Foley

– April 14, 2010Posted in: SEC

It was announced today by Kentucky head coach Gary Henderson that Alex Meyer will miss the next 3-4 weeks with mono. He has been a key member of the pitching staff this season making eight starts but has been inconsistent with a 4-2 record and a 7.30 ERA. We should see how this affects the Wildcats over the next couple of weeks. You can check out the full press release below.

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Tags: Injury, Kentucky, SEC

SEC Recap for April 13th

Brian Foley

– April 14, 2010Posted in: ACC, Atlantic Sun, Conference USA, Mountain West, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt

Here is your SEC Recap for April 13th.

#7 Arkansas 4 New Mexico 3 (11 innings)

FAYETTEVILLE – With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 11th inning, pinch hitter Tom Hauskey delivered his second-game winning hit of the season to send the No. 7 University of Arkansas baseball team to a 4-3 win over New Mexico Tuesday night at Baum Stadium. The Razorbacks trailed by two runs in the 10th inning and completed their come-from-behind victory with Hauskey’s base hit to right field.

"(Hauskey) handles the situation," head coach Dave Van Horn said. "He doesn’t try to do too much. He just takes what the pitcher gives him and he’s done a great job for us."

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Tags: ACC, Alabama, Arkansas, Atlantic Sun, Conference USA, Florida, Florida State, Lipscomb, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, Mountain West, New Mexico, Ole Miss, Samford, SEC, SEC Recap, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

ACC Recap for April 13th

Brian Foley

– April 14, 2010Posted in: ACC, Atlantic 10, MEAC, SEC, Southern Conference

Here is your ACC Recap for April 13th.

#8 Florida State 3 #9 Florida 2

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In a game that featured a bizarre turn of events even before the first pitch was thrown, sixth-ranked Florida State (26-7) did not allow a power outage to get the best of them on Tuesday night defeating seventh-ranked Florida (23-9) 3-2 on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium.

"To say that is a happy clubhouse is an understatement," said head coach Mike Martin. "There are a lot of baseball games played in this yard and that one was about as well played by both teams. You saw outstanding pitching on both sides."

In front of a packed crowd of 6,526, the largest crowd of the season and eighth largest crowd all-time, the Seminoles scored early and received an outstanding pitching performance from freshman Scott Sitz to notch their third victory over the Gators this year, while clinching the regular season series taking three out of four from UF.

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Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Boston College, Davidson, Duke, Florida, Florida State, MEAC, NC State, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, SEC, Southern Conference, UMass, Virginia Tech

NAIA Top 25 and recap for April 13th

Bob Broughton

– April 13, 2010Posted in: NAIA

Results of the NAIA Coaches’ Poll for April 13, 2010, and Boyd Nation’s Iterative Strength Rating. (poll below)

#1 Lewis-Clark State swept three games against Division III Willamette. The Warriors’ last loss was April 15. They have won 13 straight, and are having their best start in school history. Upcoming: at #4 British Columbia April 16-18, at Corban April 19-20. The British Columbia series will be webcast by both KOZE and CITR.

After a 5-4 loss to #21 Campbellsville, #2 Cumberland swept three games against Trevecca Nazarene, defeated Lindsey Wilson 6-3, and Bryan 15-5. One of the Trevecca wins was 15-0, and Robert Post pitched the mercy-rule-shortened five-inning shutout. He was named TranSouth Conference Pitcher of the Week. The Bulldogs lead the TranSouth Conference with a 7-2 record, but they lead Freed-Hardeman and #12 Union U. (TN) by only one game. Upcoming: Freed-Hardeman April 16-17, at Lindsey Wilson April 19. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Azusa Pacific, Bellevue, British Columbia, Cal Baptist, Cumberland, Embry-Riddle, Lee, Lewis-Clark State, Louisiana Tech, LSU-Shreveport, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma City, Park

WAC Players of the Week

Sam Wasson

– April 13, 2010Posted in: Players of the Week, WAC

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

DENVER, CO – New Mexico State’s Nate Shaver and Fresno State’s Greg Gonzalez have been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Baseball Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for April 5-11.

Shaver, a senior outfielder from The Dalles, Ore. (Mount Hood CC), hit .714 (10-for-14) to lead New Mexico State to a 2-1-1 record versus Nevada last week. Shaver was errorless in the outfield for NM State and he led the team at the plate with a consistent bat as he went 10-for-14 without a strikeout. Shaver posted two doubles, a triple, three RBI and six runs. He recorded a .765 on-base percentage against Nevada and added two walks. He was also hit by a pitch.
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Tags: Fresno State, New Mexico St., WAC, WAC Players of the Week

Tanner goes back into the Shadows

Brian Foley

– April 13, 2010Posted in: SEC

Ray Tanner of South Carolina won his 1,000th career game on Sunday as the Gamecocks defeated Vanderbilt 2-0 to stay in first place. Tanner didn’t like to be in the spotlight as he rather have the focus be on his players instead of him. He stated to Neil White the following: "I’m kind of glad it’s behind us, I don’t like being out front. I’d rather be in the background as much as possible. I like it that way."

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Tags: SEC, South Carolina

No Reason to doubt the Hokies

Brian Foley

– April 13, 2010Posted in: ACC

I read an interesting preview of the past weekend of College Baseball action in which a national college baseball writer said there was no chance that the Virginia Tech Hokies would win the series against the Miami Hurricanes. Guess what? The Hokies ended up winning the series against the Hurricanes 2 games to 1. They have now won 4 out of their last 6 ACC games against Miami and Florida State.