Archive for April, 2011

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TCU’s Matt Purke Injured

By
Brian Foley
– April 23, 2011Posted in: 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 Top Players, Mountain West

TCU’s Matt Purke has been shutdown for the time being with a shoulder injury as he visited famed orthopedist James Andrew this week. Purke’s velocity all season has been way down barely touching 90 MPH in some of his starts. Last season, he had an outstanding freshman season which saw him go 16-0 with a 3.02 ERA while bringing the Horned Frogs to the school’s first CWS appearance. CBD had Matt Purke rated as the second best college player coming into the 2011 season. Read the rest of this entry »

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CBD Quick Hits for April 22nd

By
Brian Foley
– April 23, 2011Posted in: CBD Column, CBD Interview, CBD Quick Hits, Interviews with Players, MEAC, Pac 12, SEC

College Baseball Daily throughout the season will be providing our Quick Hits on games throughout the country. Special thanks to William Knox and Mark Rafferty for contributing to these reports. As always, follow us on Twitter @CB_Daily for instant reaction and the best up to minute coverage on college baseball in the country. Read the rest of this entry »

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SEC Recap for April 22nd

By
Brian Foley
– April 23, 2011Posted in: SEC

Here is your SEC Recap for April 22nd.

#2 South Carolina 8 Mississippi State 2

Starkville, Miss. – Second ranked South Carolina scored in six of nine innings with Christian Walker going 4-for-5 with two runs scored and Peter Mooney, Evan Marzilli and Robert Beary driving in two runs apiece as the Gamecocks defeated Mississippi State 8-2 on Friday evening in game one of a three-game SEC baseball series at Dudy Noble Field. Carolina is 30-7 and 13-3 in the SEC while the loss drops Mississippi State to 23-15 and 6-10 in league play. Read the rest of this entry »

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ACC Recap for April 22nd

By
Brian Foley
– April 23, 2011Posted in: ACC

Here is your ACC Recap for April 22nd

#10 Florida State 2 Duke 1

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Economy and performance.

Everyone wants that in a new car, but Florida State baseball coach Mike Martin is glad to have it in junior left-handerSean Gilmartin. Read the rest of this entry »

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Live Blog Recap: UConn vs Georgetown (April 22nd)

By
Brian Foley
– April 22, 2011Posted in: Big East, CBD Column, CBD Event

College Baseball Daily ran a Live Blog from the UConn-Georgetown doubleheader on April 22nd from New Britain Rock Cats stadium. You can check out the Live Blog from the game below. Read the rest of this entry »

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2011 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List

By
Brian Foley
– April 22, 2011Posted in: NCBWA

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Wichita, Kan. (NCBWA) — Forty-five players have been named to the midseason watch list for the seventh annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I baseball, as announced by the association Thursday.

Leading the elite field with a nation-best 13 saves is East Tennessee State’s Bo Reeder. The junior right-hander owns a 1.77 ERA and had registered 24 strikeouts in 20.1 innings pitched. Read the rest of this entry »

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ACC Weekend Preview (April 22nd-24th)

By
Brian Foley
– April 22, 2011Posted in: 2011 Weekend Previews, ACC, CBD Column

The ACC enters the seventh weekend of conference play with the Florida State Seminoles continuing to lead the ACC Atlantic Division with a record of 11-7. Clemson is second at 9-9 while NC State is one game behind the Tigers at 8-10. Boston College is fourth at 6-11 with Wake Forest (6-12) and Maryland (4-14) rounding out the division. Read the rest of this entry »

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SEC Weekend Preview (April 22nd-24th)

By
Brian Foley
– April 22, 2011Posted in: 2011 Weekend Previews, CBD Column, SEC

The SEC kicks off the second half of the season with the marquee matchup taking place in Nashville between the LSU Tigers and the Vanderbilt Commodores in the only series featuring ranked teams. South Carolina heads on the road to Mississippi State, Florida hosts Alabama, Arkansas goes to Kentucky, and Georgia heads to Tennessee. Auburn is hosting Ole Miss in the Thursday-Saturday series which Auburn took game 1 on Thursday night 6-3. Read the rest of this entry »

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Conference USA Weekend Preview (April 22nd-24th)

By
Brian Foley
– April 22, 2011Posted in: 2011 Weekend Previews, Conference USA, Mountain West

By John Lockwood

Things still remain knotted amongst four teams at the top of the CUSA standings. Heading into the mid-point of conference play, Memphis, Southern Miss, Rice and Houston all share first place with winning percentages of .667. Nationally, Rice cracks the top 20 for the second time this season, moving back into the #19 spot it held the week of March 7th while USM drops one spot to #24 after sweeping New Orleans. (Of note, both the ECU-Houston and Utah-Tulane series start Thursday to accommodate Easter Sunday.) Read the rest of this entry »

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Missouri Valley Conference Weekend Preview (April 22nd-24th)

By
Brian Foley
– April 22, 2011Posted in: 2011 Weekend Previews, Missouri Valley

By: John Lockwood

This weekend’s Missouri Valley Conference action promises plenty of exciting baseball—and even a little history in the making—as four of the top five teams get set to play each other Friday night. Illinois State (24-10, 4-2) travels to Wichita State (23-17, 3-3) in a highly-anticipated rematch of last year’s MVC State Farm Tournament Championship, while #29 Creighton (26-8, 5-1)—who crack the Top 30 for the first time this season—will host Southern Illinois (13-23, 4-2) in the first ever series at the brand new TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha. Elsewhere in conference play, Evansville (20-14, 1-5) will look to right its season against a struggling Bradley (19-15, 1-5) in Peoria, while Missouri State (21-14, 4-2) hopes to build off of last week’s series victory over SIU in a three-game set at home against Indiana State (19-16, 2-4). Read the rest of this entry »

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Stanford’s Mark Marquess Talks with College Baseball Daily

By
Mark Rafferty
– April 22, 2011Posted in: CBD Column, CBD Interview, Interviews with Coaches, Pac 12

Stanford is back on the winning track in the Pac-10 by knocking off UCLA and Gerrit Cole 7-4 Thursday night. Mark Appel threw seven strong innings, striking out six, giving up nine hits and three earned runs and walking three.  He was aided by three homeruns, including back to back shots in the 7th by Tyler Gaffney and Steven Piscotty.  Stanford is now 4-6 in the Pac-10 and and 18-12 overall.  After being swept last week by the red-hot Oregon State, the Cardinal look to be back on the winning track and look to hit their stride heading into the postseason.  CollegeBaseballToday.com’s Eric Sorenson and myself caught up with Stanford Head Coach Mark Marquess after the game, and you can check out the interview below. Read the rest of this entry »

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SEC Series of the Week: Ole Miss at Auburn

By
Brian Foley
– April 21, 2011Posted in: 2011 Weekend Previews, CBD Column, SEC

The Auburn Tigers will host the Ole Miss Rebels tonight in the SEC Game of the Week on ESPN U. The Tigers enter the series with a 7-8 record which puts them one game behind a trio of squads that are tied at 8-7 including Ole Miss. Read the rest of this entry »

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