College Baseball 2023

[Boston Red]

It begins this week. Let's go Xavier, Louisville and Wichita State! One of those teams might be good (hint: it's Louisville).

[Sea Ray]

Tennessee!

[Assembly Hall]

My Hoosiers have Auburn this weekend.

[Rojo Rijo]

Go Gators!

[Boston Red]

20 years ago this Wichita State/Long Beach State game I'm watching right now would have been a big time, marquee matchup. Not so much in 2023.

[Sea Ray]

Suck start to the baseball season. My Vols are 0-2 and look inept on offense. Baseball rosters change so much from yr to yr. They don't deserve to be ranked. Let them earn it...if they're worthy

[Assembly Hall]

My Hoosiers finally win. 11-2 over Auburn. Play Miami(OH) Tuesday before heading to Austin next weekend to take on the Longhorns.

[Sea Ray]

My Vols finally won too, 7-0. We'll see how the season progresses but the hitting has not looked good so far. All new starters on offense

[Kingspoint]

My Vols finally won too, 7-0. We'll see how the season progresses but the hitting has not looked good so far. All new starters on offense

February/March games mean absolutely nothing. All will reveal itself in May/June.

[Sea Ray]

They won 10-0 today in one of these new ten run rule games. After 7, coaches can agree to a ten run rule. This means that Tenn actually had a walkoff HR win, due to the score being 8-0 before the 2 run HR.

Don't know how good Alabama A&M is but they were 3-0 coming into the game. Nice to see such good pitching from the Vols' Tuesday guys

[Mutaman]

Very nice win by the Warriors in Omaha tonight.

[Boston Red]

That Marquette baseball is really salty! :)

[Kingspoint]

Oregon State stormed through their last three games, winning 11-0 over UC Santa Barbara (who had just demolished Minnesota). The Beavers lost their opener and sit at 3-1.

[Mutaman]

That Marquette baseball is really salty! :)

Woops!

[Assembly Hall]

IU over Miami(Ohio) 13-5 to improve to 2-2.

[Sea Ray]

Tennessee's bats waking up and building confidence. They won 23-1 yesterday in one of those games that was "ten run ruled" in the 7th, thus UT only had 6 innings of ABs. They scored 15 in the 5th. Drew 12 walks on the day

https://www.secsports.com/boxscore/baseball/401517645

[Boston Red]

Louisville and Bowling Green have played 5 innings in 53 minutes. That's efficient!

Finished in 1:48.

[Assembly Hall]

Texas gets a 3 run bomb in the bottom of the 8th to down my Hoosiers 4-2.

[Kingspoint]

University of Portland (2 blocks from our home) beat #5 ranked Texas A&M 10-3 on Friday on College Station, Texas.

So, how do both teams respond?

University of Portland beat them again on Saturday, this time 4-1. So, in two games, they've beat them by a combined 14-4 on the road. Clearly the best early season victories in the history of the University of Portland Pilots baseball program. They had never beaten a Top-5 opponent in their history. They've rarely played them, though they do play the Oregon State Beavers every season, but never beat them when Oregon State was ranked in the Top-5. Naturally, they have never beaten one twice, and never on the road. It's an amazing accomplishment. They'll go for the sweep on Sunday.

[Boston Red]

You live in a nice hood, KP! Portland has a pretty campus.

[Assembly Hall]

IU salvages the final game of the series.

[Kingspoint]

You live in a nice hood, KP! Portland has a pretty campus.

And, because it's a Catholic University that specializes in education, not sports (though they've had their share of success nationally with soccer) like some do, the kids that attend don't have wild parties in the neighborhood. It's always quiet. Go seven blocks north and it's a hell hole, literally. It sits on a bluff, the furthest south along the Willamette River that the Lewis & Clark expedition sent a scout. There's no homeless living on the streets in our neighborhood, one of the few places in the Portland Metro area that is like that. There's pockets, but they are hard to find. There's still burglaries and car prowls and catalytic converter thefts, but it's so much better than everywhere else.

[Kingspoint]

Ohio State had a good win @ Gonzaga, I see.

University of Portland almost pulled off the sweep, but #5 (not anymore) Texas A&M pulled out a 5-4 win today.

University of Oregon got swept by UC Santa Barbara (Oregon State crushed UC Santa Barbara twice last week after Santa Barbara had a couple of good wins before that).

Oregon State crushed Coppin State this weekend, but I think they lost the opener. Today's final was 19-5.

Vanderbilt beat a good UCLA team in Tennessee 2-1 today. Don't know what the other two games were.

[Assembly Hall]

Hoosiers over Butler 13-2. East Carolina on Friday.

[Kingspoint]

I saw that University of Washington was ahead of Northern Colorado 32-7 in the top-of-the-ninth. I thought the 10-run rule was in effect for all games, but I guess not.

[RichRed]

I saw that University of Washington was ahead of Northern Colorado 32-7 in the top-of-the-ninth. I thought the 10-run rule was in effect for all games, but I guess not.

I had to look it up but I guess it’s not a universal rule:


SECTION 79. By conference rule, or mutual consent of both coaches before the contest, a game may be stopped only after seven innings if one team is ahead by at least 10 runs.

It was 21-2 after two innings. UW drew 15 walks and 8 HBPs. The game lasted 3 hours and 22 minutes; I’m surprised it wasn’t 5 hours long.

[Sea Ray]

LSU won yesterday 26-4 and they only hit for 6 innings. They were ahead 26-1 to start the 7th inning. They gave up 3 runs but more than maintained their ten run lead to invoke the 10 run rule

https://www.secsports.com/boxscore/baseball/401517555

[Kingspoint]

LSU won yesterday 26-4 and they only hit for 6 innings. They were ahead 26-1 to start the 7th inning. They gave up 3 runs but more than maintained their ten run lead to invoke the 10 run rule

https://www.secsports.com/boxscore/baseball/401517555

After Oregon State lost their season opener, they went on a 6-game stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14-2. They stretched that win streak to 8 games before splitting a double-header Saturday with Cal Poly w/ Jaren Hunter going 8-2/3 Innings of a 3-1 win in the nightcap. They begin Pac-12 play next week vs WAS STATE.

SEC is very stong again. Vandy no-hitting MIN in the 7th.

[Kingspoint]

Most intriguing team of the week...

From Baseball America...

Florida Gulf Coast
ASUN
Notes:
Previous ranking: NR
Last Week: 3-1
Overall: 10-2, 0-0 in ASUN (2-1 vs. Top 25)
Weekend Record: 3-0
Results
Feb. 28: Florida International: W 14-7
March 3-5: @ (16) Florida State: W 10-8, W 11-10, L 14-8
Upcoming
March 7-8: @ Troy
March 10-12: @ Florida A&M

FGCU became the first team since 2002 to win a non-conference series at Florida State and makes its first appearance in the Top 25 since 2017. The Eagles’ offense is flying high and has hit 26 home runs in their first 12 games. They’ll look to keep their momentum going with an intriguing midweek series against undefeated Troy.

[Kingspoint]

The 15th-ranked (Baseball America) Oregon State Beavers got a welcome return Tuesday as pre-season All-American Pitching candidate Ben Ferrer threw his first innings of the season, two innings against the Toreros of the University of San Diego. Ferrer missed the team's first 11 games battling mono, so the season will probably progress slowly for him as he tries to regain his strength. Beavers won again, 9-4. Their next game begins their Pac-12 season vs Washington State on Friday.

[Assembly Hall]

My Hoosiers stand 6-6. Bellarmine coming in today for a 4 game series.

[Kingspoint]

Louisville may not have a basketball team, but they more than make up for it with a great baseball team.

[Assembly Hall]

Louisville may not have a basketball team, but they more than make up for it with a great baseball team.

I don't think so Tim.

[Sea Ray]

Is this how they play ball on the west coast?


https://youtu.be/vxYQ5989Co8







spoiler: 10 runs, 1 inning, 1 hit

[Kingspoint]

Is this how they play ball on the west coast?


https://youtu.be/vxYQ5989Co8







spoiler: 10 runs, 1 inning, 1 hit

Love the announcer.

Pacific University is in Forest Grove, Oregon, where many of "The Librarian episodes" are filmed when they wanted to use some urban settings. (I've been to nearly every location they've filmed any scene of that show, about a 50 by 50 square mile area from Salem to Portland north and south and Forest Grove to Troutdale east to west.) Don't know what was going on there, but that is definitely not normal. Fundamentals are heavily stressed around here, with Oregon State usually being the best in the nation at them and most of their players coming from local areas around here. (In 2022 in MLB, for example, the 2nd and 3rd best contact-rates from hitters are two ex-Oregon State infielders.) San Diego, btw, has a good team. Tony Gwynn set a good foundation for that school when he was there as a Coach.

What a meltdown. Pretty cool about Brett Butler coming in and speaking to the REDS' organization about bunting. It does look like Friedl is purposely trying to use it more as part of his hitting during Spring Training. He's one who is good at making adjustments and that means to throw a Pitcher a different look than what he's been seeing. Friedl always gets better when he gets to see a Pitcher a couple of different times during a season. Looking forward to his plate appearances this year after having had quite a few opportunities last year to perhaps see the entire National League one-time through. Of course, now with the new schedules, there will be more pitchers to have to see for the first time ever this season for many players.

The Oregon State Beavers hit an early season slump. They began Pac-12 play with a very unusual home series loss, to Washington State, losing two of three. That was never supposed to happen. Then they lose at home again....to Nevada, badly, 5-1. They beat Nevada 12-1 the next day. Those were both mid-week games where regulars don't play, but still. Not supposed to lose to Nevada. They they get swept at top-ranked Stanford in Palo Alto. The first two games weren't even close. So, that's six losses in seven games, knocking them out of the top-25 before they lost to Nevada and Stanford. It's going to be a while before they enter the Top-25 again. No excuses. Washington State outplayed them and Stanford handed them their lunches. They got a mid-week win today, beating the University of Portland for the 32nd time in 35 games and 16th straight in Corvallis. But, (here's that bad Defense) they needed five Portland errors to come from behind to get the win. This isn't a bad University of Portland team, though, as Texas A&M, ranked Top-5 at the time, barely avoided being swept three games at College Station with a 5-4 Sunday win.

The weather always plays a part for teams from the NW as they just don't get outdoor practice in like teams below the 39th parallel. When we aren't getting rained on every day, it's just too damn cold. February at Pacific, Oregon State and University of Portland was five degrees lower than normal. That's January weather, mid-winter weather. We had a lot of snow, six different days and one day we had a foot of snow. In March, we never saw 50 degrees until the 10th. From Thursday to Monday we aren't supposed to see 50 degrees in these three Cities. It's cold and wet, so the Defense will take some time to mature, as will all the teams, though Portland threw that shocker at Texas A&M. There's going to be some fundamental errors until the teams here in the Willamette Valley can get some weather improvement. The Tulip Festival has been pushed back as the blooms are weeks late. We are just now getting crocuses and tulips, when we should have had crocuses six to seven weeks ago (Groundhog Day) and dafodils three to four weeks ago, which we are just getting now.

Oregon State usually has a slow start, but they always get better. Same is true of any baseball team North of the 39th Parallel anywhere in the U.S.

[Boston Red]

Tony Gwynn (RIP) was coach at the Mountain West's San Diego State and not the WCC's San Diego.

[Kingspoint]

Tony Gwynn (RIP) was coach at the Mountain West's San Diego State and not the WCC's San Diego.

Thought it was the other. It's still University of San Diego that I'm referring to as far as being a good team this season.

[Kingspoint]

Pretty cool about Brett Butler coming in and speaking to the REDS' organization about bunting. It does look like Friedl is purposely trying to use it more as part of his hitting during Spring Training. He's one who is good at making adjustments and that means to throw a Pitcher a different look than what he's been seeing. Friedl always gets better when he gets to see a Pitcher a couple of different times during a season. Looking forward to his plate appearances this year after having had quite a few opportunities last year to perhaps see the entire National League one-time through. Of course, now with the new schedules, there will be more pitchers to have to see for the first time ever this season for many players.

And, on cue, we see Friedl lay down a perfect infield bunt past a Left-handed pitcher tonight against the Padres and our announcer saying, "somewhere Brett Butler is smiling". Then the trouble begins. Pitcher now has to throw from the stretch. Another runner gets on base. Friedl becomes a threat and leads a double-steal where both runners advance. Then a run scores. This is perfect baseball. I know this is the wrong thread, so I'm going to copy this over to another.

[Sea Ray]

And, on cue, we see Friedl lay down a perfect infield bunt past a Left-handed pitcher tonight against the Padres and our announcer saying, "somewhere Brett Butler is smiling". Then the trouble begins. Pitcher now has to throw from the stretch. Another runner gets on base. Friedl becomes a threat and leads a double-steal where both runners advance. Then a run scores. This is perfect baseball. I know this is the wrong thread, so I'm going to copy this over to another.

I just wish our Reds would get good at it. J India had a perfect opportunity to lay down a bunt last night and he failed. Execution is the problem

[Big Red Smokey]

So somehow Kentucky has won 16 in a row and is now 20-2 and 4-0 in SEC...

[Assembly Hall]

Go Hoosiers!

[Kingspoint]

Never expected to see TEN drop out of the Top-25. They'll get back in.

Oregon State fell out of the Top-25. They got back in with a series sweep against #24 USC (which dropped them out of the Top-25).

This is one of the worst seasons in a long time for the PAC-12, as only one team, Stanford, is in the Top-20, and that's somewhere around #12.

It's still very early in the season and Winter has been very long. Should be a cold weekend in the Midwest.

[Sea Ray]

Never expected to see TEN drop out of the Top-25. They'll get back in.

Oregon State fell out of the Top-25. They got back in with a series sweep against #24 USC (which dropped them out of the Top-25).

This is one of the worst seasons in a long time for the PAC-12, as only one team, Stanford, is in the Top-20, and that's somewhere around #12.

It's still very early in the season and Winter has been very long. Should be a cold weekend in the Midwest.

I don't know that Tenn will get back in. They're just not very good this year. It's a completely different team than last year. A top 25 team doesn't give up 12 runs to Tennessee Tech

BTW Tenn Tech is 11-24 this year and 2-7 in the Ohio Valley conference

[Boston Red]

East Carolina is coming to Wichita this weekend. I haven't been to a Shockers game in a few years (just too busy with kids' sports on the weekends generally), but I'm going to try and sneak out for the Saturday afternoon game this weekend. I will cheer for the Shockers, but I'll mostly be there to watch East Carolina.

[Kingspoint]

I don't know that Tenn will get back in. They're just not very good this year. It's a completely different team than last year. A top 25 team doesn't give up 12 runs to Tennessee Tech

BTW Tenn Tech is 11-24 this year and 2-7 in the Ohio Valley conference

They'll get back in because nearly every week they'll be playing a Top-25 team, and often a Top-15 team. One sweep and that garners a lot of votes and attention, considering how many players are still on the team from last season's historic effort. That experience will show itself as the season wears on.

[Sea Ray]

They'll get back in because nearly every week they'll be playing a Top-25 team, and often a Top-15 team. One sweep and that garners a lot of votes and attention, considering how many players are still on the team from last season's historic effort. That experience will show itself as the season wears on.

That's just it, there aren't a lot of guys left over from last year. The entire starting 9 is gone as well as the closer. They did return their big 3 starters but results haven't been as good. Their manager insist on calling the bunt. This is generally a bad strategy in general but it's a particularly bad strategy when you're just plain not good at it. The offense has really suffered this year

[Kingspoint]

That's just it, there aren't a lot of guys left over from last year. The entire starting 9 is gone as well as the closer. They did return their big 3 starters but results haven't been as good. Their manager insist on calling the bunt. This is generally a bad strategy in general but it's a particularly bad strategy when you're just plain not good at it. The offense has really suffered this year

I had no idea last year's team had so many Seniors.

[Boston Red]

East Carolina is coming to Wichita this weekend. I haven't been to a Shockers game in a few years (just too busy with kids' sports on the weekends generally), but I'm going to try and sneak out for the Saturday afternoon game this weekend. I will cheer for the Shockers, but I'll mostly be there to watch East Carolina.

Got to see sophomore Payton Tolle toss a CG, 2 hit shutout against East Carolina today. Impressive. 7-0 Shocker win in the series opener against ECU.

[Assembly Hall]

My Hoosiers keep rolling. As things stand now IU would host a regional.

[Kingspoint]

Great win by the Vols.

[Sea Ray]

I had no idea last year's team had so many Seniors.

They weren't all seniors. Juniors can leave too

[Sea Ray]

Great win by the Vols.

Actually, great series by the Vols. They just completed a 3 game sweep of the highly touted Vanderbilt Commodores, ranked #4 in the country. The last two games were 17-1 and 10-5 blowouts. Have no idea where that came from. Didn't think the Vols had that in them

[Kingspoint]

Actually, great series by the Vols. They just completed a 3 game sweep of the highly touted Vanderbilt Commodores, ranked #4 in the country. The last two games were 17-1 and 10-5 blowouts. Have no idea where that came from. Didn't think the Vols had that in them

Which is exactly what I predicted would happen and I was never worried about the Vols reentering the top-25. It takes a little time during a season for new Starters to develop, but the pedigree of the program made them all quality players even when they weren't playing on weekends. They were still playing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays last season. Same thing's happening with Oregon State, as they put together an 8-game winning streak following their early Pac-12 struggles. That was capped Saturday and Sunday, though as their bullpen blew big leads in both games.

[Sea Ray]

Baseball America has Tennessee comfortable in their 64 team tournament in Indiana's region:

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2023-ncaa-tournament-projected-field-of-64-42623/

[Kingspoint]

Baseball America Rankings of MAY 1st.


1 LSU

2 Wake Forest

3 Vanderbilt

4 South Carolina

5 Florida

6 Arkansas

7 Coastal Carolina

8 Stanford

9 Duke

10 Miami

11 West Virginia

12 Campbell

13 East Carolina

14 Virginia

15 Texas Tech

16 Dallas Baptist

17 Oregon

18 Arizona State

19 Oregon State

20 Oklahoma State

21 Tennessee

22 Texas-San Antonio

23 Connecticut

24 Maryland

25 Boston College

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Conference Seasons are winding up in less than two weeks with Conference Playoffs beginning.

[Sea Ray]

Kentucky's sure fallen off

[westofyou]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/05/04/alabama-fires-baseball-coach-gambling/



The University of Alabama on Thursday fired baseball coach Brad Bohannon for “violating the standards, duties, and responsibilities expected of University employees,” the school said in a statement. The move comes days after ESPN reported that sportsbooks in Ohio had stopped taking bets on Alabama games because an independent integrity monitor had issued an alert regarding “suspicious wagering activity” involving Friday’s game between the Crimson Tide and top-ranked LSU.

[Boston Red]

The bets in question were placed Great American Ballpark. Interesting.

[westofyou]

The bets in question were placed Great American Ballpark. Interesting.

Brantley

[cumberlandreds]

The bets in question were placed Great American Ballpark. Interesting.

Was Rose at GABP that night?

[KronoRed]

Games are being fixed.

[Boston Red]

In this case, I think the Alabama coach simply shared some non-public information about the last minute starting pitcher change. Obviously not a wise move as it cost him his job.

[Sea Ray]

In this case, I think the Alabama coach simply shared some non-public information about the last minute starting pitcher change. Obviously not a wise move as it cost him his job.

Admittedly I haven't followed this but what makes something non public and who did he share it with?

[Boston Red]

Admittedly I haven't followed this but what makes something non public and who did he share it with?

It was non-public because there was a different starting pitcher listed (the Alabama website would have done a preview listing the expected starters), and the general public didn't know the expected starter was going to be scratched with back tightness (or somethign along those lines). The coach allegedly shared the news of the pitching change with the bettor who made the bet on LSU at Great American Ballpark before the change in starting pitcher was announced to the public.

[Chip R]

Games are being fixed.

Not quite. I'm not necessarily in favor of all this open gambling but the sports book did what it was supposed to do. If any sports book sees that an abnormal amount of money is being placed on a team, they shut down all bets on that game. That's how the last couple of college basketball betting scandals were found out.

[Kingspoint]

New Rankings from Baseball America:

Wake Forest rises to the top of the Baseball America Top 25 after its eighth straight series win to open ACC play. This is the first time in the 43-year history of the rankings that the Demon Deacons have ranked No. 1.

Wake Forest leads the nation in both wins (39) and winning percentage (.848). It is in first place in the ACC and has not lost a weekend series this season.

LSU falls to No. 2, ending its 12-week run atop the rankings after a series loss at Auburn. The Tigers were ranked No. 1 in the Preseason Top 25 and held it through the first 11 weeks of the season, the longest run for a Preseason No. 1 team since 2013 North Carolina. Vanderbilt, Arkansas and Stanford round out the top five.

Three teams this week joined the Top 25. Clemson leads the newcomers, entering at No. 18 after its fifth straight ACC series win. It is Clemson’s first ranking this season. Kentucky closely follows at No. 19, returning to the Top 25 after a week outside the rankings. The Wildcats are coming off a sweep of South Carolina. Auburn rounds out the rankings at No. 25 after taking down LSU. The Tigers return to the Top 25 after a two-month absence.

Falling out of the Top 25 are Arizona State, Tennessee and Boston College. All three lost conference series.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/college-baseball-top-25/

[Kingspoint]

New Rankings from Baseball America:

Wake Forest rises to the top of the Baseball America Top 25 after its eighth straight series win to open ACC play. This is the first time in the 43-year history of the rankings that the Demon Deacons have ranked No. 1.

Wake Forest leads the nation in both wins (39) and winning percentage (.848). It is in first place in the ACC and has not lost a weekend series this season.

LSU falls to No. 2, ending its 12-week run atop the rankings after a series loss at Auburn. The Tigers were ranked No. 1 in the Preseason Top 25 and held it through the first 11 weeks of the season, the longest run for a Preseason No. 1 team since 2013 North Carolina. Vanderbilt, Arkansas and Stanford round out the top five.

Three teams this week joined the Top 25. Clemson leads the newcomers, entering at No. 18 after its fifth straight ACC series win. It is Clemson’s first ranking this season. Kentucky closely follows at No. 19, returning to the Top 25 after a week outside the rankings. The Wildcats are coming off a sweep of South Carolina. Auburn rounds out the rankings at No. 25 after taking down LSU. The Tigers return to the Top 25 after a two-month absence.

Falling out of the Top 25 are Arizona State, Tennessee and Boston College. All three lost conference series.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/college-baseball-top-25/

The Bottom 13 teams are all competing for hosting a Regional, and that decision will be based on how they play over the next 11 days. Those in the bottom-five probably have to win their Conference Tournaments to host a Regional. We have the last weekend of Conference play followed by Conference Tournaments. The Top 12 teams are all competing to be Super Regional hosts and are probably already locks for Regional Hosts.

A lot of hosting site maneuvering will be taking place over the next 11 days.

[Kingspoint]

The SEC is so strong this year. Most years it's pretty darn strong, but this year if you went to the SEC Tournament, it would be like going to the World Series in Omaha.

[Rojo Rijo]

Florida should jump into the top 5 after sweeping #5 Vanderbilt this weekend.

[Kingspoint]

Florida should jump into the top 5 after sweeping #5 Vanderbilt this weekend.

And, secured a Super Regional Hosting should they win their Regional.

[Boston Red]

Florida State will miss their first regional in 44 years. Got to imagine Mike Martin, Jr. has at MOST one season to turn that around before getting bounced.

Oh, nevermind. Looks like he already got canned after last year. Hasn't worked out yet!

[Kingspoint]

Regional Hosting and eventual Super Regional Hosting are still up for grabs.

Several venues changed over this last week with one week to go plus Conference Playoffs (I was off by one week my last few posts about when Conference playoffs were going to take place.)

Lates BA poll...

https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/college-baseball-top-25/

[Boston Red]

It begins this week. Let's go Xavier, Louisville and Wichita State! One of those teams might be good (hint: it's Louisville).

Turns out that Xavier was the one good team. NCAA Tournament bound!

[Boston Red]

Tulane is 18-40, but they're three outs from crashing the NCAA Tournament party. They lead East Carolina 8-6 in the 9th inning of the AAC championship game.

And Tulane has won it.

[Boston Red]

First day of the baseball NCAA Tournament is always fun. Of course I'm following Xavier, up 4-3 in the 5th right now against Oregon, but lots of fun action today.

[Kingspoint]

First day of the baseball NCAA Tournament is always fun. Of course I'm following Xavier, up 4-3 in the 5th right now against Oregon, but lots of fun action today.

And, the Ducks, winners of the PAC-12 Tournament, come back and get the 5-4 Win in the Nashville Regional!!!

Go Ducks!!!

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Another Pac-12 Team, Washington, who finished 2nd in the PAC-12, are winners today, 9-5 over Dallas-Baptiste in the Stillwater Regional. Stanford was the only PAC-12 team this season to earn a Regional hosting, so everyone else will have to pull off upsets to advance to the Supers.

[Kingspoint]

The daily results...

https://www.espn.com/college-baseball/scoreboard


The bracket with results...

https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/baseball/d1/2023

[Kingspoint]

Auburn was the only Baseball team outside the top 16 RPI to receive a top 16 seed, granted by a selection committee chaired by their AD. Here’s how it’s going for them:

PENN'S GONNA WIN THE BASEBALL GAME!!!
PENN'S GONNA WIN THE BASEBALL GAME!!!

UCLA should have gotten in, over Arizona, if anyone.

[Assembly Hall]

My Hoosiers plate 5 runs in the Top of the 9th to break open what had been a very close game against West Virginia. IU wins 12-6. Next up? The Kentucky Wildcats.

[Boston Red]

How did the Hoosiers celebrate that win back in their dorms on UK's campus? Lol. Pretty ridiculous situation with that regional.

[Kingspoint]

First day of elimination games today.

Ball State, Northeastern, Florida A&M, Central Connecticut, Lipscomb, UNC Wilmington, Army and Wright State already out.

[Kingspoint]

Auburn was the only Baseball team outside the top 16 RPI to receive a top 16 seed, granted by a selection committee chaired by their AD. Here’s how it’s going for them:

PENN'S GONNA WIN THE BASEBALL GAME!!!
PENN'S GONNA WIN THE BASEBALL GAME!!!

UCLA should have gotten in, over Arizona, if anyone.

Auburn's about to be eliminated, down 5-0 through 4-1/2 to Southern Miss.

[Kingspoint]

Oklahoma State's going to be the first Regional Host to be eliminated, down 10-1 to Dallas Baptist in the 5th. Maine also about to be eliminated down 17-5 in the 7th. 19-41 Tulane (Automatic Bids are stupid in NCAA tournaments) likely to be eliminated down 5-1 in the 5th to Sam Houston.

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Xavier on the verge of surviving an elimination game, up 4-0 over Eastern Illinois after four innings.

[Boston Red]

Xavier gets to play three. Pretty much Xavier's stretch goal to win one more.

[Assembly Hall]

Go Hoosiers!

[Boston Red]

Oral Roberts up 12-10 on Washington in the 7th. Dallas Baptist has to be liking their chances tomorrow.

[Boston Red]

Oregon takes down Vandy 8-7. Washington is rallying...down 13-12 in the 7th.

[Boston Red]

ORU prevails 15-12 to go to 2-0. Penn is also a surprise 2-0.

[Sea Ray]

Tennessee beats the Regional host last night in a 14 inning marathon 6-5 over Clemson

[Boston Red]

Tennessee beats the Regional host last night in a 14 inning marathon 6-5 over Clemson

That was quite the game.

[Boston Red]

Clemson is three outs from getting bounced by Charlotte unless they rally. Down 3-2.

[Boston Red]

Clemson out. Xavier has an opportunity to eliminate Vandy with three outs. Arkansas is getting murdered by TCU and will be out once the rain stops.

[Sea Ray]

Clemson out. Xavier has an opportunity to eliminate Vandy with three outs. Arkansas is getting murdered by TCU and will be out once the rain stops.

Rain delay

[Boston Red]

Vandy out. Let's go X!

[Big Red Smokey]

Kentucky takes care of business against WVU and IU today outscoring them 26-6 to set up winner take all vs IU tomorrow at 6pm

[Sea Ray]

Vandy out. Let's go X!

Good for X. Vol fans love what they did to Vandy. My Vols took care of business taking down Charlotte 9-2. On to the Super Regionals!

[Boston Red]

Happy Super Regionals Day!

[dubc47834]

My hometown ISU Sycamores moved on to the Super Regionals and were due to host TCU, but due to NCAA rules have to play it at TCU. Here in Terre Haute, we are hosting the Special Olympics and all of the hotels are reserved. I'm not sure of what the radius is, but a team has to stay so close to where it's playing, or the venue needs moved. Also, since we are hosting the Special Olympics, we don't have the support staff to move to a Bloomington or Victory Field in Indy. Kinda sucks for these players, but that's life. TCU fans have been very kind during all of this as well.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/tcu-fans-support-special-olympics-after-indiana-state-baseball-forced-to-play-super-regional-on-the-road/ar-AA1cfpMI

Sounds like its 30 miles!

[Boston Red]

There were no dorms available to host the teams? They could have talked to Kentucky about that one.

[dubc47834]

There were no dorms available to host the teams? They could have talked to Kentucky about that one.

Not within 30 miles. We have a lot of events going on over the next week here in town, so a lot of our "extra" support staff/volunteers are already spoken for.

Google Terre Haute, we are in the middle of nowhere in BF Indiana!

[Boston Red]

I mean Indiana State's literal dorms. That's where UK housed visiting teams in their regional.

[dubc47834]

I mean Indiana State's literal dorms. That's where UK housed visiting teams in their regional.

I'm not sure!

[Boston Red]

Oral Roberts got 8 in the top of the third and forgot to score again last night in Eugene. The Ducks came all the way back to win 9-8.

[Sea Ray]

Tennessee survives elimination game in Hattiesburg vs Southern Miss, winning 8-4

They'll settle this series tomorrow

[Boston Red]

Oral Roberts is on to Omaha.

[Sea Ray]

Wake Forest eliminated Alabama by a score of 22-5 today

[Reds Freak]

Going to be a lot of conversation about Stanford letting their pitcher throw 156 pitches last night.

[RedTeamGo!]

Going to be a lot of conversation about Stanford letting their pitcher throw 156 pitches last night.

When I first heard about this I thought maybe he was just some senior pitcher that would be like a 25th round draft pick or something. Nope, he is a top 150 draft prospect according to mlb pipeline. Stanford should be ashamed of themselves for letting him throw that many pitches.

[Sea Ray]

When I first heard about this I thought maybe he was just some senior pitcher that would be like a 25th round draft pick or something. Nope, he is a top 150 draft prospect according to mlb pipeline. Stanford should be ashamed of themselves for letting him throw that many pitches.

https://thespun.com/pac-12/stanford/stanford-pitcher-throws-156-pitch-complete-game-fans-are-furious

[Sea Ray]

Tennessee moves on to Omaha, late last night 5-0 over Southern Miss. Weather caused it to start after 10pm

[RedTeamGo!]

Ending of that Texas Standford game was kind of a bummer

[Sea Ray]

Ending of that Texas Standford game was kind of a bummer

What happened?

[Boston Red]

What happened?

Routine fly ball to right center with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Right fielder lost it in the lights, and the winning run scored.

And to be fair to the right fielder, the center fielder didn't see it either. It just happened to fall at the feet of the right fielder.

Also, Bowser celebrating like he did something was kind of weird.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

When I first heard about this I thought maybe he was just some senior pitcher that would be like a 25th round draft pick or something. Nope, he is a top 150 draft prospect according to mlb pipeline. Stanford should be ashamed of themselves for letting him throw that many pitches.

I'm loving this Stanford pitcher . Old School!!!

[Boston Red]

I agree. Looks great. Hopefully he'll throw a 180 pitch outing in Omaha, and then St. Louis drafts him high and gives him a huge bonus.

[Sea Ray]

How many schools had their football team make a new years six bowl, their men's and women's basketball ball teams make the sweet 16, and their softball and baseball teams make it to Omaha? Asking for a friend.

[Boston Red]

Two classics to get the CWS started yesterday!

[Kingspoint]

Florida starting to play homerun derby in the 3rd against Oral Roberts.

[Boston Red]

Florida/ORU was another classic. Fantastic CWS so far this year.

[Rojo Rijo]

Gators 2-0, both games with some fairly potent stress mixed in. 9th inning comeback against UVA to win by 1 then holding OR off to win by 1 in game 2.

[WrongVerb]

A loss on the field, a win at the bar (https://theathletic.com/4623889/2023/06/20/shohei-ohtani-stats-the-pulse/)


Wake Forest beat LSU, 3-2, last night in the Men’s College World Series showdown between what was — according to sportsbooks — the best two teams in the country. No. 1 Wake moves a step closer to the title series, while LSU has to stave off elimination tonight against Tennessee. Sigh.

At a nearby bar, though, LSU’s fan base posted a generational performance.

Rocco’s, an Omaha, Neb. establishment, recently started a contest to see which fan base of each MCWS participant could drink the most jello shots during the two-week competition. The reigning champion was Ole Miss, last year’s national title winner, with 18,777 shots purchased.

Yesterday, on the competition’s fourth day, LSU surpassed Ole Miss’ total. An hour before first pitch, LSU fans — aided by Raising Cane’s founder Todd Graves — pushed their total to 21,435.

The MCWS has been fun, the loss for my Tigers aside. Six of the eight games so far have been decided by one run, and all eight games have been decided by a total of 11 runs. Keep up with everything on our running live blog here.

[Rojo Rijo]

Florida on to the CWS Finals after defeating TCU 3-2.

Awaiting winner of Wake Forest vs. LSU. Wake needs 1 win, LSU needs 2.

[Boston Red]

LSU seems to be the more talented team. Wake seems to be the better team. I kind of prefer Wake to advance just so we don't have an all-SEC final. That would be kind of dull.

[Kingspoint]

I definitely see an LSU-FLA series with LSU winning.

LSU is the best team I've seen this season.

[Boston Red]

Quite the pitchers' duel!

[mhs95_06]

Quite a play by the LSU first baseman in the 8th to keep the game scoreless. Both starters out, now in the 10th.

[Boston Red]

Feel bad for the Wake pitcher who threw one pitch: the game winning bomb.

[Kingspoint]

Winner-take-all tonight.

I predict LSU wins it 14-12.

[Boston Red]

Winner-take-all tonight.

I predict LSU wins it 14-12.

I suspect the LSU ace will come in the first time their starter struggles, and he'll heave another 100 pitches, making the Pirates GM very, very sweaty.

[Kingspoint]

LSU making a joke of the finale.

Again, I repeat...they have been the best team I've seen all season.

[Sea Ray]

Arguably Tennessee's best pitcher, Chase Burns, is reportedly transferring to LSU due to more NIL money. Not good. Don't like this at all

[Boston Red]

Xavier's top reliever (who was probably going to move into the rotation) is also transferring to LSU.

[Sea Ray]

Xavier's top reliever (who was probably going to move into the rotation) is also transferring to LSU.

I hate to see bags of money moving college kids. That takes away a major appeal of the college game

[Boston Red]

Weird to have it happen in college baseball. Presumably it doesn't take much money to move the kids there, though, as you'd expect a kid at Xavier to be getting virtually nothing. So something >>>>> nothing.

[Sea Ray]

Weird to have it happen in college baseball. Presumably it doesn't take much money to move the kids there, though, as you'd expect a kid at Xavier to be getting virtually nothing. So something >>>>> nothing.

I would think his education and degree would be far superior at Xavier. Does this kid have a shot at making a living professionally in baseball?

[Boston Red]

I would think his education and degree would be far superior at Xavier. Does this kid have a shot at making a living professionally in baseball?

He had a sub-2 ERA last year and is being discussed as a weekend starter at LSU. He'll get his shot to play professionally. Whether he's a real MLB prospect....not sure about that.

[Sea Ray]

He had a sub-2 ERA last year and is being discussed as a weekend starter at LSU. He'll get his shot to play professionally. Whether he's a real MLB prospect....not sure about that.

It might serve him well to get a nice degree in a major league city...

[Kingspoint]

Weird to have it happen in college baseball. Presumably it doesn't take much money to move the kids there, though, as you'd expect a kid at Xavier to be getting virtually nothing. So something >>>>> nothing.

LSU is a great college and has a ton of appeal on it's own for young men and women. The athletic teams are a bonus.

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I would think his education and degree would be far superior at Xavier. Does this kid have a shot at making a living professionally in baseball?

I would think his education and degree would be far superior at LSU.

[Boston Red]

I think you're both wrong, honestly. Both are fine places and schools depending on what you're looking for. I supect Loer's move has a lot more to do with baseball (and maybe some NIL money) than anything else, though.

[Kingspoint]

I think you're both wrong, honestly. Both are fine places and schools depending on what you're looking for. I supect Loer's move has a lot more to do with baseball (and maybe some NIL money) than anything else, though.

I agree with you for his reasons, but what's in a young man's mind, nobody really knows.

[Sea Ray]

I think you're both wrong, honestly. Both are fine places and schools depending on what you're looking for. I suspect Loer's move has a lot more to do with baseball (and maybe some NIL money) than anything else, though.

I guess I was overestimating the education he'd get at Xavier. Kudos to LSU if they're that strong

[Sea Ray]

20559

[Kingspoint]

20559

You should start a 2024 thread for this.

[Sea Ray]

https://twitter.com/Vol_Baseball/status/1757154134665621663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1757154134665621663%7Ctwgr% 5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=


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