Louisville, Tulane bite the
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Saturday's NCAA Baseball Capsules
By The Associated Press
Clemson Regional
East Carolina 7, Georgia Southern 3
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Darryl Lawhorn and Clayton
McCullough hit back-to-back RBI singles in the seventh inning to rally East
Carolina to an elimination game victory over Georgia Southern.
The Pirates (43-19-1) must beat top-seeded Clemson
twice Sunday to advance to the NCAA super regional.
Neal Sears, who pitched the final 2 2-3 innings of
East Carolina's opening NCAA win over Elon, held Georgia Southern (39-25) to
two hits during the last three innings for his sixth save.
Clemson 4, East Carolina 2
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Matt Henrie showed that Clemson
has pitching as well as hitting, holding East Carolina to seven hits in
eight innings.
After hitting six homers in Friday night's 15-1 rout
of Georgia Southern, Clemson (49-14) struggled to find its offense against
Pirates starter Davey Penny.
Jarrod Schmidt's two-run homer in the sixth broke a
2-2 tie.
Georgia Southern 6, Elon 2
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Brett Lewis held Elon to five
hits in 7 2-3 innings as Georgia Southern survived.
The Eagles were tagged for six home runs in a 15-1
loss to top-seeded Clemson on Friday night. Lewis allowed back-to-back RBI
doubles in the first, but settled down.
Atlanta Regional:
Georgia 9, Coastal Carolina 7
ATLANTA (AP) Lee Mitchell had four doubles and
Georgia pounded out 18 hits to battle from a four-run deficit and beat
Coastal Carolina.
The Bulldogs (32-28), who lost to Georgia Tech 3-0
earlier Saturday, have to beat the Yellow Jackets (48-14) twice Sunday to
advance to a super regional.
David Coffey led off the eighth inning with a triple
off the center-field wall and scored on Chaz Lytle's single to break a 7-7
tie.
Georgia Tech 3, Georgia 0
ATLANTA (AP) Victor Menocal and Tyler Parker hit
solo homers, and Chris Goodman pitched 6 1-3 shutout innings to lead Georgia
Tech past Georgia.
With their second shutout of the tournament, the
top-seeded Yellow Jackets (48-14) advanced to the championship game Sunday.
Coastal Carolina 9, Louisville 1
ATLANTA (AP) Seamus Donovan pitched a complete
game, and every starter picked up at least one hit as Coastal Carolina
eliminated Louisville.
After being limited to three hits by Georgia Tech's
Kyle Bakker in a 6-0 loss Friday night, the Chanticleers had 16 off four
Louisville pitchers, scoring in each of the first six innings.
Columbia Regional
North Carolina 9, James Madison 7
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Sean Farrell hit a two-run
homer in the sixth and singled in the go-ahead run to lift North Carolina
over James Madison.
North Carolina (42-20) would have to beat South
Carolina (50-14) twice Sunday to claim the regional title and a trip to the
NCAA super-regionals.
Daniel Moore (6-2), who faced five batters in the
first game against South Carolina without an out to take the loss, picked up
the win against the Dukes (44-16).
South Carolina 9, North Carolina 6
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Yaron Peters hit two home runs,
including a two-run shot in a six-run first inning, breaking the South
Carolina record for homers in a season.
Peters, the Southeastern Conference player of the
year, also hit a solo homer in the second, giving him 24 this season to
break the Gamecocks record of 23 set by Joe Datin in 1985. South Carolina
improved to 50-19.
James Madison 5, Virginia Commonwealth 2
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Eddie Kim had three hits as
James Madison beat Virginia Commonwealth in an elimination game.
James Madison broke out of a hitting slump with nine
hits and reversed two straight losses to the Rams (38-27) in the Colonial
Athletic Association tournament championship last Sunday.
Dan Meyer (9-2) pitched a complete-game seven-hitter
and had a shutout until he gave up a two-run homer to Nick Jones with two
outs in the ninth.
Winston-Salem Regional
Wake Forest 13, Navy 1
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Jamie D'Antona hit a
two-run homer in the first inning as the Demon Deacons beat Navy eaily in an
elimination game.
The Demon Deacons (46-12) advanced to the regional
championship against Richmond.
Navy (23-25) had beaten George Washington in an
earlier game to stay alive, but couldn't overcome D'Antona's home run and
the rest of the Demon Deacons.
Richmond 3, Wake Forest 2
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Tim Stauffer (15-2) struck
out six and scattered seven hits over seven innings to lead Richmond over
top-seeded Wake Forest.
Matt Craig hit a two-run homer in the first for
Richmond (51-10) in a game that was delayed for two hours because of a
thunderstorm in the bottom of the fourth with Richmond ahead 2-1.
Navy 6, George Washington 4
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Matt Foster struck out
seven into 7 1-3 innings, and Craig Candeto and Brad Hager homered for Navy
in an elimination game.
The Midshipmen (23-24), one of two teams entering the
NCAA tournament with a losing record, knocked out Atlantic 10 champion
George Washington (42-23).
Baton Rouge Regional
LSU 4, Tulane 2
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Bo Pettit struck out 11 in
his fourth complete game of the year, and third in as many starts, as
Louisiana State beat Tulane in an elimination game.
Pettit (9-7) allowed seven hits and walked two, and
Rocky Scelfo hit a tiebreaking single in the third to give the Tigers
(42-20) a 2-1 lead. David Raymer and Aaron Hill homered in the fourth to
make it 4-1.
LSU needs to beat Louisiana-Lafayette (39-21) twice
in Sunday's regionals to advance.
Louisiana-Lafayette 5, LSU 0
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Andy Gros pitched his second
shutout of the season against Louisiana State as Louisiana-Lafayette
advanced to Sunday's regional championship.
Gros (11-4), who shut out LSU 7-0 in March, extended
his mastery over the Tigers to 18 scoreless innings, limiting the Tigers to
seven hits and two walks.
Tulane 10, Southern 2
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Beau Richardson scattered
seven hits while pitching his third complete game of the year to lift Tulane
over Southern, eliminating the Jaguars (45-10).
The Green Wave scored five runs in the fifth to take
a 7-0 lead.
Tallahassee Regional
South Florida 7, Cent. Florida 2
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Ryan Gloger threw a
four-hitter as South Florida eliminated Central Florida and reached the
regional finals for the second time in school history.
South Florida (35-28) will have to beat Florida
State, the tournament top seed, for the regional championship.
Gloger (6-4) struck out four and walked two, and
Devin Ivany had three RBIs in the win over Central Florida (41-22).
Florida St. 7, Cent. Florida 3
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Nick Rogers drove in three
runs for the second straight game, and Florida State extended its winning
streak to 24 games.
Tied at 2 after five innings, the top-ranked
Seminoles (58-12) took the lead for good with two runs in the sixth and
three more in the seventh.
South Florida 14, Stetson 13
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Myron Leslie's sacrifice fly
in the bottom of the ninth capped a rally as South Florida scored all 14 of
its runs in the final five innings against Stetson.
The Bulls overcame two six-run deficits, trailing 6-0
in the fourth and 12-6 in the seventh, before eliminating the Hatters
(42-19), who also led 6-0 against Florida State on Friday before losing.
Mesa Regional
Arizona St. 11, San Diego 1
MESA, Ariz. (AP) Carlos Arguello scattered seven
hits in his first complete game of the season as Arizona State beat San
Diego in an elimination game.
The Sun Devils (37-20) will have to beat Houston
(46-15) twice Sunday to advance to the super regionals.
Arguello (5-1) struck out seven and walked two, and
Jeremy West, Rod Allen and Andre Ethier each had two RBIs.
San Diego 2, New Mexico St. 1
MESA, Ariz. (AP) Tom Caple scattered five hits in
seven innings, and Gavin Ng made a game-saving sliding catch as San Diego
beat New Mexico State (37-25) in an elimination game.
With two runners on and two outs in the eighth, Ng
slid in deep left field to catch a ball hit by New Mexico State's David
Licini. Had the ball dropped, two runs likely would have scored.
Houston 8, Arizona St. 4
MESA, Ariz. (AP) Hyung Cho homered and drove in two
runs as Houston beat Arizona State.
Danny Zell (8-1) got the win to give Houston (46-15)
a berth in Sunday's championship game.
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