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Roundup: 'Cocks vs. Heels in Columbia
By The Associated Press
Saturday's Capsules
Columbia Regional
South Carolina 5, North
Carolina 2
COLUMBIA Steve Pearce hit a
three-run homer in the first to lead South Carolina (47-15) to the regional
championship game.
South Carolina starter Matt Campbell (9-4) settled down after allowing two
runs in the first, scattering four hits over the next seven innings and only
allowing two batters to get past first base. He got the win, tying a
season-high with 11 strikeouts.
Daniel Bard (8-4) took the loss.
North Carolina 6, The
Citadel 3
COLUMBIA Matt Ellington
drove in three runs and had two hits, and North Carolina eliminated The
Citadel (39-28) from the Columbia regional.
The Tar Heels (43-20) advance to the regional final Sunday against South
Carolina.
Reliever Whitley Benson (5-1) came in for the third and got the win,
allowing no runs and one hit and striking out three. Gross picked up his
eighth save.
The Citadel 10, Coastal
Carolina 1
COLUMBIA Jonathan Ellis
struck out a career-high 13 and scattered six hits for a complete game to
help The Citadel eliminate Coastal Carolina.
The Chanticleers leave the tournament after two straight losses for the
second straight year.
Steven Carter (12-3) took the loss, allowing eight runs, seven earned, nine
hits with five strikeouts.
Oxford Regional
Washington 7, Mississippi
OXFORD Aaron Hathaway had
three RBI's, and Washington beat top-seeded Mississippi 7-2 Saturday to
eliminate the Rebels from the NCAA baseball tournament.
Mississippi ace Mark Holliman (9-3) gave up five runs in two-thirds of an
inning as the Rebels (39-21) lost their sixth straight game and went 0-2 for
the first time in six regional appearances.
Hathaway had a triple that scored two and added an RBI single in the ninth,
and Kyle Parker (4-3) went the distance with seven strikeouts.
Washington beat Western 4-1 Kentucky later Saturday for a spot in the
regional final.
Ole Miss flopped in its first home regional. The Rebels combined to score
two runs in two games and were booed in becoming the first top seed
eliminated from the tournament.
Washington 4, Western
Kentucky 1
OXFORD Kyle Larsen and Aaron
Hathaway homered to help Washington eliminate Western Kentucky (35-28).
Matt Kasser threw 7 2/3 innings of four-hit ball for Washington (39-19-1),
which won twice Saturday and must beat Tulane twice Sunday to win its first
regional championship.
Tulane 7, Western Kentucky
0
OXFORD J.R. Crowel tossed a
four-hitter to lead Tulane to the championship game in the Oxford regional.
Crowel (8-2) struck out seven and won for the fifth time in his last six
decisions.
The Green Wave (40-19) are one win from their first super regional since
2001 when they advanced to the College World Series. Daniel Faulkner (8-6)
failed in his bid to win his third straight decision.
Tallahassee Regional
Central Florida 12,
Oklahoma State 9
TALLAHASSEE Ryan Bono's
three-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning led Central Florida over
Oklahoma State.
The Golden Knights (46-17) will play Florida State (43-20) Sunday.
Bono's blast came off Oklahoma State pitcher Travis Ingle (0-3), who walked
three and committed a throwing error in the 10th.
Rusty Ryal's three-run double in the top of the ninth tied it at 9 for
Oklahoma State (38-24). Darren Newlin (5-0) pitched 3 1-3 innings of relief
for UCF.
The game was delayed by bad weather in the bottom of the fifth for 1 1/2
hours.
Florida State 3, Central
Florida 2
TALLAHASSEE Rhett James took
a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and reliever Matt DiBlasi worked out of
a jam in the eighth to help Florida State (43-20) earn a spot in the
regional championship game.
Holding a one-run lead in the eighth, DiBlasi entered the game with runners
at second and third and no outs. The left-hander enticed an infield fly and
turned two comebackers into outs to preserve the lead.
James (10-2) gave up a one-out single to Dee Brown in the seventh for UCF's
first hit. But the Golden Knights chased James with two singles sandwiched
around a walk to start the eighth. Central Florida plays Oklahoma State
later Saturday.
Oklahoma State 4, Bethune-Cookman
1
TALLAHASSEE Jason Jaramillo
hit a three-run home run in the first inning, helping Oklahoma State
eliminate Bethune-Cookman in an NCAA regional.
The win sent Big 12 champion Oklahoma State (38-23) into another elimination
game later Saturday against Central Florida. Bethune-Cookman finished its
season 27-28.
Left-hander Thomas Cowley (8-3) threw a complete-game two-hitter for the
Cowboys. He struck out 10 and walked none. Jahsan Page (6-4) took the loss.
Austin Regional
Texas 7, Oral Roberts 5
AUSTIN Dooley Prince and
Seth Johnston drove in four runs with a pair of eighth-inning singles and
Texas (52-13) rallied to the regional championship game.
Oral Roberts got runners on first and third in the ninth before Texas closer
Huston Street got Matt VanDerBosch to ground into a game-ending double play.
Oral Roberts 10, Texas
Christian 1
AUSTIN Ricky Rivera and
Grant Plumley hit home runs to help Oral Roberts eliminate Texas Christian
(39-26).
Rivera's solo shot in the sixth made it 4-0. TCU answered with its only run
in the bottom of the inning but Plumley's two-run shot to the same spot over
the left field wall as Rivera's made it 6-1.
Oral Roberts (50-10) pounded out 15 hits while Taylor McIntrye gave up just
three in a complete game effort.
TCU 12, Youngstown State 8
AUSTIN Chris Neuman hit a
two-run homer and Texas Christianrallied with a six-run sixth inning to
eliminate Youngstown State from the Austin Regional.
Neuman's blast over the right field wall with two outs capped the rally that
turned a 7-3 deficit into a 9-7 lead.
Neuman, who transferred from Texas after the Longhorns won the 2002 NCAA
championship, went 3-for-5 with three RBI. Robbie Findlay (6-1) pitched 5
2-3 innings in relief to pick up the win.
Youngstown State (22-33) goes home after earning its first Division I NCAA
bid by winning the Horizon League Tournament.
Oklahoma City Regional
Florida 4, UCLA 3
OKLAHOMA CITY Ben Harrison
hit a two-run homer and top-seeded Florida advanced to the championship game
at the Oklahoma City regional.
Connor Falkenbach (10-6) pitched a complete game for Florida, scattering 10
hits and giving up three runs. He struck out five and walked two.
C.J. Smith drove put the Gators (42-20) ahead 2-1 with an RBI single in the
fifth and came around to score on Harrison's 17th home run of the season.
UCLA 17, Oklahoma 7
OKLAHOMA CITY Ryan McCarthy
and Chris Denove drove in a combined eight runs to help UCLA advance to the
Oklahoma City regional and eliminate the Sooners.
UCLA (35-28) next faces top-seeded Florida.
David Johnson (4-3) got the win for UCLA, allowing four runs and 11 hits in
7 1/3 innings.
Oklahoma 6, Central
Connecticut State 1
OKLAHOMA CITY Eric Thornton
homered and David Purcey threw a five-hitter, and Oklahoma eliminated
Central Connecticut State.
Purcey (9-5) struck out nine and walked three. The Sooners took the lead for
good in the fourth when Josh Stinson doubled and Ryan Rohlinger scored all
the way from first after right fielder Rob Mosgood's error.
Athens Regional
Georgia 6, Clemson 3
ATHENS Marshall Szabo had
three RBI and Georgia advanced to the championship game.
Bulldogs reliever Will Startup (6-2) came on in the fifth inning for the
win.
Georgia (40-20) advanced to Sunday afternoon's championship game.
The Bulldogs scored a pair of two-out runs in the sixth. Josh Smith and
Justin Holmes singled, the latter on a bunt, and Szabo doubled them home.
Clemson 5, Birmingham
Southern 4
ATHENS Travis Storrer's RBI
single in the ninth rallied Clemson past Birmingham Southern (47-18) and
into the regional final against Georgia.
Storrer, who hit a two-run homer in the second inning, drove in Garrick
Evans, who led off the ninth with a double to right. Reliever Patrick Hogan
(3-3) pitched in trouble but picked up the win in three innings of work for
Clemson (38-25).
Birmingham Southern 5,
Middle Tennessee 0
ATHENS Michael Cline homered
and doubled, driving in three runs, and David Horne shut out Middle
Tennessee in an elimination game at the NCAA regionals.
Cline hit a solo homer in the second that barely cleared the 365-foot sign
in right-center off loser John Williams, but it was his two-run double in
the sixth off reliever Matt Scott that broke open the game for the Panthers
(47-17).
Horne (8-3) held the Blue Raiders (40-22) to five hits.
Houston Regional
Rice 7, Texas Southern 1
HOUSTON Matt Ueckert struck
out 12 and gave up his only run on a throwing error to lead Rice into the
regional final against Texas A&M (41-19).
Adam Hale went 3-for-4 with an RBI and Josh Rodriguez drove in two for the
defending national champions, who avenged an upset loss from the previous
night.
Rice 6, Lamar 3
HOUSTON Wade Townsend struck
out seven and allowed three earned runs in 7 2/3 innings to help the
defending national champions avoid elimination, while knocking Lamar out of
the tournament.
Jeff Nieman came on in the eighth inning to end a Lamar rally. The Cardinals
(41-16) had cut the lead to 4-3 on a solo home run by Jordan Foster and an
RBI single by Brett Winn to score John Allen. Allen had doubled to reach
base.
Rice (44-13) got two insurance runs in the ninth before Nieman retired the
side for the victory.
Texas A&M 12, Texas
Southern 1
HOUSTON Cliff Pennington
went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs to send Texas A&M into the regional
final.
Texas Southern scored its only run in the sixth inning on a RBI single by
Andre Nevels.
Justin Moore (6-3) picked up the win in relief. Moore allowed one run and
four hits in six innings of work.
Texas A&M 14, Lamar 3
HOUSTON Cliff Pennington
went 4-for-5 with three RBI and scored four runs, and Texas A&M beat Lamar
in the NCAA Tournament.
When play resumed Saturday after being suspended Friday night because of
lightning, the Aggies picked up where they left off, scoring a run in the
sixth, four more in the seventh and their final three in the eighth. Texas
A&M was leading 6-0 at the end of the fourth when the game was suspended.
Charlottesville Regional
Vanderbilt 11, Princeton 1
CHARLOTTESVILLE Ryan Mullins
struck out eight batters in a complete game, and Vanderbilt advanced to the
regional championship game.
Mullins (9-2) allowed five hits in helping Vanderbilt (44-17) win for the
10th time in its last 11 games.
Gavin Fabian (4-3) had a miserable game in comparison, giving up 10 hits and
six runs in 5 1/3 innings. Princeton (28-19) now meets Virginia in an
elimination game Sunday.
Princeton 4, Virginia 2
CHARLOTTESVILLE Ryan Reich's
two-run double in the eighth inning lifted Princeton over Virginia in game
that was postponed the previous day because of rain.
With the score tied at 2, Adam Balkan singled off Andrew Dobies (6-3) to
lead off the eighth. B.J. Szymanski followed with a single off reliever
Casey Lambert.
After the two runners advanced on a sacrifice fly, Lambert intentionally
walked Tim Lahey to set up a potential double play. Reich foiled the
strategy with his second double of the game.
Virginia 7, George Mason 2
CHARLOTTESVILLE Joe
Koshansky pitched a seven-hitter, homered and drove in two runs to help
Virginia knock out George Mason.
Koshansky (8-3), the ACC player of the year, gave himself a 2-0 lead with
his 16th home run with.
Virginia (43-14) snapped a three-game postseason losing streak and advanced
to another elimination game Sunday. The Cavaliers will face Princeton.
Robby Jacobsen hit his 12th home run in the ninth for George Mason (39-18).
Coral Gables Regional
Miami 19, North Carolina
State 5
CORAL GABLES Gaby Sanchez
drove in six runs to lead Miami into the regional final.
Miami (46-11) fell behind 4-0 in the first but rallied to score 11 runs over
the next three innings. The Hurricanes rattled North Carolina State ace
Michael Rogers for a career-high 11 earned runs on 12 hits in just 3 2/3
innings.
Miami will now face Florida Atlantic.
Florida Atlantic 10, North
Carolina State 2
CORAL GABLES Surprise
starter Will Mann pitched an eight-hitter and Florida Atlantic eliminated
North Carolina State from the NCAA Tournament.
With its second win of the day, No. 3 seeded Florida Atlantic (47-16)
advanced to Sunday's regional championship against top-seeded and host
Miami.
Florida Atlantic coach Kevin Cooney's gamble succeeded when he held out ace
Randy Beam in favor of Mann, who had appeared in just 11 games all season.
Mann (5-0) responded, allowing just one earned run and struck out nine in
his first career complete game.
Florida Atlantic 14, St.
Bonaventure 2
CORAL GABLES Rusty Brown hit
two homers and drove in six runs, and Florida Atlantic eliminated St.
Bonaventure from the Coral Gables regional.
Florida Atlantic (46-16) jumped all over starter Michael Proctor (5-3),
scoring seven runs on six hits in two innings.
Matt O'Brien (11-3) allowed four hits and an earned run in five innings. The
Owls will play the loser of the Miami-North Carolina State game. St.
Bonaventure (29-22) was outscored 20-5 and allowed three homers in losses to
Miami and Florida Atlantic.
South Bend Regional
Arizona 7, Kent State 4
SOUTH BEND Richard Mercado
hit an RBI single in the seventh inning to break a tie, leading the Wildcats
to their first NCAA regional championship game since 1993.
The Wildcats (32-24-1) will play Notre Dame.
Mercado was 2-for-4 and also scored a run for the Wildcats, who rallied back
to win after squandering a 4-0 lead. Arizona added two more runs in the
eighth.
Notre Dame 7, Kent State 1
SOUTH BEND Left-hander Tom
Thornton threw a three-hitter over 8 1/3 innings, striking out a career-high
12 to eliminate Kent State (36-27).
Thornton (9-2) didn't allow a hit until the fifth, when the Irish (51-11)
were already ahead 4-0. He walked just two and the ball got out of the
infield just six times.
Steve Andres went 3-for-3, driving in two runs and scoring three times, Javi
Sanchez drove in three runs and Cody Rizzo had an RBI sacrifice fly.
Notre Dame 6, UC Irvine 5
SOUTH BEND Craig Cooper had
four RBI, including a three-run homer, and Cody Rizzo added a solo home run
as Notre Dame eliminated UC Irvine.
The Anteaters (34-22-1) stranded 12 runners for the second straight game,
going winless in their first NCAA regional appearance.
Ryan Doherty pitched the ninth for the Irish to earn his 12th save. Glenn
Swanson (6-4) allowed six runs, five earned, in the loss.
Baton Rouge Regional
LSU 6, Southern Mississippi
2
BATON ROUGE Nate Bumstead
pitched a complete game, giving up two earned runs with six strikeouts to
put LSU into the regional championship game for the ninth straight season.
LSU (43-17) scored four in the seventh to take the lead.
College of Charleston 7,
Southern Mississippi 3
BATON ROUGE Reid Price
pitched his second complete game of the year and Chris Campbell had a solo
home run and drove in two runs as the College of Charleston advanced to face
LSU.
Southern Miss (45-19) was forced to play a second game on Saturday after
losing to LSU 6-2 earlier. Charleston (47-15) beat Army 2-1 in the first
game Saturday and lost to Southern Miss 6-5 Friday night.
Price (7-4) struck out eight, including three in the ninth.
In the fourth, the Cougars scored on a wild pitch, Byron Barber drove in two
more, and Campbell's RBI single gave Charleston a 6-2 lead.
College of Charleston 2,
Army 1
BATON ROUGE Ryan Edell
struck out eight in 7 2/3 innings, and the College of Charleston eliminated
Army from the Baton Rouge regional.
Army (37-15) was eliminated after losing 9-0 to LSU in the first game of the
regional. The Black Knights were making their second appearance in an NCAA
Tournament. Justin Kashner (7-3) took the loss despite holding Charleston to
four hits.
Atlanta Regional
Georgia Tech 9, Texas Tech
3
ATLANTA Whit Robbins, Steven
Blackwood and Mike Nickeas all homered to back the solid pitching of Micah
Owings, helping Georgia Tech advance to the championship round of the
Atlanta regional.
The Yellow Jackets (43-19) have won 22 of their last 24 games. The Red
Raiders (39-20) dropped to the loser's bracket.
Eric Patterson was 3-for-5, while Robbins, Owings and Mike Trapani each
added two hits. Owings (9-2) went eight innings and allowed two earned runs
on eight hits. He tied a career high with nine strikeouts to win his seventh
straight decision.
Texas Tech 14, Mississippi
State 7
ATLANTA Cody Fuller hit a
go-ahead, two-run single during an eight-run eighth inning to lead Texas
Tech past Mississippi State.
The Red Raiders (40-20) now must beat Georgia Tech twice Sunday to advance
to the Super Regional, while the Bulldogs (35-26) completed their season.
Josh Haney and Michael Maske each had a homer among their four hits, and
Fuller added three hits. Corey Gerstner (8-1) pitched the final six innings
in relief of Steve Gooch and allowed two runs on four hits.
Mississippi State 7,
Jacksonville State 6
ATLANTA Thomas Berkery hit a
go-ahead, ground-rule double during a five-run seventh inning, helping the
Bulldogs eliminate the Gamecocks.
Joseph Hunter homered and went 3-for-4 for Mississippi State and Jeff Lacher
(5-6) pitched 8 2/3 innings. He left after allowing a two-run homer to Robby
Goodson, and Brooks Dunn got one out for his second save.
Austin Stein and Scott Smith also homered for Jacksonville State, which won
the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament title. C.R. Palmer (9-6) took the
loss.
Fullerton Regional
Pepperdine 7, Cal State
Fullerton 6
FULLERTON Cory Brightwell's
two-out homer in the 10th inning gave Pepperdine (30-30) the victory.
After the Titans scored twice in the top of the 10th to take a 6-4 lead, the
Waves rallied to win and advance to Sunday's regional final against the
winner of the Arizona State-Cal State Fullerton game.
Pepperdine's Steve Kleen hit a solo homer with one out in the 10th to make
it 6-5. One out later, Chad Tracy legged out an infield single to set the
stage for Brightwell's two-out blast.
Arizona State 6, Minnesota
4
FULLERTON Jason Urquidez and
Zechry Zinicola combined to pitch Arizona State to a victory and eliminate
Minnesota (38-23).
Urquidez (12-3) allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings before being relieved by
Zinicola, who finished for his eighth save to tie a school freshman record.
Fayetteville Regional
Wichita State 4, Arkansas 3
FAYETTEVILLE, AR Drew
Moffitt's 11th-inning home run lifted Wichita State to the regional final.
Moffitt slammed a 1-2 pitch from reliever Trey Holloway (2-2) through a
stiff wind for his 26th home run of the season.
Wichita State (49-14) will play the winner of Arkansas (40-22) and Missouri
on Sunday. Arkansas forced extra innings when Bubbs Merrill's pinch-hit
single in the eighth scored Clay Goodwin with two outs to tie the game 3-3.
Missouri 11, LeMoyne 3
FAYETTEVILLE, AR Cody Ehlers
had four RBI to help Missouri eliminate LeMoyne (36-21) from the tournament.
Ehlers had an RBI single in the second inning, then hit a three-run home run
in the fourth inning.
Missouri (38-22-1) will play Arkansas. Garrett Broshuis (11-0) earned the
win, pitching a complete game in which he allowed three earned runs on eight
hits with six strikeouts.
Alan Drechsler (10-1) got the loss after giving up four earned runs on four
hits in 1 2/3 innings.
Kinston Regional
East Carolina 8, Stony Brook 2
KINSTON Shane Matthews
allowed two runs in eight innings to give East Carolina the victory.
John Poppert had two RBI for the Pirates (49-11), who advanced to the
winner's bracket and will face North Carolina-Wilmington on Sunday. The
Seawolves (29-26) will face Tennessee in an elimination game Sunday.
Matthews allowed just six hits and struck out seven batters, throwing 106
pitches.
UNC-Wilmington
8, Tennessee 5
KINSTON Tim Preston hit a
home run to lead off a four-run seventh inning Saturday, lifting the
Seahawks.
UNC-Wilmington (39-21) advanced to the winner's bracket and will face East
Carolina.
The Volunteers (37-23) will face Stony Brook in an elimination game Sunday.
Patrick Hicklen (4-3) took the loss, allowing eight hits and six runs in 6
1/3 innings.
Stanford Regional
Long Beach State 7,
Stanford 4
STANFORD Jered Weaver
allowed five hits over eight innings and Troy Tulowitzki hit two home runs
to lead Long Beach State.
Danny Mocny homered, hit two doubles and drove in two runs for the 49ers
(38-19), who advance to Sunday's championship game against either Stanford
(45-13) or St. John's.
Weaver (15-1) gave up one earned run with a walk and eight strikeouts in
bouncing back from his only loss of the season in his last start. The
potential first-round draft pick in Monday's amateur draft retired the final
13 hitters he faced.
Stanford 7, St. John's 2
STANFORD John Mayberry, Jr.
hit a monstrous home run and drove in three runs for Stanford in the
elimination game.
Chris Minaker also hit a home
run and drove in two runs for Stanford, which has to beat Long Beach State
twice to advance to a Super Regional.
Matt Leva (6-2) threw his
first career complete game, allowing two runs on seven hits. Matt Toscani
(5-2) took the loss for St. John's (37-25), which had five errors.
St. John's 9, UNLV 6
STANFORD Eddie Schultz had
three hits, including a homer, and drove in two runs to help St. John's
eliminate UNLV (37-24) from the Stanford regional.
Jim Martin and Joe Burke each drove in two runs for the Red Storm (37-22),
who snapped a three-game losing streak.
The Red Storm advanced to meet Stanford.
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