How 'bout 'dem Privateers! 7-6 victory for New Orleans over number one seed Wichita St.

I've got APSU-Vandy @ 1-1, B11, Alvarez batting v. Vicini with de la Osa on 1st and no out.

It was Texas Southern that beat Rice a couple of years back (against Humber, I believe).

Vandy 2
Austin Peay 1
Final

Single (de la Osa)
Double play (Alvarez)
Single (Flaherty)
Walk (Meingasner)
Pitching change..Wilshire in for Vicini
Passed ball. (runners now 2nd n 3rd, 2 out)
Error by pitcher (Wilshire)

Goddamnit!

UIC stuns Long Beach 4-1, behind 8 innings of one-hit ball by Ryan Zink.

Wow, what a game for UIC. Theyve been building a real solid program for awhile, producing Curtis Granderson, Dave Haehnel (O's prospect) and Mark Hallberg (hardest man to K in NCAA last year..transferred to FSU though, now starting at SS for them).
In addition to mining Chicago and its suburbs for talent they take advantage of the lack of real NCAA baseball in Wisconsin to nag some good HS players (incl Zink and Hallberg) - plus they seem to recruit the fertile Washington CCs as much as the solid Illinois ones. Go figure

Whats great for them is that, though Ryan Zink has been their ace since his freshman year, hes only their 3rd best starter this year while recovering from 06 arm surgery so they've still got plenty of good pitching for the weekend. Closer David Cales struck out the side after Zink to rack up his 13th save and run his K/BB to 32 and ONE in 33 innings. 20 hits, one homer and an 0.82 ERA to go with that. He also plays 2b (268/311/458) and shows some pop.
He transferred from Missouri where he was one of their best pitchers as a freshman (41 IP, 25 H, 14 BB, 1 HR, 49 Ks, 2.83 ERA) but went 5-30 at the plate. Coaches tell him they want him to only pitch, he says no and transfers back home to UIC, where they promise him he can do both. IIRC he wasnt hitting at all to start the year so credit the UIC coaching staff for sticking with him as a 2-way guy.

Oh and Larry Gempp is small and no prospect but his OPS' at UIC have gone 1020, 963 to 1066. Good little hitter.

This teams got some talent and would be an awesome Cinderella.

UIC stuns Long Beach 4-1, behind 8 innings of one-hit ball by Ryan Zink.

Frak Long Beach. Way to go, Flames!

Fresno State knocks off San Diego, as well.

Outstanding first day of the tournament, IMO. A number of the top seeds learned that you can't take anyone for granted any more.

Drew Saberhagen, son of the former KC pitcher, is starting for WCU today in their elimination game against Jacksonville. Saberhagen transferred from Pepperdine after appearing sparingly as a freshman there; he was 8-1 with a 3.10 ERA in 15 starts for the Catamounts this year, including a 3-1 win at Georgia and a 6-3 win over Clemson. Drew's a lefty, unlike Dad, and more of a finesse guy.

-- MWE

Wake Forst gives the ball to Ben Hunter (I thought Kledzik might start), facing Brown's James Cramphin.

WCU gets on the board in the top of the 1st, as does Rutgers against Lafayette. Stetson gets a runner to second in the top half against Bethune-Cookman, but strands him.

-- MWE

Myrtle Beach regional games have been postponed today, due to Tropical Storm Barry. The plan is to play three games tomorrow, at 11, 3, and 7 - but the weather forecast for Sunday isn't good, either.

-- MWE

Saberhagen shuts out Jacksonville.

Austin Peay says they don't want to go home yet, and puts up a 6 spot in the first on Memphis

Sam Houston was down 3-0 in the third to Troy, but is not up 5-3 in the 6th inning of an elim game.

Wichita and Oral Roberts tied at 2 in the 6th inning of the Wichita regional go-home game

LeMoyne tied 5-5 with Ohio St in the 6th. like all of the early games today, the loser goes home.

Rutgers outlasted Lafayette 11-10 in back and forth slugfest in the Charlottesville elimination game. The scoring went... Rutgers up 2-1, Lafayette up 4-2, Rutgers 6-4, Lafayette 7-6, Rutgers 11-6 in the top of the 8th. Lafayette got one in the 8th and then a 2 run homer in the bottom of the 9th cut it to 11-10. After the homer Rutgers brought in senior Kevin Lillis to replace his freshman brother Chris Lillis on the mound to get the final 3 outs to hold on.

Stetson sends Bethune-Cookman home, 12-0.
Miami is blasting Kent State 8-1 in the 8th.
LeMoyne is hanging tough with Ohio State, 5-5 in the bottom of the 7th. The Buckeyes have a runner on 3rd with no outs.
Wichita State is now up 3-2 on ORU. Wouldn't that be a kick in the teeth for the Shockers, two and out at home?
Baylor jumps out on Prairie View early, 5-0 in the 3rd.
Memphis gets back to within 6-3 on Austin Peay.

-- MWE

Miami's starting P Enrique Garcia, a JuCO transfer, is from Mechanicsville, MD. I lived there for a long time; my daughters still live there.

-- MWE

Rutgers knocks out Lafayette in a wild one, 11-10. The Leopards led 4-3 after six, then Rutgers scored three in the top of the 7th, Lafayette got three in their half, and the Scarlet Knights countered with a five-spot in the eighth (including 2-run shots by Frank Meade and Ryan Hill) to go up 11-7. Lafayette got one in the eighth on a solo shot by Dave Vrechsel, and Kevin Leasure's 2-run HR (giving him 5 RBI for the game) got the Leopards to within one to start the ninth, but Chris Lillis came on in relief of baby brother Kevin to close it out.

Wake Forest sends Brown packing, 4-2.

Kent State has closed the gap against the Hurricanes to 8-3. Freshman Alex Koronis has just relieved Garcia for Miami.

-- MWE

Freshman Alex Koronis has just relieved Garcia for Miami.

...and gives up a bases-clearing double to Anthony Gallas which chops the lead to 8-6. I can't imagine that Morris really wants to bring in Gil here, but he might not have a choice.

-- MWE

I can't imagine that Morris really wants to bring in Gil here, but he might not have a choice.

... and the minute that I hit Submit, Gil comes in.

-- MWE

Danny Gil not entirely sure where the strike zone is, walks the bases loaded and puts ball one on the next hitter after that...

Damnit, gets a strike out to get out of the jam
Kent State has 3 more outs left to pull off a miracle

Rain delay in Nashville.

Long Beach has an early lead on Pepperdine in an elimination game.

ECU and UNC are tied at 8 in another wild and wooly affair.

Ohio State hangs on in 10 innings against LeMoyne.

Wichita State comes back to knock out Oral Roberts, 11-4.

UCI with an early lead over Texas.

-- MWE

ECU jumps on UNC closer Andrew Carignan for two runs (HR by Kyle Roller, RBI double by Corey Kemp). 10-8 Pirates.

-- MWE

UVA's Brandon Guyer hurt his shoulder while scoring the tying run in the Cavs' game with Oregon State, and was forced out of the game.

Shane Mathews on to try to close it out for ECU, but he's having trouble finding the strike zone. Pirates' coach Billy Godwin was ejected in the eighth for arguing an out call on an appeal play which ended ECU's inning.

Creighton eliminated Albany 21-11 in a game that took nearly 4 1/2 hours to complete.

Rain delay in Houston for the Rice/TCU matchup. Start time has been pushed back to 9:30 ET.

-- MWE

Denny Duron ties Pepperdine's game with LBSU at 3, hitting a solo HR.

-- MWE

Tar Heels pull it out, 11-10. ECU and WCU meet in an elimination game tomorrow, with the winner needing to beat UNC twice to advance.

-- MWE

Louisville up 3-0 on Missouri, through four and a half. Justin Marks for Louisville has pitched five shutout innings, giving up just two hits.

Cards got a run in the 2nd, and two in the 3rd, all on RBI singles.

Jacob Priday just hit a two-run HR for Missouri in the 6th. 3-2 Louisville. Things just got a lot tighter . . . .

Oops. Back-to-back jacks . . . Trevor Coleman followed up, tied the game at 3-3. Marks had given up two home runs all year long, and then doubled that in two hitters. Wow.

God dangit, Shane Matthews could not throw a strike to save his life

Does only one team from each regional advance? If a team goes 2-0 today will they still have to play again tomorrow against the team they beat today and winner of the loser bracket?

Does only one team from each regional advance? If a team goes 2-0 today will they still have to play again tomorrow against the team they beat today and winner of the loser bracket?

Only one team from each regional advances -- to meet another regional for the right to advance to the CWS. A team that gets to 2-0 has to then be beaten twice by the winner of the loser's bracket to be eliminated. So if you get to 2-0, you only have to win one more. The loser's bracket winner has to win twice.

Missouri is still batting in an increasingly ugly 6th. After the second homer, Marks was taken out for Colby Wark, who immediately walked two and hit a batter. He was then replaced, and the Tigers got their fourth run on a FC grounder. 4-3 Missouri, one out, runners on first and third.

Huge! Meade strikes out the next batter, the induces a 6-4 FC grounder to get out of the inning. 4-3 Missouri going to the bottom of the 6th. Could have been much, MUCH worse.

Several hosts about to lose.

San Diego is down 4-0 in the 7th in an elimination game vs Minnesota
FSU down 3-0 in the 9th vs Miss St.
In a game similar, matchup-wise, to the UNC/ECU clash Ole Miss is losing at home to Southern Miss 4-0 in the 9th

Justin Pigott was just outstanding for Mississippi State, shutting down the Seminoles on three hits through 7+. Aaron Weatherford came on in the 8th after a leadoff double to get three outs. FSU batting in the bottom of the ninth, trailing 3-0.

-- MWE

Down go the 'Noles. Weatherford strikes out the side after a leadoff walk.

-- MWE

Austin Peay, after a length rain delay, is about to send Memphis home. 18-7 Governors in the 8th.

UVA and Oregon State are in extras, tied at 4. The Cavaliers took a 4-3 lead in the top of the 10th only to see the Beavers tie it again in the bottom half.

Louisville has come back to tie Missou at 4 going to the 7th.

-- MWE

Yeah, until Mr. Priday decided to do something about it. He hit another homer in the 7th, giving Mo. back the lead, 5-4. That's the score, going to the bottom of the inning now.

UCI has Texas down 3-1 in the 9th.

Rice/TCU under way, finally. Ryan Berry against Chris Johnson.

-- MWE

With its back to the wall, San Diego has come back to tie Minnesota at 5. Logan Gelbrich just bombed a 3-run homer. Minnesota starter Dustin Brabender (he's the second cousin of Gene) took a five-hit shutout into the ninth but was lifted after the first two hitters got on.

-- MWE

What a day, I wish I could have gotten all these games on TV.
Minnesota hangs on to eliminate host San Diego 6-5.
Illinois-Chicago making another step in a Cinderella run by beating UCLA 3-1. Both starters (Gavin Brooks for UCLA, Zach Peterson for UIC threw CGs)
Nebraska rallies from a 4-1 hole to beat Monmouth 6-5.
Michigan just went up 3-1 on Vandy in the 7th.
Oklahoma State clubs Arkansas 14-3
Virginia gets 3 in the 13th to break a tie with Oregon State and win 7-4, what a game that must have been.
Long Beach State gets three in the bottom of the 8th to break another tie and send Pepperdine home 6-3.
UL-Lafayette goes back and forth with Texas A/M and wins 5-4

Arizona also had a close call, winning 9-8 over a plucky New Orleans team

Overall thats NINE one run games, plus one extra inning affair (that ended in a 3 run margin). And most of the other games were 2 or 3 run affairs

The first two days of this tournament have been about as good as anyone could have wished.

We're already into the third day, and the rains continue in both Myrtle Beach and Columbia. VCU and St. John's are in a delay, tied at 2 in the third, and NC ST and Wofford haven't been able to get under way.

-- MWE

NC State and Wofford have, apparently, been pushed back to 1 PM.

-- MWE

Vandy fans have got to be in shock; I don't think anyone except a handful of Wolverine fans expected the Commodores to have to play from the losers' bracket. Ditto the fans of the Texas teams.

UCLA actually beat UIC 3-1, not vice-versa.

-- MWE

VCU and St. John's have resumed, still 2-2 middle of the 4th.

-- MWE

And I note that both teams sent their starting pitchers back out after a 1 hour, 54 minute rain delay - something that probably wouldn't happen in professional ball.

-- MWE

VCU hooks Leonard in the bottom of the 4th, as St. John's takes a 4-3 lead. Yecker still on the mound for the Red Storm.

NC State/Wofford finally under way, as are Wake Forest/Texas and FSU/Stetson.

-- MWE

Shunick for NC State, Redwine for Wofford.
Strauss for FSU, Hitchcock for Stetson.
Kledzik for Wake Forest, Russell (who was lifted after four innings against Brown) for Texas. Longhorn CF Nick Peoples has left the game early after a first-inning collision.

-- MWE

Arizona also had a close call, winning 9-8 over a plucky New Orleans team

That game was a rollercoaster, the score went 0-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-6, 7-6, 7-8, 9-8.

Stidham HR gives the Seminoles a 1-0 lead.

-- MWE

WP by Redwine puts NC State up 1-0.

-- MWE

2 PM ET games (all elimination contests)

Southern Miss vs Sam Houston State (winner faces Mississippi)
Ohio State vs Texas A&M;(winner faces LA-Lafayette)
ECU vs WCU (winner faces UNC)
Miami vs Louisville (winner faces Missouri)
Wichita State vs UNO (winner faces Arizona)

-- MWE

Gilmartin HR for Wofford ties the score at 1 after 3.

-- MWE

2-run shot by Roskopf unties it: 3-1 NC State.

-- MWE

"UCLA actually beat UIC 3-1, not vice-versa."

Hm, i dunno how i read it the other way. Wishful thinking i guess, thanks for catching that

Nick Peoples fractured his left clavicle; he's done for the season. Not what the Longhorns needed right now.

-- MWE

Louisville takes a 3-0 lead on Miami early (based-loaded double by Castillo). Wichita State jumps out to a 1-0 lead vs UNO.

ECU and WCU will play at 7 PM in Chapel Hill, weather permitting; the other game has been pushed back until tomorrow.

VCU and St. John's are in another delay.

-- MWE

NC State up 4-1 on Wofford through 5.
FSU up 4-0 on Stetson.
Moldenhauer HR gives Texas a 1-0 lead on Wake Forest. Krebs has just relieved Russell for the Longhorns with 2 on and 2 out for Wake Forest in the bottom of the 4th. Augie's pulling out the stops today.

-- MWE

Two-run shot by Synan finishes Redwine's day in the 6th; Wolfpack now up 6-1.

-- MWE

Krebs pitches out of trouble, Texas leads 1-0 going to the 5th in Round Rock.

-- MWE

Two-run double by Poulk extends the Pack's lead to 8-1.

-- MWE

Texas adds 3 in the 5th, for a 4-0 lead over WFU.

-- MWE

O'Brien with his second HR against Louisville in as many games, cuts the Cardinal lead to 3-1.

-- MWE

3 PM games:

TCU vs Baylor (winner gets Rice; should be another corker)
Vanderbilt vs Austin Peay (winner gets Michigan)
Arkansas vs Creighton (winner gets Oklahoma State)

Wofford has closed to within 9-5 of NC State.

-- MWE

Who is televising the first round of the CWS?

Who is televising the first round of the CWS?

ESPNU is televising selected games this weekend, all three networks will cary the super regionals. The first two CWS games will be on ESPN2; the next two will be on ESPN.

-- MWE

Maybe I should move to Mobile. It'd be pretty nice so long as the DBacks keep their AA affiliate there.

Oops, wrong page. Disregard that post.

Louisville eliminates Miami! 8-7 win. Miami scores 14 runs in two games against the Cards, and goes 0-2. Ouch.

Now Louisville has to beat Missouri twice to advance. Seems unlikely . . . but then beating Miami twice seemed unlikely, too.

Louisville has now swept Miami in football, men's basketball, and baseball this academic year.

How did i see the Ole Miss/Southern Miss score as 4-0 USM yesterday?
I was wrong again...OLE MISS one.

whats wrong with me?

UCR coach Doug Smith tossed out on the first Nebraska batter of the game.

Sam Houston State trailed Southern Mississippi 7-1, but scored 4 in the bottom of the 7th and then 2 more in the bottom of the 8th to tie the game. Southern Miss then scored two runs in the top of the 9th, but Sam Houston scored two in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game again. Southern Miss scored a run in the 10th to retake the lead, but Sam Houston scored a run in the bottom of the 10th to tie the game yet again (at 10). Then in the 11th, Southern Miss scored a run in the top half of the inning, only to see Sam Houston score twice in the bottom half of the inning to win the game, 12-11.

Sam Houston State's tying runs in the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th (and the winning run in the 11th) all scored with two outs...

#1 seeds Florida State, Texas, Texas A&M;, Wichita State, Vanderbilt, and Arkansas all win elimination games, giving themselves a chance to come back and take their regionals at home.

Clemson is about to knock top seed Coastal Carolina into the losers' bracket, leading 11-6 in the 9th. Closer Alan Farina is on for the Tigers.

Charlotte trailed 12-5 going to the bottom of the 9th against top seed South Carolina, but is making it mildly interesting; it's now 12-8 with two on and two out.

-- MWE

...and as soon as I post, the Gamecocks finally manage to record the third out.

-- MWE

Texas jumps on top of UC-Irvine 1-0 at Round Rock, with thundershowers in the area. The game is in the third.

Sam Houston got three in the top of the first against Ole Miss, but the Rebels exploded for six in their half (after the first two batters had been retired, to boot), and added one in the second.

-- MWE

#1 seeds Florida State, Texas, Texas A&M;, Wichita State, Vanderbilt, and Arkansas all win elimination games, giving themselves a chance to come back and take their regionals at home.

I sure hope Arkansas doesn't. That regional winner faces the Columbia winner -- and if it's Arkansas they'll host the super regional. If, OTOH, Oklahoma St. wins as a # 3 seed, it could be up for grabs between them and Louisville (also a # 3 seed). Of course, Louisville has two games to win first for it to matter.

Fresno State jumps on Minnesota for six in the first. The winner gets Cal State-Fullerton later.

Coastal Carolina isn't done yet. A two-run HR from Matt Rademacher has the Chanticleers within three.

-- MWE

If, OTOH, Oklahoma St. wins as a # 3 seed, it could be up for grabs between them and Louisville (also a # 3 seed).

I can almost guarantee that if that happens, the Cardinals will have to go to Stillwater.

-- MWE

I can almost guarantee that if that happens, the Cardinals will have to go to Stillwater.

Yeah, I know. But you know what? It's 100% if Arkansas wins. ;-)

Missouri out in the first, no score.

Coastal can't complete the job, and now has to win three in a row, beginning at 8 PM ET against St. John's.

-- MWE

Aaron Senne solo HR for Missouri in the 2nd. 1-0 Missouri after two.

By the way, Miami's loss today ended an amazing streak of 13 consecutive regional wins. They had won their regional every single year during Jim Morris's tenure as head coach, on their way to 10 appearances in the CWS.

Quite a disappointing team, having been ranked in the top five of every national poll to start the season . . . .

Louisville ties Missouri at 1-1, on an RBI single by Logan Johnson. Going to the bottom of the 3rd.

35 runs scored in the first 5 games at Long Beach, 3.5 per team per game. Blair Field the pitchers park reasserts itself.

Long Beach State vs. UCLA, starting in about half an hour. The Dirtbags are coming out of the losers bracket and have to win two.

Huge opportunity for the Cards goes to waste. Bases loaded, one out . . . SS Chris Cates hits into a DP. Cates is the shortest player in D-I baseball (5'3"), FYI.

Missouri takes the lead in the bottom of the 4th, but it could have been MUCH worse. They loaded the bases on two walks and a HBP, but got only one run out of it when reliever Gavin Logsdon induced a DP grounder and a fly ball out. 2-1 Tigers going to the 5th.

Louisville ties Missouri at 2-2 in the 6th, on an unearned run. Now in the bottom of the 6th.

What a game in Columbia. In both the 5th and 7th, Louisville had a runner on third with less than two outs, and failed to get him home. Just now, Missouri, had runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out, after Isaiah Howes just lost a fly ball to left field for a gift double. They, too, failed to capitalize; Kyle Hollander came into pitch, and got a critical K and a grounder to keep it tied, 2-2 going to the 8th.

Chris Dominguez two-run HR in the top of the 8th!! 4-2 Louisville!

Things are getting heated afterwards after Dominguez had some things to say to Missouri players and fans . . . .

Long Beach State scored 3 runs in the bottom of the first, up 3-0 in the 3rd.

Ugh. A dropped outfield fly with a runner on third, followed by a safe bunt. Middle of the 3rd and it's not 3-2, LBSU over UCLA. (I'm listening to webcast.)

Mississippi becomes the first team to win its regional, outslugging a game Sam Houston State team 21-13.

Rice has just won its regional as well, defeating TCU 3-1.

Missouri down 1-2-3 in the 8th. Included in that was a pop-up to Dominguez; the fans booed lustily. Great stuff. Cards now three outs away from forcing a rematch tomorrow at 1:00 (central time) for the regional title).

Going to the bottom on the ninth now in Columbia, MO. Good news for Sam M is that Priday is leading off, so he can't tie it with one swing.

-- MWE

And Priday hit the home run that can't tie it. Yowsa, Mike. Crystal ball much?

4-2 after three innings (an unearned run returned. Left the bases loaded.

Missouri has the tying run in scoring position with one out.

Mach strikes out swinging -- two down in the 9th. Louisville had earlier walked Senne intentionally, even though he represented the winning run for Missouri. Quite a gamble. So far, it's paid off. So far . . . .

Arndt flies out to CF -- Louisville wins, they play again tomorrow!!!!! 4-3 Cards!!!!