Wednesday, May 6, 2009

UT Arlington Beats OU-Kainer Extends Hitting Streak To 35

MAVS UPSETS NO. 17 SOONERS, KAINER BREAKS ALL-TIME SLC RECORD

(Courtesy UT-Arlington)

May 5, 2009

ARLINGTON, Texas – UT Arlington used 13 combined strikeouts from its pitching staff and four RBI from Mitch Putman as the Mavericks defeated No. 17 Oklahoma 8-5 on Tuesday night in front of 734 fans at Clay Gould Ballpark in Arlington. Southland Conference history was also made on Tuesday as senior Andrew Kainer lined a single to left field in the first inning to break the all-time SLC hit streak record with his 35th consecutive game with a base hit. Kainer tied the 13-year old record of 34 games (Brett Lockwood, Nicholls) on Sunday.

The Mavericks (27-21) close a four-game homestand with their fourth consecutive win and have now won eight of their last 12 games overall. The No. 17 ranked Sooners fall to 35-15 overall with the loss. UT Arlington is 4-6 this season against nationally-ranked opponents and is 2-0 against Big 12 teams at Clay Gould Ballpark this season.

UT Arlington scored a pair of runs in the first inning and never looked back as they held the lead for the entire game. Jay Pitschka led off the first with a double and later scored on a fielder’s choice by sophomore Michael Choice. Choice scored two batters later on Kainer’s record-breaking single to left field.

With a 1-0 count, Kainer lined a single into left field off a fastball from Oklahoma starting left-handed pitcher C.J. Blue.

“I knew I squared it up well,” Kainer said. “My first thought was just hoping the ball would get on the ground. I didn’t want someone to dive and catch it or the third baseman to jump up and catch it somehow. As soon as I hit it I knew that was it and I started pumping my fist because I knew that was it. I just waited for it to hit the ground so I could celebrate.”

Kainer went 1-for-2 with a run scored and RBI in the game while also reaching base twice on hit by pitches. Kainer is now batting .440 (62-for-141) during his 35-game hit streak – which is also the longest hitting streak in the NCAA Division I this season.

“I’m glad he got it out of the way early, because then he didn’t have to put pressure on himself later in the game,” Thomas said. “Hopefully he can keep it going for the rest of the year. That is great. That is going to be tough for someone to break. It means he has been consistent and hopefully he can stay consistent the rest of the year. I’m proud of him. That is a great accomplishment.”

After the Sooners reached the scoreboard on an RBI single in the top of the third, Putman gave the Mavericks a 3-1 lead with an RBI fielder’s choice to center field. Putman’s hard-hit liner was stopped by a diving Jamie Johnson in shallow center field, allowing Johnson to throw out Kainer at second base for the fielder’s choice.

Putman then launched his second home run in as many games in the fifth inning, giving the Mavericks some breathing room with a 6-2 lead.

UT Arlington starting pitcher Rett Varner threw four plus innings in the no-decision, after leaving the game with the Mavs leading in the top of the fifth inning. The Mavericks were in good hands with the relief work of senior Matt Otteman.

Otteman recorded nine outs on the mound – eight via strikeout – in three innings of work. His eight strikeouts match a career-high as the right-hander is now averaging 16.5 strikeouts per nine innings. Otteman also leads the Mavericks with a .426 batting average and 56 RBI.

“He has a plus pitch with his slider.” Thomas said. “It is the type of pitch people know is coming and it is still tough to not swing at. That is why we had to DH him tonight was for that role right there and we ended up really needing him.”

Otteman’s strikeout total included seven swinging strikeouts and one called strike three.

The Mavericks’ three pitchers combined to allow Oklahoma only nine base hits with 13 strikeouts. Ten different Sooners struck out in the game, including three OU hitters who went down swinging twice. The Sooners entered this week leading the Big 12 in batting (.328) and home runs (80).


Quotes:

Andrew Kainer:

On before he got the hit...

“I was sticking with the approach I have had all season long. I was nervous the whole day and lost sleep over it again last night. I came in the first at-bat and told myself to calm down, do what you have been doing and put a good swing on it like I have been doing.”

On the pitcher he was facing...

“We actually faced him last year. He isn’t a flame thrower and he couldn’t command his off-speed pitches today. He started me off with a breaking ball that he missed badly with so I think he was trying to get strike one with a fastball and I wasn’t going to let it get past me, it was too good not to hit.”

On getting to first base...

“It was great. Most important, not only was it a great crowd tonight, but I had my family in town. They had a four-hour drive to get here and they probably won’t even sleep tonight they are all so excited for me. That was the most important thing for me was having my mother, father, sister and her husband there. That is my family and that is what is important to me.”

On beating OU

“This win gives us momentum and that is important to us. It doesn’t matter who comes out and plays us we want to play them hard and we want to beat them. That is something we can add to our résumé, beating a good team like that.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Army, Bucknell Lead All-Patriot League Team

Patriot League Announces 2009 Baseball All-League Teams

Army, Bucknell Each Notch Eight Selections

(First and second teams are listed at the bottom of this release.)

May 5, 2009

Center Valley, Pa. - Regular-season co-champions Army and Bucknell shared the lead again with eight selections each to the 2009 Patriot League Baseball All-League team, announced on Tuesday and voted on by the League's six head coaches. Army set a record with seven First-Team All-Patriot League picks, and had sophomore Ben Koenigsfeld become the first student-athlete in Patriot League Baseball history to earn a First-Team honor at two different positions in the same season.

The seven First-Team picks tops the previous mark of six held by Lafayette (1992) and Bucknell (1996). Koenigsfeld was picked as a First-Team starting pitcher and outfielder.

Bucknell had three First-Team choices among its eight All-Patriot League honorees. Holy Cross and Lafayette each had three All-Patriot League picks, with the Crusaders notching one First-Team honoree. Navy and Lehigh each recorded two All-Patriot League selections, with one on the First Team and one on the Second Team.

Koenigsfeld earned the dual First-Team All-League nods with an outstanding performance on the mound and at the plate in 2009. He went 7-3 with a 5.51 earned run average for the season, including a 5-0 Patriot League mark with a 4.24 ERA in League play. He tied for the Patriot League lead with seven victories and four complete games, and also paced the League in overall innings pitched (63.2) and opponents batting average (.255). At the plate, Koenigsfeld aided Army's explosive offense by batting .351 with five home runs, 31 RBI and 36 runs scored for the year. Koenigsfeld was named a Second-Team selection as a starting pitcher last year.

Three pitchers join Koenigsfeld in the First-Team All-Patriot League rotation, with Bucknell senior Chris Yamaguchi earning the other starting spot and Army senior Tyler Anderegg and Navy sophomore Luke Roberts sharing the First-Team relief pitcher title. Yamaguchi tied Koenigsfeld for the League lead in victories with a 7-1 record, and also paced the League with a 3.53 ERA for the year while allowing only nine walks in 58.2 innings. Anderegg was 5-2 with a 4.34 ERA in 20 appearances, which tied for second in the Patriot League. Roberts pitched to a miniscule 1.00 ERA, allowing just three earned runs in 27 innings, while finishing with a 2-0 record for the year.

The First-Team lineup includes four players batting over .400 for the season, including three in the infield. Army claimed three of the infield positions, with sophomore first baseman Kevin McKague, freshman second baseman Zach Price and sophomore shortstop Clint Moore all representing the Black Knights as First-Team choices. The Patriot League's leading hitter, Holy Cross junior third baseman Matt Perry, completed the four players across the diamond. Moore is only repeat First-Team All-Patriot League selection, while McKague was a Second-Team All-League choice in 2008.

McKague is second in the Patriot League with a .418 batting average for the year, while belting five home runs with 36 RBI and 38 runs scored. He was named Patriot League Player of the Week on April 13 after an outstanding series against Navy. Price led all Patriot League freshmen with a .359 batting average, while placing second in the League in runs scored (47) and tied for first in walks (31). Moore ended the season with a flourish, earning Patriot League Player of the Week honors on Monday after belting three home runs in a weekend series against NJIT. He moved up to third in the Patriot League with a .410 batting average, and places first in the League in runs (49), RBI (58) and slugging percentage (.771) while sharing the League lead in total bases (111) and triples (five). He places second in on-base percentage (.497) and tied for third in home runs (nine). Perry leads the Patriot League in batting average (.439), hits (75) and on-base percentage (.505), while tying Moore for first with 111 total bases. He was third in the League in slugging percentage (.649) while finishing the year with seven home runs, 36 RBI and 42 runs scored. Perry also led all players with a .486 batting average in Patriot League games, and earned Patriot League Player of the Week honors on April 6.

Bucknell junior B.J. LaRosa is the First-Team selection at catcher after hitting .316 with 22 RBI and 24 runs scored in 2009.

In addition to Koenigsfeld, Bucknell junior Andrew Brouse and Lehigh sophomore Andy Russell occupy the First-Team outfield. Brouse tied for the Patriot League lead in home runs (10) and triples (five), placed second in the League with 56 RBI and a .665 slugging percentage, and third in the League with 109 total bases. Brouse also recorded a .348 batting average and 40 runs scored, and was named Patriot League Player of the Week on March 16. Russell also batted .348, belting seven home runs with 38 RBI and 35 runs scored for the Mountain Hawks. He tied for the Patriot League lead with 31 walks and was fifth in the League in both on-base and slugging percentage.

Army sophomore designated hitter Joey Henshaw completes the First-Team lineup. Henshaw is the fourth Patriot League batting over .400 for the year, with a .406 batting average to go with nine home runs and 54 RBI on 67 hits. Henshaw is in the top four in the Patriot League in each of those categories, and also placed fourth with a .642 slugging percentage and in the top six in total bases and on-base percentage.

With their batting marks over .400 this season, Moore, McKague and Henshaw are all currently among the top 10 in Patriot League annals in career batting average.

Thirteen players earned Second-Team All-Patriot League recognition, with an extra honoree at starting pitcher and in the outfield due to ties, and no relief pitcher because of the tie for the First-Team spot. Bucknell sophomore Trey Frahler, Holy Cross senior Dan Seip and Lafayette sophomore Corey Shea comprised the Second-Team All-Patriot League starting rotation. Frahler was 5-4 with a 4.18 ERA for the year, and led all players with a 2.84 ERA while going 4-0 in Patriot League games. Seip was 3-3 with a 5.10 ERA in nine starts for the Crusaders. Shea finished second in the Patriot League in ERA in both overall (4.14) and Patriot League (3.98) games. He had a 4-2 record for the year, and a 2-0 Patriot League mark that included a nine-inning complete-game shutout of Lehigh on April 12. Frahler and Shea each earned a Patriot League Pitcher of the Week award.

Navy junior Steven Soares is behind the plate as the Second-Team All-Patriot League catcher. Soares batted .309 with seven home runs, 23 RBI and 21 runs scored for the year.

The Second-Team All-Patriot League infield also includes Bucknell sophomore first baseman Doug Shribman, Lehigh senior second baseman Geoff Campbell, Lafayette senior shortstop Dan Bierce and Bucknell junior third baseman Ben Yoder. Shribman batted .353 with five home runs, 37 RBI and 29 runs scored for the season. Campbell went .342 with three home runs, 17 RBI and 21 runs scored. Bierce and Yoder each earn Second-Team All-Patriot League honors for the second straight season. Bierce started the year by winning the first two Patriot League Player of the Week honors, and finished fifth with a .383 batting average to go with five home runs, 40 RBI and 39 runs scored. Bierce led the Patriot League with 21 stolen bases, successfully converting all of his attempts, and also paced the League with 18 doubles. Yoder batted .318 with seven home runs, 33 RBI and 33 runs scored for the Bison. He earns a Second-Team nod at third base after making it as a second baseman last year.

The four players on the Second-Team All-Patriot League outfield are: Holy Cross senior Billy Cupelo, Army senior Kyle Fleming, Bucknell senior Dane Grandizio and Lafayette junior Matt Hall. Cupelo is batting .305 with a home run and 17 RBI for the Crusaders. Fleming has a .310 batting average with five home runs and 33 RBI for the Black Knights. Grandizio is the only All-League honoree to be named to the squad for the third time, earning a Second-Team nod in the outfield for the third year in a row. He batted .269 with two home runs, 25 RBI and 35 runs scored for the year. Hall went .285 with seven home runs, 32 RBI and 29 runs scored for the Leopards.

Bucknell senior Andrew Loucks completes the All-Patriot League team as the Second-Team designated hitter. Loucks hit .368 with two home runs, 16 RBI and 19 runs scored for the season.

Sophomores comprised 10 of the 26 All-Patriot League spots, including seven of the 13 First-Team positions.

The 2009 Patriot League Baseball major awards (Player, Pitcher, Rookie and Coach of the Year) will be announced on Wednesday morning, with the Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor out later that afternoon.

The season continues with the Patriot League Tournament beginning with the semifinal round on Saturday. No. 4 Lafayette visits No. 1 Bucknell in one matchup, while No. 3 Holy Cross is at No. 2 Army in the other series. Both semifinal matchups are best-of-three series that include a doubleheader on Saturday and single game, if necessary, on Sunday. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the best-of-three Patriot League Championship series at the site of the higher seed on May 16-17.

2009 All-Patriot League Baseball Teams

First-Team All-League*

Name, School, Pos., Yr.
Ben Koenigsfeld, Army, SP, So.
Chris Yamaguchi, Bucknell, SP, Sr.
Tyler Anderegg, Army, RP, Sr.
Luke Roberts, Navy, RP, So.
B.J. LaRosa, Bucknell, C, Jr.
Kevin McKague, Army, 1B, So.
Zach Price, Army, 2B, Fr.
Clint Moore, Army, SS, So.
Matt Perry, Holy Cross, 3B, Jr.
Andrew Brouse, Bucknell, OF, Jr.
Ben Koenigsfeld, Army, OF, So.
Andy Russell, Lehigh, OF, So.
Joey Henshaw, Army, DH, So.

Second-Team All-League$

Name, School, Pos., Yr.
Trey Frahler, Bucknell, SP, So.
Dan Seip, Holy Cross, SP, Sr.
Corey Shea, Lafayette, SP, So.
Steven Soares, Navy, C, Jr.
Doug Shribman, Bucknell, 1B, So.
Geoff Campbell, Lehigh, 2B, Sr.
Dan Bierce, Lafayette, SS, Sr.
Ben Yoder, Bucknell, 3B, Jr.
Billy Cupelo, Holy Cross, OF, Sr.
Kyle Fleming, Army, OF, Sr.
Dane Grandizio, Bucknell, OF, Sr.
Matt Hall, Lafayette, OF, Jr.
Andrew Loucks, Bucknell, DH, Sr.
* - 13 players due to ties in the voting
$ - 13 players due to ties in the voting

Monday Collegebaseball360 Scoreboard

College Baseball D-I Scores (Monday, May 4, 2009)
courtesy of CollegeBaseball360.com

at #17 Oklahoma 15, Southern Utah 9
at #21 Kansas State 9, BYU 8
Dayton 22, at Duquesne 12
at Illinois-Chicago 16, Purdue North Central 3
Jacksonville 11, at Florida A&M 3
Pepperdine 8, at UC Santa Barbara 6

Canceled
Temple at St. John's

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Sunday Collegebaseball360 Scoreboard

College Baseball Scores (Sunday, May 3, 2009)
courtesy of CollegeBaseball360.com

Results involving top-25 teams (NCBWA/writers poll)

at Oregon State 10, #2 Arizona State 5 Oregon St. wins series 2-1
#3 Rice 6, at Houston 5 Rice wins series 2-1
at #4 UC Irvine 5, Cal State Northridge 2 Irvine wins series 3-0
#5 LSU 4, at #12 Arkansas 3 LSU wins series 2-1
at #6 Cal State Fullerton 15, UC Santa Barbara 3 Fullerton wins series 3-0
#20 Florida 10, at #7 Georgia 8 Florida wins series 3-0
#8 Mississippi 11, at Auburn 4 Ole Miss wins series 3-0
at #9 Florida State 9, Virginia Tech 4 FSU wins series 3-0
#10 Texas 3, at #24 Baylor 1 Texas wins series 3-0
at #11 Oklahoma, 10 Kansas 9 (10 inn.) Kansas wins series 2-1
at Boston College 13, #13 Miami, Florida 3 Miami wins series 3-0
at #14 Georgia Tech 23, Presbyterian 3 GT wins series 3-0 (non-conf.)
at #16 Cal Poly 7, San Francisco 4 Cal Poly wins series 2-1
at #19 Clemson 7, Maryland 4 Clemson wins series 2-1
Maryland 8, at #19 Clemson 6
at #21 East Carolina 9, Louisiana-Lafayette 4 E. Carolina wins series 3-0
at #22 Coastal Carolina 7, Liberty 2 CC wins series 3-0
Michigan 9, at #25 Ohio State 2 OSU wins series 2-1

Other Scores (listed alphabetically, by winner)

at Akron 4, Miami (OH) 2
Alabama 17, at Mississippi State 16
at Army 17, New Jersey Tech 0
at Arizona 12, California 8
Belmont 8, at Lipscomb 7
at Bethune-Cookman 11, Delaware State 1 (7 inn.)
at Bowling Green 9, Ohio 7
UCLA 8, at Oregon 1
at UC Riverside 5, Pacific 1
Canisius 7, at Siena 1
Centenary 11, at North Dakota State 2
at Central Connecticut State 14, Fairleigh Dickinson 8
at UCF 8, Marshall 7 (11 inn.)
at Central Michigan 22, Northern Illinois 4
at The Citadel 9, Samford 5
Cleveland State 5, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 3
at College of Charleston 27, Davidson 10
Creighton 10, at Illinois State 6
Dartmouth 10, Cornell 0 (Ivy League title game; Hanover, NH)
Dayton 13, at Duquesne 10
at Eastern Michigan 14, Ball State 13 (10 inn.)
at Elon 23, Wofford 7
at Fairfield 12, Iona 0 (5 inn.)
at Florida International 10, Arkansas State 4
at Fresno State 8, Nevada 6
at Fresno State 12, Nevada 5 (7 inn.)
Furman 12, at Georgia Southern 7

at Georgia State 5, VCU 4
at Gonzaga 6, St. Mary's 4
Houston Baptist 1, at New Mexico State 4
Illinois 9, at Northwestern 0
at IPFW 2, Western Illinois 0 (7 inn.)
Indiana State 5, at Wichita State 3
at Kennesaw State 15, Jacksonville 9
Kent State 16, at Buffalo 8
at Kentucky 17, Tennessee 11
Lafayette 3, at LeMoyne 2
Lamar 13, at McNeese State 5
LaSalle 8, at Charlotte 7
at Long Beach State 3, UC Davis 2
Longwood 7 , at UMES 4
Longwood 15, at UMES 2 (7 inn.)
at Loyola Marymount 5, San Diego 4
at Massachusetts 12, St. Bonaventure 7
at Michigan State 6, Penn State 5
at Minnesota 12, Iowa 3
Missouri 12, at Nebraska 9
UNLV 13, at New Mexico 11 (10 inn.)
New Orleans 5, at Florida Atlantic 3
at Niagara 10, Manhattan 8

Norfolk State 13, at Florida A&M 2
at N.C. State 15, North Carolina Central 2
at N.C. State 15, North Carolina Central 5
at Notre Dame 5, Connecticut 4
Prairie View A&M 11m at Texas Southern 10
at Purdue 5, Indiana 2
at Rhode Island 7, Fordham 6 (12 inn.)
at Richmond 8, Temple 6
Sacred Heart 3, at Quinnipiac 2
San Diego State 4, at Santa Clara 3
San Jose State 10, at Sacramento State 9
at South Carolina 11, Vanderbilt 3
at South Dakota State 8, Oakland 5
at South Florida 8, Cincinnati 5
at Southeastern Louisiana 2, Nicholls State 1
Southern Illinois 11 at, Bradley 1 (8 inn.)
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 10, at Evansville 9 (13 inn.)
at St. Peter's 7, Marist 4 (8 inn.)
Stanford 3, at Washington State 2
at Stetson 10, North Florida 8
at Tennessee-Martin 6, Austin Peay State 1 (5 inn.)
Tennessee Tech 1, at Murray State 1 (5 inn.)
at Texas Arlington 14, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4 (7 inn.)
Texas State 5, at Texas San Antonio 3 (11 inn.)

Towson 17, at Hofstra 1 (7 inn.)
at Troy 7, Middle Tennessee State 6
Tulane 8, at Southern Mississippi 4 (5 inn.)
Utah 12, at Air Force 6
Utah 19, at Air Force 9
Utah Valley State 23, at Northern Colorado 21
at Vermont 10, Hartford 7 (7 inn.)
at Vermont 14, Hartford 5
at Washington 3, Southern California 2 (10 inn.)
at West Virginia 9, Rutgers 3
Western Carolina 9, at UNC Greensboro 4
Western Illinois 10, at IPFW 5
at Western Kentucky 12, Arkansas-Little Rock 2 (7 inn.)
Western Michigan 16, at Toledo 5
Wisconsin-Milwaukee 12, at Cleveland State 1
at Winthrop 15, UNC Asheville 0

Games Canceled/Postponed

#23 Kansas State at Oklahoma State
Alabama at Mississippi State
Alcorn State at Mississippi Valley State
Binghamton at UMBC (DH)
Coppin State at North Carolina A&T
Delaware at UNC Wilmington
Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri State
Jackson State at Alabama State
James Madison at William and Mary
Louisville at Villanova
Memphis at UAB
Monmouth at Mount St. Mary's (DH)
Morehead State at Jacksonville State
New York Tech at Navy (DH)
Northern Iowa at Missouri State
Pittsburgh at Georgetown
San Jose State at Sacramento State
South Alabama at Louisiana-Monroe
Southern at Grambling State
Southern Utah at Oral Roberts (DH)
Stony Brook at Rider (DH)
Wagner at Long Island

Saturday Collegebaseball360 Scoreboard

College Baseball Scores (Saturday, May 2, 2009)
courtesy of CollegeBaseball360.com

Results involving top-25 teams (NCBWA/writers poll)

at Oregon State 4, #2 Arizona State 3
#3 Rice 7, at Houston 5
Cal State Northridge 7, at #4 UC Irvine 12
at #12 Arkansas 11, #5 LSU 4
#5 LSU 5, at #12 Arkansas 0
at #6 Cal State Fullerton 5, UC Santa Barbara 4
#20 Florida 7, at #7 Georgia 6
#20 Florida 10, at #7 Georgia 9 (11 inn.)
#8 Mississippi 8, at Auburn 2
at #9 Florida State 10, Virginia Tech 4
#10 Texas 19, at #24 Baylor 11
Kansas 9, at #11 Oklahoma 5
#13 Miami 7, at Boston College 5
at #14 Georgia Tech 9, Presbyterian 8 (10 inn.)
San Francisco 8, at #16 Cal Poly 5
at #16 Cal Poly 12, San Francisco 9 (11 inn.)
at #17 Texas A&M 8, Dallas Baptist 2
at #19 Clemson 11, Maryland 2
at #21 East Carolina 3, Louisiana-Lafayette 1
at #22 Coastal Carolina 4, Liberty 1
at #25 Ohio State 6, Michigan 0
at #25 Ohio State 9, Michigan 6

Other Scores (listed alphabetically, by winner)

Alcorn State 7, at Mississippi Valley State 6 (7 inn.)
at UAB 9, Memphis 7
at Albany 6, Maine 5 (7 inn.)
at Albany 8, Maine 2
at Arizona 8, California 4
at Army 13, New Jersey Tech 4 (7 inn.)
at Army 16, New Jersey Tech 9
Austin Peay 6, at Tennessee-Martin 3
Austin Peay 8, at Tennessee-Martin 6 (7 inn.)
Ball State 12, at Eastern Michigan 11 (10 inn.)
at Bethune-Cookman 5, Delaware State 4
Binghamton 10, at UMBC 0 (7 inn.)
Binghamton 9, at UMBC 3
at Bowling Green 13, Ohio 7
at Bryant 13, Wheaton (MA) 3
at Buffalo 10, Kent State 6
UCLA 6, at Oregon 2
at UC Riverside 7, Pacific 4
at Campbell 16, NC State 7
Canisius 19, at Siena 13
Canisius 3, at Siena 1 (7 inn.)
Centenary 10, at North Dakota State 3
Centenary 6, at North Dakota State 5 (13 inn.)
at Central Connecticut State 6, Fairleigh Dickinson 2 (7 inn.)
at Charlotte 7, LaSalle 6
Cincinnati 4, at South Florida 2
at The Citadel 5, Samford 1

at Cleveland State 3, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2
at College of Charleston 12, Davidson 11 (10 inn.)
Connecticut 8, at Notre Dame 3
Cornell 14 , Dartmouth 12 (Hanover, NH)
Creighton 12, at Illinois State 2
Dartmouth 8, Cornell 6 (Hanover, NH)
Dayton 5, at Duquesne 4
Delaware State 10, at Bethune-Cookman 8 (7 inn.)
Eastern Illinois 8, at Southeast Missouri State 7
Eastern Illinois 8, at Southeast Missouri State 7 (7 inn.)
at Eastern Kentucky 15, Chicago State 0
at Eastern Kentucky 10, Chicago State 1 (7 inn.)
at Elon 21, Wofford 2
at Evansville 7, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 6 (8 inn.)
at Evansville 9, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 0
at Fairfield 8, Iona 3
Fairleigh Dickinson 5, at Central Connecticut State 2 (8 inn.)
at Florida Atlantic 7, New Orleans 2
at Florida A&M 12, Norfolk State 2 (6 inn.)
Florida Gulf Coast 12, at East Tennessee State 9
at Florida International 11, Arkansas State 5
Furman 11, at Georgia Southern 7
at George Mason 12, Northeastern 5 (7 inn.)
at George Mason 8, Northeastern 3
at George Washington 7, St. Louis 5
at Georgetown 7, Pittsburgh 5
at Georgia Southern 14, Furman 2

at Georgia State 11, VCU 6
at Grambling State 6, Southern 5 (7 inn.)
Hartford 4, at Vermont 3 (7 inn.)
Hartford 5, at Vermont 3
at Hofstra 16, Towson 7
Illinois 15, at Northwestern 12
at Illinois-Chicago 11, Wright State 9
Indiana 7, at Purdue 6
Indiana State 9, at Wichita State 4
Iona 6, at Fairfield 3 (7 inn.)
Jackson State 5, at Alabama State 0 (7 inn.)
Jackson State 16, at Alabama State 1 (7 inn.)
Jacksonville 2, at Kennesaw State 1 (15 inn.)
at Jacksonville State 3, Morehead State 0 (7 inn.)
James Madison 3, at William and Mary 12
at Kennesaw State 11, Jacksonville 4
at LeMoyne 7, Lafayette 5
at LeMoyne 3, Lafayette 0
at Lipscomb 5, Belmont 4
at Lipscomb 13, Belmont 7
at Long Beach State 5, UC Davis 2
Longwood 8, at UMES 5
Longwood 13, at UMES 0 (7 inn.)
Louisville 10, at Villanova 4
Louisville 9, at Villanova 2
at Loyola Marymount 7, San Diego 3
Manhattan 17, at Niagara 6

Marist 12, at St. Peter's 7
Marist 8, at St. Peter's 3 (7 inn.)
Marshall 18, at UCF 8
at Massachusetts 7, St. Bonaventure 6
at McNeese State 8, Lamar 4
Miami (OH) 3, at Akron 2
at Michigan State 9, Penn State 1
Middle Tennessee State 8, at Troy 1
at Minnesota 26, Iowa 9
Missouri 6, at Nebraska 3
Monmouth 19, at Mount St. Mary's 5
Monmouth 8, at Mount St. Mary's 1 (7 inn.)
Morehead State 6, at Jacksonville State 2
at Murray State 10, Tennessee Tech 7
at Murray State 4, Tennessee Tech 1 (7 inn.)
at Navy 12, New York Tech 5
Nevada 15, at Fresno State 11
Nevada 16, at Fresno State 4
UNLV 8, at New Mexico 6
at New Mexico State 20, Houston Baptist 10 (7 inn.)
at New Mexico State 19, Houston Baptist 9
at Niagara 7, Manhattan 4 (7 inn.)
Norfolk State 14, at Florida A&M 7
at North Carolina A&T 16, Coppin State 7
at North Carolina A&T 8, Coppin State 1 (7 inn.)
at North Dakota 12, Concordia-Moorhead 11 (7 inn.)

at North Dakota 11, Concordia-Moorhead 7 (7 inn.)
North Florida 11, at Stetson 9 (7 inn.)
Northern Illinois 11, at Central Michigan 5
Northern Iowa 5, at Missouri State 3
at Northwestern State 10, Central Arkansas 3
at Northwestern State12, Central Arkansas 6
Pittsburgh 6, at Georgetown 5
at Purdue 15, Indiana 8
at Radford 4, Gardner-Webb 1
at Radford 11, Gardner-Webb 3
at Rhode Island 5, Fordham 2
Rutgers 12, at West Virginia 7
at Sacramento State 11, San Jose State 6
Sacred Heart 8, at Quinnipiac 6 (7 inn.)
Sacred Heart 7, at Quinnipiac 6 (7 inn.)
Sam Houston State 9, at Stephen F. Austin 2
San Diego State 7. at Santa Clara 5
at Santa Clara 7, San Diego State 2
at Seton Hall 8, St. John's 7 (13 inn.)
South Alabama 11, at Louisiana-Monroe 9
at South Carolina 14, Vanderbilt 5
at South Dakota State 12, Oakland 4
at South Dakota State 6, Oakland 5 (7 inn.)
Southern Illinois 4, at Bradley 2 (11 inn.)
Southeastern Louisiana 6, at Nicholls State 5
Southern 5, at Grambling State 4 (7 inn.)
at Southern Mississippi 9, Tulane 7
Stanford 12, at Washington State 9

St. Joseph's 5, at Xavier 7
St. John's 4, at Seton Hall 1 (7 inn.)
St. Louis 7, at George Washington 3
St. Mary's 12, at Gonzaga 8
at Stephen F. Austin 1, Sam Houston State 0
at Stony Brook 4, Rider 2 (7 inn.)
at Stony Brook 13, Rider 5
Temple 8, at Richmond 3
Tennessee 8, at Kentucky 2
at Texas Arlington 10, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4
at Texas Southern 5, Prairie View A&M 3 (7 inn.)
at Texas Southern 17, Prairie View A&M 6 (7 inn.)
Texas State 11, at Texas San Antonio 4
at Toledo 11, Western Michigan 10 (15 inn.)
at Toledo 19, Western Michigan 11
Utah Valley State 11, at Northern Colorado 6
Utah Valley State 14, at Northern Colorado 4 (7 inn.)
at Valparaiso 8, Youngstown State 7
Wagner 8, at Long Island 4 (7 inn.)
Wagner 4, at Long Island 3 (7 inn.)
at Washington 3, Southern California 0
Western Carolina 9, at UNC Greensboro 4
Western Illinois 19, at IPFW 10
Western Illinois 12, at IPFW 6
at Western Kentucky 6, Arkansas-Little Rock 5
at Winthrop 5, UNC Asheville 4
Wisconsin-Milwaukee 10, at Cleveland State 7 (10 inn.)
Wright State 13, at Illinois-Chicago 0
at Xavier 8, St. Joseph's 6
Youngstown State 13, at Valparaiso 4
Louisiana Tech 8, at Hawaii 4


Games Canceled/Postponed

Kansas at #11 Oklahoma (DH)
BYU at #18 TCU
Alabama at Mississippi State
Delaware at UNC Wilmington
Jacksonville at Kennesaw State
San Jose State at Sacramento State
Southern Utah at Oral Roberts (DH)
Utah at Air Force

Saturday, May 2, 2009

OSU's Wimmers No-Hits Michigan

BASE: Wimmers’ No-Hitter Leads Ohio State Sweep

(Courtesy Ohio State)

Sophomore strikes out 14 in 6-0 G1 win; Ryan Dew goes 7-for-9 at plate

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State sophomore Alex Wimmers no-hit Michigan Saturday afternoon, striking out 14 Wolverines in the process, as Ohio State took the first game of the doubleheader, 6-0. In Game 2, Ryan Dew had five hits and Dan Burkhart three RBI to lead the Buckeyes to a sweep over the Wolverines, 9-6, in front of 3,219 fans.

The wins improved 27th-ranked Ohio State’s records to 34-10 overall and 13-4 in the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes remain in a first-place tie with Illinois for the conference lead as the Illini have taken the first two games in their its series with Northwestern. Michigan drops to 23-21 overall and 6-11 in the Big Ten.

Wimmers, who is on the National Pitcher of the Year watch list, pitched the first nine-inning no-hitter in Ohio State history, and the ninth all-time at Ohio State. He walked four batters, but three were erased by his grade school and high school buddy Burkhart, the catcher, who threw out all three Wolverines trying to steal.

“Wimmers had command of all three of his pitches,” Ohio State coach Bob Todd said. “He did not give in to their hitters. There’s a method to his madness and he simply was not going to give in to the hitters.”

“I go out with an attitude of how I want to pitch and then I’ll throw any pitch in any count,” Wimmers, who improved to 8-1 on the season with his fourth complete game, said. “Emotions took over right after the game. It still hasn’t hit me yet, but some day it will.”

Superb fielding shortstop Tyler Engle made the defensive play of the game to preserve the no-hitter in the eighth inning. He ranged deep into the hole behind second base to make a diving stab at a ball hit by Kenny Fellows. He landed and snapped his head off the dirt, but was able to shovel the ball to a waiting Cory Kovanda at second base to get the force out.

“Engle’s play was unbelievable,” Todd said. “And some of them that he has made the last two years makes you shake your head and go ‘whoa!’”

“I knew the no-hitter was at stake,” Engle said. “I gave the play all I had. All I was thinking about was to get one out to avoid the play going for a hit. I was hoping Kovanda would be in the area and he was standing on the bag when I looked up.”

Dew had a home run and three RBI to lead the Buckeyes’ offensively in Game 1. He hit a two-run single in the sixth inning for the first runs of the game and added his fifth home run of the season in the eighth. Ohio State added three runs off four hits and one Michigan error in the seventh to build on the lead. Zach Hurley had two hits and two runs scored, Kovanda and Burkhart had two hits and an RBI and Engle had two hits in support the heroics of Wimmers.

Chris Fetter dropped to 6-2 with the loss. He pitched 6.2 innings and gave up four earned runs, walked two and struck out five.

Dean Wolosiansky pitched 5.2 innings in Game 2 to improve to 10-1 on the season. He allowed four earned runs, walked just one and struck out five. Drew Rucinski pitched 2.1 innings of two-hit, three-strikeout relief. Jake Hale pitched the ninth for his Big Ten leading 11th save of the year.

Dew, who had hits in his final two at-bats in Game 1, went 5-for-5 in game two, including his second home run of the day to lead off the second inning and tie the game at 2-all. His teammates followed with four more runs in the second inning to take a 6-2 lead. Burkhart had a two-RBI single for the big hit.

Matt Streng’s RBI single in the third increased the lead to 7-2, but Michigan would close the lead to 7-6 with a run in the fourth – a home run by Nick Urban – and three more off three hits in the sixth.

A sac fly by Burkhart and Dew’s seventh hit of the day – a single – plated two Ohio State runs in the eighth to build a 9-6 cushion and the home team would close the game out from there.

Friday CB360 Scoreboard With A Handful Of Upsets

College Baseball Scores (Friday, May 1, 2009)
courtesy of CollegeBaseball360.com

Results involving top-25 teams (NCBWA/writers poll)

#2 Arizona State 4, at Oregon State 2
#3 Rice 4, at Houston 7
at #4 UC Irvine 7, Cal State Northridge 1
at #6 Cal State Fullerton 7, UC Santa Barbara 2
#8 Mississippi 9, at Auburn 2
at #9 Florida State, 10 Virginia Tech 2
at #10 Texas 12, #24 Baylor 4
Kansas 5, at #11 Oklahoma 4
#13 Miami, Florida 5, at Boston College 1
at #14 Georgia Tech 16, Presbyterian 2
Dallas Baptist 11, at #17 Texas A&M 10
at #18 TCU 5, BYU 3 (10)
at #21 East Carolina 7, Louisiana-Lafayette 1
at #22 Coastal Carolina 13, Liberty 7
#23 Kansas State 5, at Oklahoma State 3

Other Scores (listed alphabetically, by winner)

Alabama 10, at Mississippi State 8
at UAB 9, Memphis 8
at Albany 3, Maine 2 (7)
at Albany 7, Maine 5
at Arizona 13, California 4
Arkansas State 13, at Florida International 1
at Bowling Green 12, Ohio 9
at Bradley 1, Southern Illinois 0
at Buffalo 15, Kent State 14
Campbell 7, at N.C. State 4
Centenary 6, at North Dakota State 4
at Charlotte 8, LaSalle 2
at College of Charleston 9, Davidson 4
Connecticut 8, at Notre Dame 5
Creighton 8, at Illinois State 3
at Eastern Kentucky 15, Chicago State 3 (7)
at Eastern Michigan 6, Ball State 5
at Elon 12, Wofford 11 (18)
Fairleigh Dickinson 12, at Central Connecticut State 8
Florida Gulf Coast 18, at East Tennessee State 7 (8)
Florida Gulf Coast 19, at East Tennessee State 4
Fordham 6 at, Rhode Island 4
at George Mason 9, Northeastern 6
at Georgia State, 8 VCU 4
at Gonzaga 5, St. Mary's 0

Illinois 10, at Northwestern 2
at Illinois-Chicago 8, Wright State 3
at Kentucky 6, Tennessee 4
at Lamar 3, McNeese State 2
at Long Beach State 16, UC Davis 3
at Loyola Marymount 6, San Diego 5
Marshall 10, at UCF 8
at Massachusetts 6, St. Bonaventure 0
Miami (OH) 8, at Akron 2
at Michigan State 12, Penn State 1
at Minnesota 4, Iowa 3
Missouri 8, at Nebraska 4
at New Mexico 8, UNLV 4
at New Mexico State 12, Houston Baptist 11 (13)
New Orleans 19, at Florida Atlantic 12
at Northern Colorado 8, Utah Valley State 7
Northern Illinois 16, at Central Michigan 3
Northern Iowa 10, at Missouri State 5
at Northwestern State 1, Central Arkansas 0
at Oregon 3, UCLA 2
Pacific 9, at UC Riverside 5
at Portland 7, Concordia (OR) 3
at Quinnipiac 10, Sacred Heart 3
at Radford 4, Gardner-Webb 3
at Richmond 13, Temple 10

Samford 5, at The Citadel 4
San Diego State 5, at Santa Clara 0
South Alabama 12, at Louisiana-Monroe 9
at South Carolina 8, Vanderbilt 5
at South Dakota State 15, Oakland 6
at South Florida 8, Cincinnati 2
at Southeastern Louisiana 9, Nicholls State4
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 2, at Evansville 3
St. John's 12, at Seton Hall 2
St. Louis 13, at George Washington 3
at Stephen F. Austin 3, Sam Houston State 2
at Stetson 14 North Florida 1
at Texas Arlington 4, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 3
Texas San Antonio 15, at Texas State 6
Towson17, at Hofstra 8
at Troy 15, Middle Tennessee State 1
Tulane 7, at Southern Mississippi 2
Utah 19, at Air Force 12
at Valparaiso 6, Youngstown State 4
at Washington 9, Southern California 8
at Washington State 3, Stanford 1
at West Virginia 13, Rutgers 1
Western Carolina 10, at UNC Greensboro 3
at Western Kentucky 12, Arkansas-Little Rock 4
at Wichita State 2, Indiana State 0
at William and Mary 8, James Madison 2
at Winthrop 11, UNC Asheville 3
at Xavier 9, St. Joseph's 6
late-night game/in-progress: Louisiana Tech 4, at Hawaii 4 (t-6th)

Games Suspended

#20 Florida 9, at #7 Georgia 9 (b-9th)
#23 Kansas State 3, at Oklahoma State 2 (t-7th)
Jacksonville 1, at Kennesaw State 1 (t-11th)
Louisville 7, at Villanova 4 (b-6th)
Wagner 4, at Long Island 2 (t-8th)
Western Michigan 9, at Toledo 9 (t-15th)

Games Canceled/Postponed

#5 LSU at #12 Arkansas
San Francisco at #16 Cal Poly
Michigan at #25 Ohio State
Belmont at Lipscomb
Concordia (AL) at Alabama A&M (DH)
Delaware at UNC Wilmington
Indiana at Purdue
Louisiana Tech at Hawaii
Monmouth at Mount St. Mary's
Nevada at Fresno State
Northern Iowa at Missouri State
San Jose State at Sacramento State
Southern Utah at Oral Roberts