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There’s
some pitchers starting to step up early and increase their value in the draft:
o
Austin Maddox in
three appearances this season out of the Florida bullpen: 1-0, two saves. 8.2
IP, 4 H, 0 BB, 0 R, 9 Ks
o
South
Carolina senior RHP, Michael Roth, threw seven
no-hit innings.
o
Marcus Stroman seems
to be making the conversion to starter, finishing the night still in the 91-93
range.
o
Line
on Texas AM Michael Wacha Friday night: 7 IP, 2
H, 0 R, 0 BB, 11 K (92 pitches/66 strikes).
o
LSU Kevin Gausman – 7-IP, 0-R, 4-H, 7-K, 0-BB
·
Behind
a dominating pitching performance from junior right-hander Calvin Drummond, and a 16 hit parade from the Torero
offense, the University of San Diego baseball team (2-2) cruised to a 15-1 win
over Kansas State University (2-3) Friday morning in a non-conference game at
Cunningham Stadium.
I
talked to Calvin after the game, who stressed “team” in his 2-0 record this
season:
“It is always great to start the season off
well with two wins, but today it was much more important for our team to get on
track. The first week or so of the season sets the tone for the rest of the
season. We have a lot of new guys and we need to be confident going into games.
We came in having lost a couple of games in a row so my focus today was to just
come in with a ton of intensity and show our guys we can’t let that happen
again because to be a championship contender, which is our goal, we can’t lose
those kinds of games. In college baseball every game is extremely important;
every game we are fighting for postseason seeding. Also, this weekend we have 4
games in 3 days so as a starting pitcher it’s my job to go deep in the game and
not put too much stress on the bullpen, so I was happy I was able to go seven
innings, even though it wasn’t pretty. My command wasn’t always there today but
I was able to make some pitches in big situations. At times I was being too
fine with my fastball that made my command a little erratic. However I continued to battle with it early
in the game and every time guys got on I knew I could get out of it with some
of my other pitches. Late in the game I was able to settle in and challenge
guys more, which helped me stay in the game. It’s always nice when our offense
hits the way they did today too.”
·
Florida
Gulf Coast University senior LHP Patrick Nathanson is
out with a stress fracture in his left elbow.
·
Second
ranked South Carolina came one out away from a no-hitter and was backed by an
offense that featured Christian Walker tallying
two hits including a homer and five RBI as the Gamecocks defeated Elon 8-1 on
Friday evening in game one of a three-game college baseball series. South
Carolina improves to 4-0 on the year while the loss drops Elon to 4-1[i]
·
DJ Baxendale turned
in a quality start, giving up three runs in six innings, while six different
Razorback hitters recorded two hits as No. 4 Arkansas defeated Valparaiso 7-3
in the series opener on Friday afternoon at Baum Stadium. Arkansas is now 6-0
on the season, while Valparaiso drops to 2-2 on the year.[ii]
·
Junior
righty Buck Farmer fanned a career-high 13
batters and the offense pounded out 15 hits as No. 10 Georgia Tech rolled past
Ohio State, 12-4, Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at Russ
Chandler Stadium. Sam Dove had three hits, while
Chase Butler and Daniel
Palka each homered for the Yellow Jackets (5-1), who led 9-1 after the
fourth inning and never looked back in winning their fifth-straight game.[iii]
·
Sophomore
LHP Brian Ward (Milford, Conn.) tossed his
second quality start in two tries and freshman center fielder Eric Yavarone (North Haven, Conn.) continued to roll
at the plate as the University of Connecticut baseball team ran off with a 7-2
win over Xavier at the Cougar Invitational, hosted by the College of Charleston
at Patriots Point, on Friday afternoon.
The Huskies evened their record at 2-2, while the Musketeers fell to
1-3.[iv]
·
Ronnie Shaban had
three hits, two RBI and earned the save on the mound to help Virginia Tech to a
7-4 victory over the West Virginia Mountaineers Friday afternoon in the first
game of the Caravelle Resort’s Baseball at the Beach tournament at BB&T
Coastal Field.[v]
·
No. 6
North Carolina used the big inning to its advantage Friday night as the Tar
Heels cruised to a 17-3 win over Wright State at Boshamer Stadium. Sophomore Kent Emanuel notched the win tossing six shutout
innings to claim his second win of the year and ninth straight decision dating
back to 2011[vi]
·
The
University of Maine baseball team opened the 2012 season with a 6-5 victory over
#16 Clemson on Friday afternoon in Clemson, S.C. in front of 3,793 fans. Colin Gay (Franklin, Mass.) had a big two-run home run
to initially put the Black Bears on the board. Fran
Whitten (Westborough, Mass.) and Mike Connolly (Middleborough,
Mass.) each had huge RBI singles in the top of the 8th as Maine scored two run
to break a 4-4 tie.[vii]
·
Behind
a dominating pitching performance from junior right-hander Calvin Drummond, and a 16 hit parade from the Torero
offense, the University of San Diego baseball team (2-2) cruised to a 15-1 win
over Kansas State University (2-3) Friday morning in a non-conference game at
Cunningham Stadium. Drummond (2-0)
picked up his second win of the season, as he allowed one run on six hits,
while striking out eight batters in 7.0 innings of work. His counterpart, Matt Applegate (0-1), was saddled with the loss as he
allowed five runs on six hits in 6.1 innings of work.[viii]
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Speed
Checks:
o
RHP Marcus Stroman – 93-94, 81-83 slider, 82 change,
finished 91-93
o
Mississippi
2013 RHP Bobby Wahl – 89-93, 94
o
USF Kyle Zimmer – 96
o
Missouri
Eric Anderson – 88-91
o
Stanford
Mark Appel – 94-95
o
Baylor
LHP Josh Turley – 85-87, 76-78 curve
[vii] http://www.goblackbears.com/sports/m-basebl/2011-12/releases/201202246wt1vf
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