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Regionals roundup: Rice cooked on Day One
By The Associated Press
Friday's Capsules
Houston Regional
Texas Southern 4, Rice 3
HOUSTON (AP) Herman Coachmen
hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning and Brandon Stricklen worked out
of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the ninth to lead Texas Southern past
defending national champion Rice 4-3 Friday night, the opening day of the
NCAA baseball regionals.
Rice starter Phil Humber
(13-3) coasted through the first 7 1-3 innings, striking out 11 and allowing
only one earned run while the Owls held a 3-1 lead.
Andre Nevels led off the
eighth with a walk and Mario Deleon then lined an infield single off the
glove of Owls' first baseman Matt Euckert before Coachmen homered.
The Owls (43-13) tried to
regroup in the bottom half when Josh Rodriguez led off with a single and was
moved to third by a sacrifice bunt and a fly to left field, but Corey
Alexander ended the inning with a diving catch over the bullpen fence in
foul territory.
The Tigers (19-33), who
qualified for the NCAAs by winning the SWAC tournament, overcame two early
errors, a lightning delay and a rain delay of more than two hours with one
out in the bottom of the ninth to complete the upset.
Chris Kolhorst greeted
Stricklen with a single immediately after the delay and promptly walked
Austin Davis before striking out Paul Janish and inducing a groundout from
Rodriguez to second to end it.
Texas Southern will play Lamar
or Texas A&M on Saturday.
Texas A&M vs. Lamar
suspended
HOUSTON (AP) The game
between Lamar and Texas A&M was suspended because of storms until 10 a.m.
Saturday. The game was halted by lightning with Texas A&M leading 6-0 after
four innings. Rice will face the loser Saturday.
Stanford Regional
Long Beach State 4, St.
John's 3
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Sean
Boatright's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth lifted Long Beach State
over St. John's.
Boatright had two hits for the
49ers (37-19) to snap a seven-game losing streak. They will play Stanford
(45-12) on Saturday.
P.J. Antoniato and Eddie
Schultz homered for the Red Storm, which lost in its first appearance in the
NCAA tournament in seven years. Greg Thomson had three hits and drove in a
run.
Neil Jamison (3-3) recorded
two outs in the ninth, striking out Antoniato with the bases loaded. Craig
Hansen (2-2) lost.
Stanford 10, UNLV 4
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Danny
Putnam homered and drove in five runs to lead Stanford past UNLV.
Donny Lucy also homered and
had three RBIs for the Cardinal.
Eddie Gill doubled twice and
drove in two runs for the Rebels (37-23), who will play St. John's (36-22).
Jeff Gilmore (10-2) pitched a
seven-hitter, walking two and striking out eight.
UNLV All-American outfielder
Eric Neilsen was 0-for-3 and was hit by pitches twice, but his 16-game
hitting streak ended.
Fullerton Regional
Cal State Fullerton 7,
Minnesota 1
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) Jason
Windsor pitched a five-hiter and struck out 11 to lead Cal State Fullerton
over Minnesota.
Windsor (9-4) had his ninth
complete of the season for the Titans, who will play Pepperdine (29-30) on
Saturday.
Fullerton (37-20) has won
seven straight and 14 of their last 17.
Ronnie Prettyman's two-run
triple was the highlight of Fullerton's five-run sixth inning.
Minnesota's Jake Elder hit a
solo homer in the eighth.
Pepperdine 15, ASU 5
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP)
Pepperdine scored 12 runs over the final three innings to break open a close
game and beat Arizona State.
Nick Kliebert's two-out,
two-run double highlighted a five-run seventh inning for the Waves, who also
scored twice after shortstop Dustin Pedroia committed a costly throwing
error for the Sun Devils (40-17), who will play Minnesota (38-22).
The Waves added three runs in
the eight and four in the ninth to wrap it up. Kea Kometani (8-6) allowed 14
hits in eight innings.
Chad Tracy drove in five runs,
including his 12th homer of the season, and Patrick Rooney had four RBIs for
Pepperdine.
Atlanta Regional
Texas Tech 10, Mississippi
State 6
ATLANTA (AP) Josh Brady had
a homer among his four hits and drove in four runs to lead Texas Tech past
Mississippi State.
The Red Raiders (39-19) will
face Georgia Tech on Saturday.
Jose Delgado added two hits
and two RBIs to back Dallas Braden (6-4), who went 8 2-3 innings. allowing
six runs on 13 hits.
Braden struck out the side in
the eighth, then added two more in the ninth for a career-high 11.
Brad Corley had a three-run
homer in the ninth for Mississippi State, which didn't qualify for the
eight-team Southeastern Conference tournament but still earned the No. 3
seed in Atlanta.
Georgia Tech 16,
Jacksonville State 3
ATLANTA (AP) Eric Patterson,
Clifton Remole and Whit Robbins all homered, leading Georgia Tech past
Jacksonville State.
The Gamecocks (31-28) will
play Mississippi State on Saturday.
Brian Burks (8-5) bounced back
from a shaky start to hold Jacksonville State in check for eight innings. He
allowed three runs two earned on 10 hits. Patterson finished 3-for-4
with four RBIs and scored twice, while Remole and Robbins each were 3-for-5.
After falling behind 2-1 in
the second, The Yellow Jackets (42-19) rallied with nine runs over the next
three innings to take control.
Baton Rouge Regional
LSU 9, Army 0
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Justin
Meier struck out nine and pitched a complete game to lead top seed LSU past
Army.
Meier (6-2), who has allowed
more than four earned runs in just one of his 15 starts, went the distance
for first time this year.
LSU (42-17) was playing in its
16th home regional and will face Southern Miss (45-17) on Saturday.
Southern Mississippi 6,
College of Charleston 5
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP)
Jarrett Hoffpauir hit a tying, two-run double and Ryan Frith scored the
go-ahead run on a wild pitch.
Brett Harker (5-3) allowed a
two-run double to Hoffpauir that tied it at five in the seventh, then walked
Frith to lead off the eighth. Jason Lowery singled before Harker's wild
pitch to Jody Blount.
The College of Charleston
(45-15) in the NCAA tournament for the first time, will play Army (37-14) on
Saturday.
Coral Gables Regional
Miami 6, St. Bonaventure 3
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP)
Brandon Camardese scattered six hits in 8 2-3 innings to lead Miami over St.
Bonaventure.
Camardese (6-2) had little
problem with the Bonnies, who were making their first NCAA regional
appearance. The junior left-hander allowed three earned runs while striking
out a season-high seven batters.
Camardese was replaced by Alex
Blanco after allowing a pair of runs in the ninth. Blanco retired the only
batter he faced for his first save of the season.
Miami (45-11) will play North
Carolina State (36-22) on Saturday.
Jim Burt drove in two runs and
Erick San Pedro homered to make it 6-1 in the eighth.
N.C. State 6, Florida
Atlantic 5
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP)
Dustin Knight's two-out RBI single capped a three-run ninth and gave North
Carolina State a win over Florida Atlantic.
Trailing 5-2 entering the
eighth, second seeded N.C. State cut the lead to two with Mike Jensen's
sacrifice fly.
Florida Atlantic (45-16) will
play St. Bonaventure (29-21).
The Wolfpack led off the ninth
with a single and a double off reliever Allen Knight (4-2) before Matt Camp
cut it to 5-4 with a sacrifice bunt. After a strikeout and a walk put
runners at the corners with two outs, Jensen tied it with his third RBI of
the game.
Adam McLaurin (3-3) pitched
three innings of five-walk, one-hit relief, allowing just one run.
The game was delayed nearly
two hours in the seventh.
Jeff Fiorentino hit a two-run
homer in the second to give the Owls a 4-1 lead.
Tallahassee Regional
Florida St. 10, Bethune-Cookman
3
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Eddie
Cannon (9-6) threw a five-hitter and struck out nine as Florida State
cruised past Bethune-Cookman.
Dennis Anderson homered and
drove in three runs on two hits for the Seminoles (43-20), who will meet
Central Florida (45-16) on Saturday. Anderson and leadoff batter Bryan Zech
combined for four of Florida State's six hits, including back-to-back homers
in the sixth.
The Seminoles exploited the
wildness of Bethune-Cookman starter Mumba Rivera with three runs in the
third. Rivera created his own trouble with four walks, two wild pitches, a
hit batter and a balk.
Central Florida 7, Oklahoma
State 3
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Kevin
Richmond drove in four runs on three hits, including a two-run homer, to
lead Central Florida over Big 12 champion Oklahoma State.
Richmond doubled and scored
the game's first run in the second inning. He added a two-run single in a
four-run sixth and hit a two-run homer in the eighth to give UCF a 7-0 lead.
Matt Fox (14-2) allowed five
hits through seven innings.
Bethune-Cookman (27-27) will
face Oklahoma State (37-23).
Fayetteville Regional
Wichita State 3, Missouri 0
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Mike
Pelfrey struck out 14 and came up one out short of a complete game.
Wichita State will play
Arkansas (40-21) on Saturday.
Pelfrey (11-2) threw eight and
two-thirds innings, allowing only four hits and three walks as he put the
Shockers (47-14) in the winners' bracket.
Tommy Hottovy closed out the
Tigers on three pitches for the save.
Danny Hill (5-5) took the loss
for Missouri after giving up two earned runs on eight hits. He struck out
five and walked three in seven innings.
Arkansas 4, Le Moyne 1
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Haas
Pratt went 4-for-4, including his seventh home run of the year, to lead
Arkansas over Le Moyne.
Arkansas took the lead in the
fourth after back-to-back solo home runs from Pratt and Danny Hamblin.
The Razorbacks added single
runs in the fifth and eighth innings.
Clint Brannon (4-3) pitched a
full game for Arkansas, allowing eight hits but no earned runs. He struck
out four.
Le Moyne (36-20) will play
Missouri (37-22-1).
Austin Regional
Oral Roberts 6, Texas
Christian 5
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Matt
VanDerBosch scored two runs and drove in another, leading Oral Roberts over
Texas Christian.
Dennis Bigley pitched six
innings, giving up two runs to earn the win for the Golden Eagles (49-9),
who will play Texas (51-13).
TCU led 2-0 after the first
but Oral Roberts answered with four runs over the next two innings. Jeff
Tuttle hit a solo home run in the second and VanDerBosch, who had three of
Oral Roberts' 15 hits, led off the third with a double and scored on Brian
Hansen's single.
Texas 10, Youngstown State
3
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Taylor
Teagarden homered twice and Justin Simmons pitched seven solid innings in
his return from a suspension to lead overall No. 1 seed Texas past
Youngstown State.
Teagarden drove in four runs
with homers in the sixth and eighth innings.
Simmons (10-3) was suspended
for the Big 12 tournament last week after being charged with misdemeanor
public intoxication. He surrendered eight hits but was in complete control
after giving up the game's first run in the second inning.
The Penguins (22-31) are in
their first Division I postseason tournament after winning the Horizon
League championship. They will face Oral Roberts (49-9) on Saturday.
Columbia Regional
North Carolina 6, Coastal
Carolina 5
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Sammy
Hewitt's single through the left-field gap in the bottom of the ninth won it
for North Carolina.
The Tar Heels play South
Carolina (46-15) on Saturday. North Carolina (42-19) trailed 5-1 after four
innings but opened the ninth with a single by Greg Magnum. He stole second
and scored the tying run on Mike Daniel's roller just past the glove of
shortstop Brett Grandstrand.
Robert Woodard (8-2) pitched 4
1-3 innings of hitless relief.
South Carolina 12, The
Citadel 4
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Aaron
Rawl tied a season high with eight strikeouts and three South Carolina
players homered to lead the Gamecocks past The Citadel.
Rawl (12-4) went seven
innings, allowing two earned runs. He was backed by homers from Steve
Pearce, Ryan Mahoney and Mark Stanley.
Citadel starter Ken Egleton
(8-3) lasted four innings, allowing six hits and seven earned runs.
The Citadel (38-27) will play
Coastal Carolina (40-22) in an elimination game Saturday morning.
Oxford Regional
Western Kentucky 1,
Mississippi 0
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) Grady
Hinchman threw a two-hitter to lead fourth-seeded Western Kentucky to an
upset of the top seed and host Rebels.
Hinchman (7-5) took a
no-hitter into the sixth inning, allowed only one runner past second base
and finished with six strikeouts for Western Kentucky (35-26).
The Hilltoppers will play
Tulane (39-19) on Saturday.
The loss was the Rebels' third
straight by one run. Ole Miss went 0-2 in the SEC tournament with single-run
losses to South Carolina and Arkansas.
Jordan Newton's sacrifice fly
in the second scored the games only run.
Tulane 3, Washington 2
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) Brian
Bogusevic pitched 8 2-3 solid innings to lead Tulane past Washington.
Brian Bormaster hit a two-run
single in the second.
The Green Wave will play the
Western Kentucky and Washington (37-19-1) will play Ole Miss (39-20) on
Saturday.
Bogusevic (9-5) allowed at
least one baserunner in each inning but consistently pitched his way out of
trouble until the final inning. After back-to-back two-out singles in the
ninth, Bogusevic but reliever Daniel Latham got Ben Johnson to pop out to
second to seal his sixth save of the year.
Tim Lincecum (10-3) struck out
10 and held Tulane to four hits.
Charlottesville Regional
Vanderbilt 7, George Mason
3
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP)
Cesar Nicolas homered and drove in three runs to lead Vanderbilt to its
first NCAA tournament win since 1974.
Vanderbilt (43-17) capitalized
on a three-error fifth inning to score four runs and take a 7-1 lead.
George Mason (39-18) scored
two runs in the ninth, but couldn't enough to catch the Commodores, who will
play either Princeton or Virginia on Saturday.
Jeremy Sowers (10-5) struck
out 11 in eight innings, allowing four hits and one run.
Eric Gibbons (6-5) allowed
eight hits and seven runs in seven innings.
Virginia vs. Princeton
postponed
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP)
Princeton and Virginia will play Saturday after their game was postponed by
rain.
The game will be played at 11
a.m., pushing back the two games originally scheduled for Saturday. George
Mason will play the loser at 3 p.m. and Vanderbilt will meet the winner at 7
p.m.
The third game originally
scheduled for Saturday has not yet been rescheduled.
Oklahoma City Regional
Florida 12, Cent.
Connecticut 1
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Jeff
Corsaletti drove in six runs and Justin Hoyman allowed one run over eight
innings to lead Florida past Central Connecticut.
The Gators (41-20) will play
UCLA (34-27) on Saturday.
Hoyman (11-1) allowed six hits
and one run in eight innings for Florida. Corsaletti's three-run homer
highlighted a five-run fourth inning that gave the Gators an 8-0 lead.
Lewis (7-3) lost, allowing
eight hits and nine runs in seven innings for Central Connecticut.
UCLA 9, Oklahoma 1
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Casey
Janssen and Kevin Brophy held Oklahoma to four hits and Bill Susdorf and Wes
Whisler each had two RBIs.
Janssen (10-4) allowed two
hits and struck out seven in eight innings for the Bruins.
Josh Stinson's RBI single in
the ninth inning provided the only run for Oklahoma (37-23), which will play
Central Connecticut (41-16-1).
South Bend Regional
Kent State 2, Notre Dame 1
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Andy
Sonnanstine held Notre Dame to one unearned run in seven innings and Andrew
Davis and Will Vazquez each hit RBI singles for Kent State.
The Golden Flashes (36-25)
will play Arizona (31-24-1) on Saturday.
Sonnanstine (11-4) held Notre
Dame to six hits, walking two and striking out seven on 135 pitches. Chad
Wagler pitched two hitless innings for his seventh save.
Adam Crowder walked to lead
off the fifth and scored on Davis' RBI single.
Notre Dame tied it in the
seventh when Greg Lopez singled and went to third on a throwing error by
third baseman Matt Sega before scoring on Steve Sollman's sacrifice fly.
Sega atoned by doubling and
scoring on a single by Vazquez.
Arizona 7, UC Irvine 3
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP)
Richard Mercado drove in three runs and Derek Decater and Jordan Brown
homered to lead Arizona over UC Irvine.
Koley Kolberg (9-6) allowed
two earned runs in six innings for Arizona. Scott Burns allowed one run over
three innings for his third save.
Brett Smith (8-5) allowed six
earned runs in 6 2-3 innings.
The Anteaters (34-21-1) tied
it at 2 in the third on a bases-loaded single by Mark Wagner that scored a
second run when Decater bobbled the ball in center. They will play Notre
Dame (49-11) on Saturday.
Athens Regional
Georgia 16, Middle
Tennessee State 2
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Marshall
Szabo, Bobby Felmy and Kyle Keen homered to spark Georgia.
Five pitchers combined on a
four-hitter for the Bulldogs (39-20), who play Clemson on Saturday.
After scoring just one run in
the previous 32 innings, Georgia scored nine in the second inning alone.
Middle Tennessee (40-21) starter Chris Mobley pitched a wild 1 1-3 innings.
Georgia head coach Dave Perno
was able to conserve his pitching staff in his 100th win at Georgia. Starter
Sean Ruthven was perfect in his three innings of work, striking out two.
Johnny Dobbs (4-2) gave up one single in three innings to earn the win.
Clemson 10, Birmingham
Southern 6
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Travis
Storrer drove in three runs with a home run and a double for Clemson.
Lou Santangelo doubled twice
to drive in three runs and Brad McCann also homered for the Tigers (37-24).
Birmingham Southern (46-16)
will play Middle Tennessee State on Saturday in an elimination game.
Connor Robertson's two-run
homer in the top of the first gave Birmingham Southern a 2-0 lead.
Clemson reliever Steven
Jackson (4-3) allowed one run in 3 2-3 innings of relief, striking out six.
Kinston Regional
East Carolina vs. Stony
Brook and Tennessee vs. UNC Wilmington postponed
KINSTON, N.C. (AP) Both
games in this Regional at the Class A Kinston Indians' Grainger Stadium were
postponed by rain and were rescheduled for Saturday.
Tennessee will play North
Carolina-Wilmington at 3 p.m. and East Carolina will face Stony Brook at 7
p.m. on Saturday.
Saturday's games will be
played Sunday, and Sunday's will be played Monday.
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