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Saturday's NCAA Baseball Capsules
By The Associated Press
Clemson Regional
East Carolina 7, Georgia Southern 3
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) � Darryl Lawhorn and Clayton
McCullough hit back-to-back RBI singles in the seventh inning to rally East
Carolina to an elimination game victory over Georgia Southern.
The Pirates (43-19-1) must beat top-seeded Clemson
twice Sunday to advance to the NCAA super regional.
Neal Sears, who pitched the final 2 2-3 innings of
East Carolina's opening NCAA win over Elon, held Georgia Southern (39-25) to
two hits during the last three innings for his sixth save.
Clemson 4, East Carolina 2
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) � Matt Henrie showed that Clemson
has pitching as well as hitting, holding East Carolina to seven hits in
eight innings.
After hitting six homers in Friday night's 15-1 rout
of Georgia Southern, Clemson (49-14) struggled to find its offense against
Pirates starter Davey Penny.
Jarrod Schmidt's two-run homer in the sixth broke a
2-2 tie.
Georgia Southern 6, Elon 2
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) � Brett Lewis held Elon to five
hits in 7 2-3 innings as Georgia Southern survived.
The Eagles were tagged for six home runs in a 15-1
loss to top-seeded Clemson on Friday night. Lewis allowed back-to-back RBI
doubles in the first, but settled down.
Atlanta Regional:
Georgia 9, Coastal Carolina 7
ATLANTA (AP) � Lee Mitchell had four doubles and
Georgia pounded out 18 hits to battle from a four-run deficit and beat
Coastal Carolina.
The Bulldogs (32-28), who lost to Georgia Tech 3-0
earlier Saturday, have to beat the Yellow Jackets (48-14) twice Sunday to
advance to a super regional.
David Coffey led off the eighth inning with a triple
off the center-field wall and scored on Chaz Lytle's single to break a 7-7
tie.
Georgia Tech 3, Georgia 0
ATLANTA (AP) � Victor Menocal and Tyler Parker hit
solo homers, and Chris Goodman pitched 6 1-3 shutout innings to lead Georgia
Tech past Georgia.
With their second shutout of the tournament, the
top-seeded Yellow Jackets (48-14) advanced to the championship game Sunday.
Coastal Carolina 9, Louisville 1
ATLANTA (AP) � Seamus Donovan pitched a complete
game, and every starter picked up at least one hit as Coastal Carolina
eliminated Louisville.
After being limited to three hits by Georgia Tech's
Kyle Bakker in a 6-0 loss Friday night, the Chanticleers had 16 off four
Louisville pitchers, scoring in each of the first six innings.
Columbia Regional
North Carolina 9, James Madison 7
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) � Sean Farrell hit a two-run
homer in the sixth and singled in the go-ahead run to lift North Carolina
over James Madison.
North Carolina (42-20) would have to beat South
Carolina (50-14) twice Sunday to claim the regional title and a trip to the
NCAA super-regionals.
Daniel Moore (6-2), who faced five batters in the
first game against South Carolina without an out to take the loss, picked up
the win against the Dukes (44-16).
South Carolina 9, North Carolina 6
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) � Yaron Peters hit two home runs,
including a two-run shot in a six-run first inning, breaking the South
Carolina record for homers in a season.
Peters, the Southeastern Conference player of the
year, also hit a solo homer in the second, giving him 24 this season to
break the Gamecocks record of 23 set by Joe Datin in 1985. South Carolina
improved to 50-19.
James Madison 5, Virginia Commonwealth 2
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) � Eddie Kim had three hits as
James Madison beat Virginia Commonwealth in an elimination game.
James Madison broke out of a hitting slump with nine
hits and reversed two straight losses to the Rams (38-27) in the Colonial
Athletic Association tournament championship last Sunday.
Dan Meyer (9-2) pitched a complete-game seven-hitter
and had a shutout until he gave up a two-run homer to Nick Jones with two
outs in the ninth.
Winston-Salem Regional
Wake Forest 13, Navy 1
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) � Jamie D'Antona hit a
two-run homer in the first inning as the Demon Deacons beat Navy eaily in an
elimination game.
The Demon Deacons (46-12) advanced to the regional
championship against Richmond.
Navy (23-25) had beaten George Washington in an
earlier game to stay alive, but couldn't overcome D'Antona's home run and
the rest of the Demon Deacons.
Richmond 3, Wake Forest 2
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) � Tim Stauffer (15-2) struck
out six and scattered seven hits over seven innings to lead Richmond over
top-seeded Wake Forest.
Matt Craig hit a two-run homer in the first for
Richmond (51-10) in a game that was delayed for two hours because of a
thunderstorm in the bottom of the fourth with Richmond ahead 2-1.
Navy 6, George Washington 4
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) � Matt Foster struck out
seven into 7 1-3 innings, and Craig Candeto and Brad Hager homered for Navy
in an elimination game.
The Midshipmen (23-24), one of two teams entering the
NCAA tournament with a losing record, knocked out Atlantic 10 champion
George Washington (42-23).
Baton Rouge Regional
LSU 4, Tulane 2
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) � Bo Pettit struck out 11 in
his fourth complete game of the year, and third in as many starts, as
Louisiana State beat Tulane in an elimination game.
Pettit (9-7) allowed seven hits and walked two, and
Rocky Scelfo hit a tiebreaking single in the third to give the Tigers
(42-20) a 2-1 lead. David Raymer and Aaron Hill homered in the fourth to
make it 4-1.
LSU needs to beat Louisiana-Lafayette (39-21) twice
in Sunday's regionals to advance.
Louisiana-Lafayette 5, LSU 0
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) � Andy Gros pitched his second
shutout of the season against Louisiana State as Louisiana-Lafayette
advanced to Sunday's regional championship.
Gros (11-4), who shut out LSU 7-0 in March, extended
his mastery over the Tigers to 18 scoreless innings, limiting the Tigers to
seven hits and two walks.
Tulane 10, Southern 2
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) � Beau Richardson scattered
seven hits while pitching his third complete game of the year to lift Tulane
over Southern, eliminating the Jaguars (45-10).
The Green Wave scored five runs in the fifth to take
a 7-0 lead.
Tallahassee Regional
South Florida 7, Cent. Florida 2
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) � Ryan Gloger threw a
four-hitter as South Florida eliminated Central Florida and reached the
regional finals for the second time in school history.
South Florida (35-28) will have to beat Florida
State, the tournament top seed, for the regional championship.
Gloger (6-4) struck out four and walked two, and
Devin Ivany had three RBIs in the win over Central Florida (41-22).
Florida St. 7, Cent. Florida 3
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) � Nick Rogers drove in three
runs for the second straight game, and Florida State extended its winning
streak to 24 games.
Tied at 2 after five innings, the top-ranked
Seminoles (58-12) took the lead for good with two runs in the sixth and
three more in the seventh.
South Florida 14, Stetson 13
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) � Myron Leslie's sacrifice fly
in the bottom of the ninth capped a rally as South Florida scored all 14 of
its runs in the final five innings against Stetson.
The Bulls overcame two six-run deficits, trailing 6-0
in the fourth and 12-6 in the seventh, before eliminating the Hatters
(42-19), who also led 6-0 against Florida State on Friday before losing.
Mesa Regional
Arizona St. 11, San Diego 1
MESA, Ariz. (AP) � Carlos Arguello scattered seven
hits in his first complete game of the season as Arizona State beat San
Diego in an elimination game.
The Sun Devils (37-20) will have to beat Houston
(46-15) twice Sunday to advance to the super regionals.
Arguello (5-1) struck out seven and walked two, and
Jeremy West, Rod Allen and Andre Ethier each had two RBIs.
San Diego 2, New Mexico St. 1
MESA, Ariz. (AP) � Tom Caple scattered five hits in
seven innings, and Gavin Ng made a game-saving sliding catch as San Diego
beat New Mexico State (37-25) in an elimination game.
With two runners on and two outs in the eighth, Ng
slid in deep left field to catch a ball hit by New Mexico State's David
Licini. Had the ball dropped, two runs likely would have scored.
Houston 8, Arizona St. 4
MESA, Ariz. (AP) � Hyung Cho homered and drove in two
runs as Houston beat Arizona State.
Danny Zell (8-1) got the win to give Houston (46-15)
a berth in Sunday's championship game.
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