June 1, 2015

Regional Scores

Regional Capsules

Regional Recaps - Day 1

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Regional Recaps - Day 3

Around the Regionals

Los Angeles Regional

#3 Maryland 2, #1 UCLA 1 (UCLA eliminated)

#3 Maryland wins Los Angeles Regional

Taylor Bloom and Kevin Mooney combined on a three-hitter as Maryland edged the top seed in the Regional and the No.1 overall national seed in UCLA to advance to its second straight Super Regional. Bloom allowed one hit and one run in six innings with one walk and two strikeouts to earn the victory. Mooney worked three scoreless frames with two hits, one walk and five punchouts to preserve the victory. It looked like the Bruins (45-16) would take the early lead, but Darrell Miller Jr. was thrown out at the plate by center fielder LaMonte Wade tying to score from third on a flyout in the top of the third. Anthony Papio delivered an RBI double with two away in the fourth to give the Terps (42-22) a 1-0 advantage. Brandon Lowe drew a one-out walk and scored on a groundout by Nick Cieri in the sixth as Maryland expanded its lead to 2-0. Kort Peterson (2 for 4) had an RBI single in the top of the seventh to cut the deficit to one at 2-1, but UCLA stranded a pair as Mooney fanned the final two hitters in the inning. The Bruins were retired in order in the eighth before putting runners on the corners with two away in the ninth. Mooney again recorded a strikeout to begin the celebration for the Terps, who will play at Virginia in a Super Regional for the second straight year.

Fort Worth Regional

#1 TCU 9, #2 NC State 8 (10) (NCSU eliminated)

#1 TCU wins Fort Worth Regional

It was an epic comeback or epic meltdown, depending on your point of view. TCU erased an 8-1 deficit in the eighth to pull out a one-run win in 10 innings over NC State. Seven of the final eight runs scored by the Horned Frogs (47-12) were unearned. The Wolfpack (36-23) put up four in the top of the eighth to take an 8-1 lead. Two of the first three TCU batters in the bottom of the eighth reached on errors. The Horned Frogs had runners on the corners with two away before a walk loaded the bases. An infield single, a bases-loaded walk and a balk made it an 8-4 contest. Jeremie Fagnan had a two-run single and another run came in on a passed ball as it was 8-7 heading to the ninth. NC State was retired in order in the top of the ninth before Derek Odell had a leadoff single, was sacrificed to second, moved to third on a balk and scored on a passed ball on a swinging third strike to knot the score at 8-8. The Wolfpack again went down 1-2-3 in the top of the 10th. Evan Williams had a leadoff single in the bottom of the 10th, advanced to second on a failed pickoff attempt at first, was sacrificed to third and brought home the game-winner on a base hit by Elliott Barzilli. Jake Fincher (1 for 4, 2 R) drove in two, while Bubby Riley (2 for 5) homered for NC State.

Champaign Regional

#1 Illinois 8, #3 Wright State 4 (WSU eliminated)

#1 Illinois wins Champaign Regional

The bottom third of the batting order went 6 for 11 with three doubles, a homer, four runs and six RBI as Illinois outscored Wright State to advance to its first Super Regional. The Illini (50-8-1) plated four in the fifth, snapped a 4-4 tie with one in the sixth and added three insurance runs in the ninth. No. 7 hitter David Kerian went 2 for 3 with a double, a homer, one run and two RBI. In the 8-hole, Will Krug was 3 for 4 with two doubles, two runs and two RBI. No. 9 hitter Ryne Roper went 1 for 4 with a run and two RBI. J.D. Nielsen (H, BB) recorded the final out in the bottom of the fifth to record the victory. Tyler Jay allowed one hit and one walk over the final four scoreless innings with five strikeouts to register the save. Sean Murphy went 3 for 5 with two doubles, two runs and two RBI for the Raiders (43-17).

Baton Rouge Regional

#1 LSU 2, #2 UNCW 0 (UNCW eliminated)

#1 LSU wins Baton Rouge Regional

Jared Poche' struck out eight in 8.2 scoreless innings as LSU blanked UNCW to win its 21st regional title. Poche' allowed six hits and one walk. Parker Bugg fanned the final batter of the game to record the save. The Tigers (51-10) scored both their runs in the second as Chris Chinea (2 for 3) had an RBI double and came home on a base hit by Jake Fraley (3 for 3). Zach Shields was 2 for 3 for the Seahawks (41-18).

College Station Regional

#1 Texas A&M 3, #3 California 1 (Cal eliminated)

#1 Texas A&M wins College Station Regional

Matt Kent allowed five hits and one earned run over seven splendid innings, and Hunter Melton went 3 for 4 with a run and an RBI as Texas A&M eliminated California to advance to the Super Regionals. Playing a third tight game for the third straight night, the Aggies took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a Michael Barash sacrifice fly. Chris Paul led off the top of the seventh with a homer off Kent to tie the game for the Bears, who put runners on first and second with one out before Kent induced an inning-ending double play. Blake Allemand plated the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh for a 2-1 lead for A&M. Melton singled up the middle in the eighth for the final margin, and Kyle Simonds closed the final two innings for the Aggies.  

Coral Gables Regional

#1 Miami 21, #3 Columbia 3 (CU eliminated)  CBI Live - David Furones

#1 Miami wins Coral Gables Regional

Dallas Regional

#1 Dallas Baptist 2, #4 VCU 1

#4 VCU 3, #1 Dallas Baptist 1 (DBU eliminated)  CBI Extra - Sean Ryan

#4 VCU wins Dallas Regional

Houston Regional

#3 UL Lafayette 5, #2 Rice 2 (Rice eliminated)

#3 UL Lafayette wins Houston Regional

Evan Guillory tossed five effective innings, and Dylan Moore posted a three-inning save as Louisiana captured the Houston Regional by eliminating Rice. Evan Powell, the Regional Most Outstanding Player, singled in two runs in the top of the fifth for a 4-0 lead for the Ragin’ Cajuns (42-21), who advance to meet LSU in the Super Regionals. Dylan Butler went 2 for 3 with a run and an RBI for the Cajuns. Grayson Lewis led the Owls (37-22)  with two RBI.

Nashville Regional

#1 Vanderbilt 21, #2 Radford 0 (RU eliminated)

#1 Vanderbilt wins Nashville Regional

Zander Wiel went 4 for 6 with a triple, a homer, two runs and six RBI as Vanderbilt blitzed Radford to capture the Regional crown. The Commodores (45-19) led 10-0 after four and put together a 10-run fifth on its way to tying the NCAA record for largest shutout win in an NCAA Tournament game. Rhett Wiseman (1 for 3, 3 R, 3 RBI) and Bryan Reynolds (3 for 5, 2 R, 3 RBI) also went deep for Vanderbilt. Walker Buehler (5 IP, 2 H, BB, 7 K) earned the victory for the defending national champion. Patrick Marshall, Hunter Higgerson and Aaron Scoville had hits for the Highlanders (45-16).

Tallahassee Regional

#1 Florida State 8, #2 College of Charleston 1 (CofC eliminated)  CBI Live - Ben Jones

#1 Florida State wins Tallahassee Regional