In Phoenix, Colby Woodmansee homered in the bottom of the 10th inning as No. 19 Arizona State slipped past No. 8 Oklahoma State 4-3 Friday night before 4,253 fans at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. The win was the first for Sun Devils coach Tracy Smith, who arrived at Arizona State after building Indiana into a national power. Ryan Burr (1-0) ran into trouble in the top of the ninth when he issued a walk and a double to open the frame but proceeded to strike out the side and two more in the 10th inning for ASU. Woodmansee, batting in the eight-hole, finished 2 for 5 with two runs and two RBI, singling in the first run of the season before Dalton DiNatale (2 for 4) doubled him in for a 2-0 Sun Devils lead in the fourth. The Cowboys’ Corey Hassel (2 for 5) had a two-run double in the fifth, and Kevin Bradley (2 for 4) provided a 3-2 lead with an infield single in the sixth. Jordan Aboites doubled in Johnny Sewald (3 for 4) as the Sun Devils tied the score at 3.

 

Indiana 4, Stanford 2

In Stanford, Calif., Scott Effross allowed one earned run in six solid innings, and Casey Rodrigue had a two-run homer down the right-field line as Indiana earned a win in coach Chris Lemonis’ first game as coach of the Hoosiers. Effross allowed six hits in his six innings, a career-long, and struck out three. Luke Harrison struck out four over his two innings of relief, and Ryan Halstead allowed one run in the ninth as the Hoosiers closed out the win. Nick Ramos drove in a pair of runs, and Scott Donley and Brad Hartong each added two hits and a run for Indiana. Alex Dunlap went 2 for 4 with two runs for the Cardinal.

 

College of Charleston 6, No. 12 South Carolina 3

In Columbia, S.C., Taylor Clarke allowed two hits and one run over six innings, and Blake Butler had two hits, two runs and an RBI as College of Charleston knocked off South Carolina, ending the Gamecocks’ 16-year Opening Day win streak. The Cougars had 14 hits – all singles – with six players getting two hits apiece, including Ryan Brown and Morgan Phillips, who added a run and an RBI apiece. Carl Wise had two RBI, one coming on a sacrifice fly in a three-run fifth inning that gave the Cougars a 4-1 lead. Gene Cone had a hit and run for the Gamecocks, who totaled only four hits – all singles.

 

No. 1 Vanderbilt 4, Santa Clara 0

In Nashville, Carson Fulmer allowed two hits and struck out seven – including six of the first nine batters – and Philip Pfeifer struck out four and retired 10 of the final 11 batters as defending national champion Vanderbilt posted a win in its opener. Ro Coleman had a two-run triple as part of a three-run third inning, and Tyler Campbell went 2 for 3 with a run for the Commodores. Jose Vizcaino Jr. had a double for the Broncos, who mustered only three hits.

 

No. 2 Virginia 3, East Carolina 1

In Greenville, N.C., Nathan Kirby allowed three hits and no runs in seven superb innings, and Kenny Towns had three hits and a run as Virginia edged East Carolina. The Cavaliers took advantage of a dropped foul ball to keep a rally going for their first run, which came when Robbie Coman scampered home on a double steal. Matt Thaiss scored on a dropped popup in the infield in the fifth for a 2-0 Virginia lead, and Daniel Pinero later homered. Parker Lamm went 2 for 3 for the Pirates.

 

No. 7 Texas 3, No. 16 Rice 1

In Houston, Collin Shaw had a two-run double that broke a 1-1 tie as Texas slipped past Rice. Parker French tossed five solid innings, and Travis Duke (1-0), Connor Mayes and Ty Culbreath (save) combined for four scoreless innings of relief for the Longhorns, who turned three double plays and stranded 10 overall. Eight of nine starters and two pinch-hitters had a hit for the Owls, with Leon Byrd driving in their only run. Kevin McCanna struck out eight and allowed three hits and one unearned run in five innings for Rice.

 

No. 3 TCU 5, Southern Illinois 0

In Fort Worth, Preston Morrison picked up where he left off in 2014, scattering three hits in seven scoreless innings as TCU opened with a win. Shortstop Keaton Jones, who became the school’s all-time assists leader, went 2 for 4 with a run, and Connor Wanhanen had two RBI for the Horned Frogs. Jake Hand and Logan Blackfan had two hits apiece for Southern Illinois.

 

No. 4 LSU 4, Kansas 1

In Baton Rouge, La., Jared Poche’ allowed two hits and struck out five in six scoreless innings, and Kade Scivicque’s three-run homer in the second provided the offense as LSU topped Kansas. Chris Chinea went 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI for the Tigers. Colby Wright had a pair of hits for the Jayhawks.

 

No. 5 Florida 9, Rhode Island 1

In Gainesville, Fla., Harrison Bader went 2 for 3 with a homer and three RBI, and Logan Shore impressed with five scoreless innings as Florida coasted past Rhode Island. The Gators had balance throughout the lineup with seven starters getting hits and eight scoring runs. Mike Sherburne went 2 for 3 with a homer for the Rams.

 

No. 6 Houston 9, Minnesota 1

In Houston, Ian Rice went 2 for 3 with a  homer and four RBI, and Connor Wong went 3 for 4 with a homer and three RBI as Houston scored in five of eight innings in an easy win over Minnesota. Andrew Lantrip tossed five innings of one-hit ball with five strikeouts for the Cougars. Michael Handel went 2 for 4 with a run for the Golden Gophers.

 

No. 9 UCLA 14, Hofstra 2

In Los Angeles, Brett Stephens went 4 for 5 with four runs as UCLA hit up and down the lineup in a rout of Hofstra. Kevin Kramer went 2 for 3 with three runs and an RBI, and Ty Moore added two hits, three runs and two RBI for the Bruins. Chris Keck added a homer and two RBI in support of James Kaprielian, who allowed two runs and struck out five in six innings.

 

No. 10 Louisville 5, Alabama State 1

In Clearwater, Fla., Kyle Funkhouser allowed one hit and struck out 12 in seven shutout innings to lead Louisville past Alabama State. The Cardinals were clinging to a 1-0 lead before scoring three runs in the seventh, two coming on a two-out, two-run single from Nick Solak. Corey Ray added two doubles, a run and an RBI for Louisville. TJ Renda matched Funkhouser for six innings before allowing three unearned runs, finishing with seven innings, eight hits, one earned run and six strikeouts.

 

Elon 16, Penn State 15

In Elon, N.C., Chris King went 3 for 4 with a double and four RBI as Elon built a 16-6 lead after seven innings but had to hold on for dear life in edging late-charging Penn State. The Nittany Lions scored four times in the eighth and five times in the ninth to close within one before closer Joe McGillicuddy got a strikeout with the tying run on second to end the game. Jim Haley went 4 for 6 with two runs and four RBI for Penn State. The teams combined for 41 hits.

 

Navy 8, North Carolina A&T 1

In Greensboro, N.C., Luke Gillingham struck out the first 12 batters of the game and ended with 16 Ks in seven innings – the most for a Navy pitcher since 1986 – as the Mids topped North Carolina A&T.