April 12, 2015

Rankings are from CBI Composite Poll

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Moore drives in three as UCLA wins series at USC

Texas A&M tops MSU, LSU beats Auburn, KSU knocks off TCU

 

No. 5 UCLA 8, No. 7 USC 3

In Los Angeles, Ty Moore stayed hot with three RBI, and Griffin Canning allowed one earned run in five innings as UCLA won its Pac-12 series with USC. Canning (5-2) allowed three runs in total, and David Berg tossed two scoreless frames for his eighth save. Kevin Kramer added two hits, two runs and an RBI, and Darrell Miller Jr., went 2 for 4 with a solo homer for the Bruins (12-3, 25-7). Garrett Stubbs went 2 for 4 with a run to lead the Trojans (8-4, 26-9).

 

No. 2 Texas A&M 13, Mississippi State 5

In College Station, Texas, Nick Banks and Ronnie Gideon each hit grand slams as Texas A&M won its SEC series with Mississippi State. Leading 4-3, Banks ripped his grand slam in the fourth inning for an 8-3 lead. Gideon, who finished with five RBI, capped the scoring with his slam. Blake Allemand added two runs and two RBI for the Aggies (11-3, 33-3). Wes Rea went 3 for 4 with a solo homer for the Bulldogs (6-9, 22-16).

 

No. 3 LSU 6, Auburn 2

In Baton Rouge, La., Mark Laird went 2 for 4 with two runs and an RBI as LSU scored six times in the first three innings and clinched its SEC series with Auburn. Zac Person (2-0) tossed three innings in his second career start to pick up the win for the Tigers (10-5, 31-6). Parker Bugg tossed four innings of solid relief for LSU. Ben Craft and Kyler Deese each had three hits and an RBI for Auburn (5-10, 21-15).

 

Kansas State 6, No. 4 TCU 2

In Manhattan, Kan., Levi MaVorhis allowed two earned runs in seven innings, and Tyler Wolfe drove in three as Kansas State (4-8, 16-18) earned a series win over TCU. Jake Wodtke added two hits and three runs in support of MaVorhis, who was making his first start since Feb. 20. Cody Jones and Evan Skoug each had two hits and an RBI for the Horned Frogs (7-5, 26-8).

 

No. 6 Louisville 11, Duke 1

In Durham, N.C., Sutton Whiting had two hits and four RBI, and Brendan McKay added two hits and three RBI as Louisville captured its ACC series with Duke. Jake Rogers (6-1) struck out seven and allowed one run in seven innings for the Cardinals (16-2, 27-8). Duke fell to 5-13, 22-15.

 

Towson 20, Hofstra 19 (10)

In West Hempstead, N.Y., Chris Henze went 4 for 5 with two doubles, a homer and a school-record nine RBI as Towson edged Hofstra in extra innings after the Pride scored 13 runs in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings. The Tigers (4-8 CAA, 9-23-1) scored four times in the top of the 10th, with Collin Dyer doubling in a run and A.J. Gallo (3 RBI), Spencer Sutton and Thayer Seely adding RBI. The Pride, which got four hits and five RBI from David Leiderman, scored three before Bruce Zimmermann got a strikeout to end it.

 

Notre Dame 2, No. 9 Florida State 1

In Notre Dame, Ind., Connor Hale earned the win in relief as Notre Dame completed the ACC series sweep of Florida State. Hale (1-0) worked 3.2 innings with three hits, one run, one walk and one strikeout. Evy Ruibal tossed 3.1 scoreless innings with three hits and two punchouts before Scott Tully fanned the final two batters to record his first save. Cavan Biggio had an RBI double in the fourth and Zak Kutsulis homered in the fifth for the Irish (9-9 24-10). DJ Stewart went 1 for 4 with one RBI for the Seminoles (11-7, 26-12).

 

No. 10 Florida 12, South Carolina 2

In Gainesville, Fla., JJ Schwarz homered twice, knocked in three and scored four as Florida swept its SEC series from South Carolina. Buddy Reed and Mike Rivera both drove in a pair for the Gators (9-6, 28-9), who scored in double figures in each game of th series. Alex Faedo (3-1, 5.2 IP, 2 H, R, BB, 6 K) picked up the victory. Gene Cone and Kyle Martin both went deep for the Gamecocks (6-9, 23-14).

 

No. 11 Miami 9, Virginia Tech 1

In Coral Gables, Fla., Enrique Sosa allowed three hits and one run in seven innings as Miami completed the ACC sweep of Virginia Tech. Sosa (5-3) did not walk a batter and struck out six. David Thompson went 2 for 3 with a double, a homer, two runs and three RBI to lead the offense for the Hurricanes (14-4, 28-9). Sean Keselica went 1 for 3 with a double for the Hokies (7-11, 17-20).

 

Cal State Northridge 3, No. 12 UC Santa Barbara 2 (13)

In Northridge, Calif., William Colantono had an RBI single in the bottom of the 13th as Cal State Northridge edged UC Santa Barbara to avoid the Big West series sweep. Colantono finished with three hits and two RBI, while Yusuke Akitoshi had two hits and two runs for the Matadors (2-7, 21-13). Spencer O'Neil had a pinch-hit homer in the ninth for CSUN to force extra innings. Woody Woodward went 5 for 6 with a pair of doubles for the Gauchos (4-2, 26-8).