{"id":9189,"date":"2014-06-03T10:22:38","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T14:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=9189"},"modified":"2014-06-15T10:29:14","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T14:29:14","slug":"cws-regional-results-w-draft-prospect-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=9189","title":{"rendered":"CWS Regional Results w\/ Draft Prospect highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

College Baseball’s Field fo 64<\/a> was winnowed to just 16 over the 5\/30\/14 weekend, setting up Super Regionals to be played the weekend of 6\/13\/14. \u00a0Here’s a recap of the action. \u00a0There were a TON of upsets all throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n

MLB.com\/Cash Kruth posted a nice summary of top100 draft prospects in action<\/a> over the past weekend; using that as a guide as well as focusing on some other big time names and local teams here’s a recap of the weekend’s action.<\/p>\n

We’ll review the 16 regionals in order of the national seeds. \u00a0Blue<\/strong><\/span> is the host city and Red<\/span><\/strong> is the winner.<\/p>\n

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  1. In the Corvalis<\/strong> <\/span>regional (host\/seed: Oregon State) the #1 overall seed survived a nail-biter against North Dakota State in a game where they threw their 3rd string arm (Andrew Moore<\/strong>, who struck out 14<\/a> in his 8 innings).\u00a0 They will be tough to beat with their two aces (Jace Fry<\/strong> and Ben Wetzler,<\/strong> who both sport 11-1 records with sterling ERAs on the season) going in the next to games, irrespective of who they play.\u00a0 However day 2 featured a shocker: UC Irvine destroyed the #1 overall seed 14-2<\/a>, getting to Fry for 6 runs in 6 innings.\u00a0 Huge upset there.\u00a0 Oregon State now will need to advance out of the loser’s bracket and stretch their pitching staff to advance. \u00a0On 6\/1\/14 Oregon State got by UNLV behind Wetzler’s complete game 4-hit, 1-run, 10-K outing and then blanked UC Irvine in the first game of the regional final behind a nifty 2-hit shutout<\/a> from long-man\/4th starter\u00a0Scott Schultz<\/strong>. \u00a0In the do-or-die game on 6\/2\/14, the #1 seed’s luck ran out as UC Irvine<\/span><\/strong> cobbled together innings and held off Oregon State’s offense 4-2.
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  2. In the Gainesville regional<\/strong><\/span> (host\/seed: Florida): Long Beach State beat UNC behind sophomore\u00a0Andrew Rohrbach<\/strong>‘s 8 shut out inning effort; he allowed a run in the 9th before getting pulled. \u00a0UNC sophomore\u00a0Trent Thornton<\/strong>\u00a0gave up 6 runs in less than four innings and UNC couldn’t come back.\u00a0 And in the night cap perhaps the biggest upset of day one occurred when dangerous 4th seed College of Charleston beat the #2 overall seed\/host Florida 3-2<\/a>.\u00a0 Local kid Taylor Clarke<\/strong> started for Charleston but was removed mid-way in the 5th thanks to uncharacteristic wildness; he had walked five and put 12 guys on-base but survived with only 1 run allowed.\u00a0 The shocks continued in day 2 as UNC neatly dispatched Florida 5-2, eliminating the #2 overall seed.\u00a0 College of Charleston<\/strong><\/span> took care of business over Long Beach State to take control of the regional, and ended up advancing on 6\/1\/14 when they beat Long Beach a second time.\u00a0 Huge upset of Florida, even if Charleston was badly under-seeded.<\/li>\n
  3. In the Charlottesville<\/strong> <\/span>regional (host\/seed: Virginia): UVA blitzed Bucknell<\/a> to open the tournament behind 7 shutout innings from mid-week starter\u00a0Artie Lewicki<\/strong>, a strategic move leaving UVA’s ace All-American<\/a>\u00a0Nathan Kirby<\/strong> to pitch in the winner’s bracket game on 5\/31\/14.\u00a0 There they face Arkansas, who squeaked out a win over local favorite Liberty.\u00a0 In day 2, Liberty went two-and-out while UVA shut out Arkansas<\/a> behind Kirby’s 8-inning 1-hit gem 3-0<\/a>. \u00a0 Arkansas worked their way to the final of the regional, but there they ran into UVA’s saturday starter\u00a0Brandon Waddell<\/strong>, who threw 6 2\/3rd mostly clean innings while UVA<\/strong><\/span> exploded for 6 in the third to put the regional away 9-2<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. In the Bloomington<\/strong> <\/span>regional (host\/seed: Indiana): Stanford opened with an upset win<\/a> over Indiana State behind a complete game 4-hit, 1-run performance from freshman\u00a0Cal Quatrill<\/strong> while host Indiana cruised to a win.\u00a0 In the winner’s bracket game Indiana took control of the regional with a win over Stanford. \u00a0Stanford stormed back from the loser’s bracket and took out Indiana in the first game of the regional final, forcing one extra game on 6\/2\/14. \u00a0Indiana ended up losing the winner-take-all game in pretty heartbreaking fashion, losing 5-4 to the Pac-12 team when Stanford<\/strong><\/span> scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th to advance.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. In the Tallahasse regional<\/span> <\/strong>(host\/seed: Florida State), Kennesaw got the first win<\/a> of the tournament when sophomore Travis Bergen<\/strong> threw 8 2\/3 shutout innings over Alabama and beating their Ace Spencer Turnbull<\/strong>.\u00a0 Then the most surprising result of the day occurred in the night-cap when Georgia Southern embarrassed Florida State 7-0 in a game where they outhit the national seed 16-2 and their hurler (junior lefty Sam Howard<\/strong>) threw a 2-hit shutout.\u00a0 Howard is a relative unknown, not even on MinorLeagueBall’s top 350-list<\/a> of draft prospects; he made himself some money today.\u00a0 On day 2, Alabama put Florida State two-and-out in a shock 6-5 win, while little known Kennesaw State scored 8 runs in the 11th inning to out-last Georgia Southern in a weird-looking box score 13-5.\u00a0 Kennesaw’s big-time prospect (and likely upper-first round pick) Max Pentecost<\/strong> went 4-5 in the game with two walks to power his team. \u00a0On Sunday Alabama stormed back, blanking Georgia Southern and then beating Kennesaw State to force the extra do-or-die game.\u00a0 However in the winner-take-all match Kennesaw State<\/strong><\/span> advanced over their SEC rival<\/li>\n
  6. In the Lafayette<\/strong> <\/span>regional (host\/seed:\u00a0Louisiana-Lafayette): Mississippi State beat San Diego State to open the regional and then in a huge upset Lafayette and their huge offense was shutout by little-known Jackson State 1-0.\u00a0 Louisiana-Lafayette faces an up-hill climb now.\u00a0 Louisiana took care of business over Stephen Strasburg<\/strong>‘s alma-mater in the elimination game and gets another shot at Jackson State, who couldn’t match up with their SEC opponent in the winner’s game. \u00a0Lafayette stormed through the elimination games, showing the offense they’re known for, beating Jackson State 11-1 and then Mississippi State 14-8 to force the extra 6\/1\/14 game. \u00a0Louisiana-Lafayette<\/strong><\/span> made up for their earlier mis-steps by taking an early 4-0 lead and holding on for a 5-3 victory to advance.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. In the Fort Worth<\/strong><\/span> regional (host\/seed:\u00a0TCU), hosts TCU had to go to 11 to get their opening win (with 1st round talent Brandon Finnegan<\/strong> striking out 12<\/a> in 7+ innings), after which they’ll face upstart Sam Houston State.\u00a0 In the winner’s bracket game, TCU advanced 3-2 over Sam Houston in a TWENTY-TWO inning game<\/a>, the 2nd longest game<\/a> in NCAA\u00a0 history. \u00a0On 6\/1\/14, Sam Houston got back to the regional final but TCU held on to win the regional and advance.<\/li>\n
  8. In the Baton Rouge<\/strong><\/span> regional (host\/seed:\u00a0LSU) the seeds held to form on day one, with Houston and LSU advancing.\u00a0 On day 2, LSU took charge with an 5-1 defeat over Houston. \u00a0Meanwhile, Houston worked its way back through the loser’s bracket and outlasted LSU in extra inning to force the extra winner-take-all game on 6\/2\/14. \u00a0There, Houston<\/strong><\/span> blitzed LSU 12-2 to get the upset regional win.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. In the Houston<\/strong> <\/span>regional (host\/seed:\u00a0Rice): local team George Mason held the lead over Rice in the 8th inning but senior lefty starter Jared Gaynor<\/strong> fell apart in the 8th, let in 6 runs and Rice won 7-2<\/a>.\u00a0 Rice moves on to play powerhouse Texas while George Mason will have to contend with SEC team Texas A&M to survive.\u00a0 There GMU didn’t have the horses and was eliminated 7-3 by TAMU<\/a>, while Texas handled Rice in extras. \u00a0 On 6\/1\/14, Rice was eliminated in extras, and then TAMU forced an elimination game on 6\/1<\/span> over Texas, but that was as close as TAMU got, as Texas<\/strong><\/span> took the winner-take-all game 4-1.<\/li>\n
  10. In the San Luis Obispo<\/strong><\/span> regional (host\/seed:\u00a0Cal Poly): Cal Poly (behind Matt Imhof<\/strong>) and Pepperdine advanced to setup an all-California mid-major winner’s bracket game.\u00a0 There, Pepperdine’s ace LHP Aaron Brown<\/strong> (a likely 4th-5th rounder) pitched a gem to upset Cal Poly 2-1<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Sacramento State embarrassed Pac-12 power Arizona State in the loser’s bracket final, setting up a rematch with the host for the right to go after Pepperdine. \u00a0Cal Poly made its way back to the regional final and a rematch with the Waves, but were handled 10-6 late sunday night and Pepperdine<\/strong><\/span> advances.<\/li>\n
  11. In the Oxford<\/strong> <\/span>regional (host\/seed:\u00a0Ole Miss): Ole Miss’s starting shortstop has some DC roots: Errol Robinson<\/strong> was featured over the weekend<\/a>.\u00a0 the 5\/30\/14 games were rained out, forcing a delayed start.\u00a0 On Saturday 5\/31\/14 the two top seeds easily advanced to the winner’s bracket game. \u00a0There Ole Miss held on for a 2-1 victory and will face Washington again in the regional final on 6\/1\/14. \u00a0There, Ole Miss<\/strong><\/span> took another low-scoring\/extra innings game to win the regional 3-2.<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. In the Louisville<\/strong> <\/span>regional (host\/seed:\u00a0Louisville): Louisville and Kansas advanced on day one.\u00a0 Louisville took care of business over Kansas in day 2, setting up a re-match between Kansas and Kentucky to try to oust Louisville out of the loser’s bracket. \u00a0Kansas got the better of Kentucky in their elimination game, but was handled 4-1 by Louisville<\/strong><\/span> in the regional final.<\/li>\n
  13. In the Nashville<\/strong> <\/span>regional (host\/seed:\u00a0Vanderbilt): Oregon just destroyed Clemson to open the regional 18-1 and then host Vanderbilt similarly destroyed Xavier 11-0 (with 1st round talent Tyler Beede<\/strong> throwing 8 shutout innings and striking out 14<\/a>) to setup an intriguing winner’s bracket game.\u00a0\u00a0 Vanderbilt controlled Oregon on day two while Xavier surprised Clemson. \u00a0 Oregon made their way to the regional final, but were beaten again 3-2 by a Vanderbilt<\/strong><\/span> team that won its 3 regional games by a combined score of 21-4.<\/li>\n
  14. In the Columbia Region <\/strong>(host\/seed: South Carolina):\u00a0<\/span>Maryland scored 3 in the bottom of the 9th (two by virtue of bases-loaded HBPs, including the walk-off winning run) to upend ODU<\/a> in the opener, bailing out their ace\u00a0Jake Stinnett<\/strong>‘s good but not good-enough 8-inning 3 earned run performance. \u00a0\u00a0 They next face host South Carolina.\u00a0 In day-2 ODU unfortunately went two-and-out at the hands of Campbell but the big news was Maryland’s upsetting of #15 seed South Carolina 4-3<\/a>.\u00a0 Maryland is now in a great position to advance out of the regional where they could play local rival UVA in the super regional. \u00a0On 6\/1, South Carolina fought their way back to the regional final, where they were pounded 10-1<\/a> by Maryland<\/strong><\/span> for the regional upset. \u00a0Not only was this a regional upset … but this was the first time South Carolina had lost at home in something like 27 games. \u00a0In the Baseball America CWS preview, they didn’t even bother talking about this series because “South Carolina doesn’t lose at home.” \u00a0Well, South Carolina lost twice to Maryland and the Terps are moving on.
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  15. In the Coral Gables<\/strong><\/span> regional (host\/seed:\u00a0Miami), host Miami struggled mightily with the below .500 Bethune-Cookman team, winning 1-0 on a walk-off wild pitch<\/a> in the 9th.\u00a0\u00a0 They face Texas Tech next, who also struggled (comparatively speaking) with the scholarship-less Ivy league champs from Columbia.\u00a0 In the winner’s bracket game Miami’s offense was exposed again as Texas Tech shut them out 3-0 to take the driver’s seat. \u00a0Miami blitzed Bethune-Cookman to make it back to the regional final, where they were losing 1-0 in the 8th inning when play was suspended on 6\/1\/14<\/span>.\u00a0 Things got no better and Texas Tech<\/strong><\/span> finished off Miami 4-0 on 6\/2\/14.\u00a0 All three of Florida’s seeds are now eliminated, a huge surprise.<\/li>\n
  16. In the Stillwater<\/strong> <\/span>regional (host\/seed:\u00a0Oklahoma State): Cal State Fullerton showed why they were likely under-seeded with an opening 5-1 win over Nebraska, though they depended on a grand-slam to take the lead for good.\u00a0 Meanwhile host Oklahoma State rolled to an easy victory over small school Binghamton.\u00a0 In the winner’s bracket on day 2, Oklahoma State put some doubters at bay by winning a slugfest over Fullerton 13-7 to take over the driver’s seat. \u00a0Fullerton beat Nebraska to get another shot at the Cowboys, but were beaten by Oklahoma State<\/strong><\/span> in the regional final 6-4.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Summary of Regionals statistically<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n