According to a report on VUCommodores.com, Pedro Alvarez will be out the next 6 weeks with a broken bone in his hand which he suffered in his first at-bat of the season. Head Coach Tim Corbin is quoted as saying “Obviously we will miss having him in the lineup and in the field. He is a special player that can’t be replaced. This is the kind of injury you don’t rush back from and we hope to have him back at full strength later in the season.”

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Thanks to NYDore for staying on this story throughout the last week.

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The Arizona State Sun Devils recently had to suspend Jason Jarvis for some academic issues from this fall semester. Somehow the Sun Devils were able to get him eligible for last weekend’s tournament hosted by Arizona State where he made a pinch hitting appearance. The East Valley Tribune reported on Tuesday that former player and graduate manager Mikel Moreno was approached by Arizona State compliance officer Bill Kennedy about improper benefits going on in the program. Read the rest of this entry »

The Division 2 poll by The College Baseball News that came out on Feb. 25th is led by Mount Olive who has taken over the top spot in the poll with a 16-1 record. Ouachita Baptist is ranked second in the country with an solid record of 12-1. Two-time defending national champion and former number 1 team in the country Tampa is ranked number 3. Delta State and Grand Valley State round out the Top 5. You can read the full poll by clicking here.

The San Diego Toreros got back on the winning track on Tuesday with a 5-3 victory over Long Beach State. Freshman third baseman Victor Sanchez of San Diego went 3-3 with two homers and drove in three runs. LBSU starter Manny McElroy was rocked around in 3.1 innings for all five runs on six hits and two walks. His record drops to 0-1 on the year San Diego reliever Matt Couch picked up his first victory of the year to even his record at 1-1 while AJ Griffin picked up his first save of the season by pitching the final two innings where he only allowed one walk.

Long Beach State Recap
San Diego Recap

Here is some scores from around the nation.

TCU 6 Dallas Baptist 1

FORT WORTH, Texas (Feb. 26, 2008) - A pair of three-run innings and outstanding pitching led the TCU Horned Frogs to a 6-1 victory over Dallas Baptist Tuesday night at Lupton Stadium. The Frogs put up three in the first inning and never looked back as the trio of Paul Gerrish, Trent Appleby and Sean Hoelscher held the Patriot bats in check. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM PRESS RELEASES

Old Dominion 8 UNC 6 (10 innings)

CARY, NC–Old Dominion University senior first baseman Brian Cipolla (Plainview, NY.) knocked in six runs to lead the Monarchs (1-1) to an 8-6 victory over second ranked North Carolina (3-1) Tuesday evening. This is the highest ranked team ODU has ever beaten.

North Carolina took a 5-4 lead into the top of the ninth. With two outs, in the ninth Cipolla hit his first homer of the season to right field to tie the game. After shutting down the Tar Heels in the bottom of the ninth, the Monarchs scored three runs in the top of the tenth. Read the rest of this entry »

Texas’ Brandon Workman got the start today on the mound and went 6 innings throwing 89 pitches and striking out 11 Broncs in picking up his first win as a Longhorn. Leading the way for the Horns offensively is Brandon Belt going for 2-4 and driving in 4 rbis. The starting Pitcher for the Broncs was Phillip Rodriquez. Phillip had the Horns handcuff through the first 4 innings in striking out 4 and the Horns batters guessing. After Phillip went out the bullpen could find the strike zone as they issue 8 walks and 3 hits bats man. Texas turn a 2-1 deficit in the 5 inning into a 10-3 win. These two teams will get right back out there tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. On the mound for Texas will be another Freshman Chance Ruffin and on the mound for the Broncs will be TBD.

Check back tomorrow as I will have a full rundown of the game.

Picture provided by Donald J Boyles

UT Pan-Am Recap

Texas Recap

FROM PRESS RELEASE
HITTER OF THE WEEK
DWAYNE BAILEY, UCF

Senior, SS, Tampa, Fla.

Bailey was 10-for-15 (.667) as UCF swept Florida A&M over the weekend. He scored seven runs in the series, had two doubles, a triple, two walks and two RBI, while stealing three bases. Bailey began his season by setting career highs with five hits and four runs scored in a 5-for-5 performance in Friday’s 17-1 victory.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK

MATT LANGWELL, RICE

Junior, RHP, College Station, Texas

Langwell helped the Owls snap a four-game losing streak that dated back to last year’s College World Series with a strong performance at No. 13 Long Beach State on Sunday. He fired 6 2/3 innings of three-hit ball, striking out eight and walking two to give Rice a game three win in a series dominated by pitching.

Complete notebook

Why does the NCAA allow these MLB Exhibition games against College teams? We are heading into the time period where these games are coming up with FSU playing the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday. Should we actually care about these games? Why should we? Read the rest of this entry »

We recently came across this great article from The Gotham Baseball Magazine where they mae up an All-Gotham team based on the student-athletes in the greater New York City area. The team is led by St. John’s pitcher Scott Barnes and two pitchers from Monmouth in Brad Brach and Ryan Buch. A couple of other notables are Hofstra third baseman Matt Prokopowicz and Cole White of Army. The full article is available here.

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will be taking their perfect 4-0 record to Mt. Pleasant S.C. to take on the College of Charleston in a showdown between undefeated squads. Coastal Carolina will send Cody Wheeler to the mound who has a 27.00 ERA in 2/3 of an inning. College of Charleston will send Jake Goldberg to the mound where he has no record with a 5.40 ERA in 1.2 innings.
Coastal Carolina Game Notes
College of Charleston Game Notes

The College Baseball Blog and StatStud.com have teamed up this season to bring a weekly award for the top players in the last week. We will select one pitcher and hitter every week throughout the regular season. Here is our first installment. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CONFERENCE PRESS RELEASE

Feb. 25, 2008

IRVING, Texas—Tyrone Hambly (Oklahoma State) and Kendal Volz (Baylor) have been selected as the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week for games of Feb. 18-24 in voting by a panel of media covering the conference. It is the first conference weekly accolade for both student-athletes.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Tyrone Hambly, Oklahoma State, 2B, Jr., 6-0, 226, Adelaida, South Australia/Grayson County CCHambly led the Cowboys to a four-game sweep of Gonzaga in Stillwater this past weekend. He hit .500 (6-for-12) with two home runs and five RBI in the series. The Adelaida, South Australia transfer also tallied four runs, two walks, a stolen base and a double while compiling a 1.083 slugging percentage.

Hambly recorded a hit in every game, including a 2-for-4, four RBI outing in the series finale.
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FROM PRESS RELEASE
DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 11th year with its 2008 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 25-June 30 following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The poll voters come from 30 college baseball writers and related media persons from throughout the nation. This week’s poll has representation by 11 different conferences among the 298 baseball-playing schools in the 2008 NCAA Division I ranks. For more information or to join the NCBWA, please go to www.ncbwa.com. Read the rest of this entry »