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Led by Most Valuable Player A.J. Pollock of the Falmouth Commodores and the trio of hard-hitting catcher Tommy Medica, infielder Joseph Sanders and pitcher Chris Manno of the league champion Harwich Mariners, the 2008 All-League Team has been announced by Cape Cod Baseball League Commissioner Paul Galop. Read the rest of this entry »

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WACO, Texas — Baylor baseball head coach Steve Smith named Trevor Mote as the program’s volunteer assistant Tuesday. Mote comes to Baylor after a three-year stint as assistant coach at Yavapai College in Arizona . He replaces Chris Clemons, who accepted a position at McLennan Community College .

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Tags: Baylor, Big 12, Coaching Changes

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This story originally appeared in the Dallas Morning News and is being re-publish with the permission of the Author Brian Davis.

For years, college baseball coaches have divvied up an NCAA-maximum 11.7 scholarships among 30 to 40 players. Learning how coaches manage those scholarships can be sobering for parents who believe their son is a future star.

“As far as the numbers go, with 11.7 scholarships, it doesn’t go very far,” Texas coach Augie Garrido said.

As one might expect, better recruits get more scholarship money. A coach may offer a top recruit thousands for tuition, room and board, a figure that could be 70 to 80 percent of a full scholarship.

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Tags: Baylor, Dallas Baptist University, Rice, Texas, Texas AM

HYANNIS, Mass. — Baylor infielder Raynor Campbell was named to the 2008 Cape Cod League All-Star Game, the league announced recently. Campbell, a member of the Wareham Gatemen, was one of two non-pitcher reserves selected for the West All-Stars. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. CDT Saturday at Veterans Field in Chatham, Mass. The game will be televised on the New England Sports Network (NESN), available on DirecTV channels 623 and 624 (HD).

Campbell, who will be a junior at Baylor next season, ranks seventh in the Cape Cod League with a team-best .342 batting average (38-for-111). His batting average is exactly 100 points higher than the Wareham team average (.242), and Campbell has provided 14 percent of Wareham’s hits this summer. He also has two home runs, nine RBI, 20 runs scored. Campbell ranks fourth in the Cape with a .438 on base percentage.

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Tags: Baylor, Cape Cod League, Northwoods League, Texas Collegiate League, USA National Team

Kendal Volz of Baylor University and Kyle Gibson of Missouri both stopped by Baseball America to talk about their experiances with Team USA this summer. They talk about the different atmosphere’s they have played in and how much of a difference International baseball is when compared to the college game. Read the rest of this entry »

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Pinckard named Northwoods All-Star; Miller on the shelf; Volz strong for Team USA

ROCHESTER, Minn. - Baylor redshirt freshman Brooks Pinckard was named to the 2008 Northwoods League All-Star Game, the league announced late last week. The game will be played Monday at Warner Park in Madison, Wis. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. CDT, and the game will be broadcast live on ESPNU.

Pinckard, who has pitched and played the infield for the Eau Claire Express, was named to the team as an infielder. He ranks sixth in the Northwoods League with a .331 batting average. Pinckard has tallied 40 hits, 21 runs, 18 RBI, eight doubles and two triples, and he is 12-for-17 in stolen base attempts. He also has posted an 0-1 record on the mound with one save and a 1.29 ERA. In 7.0 innings, Pinckard has allowed one run on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

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Tags: Baylor, Cape Cod League, Northwoods League, Summer Leagues, Texas Collegiate League

KEENE, N.H. — Aaron Senne (Missouri; Rochester, Minn.), Ryan Ortiz (Oregon State; San Diego, Calif.) and Kentrail Davis (Tennessee; Theodore, Ala.) all homered in a five-run third inning as the 2008 USA Baseball National Trials Team defeated the Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League 11-0 Thursday night at Alumni Field. This was the first competition during the trials.

With the U.S. team leading 4-0, Senne ripped a one-out solo home run to right. On the very next pitch, Ortiz laced a solo shot to right-center. An error and a walk set the stage for Davis’ homer, a three-run blast to right-center. It was the first of two home runs on the night for Davis, who followed a Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton; Corona, Calif.) sixth-inning leadoff home run with a solo round-tripper to right-center.
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Tags: Auburn, Baylor, Indiana, Missouri, Oregon State, Team USA, Tennessee, Texas, University of San Diego, Vanderbilt

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Texas 11, Oklahoma 10

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Sophomore David Hernandez chipped an 0-2 offering for an RBI single to cap a three-run rally and lead the Texas Longhorns to a come-from-behind 11-10 win over the Oklahoma Sooners in Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship baseball action at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark Saturday morning

With Texas trailing 10-8 in the bottom of the ninth, Jordan Danks and Kyle Russell drew walks from Jake McCarter to leadoff the frame. Chase Anderson came in to pitch for the Sooners and induced a pop up on a bunt attempt by Russell Moldenhauer for the first out. Brandon Belt reignited the rally with a single to rightfield, plating Danks and trimming the lead to 10-9. Preston Clark struck out looking to bring Hernandez to the plate with two outs. Hernandez swung at strike two in the dirt, but a wild pitch allowed Russell to score from third and put Belt in scoring position. Hernandez golfed the next pitch into centerfield for the game-winning run. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Baylor, Big 12, Big 12 Recap, Big 12 Tournament, College Baseball, College Baseball News, Game Recap, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas AM

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Doyle Leads OU Past Texas A&M, 4-1
Sophomore Andrew Doyle provided the best outing of the season by an OU pitcher and helped the Sooners, seeded eighth, top the 2008 Big 12 Championship’s top seed, Texas A&M, 4-1, on the first day of the tournament at AT&T Brick… (+)

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No. 24 Texas edged out by No. 9 Missouri, 3-2, in extra innings

he Longhorns yield a game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to lose a 3-2 decision to the Tigers in the first game of the 2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. MORE

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Baylor Knocks off Nebraska 10-4

Shaver Hansen was 3-for-4 with three runs and four RBI, including a key three-run triple in Baylor’s four-run seventh as the Bears knocked off 12th-ranked Nebraska 10-4 in first-day action at the Big 12 Conference Championship at Bricktown Ballpark. The sixth-seeded Bears (32-24) became the first team to win five consecutive pool-play games at the Big 12 Championship, dating back to the 2006 season. The third-seeded Huskers (39-13-1) have lost four straight games for the first time this season. More [+]

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Tags: Baylor, Big 12 Tournament, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas AM

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IRVING, Texas — José Duran (Texas A&M) and Aaron Crow (Missouri) headline the 2008 All-Big 12 Baseball Awards as Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, it was announced on Tuesday. Duran, a Fort Worth native, was also named Newcomer of the Year while Aggie mentor Rob Childress was tabbed Coach of Year. Rounding out the selections is Chance Ruffin (Texas), who earned Freshman of the Year.

The All-Big 12 awards are selected by the league’s head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.

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Tags: All-Conference teams, Baylor, Big 12, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas AM, Texas Tech

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IRVING, Texas — Texas A&M earned its third Big 12 regular season title on Sunday. The defending postseason champion will be the top seed in the 2008 Phil lips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship, which is scheduled for May 21-25 at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City . It marks the 10th time the championship has been played at this venue.

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Tags: Baylor, Big 12 Tournament, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas AM

The Big 12 race is coming down to the last day. A&M is sitting on top with a league record 19-7 while OSU is in 2nd with a 18-8 record and Nebraska is in 3rd with a 17-8 record. All A&M has to do is to win 1 Game but standing in their way is their arch rival Texas. Texas has come out and took the first two games by identical score of 5-2. Texas has gotten timely hitting to go along with great defense and pitching. in Yesterdays game Austin Wood pitched his first career complete game.  Texas has shown that they are getting their pieces of the puzzle together just in time for tournament time.

Oklahoma State has taken the first two games from OU and is sitting in 2nd place needing a lost by A&M and to win on Sunday. OSU has the tie breaker over A&M and will be the #1 seed come Tournament time.

Nebraska went to the weekend series needing A&M to lose 2 games and to take care of Business against the Tigers of Missouri. Missouri came out swinging in game 1 and in game 2 to the score of 8-1 and 22-9.

The 4th and 5th place have been determine with Missouri the 4th seed and Texas the 5th seed. The top 3 and the bottom half of the conference will be worked out today.

The BIG 12 tournament will start on Wednesday from the Bricktown in Oklahoma City.

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Tags: Baylor, Big 12 Recap, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas AM, Texas Tech

#6 Nebraska 1 at #15 Missouri 8

Missouri junior Aaron Crow set a new school record for wins in a season as he improved to 12-0 after the Tigers’ 8-1 victory over Nebraska on Friday night at Taylor Stadium. Crow allowed just one run on four hits and struck out eight in 8.1 innings pitched. read more »

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#7 Texas A&M 2 at #28 Texas 5

Two triples by Jordan Danks and a solid pitching performance led the Longhorns to a win against the Aggies in game one of the State Farm Lone Star Showdown. [Photo gallery] (pictured: Chance Ruffin)

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#8 Oklahoma State 7 vs Oklahoma 1

Oklahoma State rode the left arm of Andrew Oliver and a lineup that collected 14 hits to a 7-1 win over Bedlam-rival Oklahoma Friday night at Drillers Stadium in front of an overflow crowd of 11,232 fans. (more…)

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Baylor 4 at Texas Tech 7

Junior right-hander Zach Stewart held Baylor to three runs on four hits over a season-high eight innings and Roger Kieschnick blasted two home runs to lead the Texas Tech Red Raiders to a 7-4 win over the Bears on Friday night at Dan Law… More

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Kansas State 5 at Kansas 0

Kansas State pitchers Brad Hutt and Thomas Rooke combined to shut out Kansas on seven hits, while Nate Tenbrink recorded a two-out, two-RBI single in the sixth inning to put the  || CONTINUE

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IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference has named 62 student-athletes to the 2008 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball Team, the league office announced.

Nebraska led the conference with nine selections — seven on the first team and two on the second.

Individually, Brett Scott ( Kansas State ) received special recognition for posting a 4.00 grade point average.

Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services and the media relations offices, the baseball academic all-league team consisted of 46 first team members combined with 16 on the second team. First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, and the second team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.

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WACO, Texas — Seniors Tim Matthews and Paul Miles made their final games at Baylor Ballpark memorable. Matthews tossed a three-hit shutout, and Miles was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI as Baylor defeated Stephen F. Austin 11-0 in seven innings Wednesday night. The Bears (30-22) finished the regular season 21-10 at home and improved to 26-0 all-time against Stephen F. Austin (24-27).

Matthews (5-1), who recorded the first complete game and the first shutout of his career, faced two over the minimum and allowed only four base runners all night. He tallied six strikeouts against only walk and retired 14 consecutive batters between Jeffrey Kello’s leadoff single in the third and Adam Bosley’s two-out walk in the seventh. After Bosley walked, Justin Roland ended the game with a single that hit Bosley between first and second; by rule, Bosley was called out, and the 10-run mercy rule was enforced.

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Tags: Baylor, Big 12, Southland Conference, Stephen F. Austin