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BATON ROUGE, La. – Kyle Knudson’s two-out RBI single plated Matt Nohelty with the winning run as second-seeded and 21st-ranked Minnesota knocked off fourth-seeded Southern 11-8 in Saturday afternoon’s elimination game at Alex Box Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Baton Rouge Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Big Ten, CBB Column, CBB Visit, Minnesota, Southern, SWAC

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BATON ROUGE, La. – Willie Kempf worked 6.0 shutout innings to lead Baylor to a 5-0 win over Minnesota in the second game of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Friday night at Alex Box Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Baton Rouge Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, CBB Column, CBB Visit, Minnesota

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Louisiana State hosts the Baton Rouge Regional as the No. 3 national seed. The Tigers take on Southern in the opening game Friday at 1 p.m., and Baylor meets Minnesota in the nightcap at 6 p.m.

The losing teams from those games meet in an elimination game Saturday at 1 p.m., while the winners meet Saturday at 6 p.m. with a berth in the championship game on the line. Game times remain the same on Sunday, and if necessary, a seventh game will be played Monday at a time to be announced. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Baton Rouge Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, CBB Column, LSU, Minnesota, SEC, Southern

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Willie Argo, Illinois
Fr., DH, Davenport, Iowa/Assumption
Argo led the Fighting Illini as they swept Penn State on the road and claimed a share of the Big Ten lead. The freshman went 8-for-12 with multiple hits in each game against the Nittany Lions, also posting eight RBI while scoring six runs and knocking five extra-base hits, including a multi-homer effort on Saturday. The designated hitter opened the weekend with a 3-for-4 performance, scoring and driving in three runs while falling a single shy of the cycle in Illinois’ 7-3 win. On Saturday, he again went 3-for-4, this time driving in five runs and scoring two on a pair of homers as his squad earned the 11-5 victory. In the series finale on Sunday, Argo went 2-for4 with a run as his team earned the sweep in a 9-2 win. In the three-game series, the freshman hit .667 with a .692 on-base percentage and a slugging average of 1.667, giving him an OPS of 2.359. The weekly honor is Argo’s first and the fourth for an Illinois hitter this year. Read the rest of this entry »

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA)­ released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending April 19, today. Minnesota’s junior second baseman Derek McCallum was named National Hitter of the Week, while North Carolina junior right-handed pitcher Alex White was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season. Read the rest of this entry »

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The College Baseball Blog would like to announce that Minnesota second baseman Derek McCallum as our Player of the Week while Brett Eibner of Arkansas as our Pitcher of the Week. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arkansas, Big Ten, CBB Column, CBB Players of the Week, Minnesota, SEC

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Derek McCallum, Minnesota
Jr., 2B, Shoreview, Minn./Hill-Murray
McCallum was nearly unstoppable at the plate last week, combining to post a .636 average with a .680 on-base percentage and a 1.636 slugging mark over five games. In a pair of mid-week matchups against UW-Milwaukee and South Dakota State, the junior went 3-for-4 in each contest with a combined five runs, 12 RBI and three home runs. His 12-RBI total marks the highest for a Golden Gopher in a two-game stretch since at least 1997, and his three homers over two games is a program best since 2004. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, Big Ten Player of the Week, Minnesota, Ohio State

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#9 LSU 2 Northwestern State 1

Sophomore Micah Gibbs drove in the game-winning run on a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead No. 5 LSU past Northwestern State, 2-1, Tuesday in Alex Box Stadium.

Coming in to pinch hit for first baseman Buzzy Haydel with one out and the bases loaded, Gibbs drilled a 2-2 offering into the gap in right center field to break open a 1-1 tie and bring senior Derek Helenihi home for the victory.
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CAL POLY SLO vs. SACRAMENTO STATE

Cal Poly 9- Sac 2
Cal Poly 11- Sac 5
Cal Poly 6- Sac 2

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Sophomore southpaw Matt Leonard pitched six strong innings and junior left fielder Luke Yoder drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning single as Cal Poly completed a three-game series sweep against Sacramento State with a 6-2 victory in a non-conference baseball game Sunday afternoon before 1,427 in Baggett Stadium.

Coach Larry Lee’s Mustangs extended their winning streak to six games and improved to 6-1 on the year, their best start since going 7-1 to open the 2001 campaign. Sacramento State fell to 1-5.

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Tags: Big West, Big West Recap, Cal, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Fullerton, Cal-State Northridge, Hawaii, Houston, Long Beach State, Minnesota, Pacific, Pepperdine, Sacramento St., San Diego State, Stanford, Texas AM, Texas Tech, UC-Irvine, UC-Santa Barbara, UCLA, University of San Diego, Washington

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Fresno State. Fresno State lost two of three against the Oregon Ducks in Eugene this weekend. In game one on Friday the Bulldogs lost a pitching duel 1-0 on Friday. Oregon’s Andrew Schmidt hit a walk-off single with two outs giving the Ducks the victory in front of a sold-out crowd of 2,777. Holden Sprague pitched 7.2 innings giving up just four hits and walking just one.

On Saturday Oregon’s bats pushed them to a 7-1 victory over Fresno State. The Ducks scored two runs in the bottom of the second, three in the bottom of the third and added single runs in the bottom of the sixth and seventh. Fresno State starter Sean Bonesteele lasted just 2.1 innings giving up five runs, all earned and allowed five hits. He also walked four batters.
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Tags: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Chicago State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Kansas State, Louisiana Tech, McNeese State, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico St., Oregon, Sacramento St., San Jose St., Santa Clara, UC-Santa Barbara, University of San Diego, WAC, WAC Recap, Washington

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Due to the recent unavailability of Progress Energy Park, the schedule for the inaugural BIG EAST-Big Ten Baseball Challenge has been adjusted to include games at McKechnie Field in Bradenton and Red McEwen Field at the University of South Florida. The BIG EAST-Big Ten Baseball Challenge, hosted by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission, begins on Friday, Feb. 20.
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Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Cincinnati, Georgetown, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Seton Hall, South Florida, St. John's, UConn, West Virginia

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
CHICAGO – The Big Ten Network will nationally televise up to 30 Big Ten baseball games, including the entire Big Ten Baseball Tournament, and 25 Big Ten softball games this spring. Every game will be produced in high definition.

“With the network now available to more than 70 million people nationwide, the Big Ten Network is thrilled to give increased national exposure to Big Ten baseball and softball,” network president Mark Silverman said. ”We know that fans will especially enjoy watching these games in HD.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, Big Ten Network, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue