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Here are some of the best links from around the nation.

The first article comes from The Boston Globe which checks in with four Massachusetts student athletes who have found success at Gettysburg College. The next article comes from Corky Blake which looks at MLB and College Baseball’s African-American players whose participation numbers have gone down in the last 20 years. The Daily Cal writer Matt Kawahara previews the Cal-Oregon weekend series. The State checks in with two sport Clemson athlete Kyle Parker who has been spending time in spring football and with the baseball squad while trying to balance schoolwork too. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Cal, Clemson, Division 3, Gettysburg College, MLB, Oregon, Pac 10

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By: Ryan Rosenblatt

As we head into week five of the Pac 10 season, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the conference is in the midst of a major down year. We knew the conference would take a step back, but it’s gone to an extreme this year and right now it looks like only two teams, Arizona St. and Oregon St., will make a regional. There are a few teams trying to salvage what’s left of their season and make a late run for that third place conference finish and possible regional spot that could go with it. Those clubs are Washington St., Stanford and USC and each one of them dearly needs to pick up a series win this weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, CBB Column, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac 10, Pac 10 Weekend Preview, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State

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Erickson Deals Golden Bears 6-2 Loss
SEATTLE – Jake Rife hit a double and a home run and Jason Erickson turned in the longest start of the year by a Husky pitcher as the Washington baseball team beat California, 6-2, in a Pac-10 game Friday night at Husky Ballpark. [READ MORE] Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac 10, Pac 10 Recap, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State

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I will check in throughout the year with links from around the country. Here is three good articles for this Sunday.

The first article today comes from The Daily Californian writer Matt Kawahara who has a recap of California’s 11-0 victory over Washington State on Saturday. The Portland Tribune writer Jason Vondersmith has a recap of the Oregon-Oregon State game on Saturday that Oregon won 3-2 in ten innings. The final article is from The Norwich Bulletin which talks about Division 3 Eastern Connecticut’s strong start to the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Cal, Division 3, Eastern Connecticut, Links, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac 10, Washington State

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For the first time this season, the Pac-10 Conference will feature a full schedule of in-conference games. Among the highlights: the Oregon schools renew the Civil War, each Washington school travels to California to face an opponent from the Bay Area, and the Los Angeles teams host an opponent from Arizona. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, CBB Column, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac 10, Pac 10 Weekend Preview, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State

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The Pac-10 was 7-0 in games played on Wednesday.

BERKELEY, Calif. - Cal scored twice in the third inning and then exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning on the way to a 9-6 victory over Santa Clara Wednesday afternoon at Evans Diamond. The Golden Bears improved to 13-8 overall and the Broncos dropped to 10-8. The winning pitcher for Cal was sophomore right-hander Yasser Clor, who improved his record to 3-0 by throwing a career-high 5.1 innings with six hits, four runs, one earned run, two walks and two strikeouts. Sophomore right-hander Kevin Miller earned his first collegiate save by throwing the final 3.2 innings (five hits, two runs, one earned run, one walk, two strikeouts). Sophomore right fielder Mark Canha, who is leading the Bears with a .398 average, had a two-run single in the third, while senior third baseman Michael Brady, sophomore shortstop Brian Guinn, junior first baseman Blake Smith, junior second baseman Jeff Kobernus, freshman left fielder Danny Oh and junior catcher Dylan Tonneson all had RBI in the fourth inning. [READ MORE]

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Tags: Brown, Cal, Oregon, Pepperdine, Sacramento St., Santa Clara, Stanford, UC-Davis, UC-Irvine, UCLA, USC, Washington

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Oregon and Washington both fall in non-conference action Tuesday.

Errors Costly In Loss To Hornets

EUGENE, Ore. - Blake Crosby hit the first grand slam out of PK Park on Tuesday afternoon, but unfortunately for the Ducks, Crosby was sporting a Sacramento State uniform, and the senior first baseman helped lead the Hornets to a 10-5 victory.

No. 10 UC Irvine Out-Slugs Washington, 17-13

SEATTLE - A ninth-inning sacrifice fly from DJ Crumlich broke a 13-13 tie as the No. 10 UC Irvine baseball team out-slugged Washington for a 17-13 win Tuesday night at Husky Ballpark.

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Tags: Oregon, Sacramento St., UC-Irvine, Washington

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Cal Baseball Defeats Stanford, 7-6, to Open Pac-10 Play

BERKELEY, Calif. – The University of California baseball team – behind home runs from Brett Jackson and Dylan Tonneson, and stellar relief pitching from Michael Bugary and Blake Smith – defeated Bay Area rival Stanford, 7-6, Saturday in the Pac-10 opener at Evans Diamond. The Golden Bears improved their record to 11-7 (1-0), while the Cardinal dropped to 3-9 (0-1). Cal also got strong hitting efforts from sophomore shortstop Brian Guinn (2-for-4, two RBI) and senior third baseman Michael Brady (2-for-3, two doubles, RBI). [READ MORE]

No. 4 ASU Takes Out Arizona 7-3

TEMPE, Ariz. – For the second consecutive night, a strong starting pitching performance led the No. 4 Arizona State University baseball team to victory over Arizona, as Josh Spence earned the win in a 7-3 victory on Saturday. A second straight sellout crowd of 4,371 fans at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark saw the Sun Devils improve to 16-3 overall, 2-0 in the Pac-10, on the season Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Hawaii, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac 10, Portland, Saint Mary's, South Dakota State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, Washington State

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Mike Leake Fans Career-High 15 Batters As #4 Baseball Defeats Arizona 4-1

TEMPE, Ariz. - Mike Leake struck out 15 in a complete game gem to lead the No. 4 Arizona State University baseball team to a 4-1 victory over Arizona on Friday in front of a sellout crowd of 4,371 at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. The Sun Devils improve to 15-3 with the win in the Pac-10 Conference opener Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arizona, Arizona State, Hawaii, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac 10, Portland, South Dakota State, Utah Valley State, Washington, Washington State

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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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#3 Texas A&M 9 vs #14 UC Irvine 2
Luke Anders homered and drove in four runs and Brooks Raley tossed a strong six innings to lead No. 1 Texas A&M to a 9-2 win over No. 5 UC Irvine Friday afternoon in the first game of the Houston College Classic at Minute Maid Park.
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Tags: Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Cal-State Northridge, College of Charleston, Conference USA, East Carolina, Houston, Kansas State, Missouri, Missouri State, Missouri Valley, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Pac 10, Penn State, Southern Conference, Texas, Texas AM, UC-Irvine, WAC

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Here is your Pac-10 Recap for February 21st.

Game 1: Arizona State 13 Wisconsin Milwaukee 5

TEMPE, Ariz. – Six home runs, including two each from Jason Kipnis and Carlos Ramirez, helped the No. 6 Arizona State University baseball team to a 13-5 victory over Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the opening game of a doubleheader Saturday at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark. The Sun Devils improved to 2-0 on the season with the win. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arizona, Arizona State, Big West, Cal, Fresno State, Horizon League, Long Beach State, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac 10, Pac 10 Recap, Sacramento St., Saint Mary's, SEC, Stanford, Tennessee, UC-Davis, UC-Riverside, UCLA, USC, Vanderbilt, WAC, Washington, West Coast Conference, Wisconsin-Milwaukee