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Coastal eliminated from regional

May 31, 2009 By

The Coastal Carolina University baseball team (47-16) saw its season come to a close with a 5-1 loss to Kansas (39-23) May 31 in game five of the 2009 Chapel Hill Regional at Boshamer Stadium.

Kansas got on the board in the bottom of the first. Freshman Anthony Meo struck out red-hot David Narodowski to open the frame, but walked Robby Price on four pitches. Price moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Brian Heere.

Kansas had chances to tack on more runs, but the Jayhawks stranded 16 runners on base. This included leaving the bases loaded in the second and third innings and running into double plays in the fifth and sixth frames.

The game would stay tied until the top of the seventh, when Jose Iglesias hit a 2-1 pitch over the wall in right center field to tie the game at one. Kansas came back to score three runs in the seventh. Tony Thompson opened the inning with a double. Bobby Gagg struck out Casey Lytle, but walked Nick Faunce and gave up a single to Zac Elgie to load the bases. James Stanfield grounded out to shortstop to make it 2-1 Kansas. Narodowski then singled to left to score two runs to make it 4-1 Jayhawks.

The Jayhawks made it 5-1 in the eighth as Thompson hit a solo home run to left field. It was his 20th home run of the season.

The win went to Brett Bochy in relief. He struck out a pair in 2.1 innings. Kansas starter Cameron Selik went 6.2 innings, allowing three hits and an earned run. The loss fell to Gagg, who gave up three hits and three runs in 1.1 innings. Meo allowed five hits and a run in 2.2 innings of work. The Chants pitching staff had 10 walks in the game.

Iglesias and Scott Woodward had two hits apiece for Coastal Carolina, while Thompson was 4-for-5 with two runs scored for Kansas.

Coastal Carolina ends the 2009 season after winning the Big South regular-season and tournament title. The Chants also had eight All-Big South honorees and four All-Big South Tournament selections.

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Clemson falls to Oklahoma State

May 30, 2009 By

(AP)  Nobody is bashing Oklahoma State anymore.

The Cowboys, perhaps the most criticized selection for the 64-team NCAA baseball tournament, proved they belong Saturday night with a 3-2 victory over top-seeded Clemson in the Clemson Regional.

Neil Medchill drove in Micheal Dabbs with a two-out single in the eighth inning for the winning run in the second-round, winners bracket game. Medchill’s sharp grounder hit the glove of sprawling Clemson first baseman Ben Paulsen and trickled into the outfield grass, allowing Dabbs to score from second without a throw. Dabbs had reached second when the Tigers failed to make a catch in left-center on a play ruled a double.

Freshman Randy McCurry (4-1) shut down the Tigers in order in the ninth.

OSU coach Frank Anderson said his team, which finished ninth in the 10-team Big 12 Conference standings, never paid attention to outside criticism.

“We really haven’t thought about it that much,” Anderson said. “I never discussed it one time with our kids. What are you going to say?”

The Cowboys (34-22), the only unbeaten team in the regional, will play either Clemson (41-20) or Tennessee Tech for the championship Sunday night.

McCurry got the Cowboys out of an eighth-inning jam with the game tied and the lead run on third base. Lefthander Andrew Oliver took a shutout into the eighth before allowing two tying runs on singles by Chris Epps and Mike Freeman.

Cowboys Tom Belza and Mark Ginther broke open a scoreless tie with back-to-back homers in the seventh inning off Tiger starter Casey Harman. Ryan Hinson (2-1) came in after Ginther’s homer.

 Clemson had eight hits, including two by Paulsen. OSU had only five hits, two by Medchill.

Belza’s homer was his fourth in two games, though only his sixth of the season.

“I’m not really sure,” Belza said when asked the reason for his playoff power surge.

The Tigers hit into two line-drive double plays and lined out a third time with a runner on second base.

“I thought we put some good swings on the ball,” Clemson coach Jack Leggett said.

 Box Score

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Coastal falls to North Carolina

May 30, 2009 By

The second-seeded Coastal Carolina University baseball team (47-15) fell to top-seed and #4 National Seed North Carolina (44-16) 14-5 May 30 in game four of the 2009 Chapel Hill Regional at Boshamer Stadium. Coastal Carolina now will play Kansas Sunday, May 31 at 1 p.m., in an elimination game of the regional. Coastal Carolina had two runners on base in the first, but could not score. The Tar Heels did score a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning. Ben Bunting walked to open the inning. Dustin Ackley then singled to the left side and Kyle Seager walked to load the bases. Ryan Graepel hit into a fielder’s choice to score Bunting to make it 1-0 UNC. Levi Michael singled to left to score Ackley, making it 2-0 Tar Heels. Coastal Carolina starter Cody Wheeler got out of the first without further damage by getting Garrett Gore to ground into a fielder’s choice and striking out Mike Cavasinni.

 The Chanticleers responded with three runs in the top of the third. Adam Rice had Coastal Carolina’s first hit of the game, a single up the middle. He went to second as Tyler Bortnick was hit by a pitch. Both runners moved up on an Alex White wild pitch and Rice would score on another wild pitch from the Tar Heel hurler. Coastal Carolina would take a 3-2 lead when Jose Iglesias’ liner to center was not caught by the outstretched Cavasinni, allowing Bortnick and Daniel Bowman to score.

 The Tar Heels scored four runs in the bottom of the third to take a three-run lead. Michael singled with one out and moved to second on a Mark Fleury walk. Rico Noel would make a diving grab on Gore’s liner to center, but Wheeler would walk Cavasinni to load the bases. The Chants went with Matt Rein after a 2-0 count to Jacob Stallings, and he would walk in Michael to tie the game at three. The big hit came off the bat of Bunting, who cleared the bases with a double to the gap in right field.

 Noel hit his eighth home run of the season in the top of the fourth off White. The shot to the gap in left made it 6-4 UNC. Bowman then added on to his freshman home run record with a towering shot to left off White. It was his 13th home run of the season and cut the Tar Heel lead to 6-5.

 North Carolina made it 8-5 in the fifth as Seager brought in a pair with a single to center field. The Tar Heels added a run in the sixth as Michael, Fleury and Gore hit back-to-back-to-back singles off Rein.

 The Tar Heels put up two more runs in the seventh as Michael’s double to left center brought in Seager and Graepel. North Carolina capped its scoring in the eighth as Ackley doubled in pinch runner Seth Baldwin, Seager brought in Bunting on a sacrifice fly and Graepel singled home Ackley, making it 14-5 UNC.

 Iglesias drove in two runs for the Chanticleers, while five players had one hit apiece. For North Carolina, Ackley and Michael had four hits apiece, while Bunting, Seager and Michael had three RBI apiece.

 Colin Bates earned the win in relief for the Tar Heels. He struck out four and gave up just one hit in 3.1 innings. White allowed four hits and five runs in 4.2 innings of work. Wheeler was tagged with his first loss as a collegian, allowing six runs and four hits with six walks and two strikeouts in 2.2 innings.

Box Score

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USC knocks off ECU in Regional

May 30, 2009 By

After Saturday night’s 12-2 win over host East Carolina, USC is in the driver’s seat in the Greenville, NC Regional.  The Gamecocks will play the winner of ECU and Binghampton Sunday at 6:00 with a chance to clinch the regional.

Blake Cooper went the distance on the mound and Justin Dalles and Adam Matthews provided the offensive fireworks to lead the Gamecocks to within one win of a Super Regional.

Cooper didn’t allow a run until the 8th inning when East Carolina hit a two run homer.  He scattered 14 hits in his nine innings of work and managed to get out of several jams.  The Pirates left 12 runners on base.  Cooper struck out six and walked two.  It was his third complete game of the season.

Dalles had a monster night at the plate.  He went four for five with two home runs and seven RBI’s.  One of those home runs was a grand slam in the seventh inning the busted the game wide open.  The Gamecocks scored six runs that inning to take a 12-0 lead.

Matthews had his best day as a Gamecock.  Getting the start in the DH spot he went four for five with two home runs.  He  also scored three times.

The Gamecocks improve to 40-21 this season.  It is the tenth straight year the team has won 40 or more games.

East Carolina and Binghampton will play at 2:00 Sunday.  The winner will have to beat USC twice to advance.   Ray Tanner plans to start freshman lefty Nolan Belcher tomorrow.

Box Score

AUDIO: USC post East Carolina presser (9:30)

(USC baseball coach Ray Tanner along with starting pitcher Blake Cooper, catcher Justin Dalles and D.H. Adam Matthews)

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USC to play ECU today

May 30, 2009 By
Blake Cooper

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USC finally knows who it will play in its second game of the NCAA Regional here in Greenville, NC.  The Gamecocks will face East Carolina at 6:00 this evening.   The top seeded Pirates beat Binghamton 11-7 in a game that was delayed until this morning because of weather last night.

The Gamecocks will send junior right hander Blake Cooper to the mound against the Pirates.  Cooper is 8-4 with a 4.79 ERA.  He’s been Carolina’s hottest pitcher the past few weeks.  ECU will counter with sophomore righty Seth Maness.  He’s 9-1 with a 4.15 ERA.   He’s also hot, winning seven of his last eight starts.

Binghampton is playing George Mason this afternoon in an elimination game.  The winner will play the loser of the USC-East Carolina game Sunday at 2:00.

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