NCAA DI Round – Up
Last Week: April 27th-May 3rd
Errors lead to UCLA and TCU Mid Week losses
Pre-season rankings had the top 5 as:
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Vandy
TCU
Virginia
LSU
Oklahoma State
Last Week (4/27/15) Starting Polls
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LSU (37-7)
UCLA (31-9)
Louisville (34-10)
TCU (34-8)
Texas A&M (37-7)
During the week: #1 LSU used a pair of three-run innings on 4/28 to post a 6-1 win over Alcorn State.
LSU used seven pitchers allowing only one run on two hits with two walks and 12 strikeouts. On 4/30
they started their three game series vs. Mississippi State with a 5-3 - 14 inning win. Conner Hale blasted a
double to right-centefield to score Jake Fraley and Alex Bregman with the go-ahead runs in the top of the
14th. #2 UCLA had three costly errors that doomed them as they fell, 2-1, in 13 innings to the Long Beach
State on 4/28. #3 Louisville saw Blake Tiberi's 10th inning RBI single score Mike White that lifted
Louisville to a 2-1 walk-off victory over Kentucky on 4/28. #4 TCU on 4/29 committed a season-high four
errors that proved costly as they led to three unearned runs for Dallas Baptist and a TCU 4-6 loss.
#5 Texas A&M won 8-7 in the 11th inning with Logan Nottebrok’s two-out, walk-off single scoring
Michael Barash with the game-winning run vs. Texas State on 4/29.
Weekend Play top five (Collegiate Baseball News):
Baseball Wins Series at State, 11-4
by Bill Franques, Sr. Associate SID
5/1/15: STARKVILLE, Miss. – Shortstop Alex Bregman and third baseman Conner Hale each drove in
three runs Friday night to lead top-ranked LSU to an 11-4 win over Mississippi State at Dudy Noble Field.
LSU, which won its seventh SEC series in eight weekends, improved to 40-7 overall and 16-6 in the SEC.
LSU has reached the 40-win mark seven times in coach Paul Mainieri’s nine seasons at the helm of the
program.
The Tigers are tied with Vanderbilt for first place in the overall SEC standings, and LSU has a 1.5 game
lead over Texas A&M in the SEC Western Division. LSU has won nine straight SEC road games and is 11-1
overall on the road this season. The Tigers’ only road loss came on March 19 at Arkansas…read more