The schedules for all the super-regional match-ups are available here. Two series (Alabama at Florida, and Ole Miss at UCLA) will play their games on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (if necessary). The other six series will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. … [Read more...]
NCAA 2017 Regionals — Monday Status
Two games are being played today, to finish off the regionals (scroll down to yesterday's entry and see chart). Oklahoma leads Tulsa 2-0 in today's winner-take-all game, with the Sooners batting in the top of the sixth... OU staged a dramatic comeback against the Golden Hurricane yesterday to … [Read more...]
UCLA Routs Arizona in Series Opener
UCLA scored an 8-0, run-rule, victory over Arizona in the opener of the teams' three-game series in Los Angeles. Saturday's (6:00 pm Pacific) and Sunday's (1:00 pm Pacific) games will be televised on ESPN 2. As the above-linked article notes, the Bruins have now won nine straight games. Six wins … [Read more...]
2017 Judi Garman Classic Preview; Weird Week for Texas A&M
This year's Judi Garman Classic at Cal State Fullerton, featuring 14 teams, gets underway today. Over the years, the Garman has shifted from late to mid to early March, so that now it comes the week after the Mary Nutter Classic. Possibly the two tournaments are now held consecutively so that teams … [Read more...]
2017 Mary Nutter Classic Round-Up
The big winner at the Mary Nutter Classic appears to be Texas A+ACY-amp+ADs-M. The Aggies went 5-0 in Cathedral City, including wins over No. 1 Florida State, No. 14 Michigan, No. 21 Arizona State, and No. 23 BYU, to extend their overall record to 15-0. Full scores from this past weekend's Mary Nutter … [Read more...]
2016 WCWS Championship Round — Game 3
The deciding game for the national championship is underway... Two Oklahoma singles, combined with two Auburn errors, put two runs across for Sooners in bottom of first... 2-0 OU... Auburn leaves runners on first and second in top second, as Paige Parker's change-up fools Auburn batter for … [Read more...]
2016 WCWS Championship Round — Game 2
A wide-open game so far, with Oklahoma leading Auburn 7-5 after two complete... OU (the visitor tonight) led 7-0 after an inning and a half. After Auburn got its leadoff batter on base in the bottom of the second via HBP, the next two Tigers struck out. But a walk, homer, error, triple, and … [Read more...]
2016 WCWS Championship Round — Game 1
We're moments away from Game 1 of the two-out-of-three championship series between Auburn and Oklahoma. I'm going to pick the Sooners, based on steadiness of pitching in the latter part of the season. In early May, Auburn's pitching imploded for a time. Also, the way the Tigers gave up a game-tying … [Read more...]
WCWS Day 2 (2016) — Which Includes Completion of Two Day-1 Games
DAY-1 GAME 4 -- LSU vs. MICHIGAN (PLAYED ON DAY 2) The Tigers and Wolverines are now underway, roughly 24 hours after they were supposed to play... Bailey Landry drives a one-out double to the left-field wall to get things going for LSU... Strike-out and infield pop-up end the threat... Sierra … [Read more...]
WCWS Day 1 (2016)
UPDATED SCHEDULE DUE TO THURSDAY-NIGHT RAIN-OUTS GAME 3 -- ALABAMA vs. OKLAHOMA Bama retired 1-2-3 in the top of the first... OU gets a runner via walk, but thrown out on steal attempt by wide margin to end first inning... Rain and wind picking up, but play continues into second inning... … [Read more...]