The Citadel picks up a series victory over GA Southern

The Citadel Bulldogs have picked up their second straight victory over the previously hot Georgia Southern Eagles by a score on Saturday of 8-3 and 9-1 on Friday. On Saturday, The Citadel got four long balls to pace the team to the victory. Wes Wrenn pitched a complete game on Friday while only allowing only the one run to up his record to 4-5.

The Citadel Saturday Recap
GA Southern Saturday Recap
The Citadel Friday Recap
GA Southern Friday Recap

The Citadel welcomes Georgia Southern

The Citadel Bulldogs will host Georgia Southern as they close out their home schedule with a weekend series with the Eagles.

Probable Starters

Friday: Wes Wrenn (3-6, 5.87 ERA) vs Aaron Eubanks (3-2, 3.23 ERA)
Saturday: Matt Crim (4-3, 5.76 ERA) vs Brian Wilkerson (4-7, 6.12 ERA)
Sunday: Matt Reifsnider (3-2, 4.58 ERA) vs Josh Lairsey (2-1, 6.75 ERA)

The Citadel Game Notes
GA Southern Game Notes

ACC Recap for 3/28

UNC 28 Davidson 3

North Carolina hit six homers including two from Benji Johnson to give the Tar Heels the 28-3 victory over Davidson. UNC scored eleven runs in the second inning and then twelve in the third to take full control of the game. UNC will be back in action on Friday when they host Wake Forest.

UNC Recap
Davidson Recap

Maryland 12 Coppin State 0

The Maryland Terrapins held Coppin State hitless and used a balanced attack by scoring in seven out of their eight at bats to continue the Coppin State losing streak to 20 games. Mike Murphy went 2-4 with 3 RBIs to lead the Maryland offensive attack. Brett Curll, Tim Kearney, Brett Jones, and Nick Pearce all went two innings without allowing a hit while Brian Shellhamer pitched a perfect ninth to complete the no-hitter. Maryland will visit Georgia Tech this weekend for a big ACC series.

Maryland Recap
Coppin State Recap

Virginia 4 Longwood 3

Brandon Marsh hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to lead the Cavaliers to a 4-3 come from behind victory over Longwood. Casey Lambert struck out 2 batters in the top of the ninth to pick up the victory for the Cavs. Virginia will travel across the state to Virginia Tech for a weekend series.

UVA Recap
Longwood Recap

Clemson 15 Western Carolina 6

The Clemson Tigers blew out Western Carolina 15-6 in non-conference action on Wednesday in Clemson SC. Taylor Harbin and Doug Hogan led the offense with three hits a piece. Clemson will return to action on Friday when they host the Hurricanes.

Clemson Recap
Western Carolina Recap

NC State 6 UNC-Greensboro 0

The NC State Wolfpack received a stellar pitching performance from Nate Karns, Jeff Stallings, and Sam Brown who combined on a three hit shutout. Caleb Mangum and Pat Ferguson each picked up two RBIs to lead the offense. NC State heads to Chestnut Hill to open the BC home schedule this weekend and The College Baseball Blog should be there on Saturday and Sunday.

NC State Recap
UNC-Greensboro Recap

Georgia Tech 6 Georgia Southern 2

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets used nine pitchers and were able to limit the Georgia Southern Eagles to two runs. Danny Payne and Michael Fisher were the only two Yellow Jackets with two hits on the day. Georgia Tech will host Maryland this weekend for a big ACC series.

GA Tech Recap
Georgia Southern Recap

Winthrop 15 Wake Forest 9

The Winthrop Eagles used a ten run fifth inning to pick up a 15-9 slugfest victory over Wake Forest on Wednesday. Winthrop will visit UNC-Asheville while Wake Forest heads to UNC for a big ACC weekend series.

Winthrop Recap
Wake Forest Recap

Boston College and Holy Cross were postponed until Thursday when they will try again to play their big non-conference game in a battle of Massachusetts.

BC Release
HC Release

Other ACC Games

Florida State 6 North Florida 0

Caleb Graham picked up his first victory of the season as he shutdown the North Florida offense for the first six innings.

FSU Recap
UNF Recap

UVA 17 George Mason 6

Brandon Guyer went 3-4 with four RBIs, four runs scored, and a grand slam to lead the Cavaliers to a 17-6 thumping of George Mason. David Adams and John Scaglione were the other Cavs with three hits on the day.

UVA Recap
George Mason Recap

Clemson 14 Gardner-Webb 2

The Clemson Tigers without head coach Jack Leggett pounded out 21 hits with twelve different players picking up at least one hit to pound Gardner-Webb 14-2. Ben Paulsen went 5-5 with a homer and six RBI to lead the Tiger offense.

Clemson Recap
Gardner-Webb Recap

Duke 11 Campbell 7

Kyle Kreick picked up three hits to lead the Blue Devils to a come from behind 11-7 victory over Campbell.

Duke Recap
Campbell Recap

Georgia Tech 10 Georgia Southern 2

Eddie Burns struck out ten batters over eight innings while only giving up one earned run to pick up his second consecutive victory. Danny Payne and Michael Fisher each picked up three hits to lead the offensive attack from the Jackets.

GT Recap
Georgia Southern Recap

James Madison 8 Virginia Tech 6

Joe Lake drove home Bryan Lescanec to break a 6-6 tie in the bottom of the eighth to lead JMU to the 8-6 victory over Virginia Tech.

JMU Recap
VT Recap

Maryland 15 William & Mary 3

The Terps scored nine runs in the fifth inning to coast to a 15-3 victory over William & Mary. Joe Palumbo set the stage in the lead-off role by going 4-5 with two runs scored and three RBIs in the win.

Maryland Recap
William & Mary Recap

Clemson blanks Georgia Southern

The Clemson Tigers behind 5.0 scoreless innings from David Kopp knocked off the Georgia Southern Eagles 3-0 on Wednesday night. Ben Paulsen and Doug Hogan each drove in a run in the victory for the Tigers. Clemson is back in action on Friday when Duke visits.

Clemson Recap
Georgia Southern Recap

The Wiregrass Classic hosted by Troy

The Troy Trojans will be hosting The Wiregrass Classic this weekend with Southern Miss, Indiana and Georgia Southern participating. This tourney is a good test for the Troy Trojans to see if they are going to be able to compete with some of the stronger teams in the South with the Golden Eagles and Georgia Southern. Indiana will be opening their season so they might be the weakest competition in the tourney. I have put the probable starters below in the games I could find.

Friday Games
Georgia Southern (TBA) vs Southern Mississippi (Ryan Belanger 1-0, 0.00 ERA)
Troy (Joe Hallahan 1-0, 4.50 ERA) vs Indiana (Doug Fleenor, NR)

Saturday Games
Indiana (Danny Rosenbaum, NR) vs Southern Mississippi (Barry Bowden 0-0, 4.50 ERA)
Troy vs Georgia Southern

Sunday Games
Indiana (Tyler Tufts NR) vs Georgia Southern (John Ducey 2-0, 1.50 ERA)
Troy (Jeff Green 0-0, 2.57 ERA) vs Southern Mississippi (David Clark 16.20 ERA)

Southern Miss Tourney Notes
Indiana Tourney Notes

Georgia Southern knocks off Tech

The Georgia Southern Eagles knocked off the Yellow Jackets today 11-4 in the season opener for Georgia Tech. Chris Hollis, Jeremy Beckham, and Matt Miller led the offensive charge for the Eagles. Hollis had a 2-4 day with two runs scored and two RBI's. Jeremy Beckham went 3-5 with a run and an RBI. The big day was had by Matt Miller who pumped in five RBI's in his two hits. The Eagles pitching on the day was led by a very good pitching performance from reliever A.J. Battisto who pitched 3 innings of shutout relief to give the Eagles the victory. Georgia Tech leading offensive force Matt Wieters was held hitless on the day in four at-bats. Danny Payne had two hits in three at bats today. David Duncan pitched five innings but gave up six runs (all earned) to pick up the loss in his first start of the year. Duncan looked shaky to the CBB staff last season when we had a chance to see him.

Georgia Tech Recap
Georgia Southern Recap

Georgia Tech heads to Georgia Southern

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will open the season on Saturday with a visit to Georgia Southern. The Jackets are coming off a 50-18 season in 2006 and a CWS appearance. The Jackets are led by All-American catcher Matt Weiters who also closes games. He was named the number 2 pro prospect this summer in the CCBL behind Justin Smoak. David Duncan will be the lead returning pitcher. Georgia Southern is heading into the series with a 1-2 record from their series in Hawai'i.

Georgia Tech Press Notes
Savannah Morning News Preview

Hawai'i takes Georgia Southern series

The Rainbows of Hawai'i took the rubber game of their three game set against Georgia Southern 2-1 to take the series two games to one. Brian Wilkerson took a no-hitter into the sixth inning for the Eagles but gave up two runs in the inning after giving up back to back singles to Justin Frash and Brandon Haislet to set up Kris Sanchez who hit a two run double to drive them in. Sanchez has been on fire early in the season and he continues it with a 1-2 performance tonight.

Hawai'i Recap
Georgia Southern Recap
Star-Bulletin Recap

Hawai'i takes Game 2

The Rainbows took Game 2 of the series with Georgia Southern on Friday by a score of 5-3. Mark Rodrigues pitched 5 innings while only allowing one earned run to pick up the victory. Georgia Southern starter Drew Murray pitched the first four innings of the game and gave up all five runs (2 earned) while walking five. The Eagles defense gave him no help by committing four errors in the first three innings. Kris Sanchez of Hawai'i has continued his great start to the season by going 4-4 on Friday to bring his average up to .650. The teams are both back to action on Saturday at 1:05 pm local time.

Hawai'i Recap
Georgia Southern Recap
Honolulu Star Bulletin Article on game

Georgia Southern wins a Wild game

The Georgia Southern Eagles won a crazy game against Hawai'i on Thursday night by a score of 13-11. Mike Economos led the Eagle offense by going 5-5 with 5 runs scored and drove in five. Justin Fresh led the Rainbow offense by going 3-4 with two RBI's. There was way too much action in this game and I don't want to miss any of it so click on the links below.

Georgia Southern Recap
Hawai'i Rainbows Recap

Georgia Southern visits Hawaii

The Georgia Southern Eagles are in Hawaii this weekend to play 3 games against the Warriors of Hawaii. The Eagles will be opening the season with this three game series while Hawaii took two out of three games from Santa Clara. The entire series can be heard for free here.

Georgia Southern Season Preview
Georgia Southern Day 1
Georgia Southern Day 2
Hawai'i Game Notes