Awesome moment: David Esquer just came over to the on-deck circle to tell Kyle Stowers he had just been drafted.
Here's the team reacting during a pitching change:
#USC
becomes the first team in 25 year to win 17 games in the Pac-12 and not make the NCAA tournament.
Brutal for Andy Stankiewicz and staff after they defied expectations this season.
#Oklahoma
RHP Trevin Michael on mimicking the end-of-game celebration of
#VirginiaTech
RHP Kiernan Higgins: "I knew whenever we beat them today I was going to do it. I take that as you showing up our team and I just wanted to return the favor."
OMAHA BOUND!
Trevin Michael closes it out, mimicking VaTech closer Kiernan Higgins' save celebration and giving a two-finger wave goodbye to
@HokiesBaseball
, preceding the
@OU_Baseball
on-field celebration:
#LSU
is headed to the championship series on the back of
#AirForce
transfer Paul Skenes,
#UCLA
transfer Thatcher Hurd and the big swing of
#NCState
transfer Tommy White.
Any coach that isn't ALL IN on the transfer portal better get on board now.
Text from a
#Northeast
coach following
#Auburn
's 0-2 tournament showing:
"Looks like this will give John Cohen time to get familiar with the rest of the field."
Once again, it feels like the West got no love.
- No
#BYU
,
#UCIrvine
or
#Arizona
.
- Corvallis and Los Angeles regionals matched up.
- Six California schools in two regionals.
OMAHA BOUND!
Trevin Michael closes it out, mimicking VaTech closer Kiernan Higgins' save celebration and giving a two-finger wave goodbye to
@HokiesBaseball
, preceding the
@OU_Baseball
on-field celebration:
A good number of
@HailStateBB
fans are waiting to get in the gates to rush in to get the best general admission spots.
Some people were here at least six hours before the game when I drove by to check out the scene.
My thoughts are with former
#Oregon
SS JJ Altobelli, now a scout with the
#RedSox
, and his sister Alexis after losing their father, mother and sister in the helicopter crash that also took the lives of Kobe Bryant and his daughter.
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of Orange Coast College head baseball coach John Altobelli. He was a coach, a colleague, a mentor and a friend at OCC for 27 years.
Read our full statement at
Man...I still can't wrap my head around a Big 12 team with a losing record and 59 RPI getting in while all the bubble
#WestCoast
teams weren't didn't even make the Final 4 Out.
WOW!
#Arizona
goes 12-18 in conference play, finishes with the No. 8 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament and gets in over the four and five seeds:
#USC
and
#ArizonaState
. Crazy!
How about this tidbit...
@ASU_Baseball
1B Spencer Torkelson came to the plate with a runner on base four times this weekend. He was intentionally walked all four times. He has nearly as many walks (8) as official at-bats (9).
Final: Adam Mazur has to be closing in on All-American territory. The
@UIBaseball
RHP has been electric since getting healthy. He tosses 7 scoreless in a 5-0 shutout of
#MichigaState
.
Mazur is 5-0 in last six starts: 46.2 IP, 26 H, 5 ER, 9 BB, 47 K.
Here's a better look at
@SouthernMissBSB
C Blake Johnson digging all the way from first and diving in to score a crucial run today in a 4-2 win over
#OldDominion
:
#SouthernMiss
takes a 3-0 lead when a potential third put takes a bad hop and goes off 1B glove.
Catcher Blake Johnson scores all the way from first thanks to nifty evasive slide to avoid the tag at the plate:
Good thing the SEC got those eight hosts since those eight teams were a combined 77-70 (52.4%) on the road.
The other eight hosts were a combined 116-50 (69.9%) in road games.
We're officially on the half/quarter/quarter system in college baseball.
SEC gets half of everything, ACC gets a quarter. The other 260 or so teams get a quarter.
Congratulations to
@BeaverBaseball
LHP Cooper Hjerpe on being selected by the
@Cardinals
No. 22 overall (slot value: $3,180,600) in the 2022 MLB Draft:
Upset Final:
@ArizonaBaseball
hands Chase Dollander his first career loss as it knocks off No. 2
@Vol_Baseball
, 3-1, on Opening Day.
TJ Nichols (1-0): 6 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 6 K.
Tony Bullard: solo HR
Mac Bingham: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI.
#USC
baseball was picked to finish next to last, No. 10 of 11 teams in the preseason poll.
Trojans finish fourth in the Pac-12, their highest finish since 2015 and only their third time finishing in the top four since 2005.
#VirginiaTech
3B Carson DeMartini only held back a little bit when he was asked a follow-up question about the absence of the team's post-home run sledgehammer, relating it at one point to prison:
#EastCarolina
HC Cliff Godwin: We don't cheat. We do it the right way. We're going to get there. It's just hard to knock that door down.
We're beating the shit out it. It just hasn't come down yet. When it comes down, it's gong to be a flood of purple & gold in Omaha.
Congratulations to former
@BeaverBaseball
RHP Drew Rasmussen on picking up his first career win for the
@Brewers
Friday night.
Rasmussen lowered his season ERA to 2.13 with a scoreless inning featuring a pair of strikeouts.
Eric Valenzuela has been named the head coach of
@LBDirtbags
. He brings pitching, recruiting and the ability to build a program that is used to producing professional talent.
Great hire for
#LongBeachState
and AD Andy Fee, who knew Valenzuela from previous stint at
#SanDiego
.
Why is
#Stanford
running Quinn Mathews back out to start the ninth with a five-run lead?!?
He's at 135 pitches and has thrown more than 300 since last Friday.
C'mon Pac-12!
How is there no video feed when your top team, No. 3
#OregonState
, is playing a
#Utah
team that's off to its best start in years? Not even a school-produced livestream. SMH.
Ding Dong!
Travis Bazzana BOMBS a ball to RCF for a 3-R HR to put
#OregonState
up 11-2. He's now the
@BeaverBaseball
program record holder for runs scored (169), breaking the record previously held by Jacoby Ellsbury.
Final:
@BeaverBaseball
remains unbeaten with a 9-1 win over
#Nebraska
.
Luke Heimlich (2-0): 6.1 IP, 2 H, ER, 8 K.
Cadyn Grenier: 3-5, 4 R, RBI.
Nick Madrigal: 3-5, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI.
#AirForce
has already beat
#Texas
and that was in a midweek...not with Paul Skenes on the mound.
@AF_Baseball
is perhaps the scariest No. 4 seed in the entire tournament.
John Cohen when asked what UC Irvine and the West is supposed to do: "They did everything the right way. A very good baseball team, who had a great year."
Said maybe they should have played more top 50 teams.
Breaking: Andy Stankiewicz is adding former
#Tulane
head coach Travis Jewett as his top assistant at
#USC
. He will work with the hitters and be the recruiting coordinator.
Jewett has more than a decade of experience on the West Coast, including working with Stankiewicz at ASU.
Final:
@GCU_Baseball
gets another resume win as it scores 4 R in T9 to take an 11-7 win over
#Arizona
.
Tayler Aguilar: 4-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI.
Jacob Wilson: 3-5, R, 3B, 3 RBI.
Jonny Weaver: 3-5, 4 R, 2B, GWRBI.
Tony Bullard: 3-4, R, 2 RBI.
Former
@BeaverBaseball
2B Nick Madrigal continued his strong rookie campaign for the
@WhiteSox
, reaching base three times Saturday: 2 for 3, 2 R, RBI, BB, SB.
Madrigal is hitting .343 in 99 at-bats this season.
Congratulations to
@BaseballTitans
RHP Colton Eastman on being selected in the fourth round, No. 107 overall (slot value: $522,900), by the
@Phillies
:
An emotional Bubba Alleyne looked inconsolable immediately after the game, but he's been in the arms of teammates and coaches getting loved up for the 5+ minutes after the game.
Tough to watch for someone that gave everything he had for
@TerpsBaseball
:
Cooper Hjerpe was absolutely nasty this year. I saw him in a game where he didn't have his "A stuff." He allowed four hits in six scoreless innings.
Read about that & more in my Golden Spikes feature on the
@BeaverBaseball
LHP and newest Cardinal:
Congratulations to
@BeaverBaseball
LHP Cooper Hjerpe on being selected by the
@Cardinals
No. 22 overall (slot value: $3,180,600) in the 2022 MLB Draft:
Can someone decipher this message?
"Their intent to schedule was good. They did everything the right way. A very good baseball team." .... So we sent them to the guillotine!
#CollegeParkRegional
All-Tournament Team
C: Matt Donlan
1B: Maxwell Costes
2B: Pierce Bennett
3B: Nick Lorusso
SS: Bryan Padilla
LF: Bobby Zmarzlak
CF: Chris Alleyne
RF: Casey Dana
DH: Ian Petrutz
P: Pat Gallagher
P: Ryan Ramsey
Most Outstanding Player: Matt Donlan (UConn)
We're officially on the half/quarter/quarter system in college baseball.
SEC gets half of everything, ACC gets a quarter. The other 260 or so teams get a quarter.
Congratulations to
@ArizonaBaseball
OF Ryan Holgate on being selected by the
@Cardinals
in Comp B Rd, No. 70 overall in the 2021 MLB Draft (slot value: $906,800 million):
Congratulations to
@StanfordBSB
catcher Maverick Handley on being named the Most Outstanding Player of the
#StanfordRegional
.
Handley had 2 HR coming into the tournament. He hit 3 this weekend, including 2 in the finale. He hit .313/.522/.875 with 5 R, 5 RBI, 6 BB, 1 HBP.
Getting to watch Tanner Hall slice and dice in person for the first time, seeing him manipulate his changeup three different ways was nothing short of a joy.
My report from Norfolk where
#SouthernMiss
took series opener at
#OldDominion
, 4-2:
Congratulations to
@ArizonaBaseball
LHP Gil Luna on being selected by the
@whitesox
in Rd 9, No. 275 overall in the 2021 MLB Draft (slot value: $152,000):
Freshman RHP Kevin Abel threw a 129-pitch, two-hit shutout to win the national title for
@BeaverBaseball
.
He's threw 152 pitches in the final two games, 247 in the last six days and 305 total in the CWS over an 11-day span.
#OregonState
has given a deserved FIVE-YEAR extension to HC Mitch Canham that keeps him under contract through 2029!
The Beavers were a top five team for much of the year, won 48 games, hosted a super regional and could have a pair of first-round picks on Sunday.
I was kind of surprised the SEC got 8 hosts, just from an optics and spreading the love standpoint. Committee didn't care. RPI was important, with only Auburn at 19 replacing Campbell at 14 among the top 16 RPI teams.
Austin Overn does it again!
The freshman ropes a ball into the RF corner for a 2-R TRIPLE to put
#USC
on top 6-4.
Overn with his nation-leading 14th triple.
Final: Aiden May was electric in a 2-0 rivalry win as No. 9
@BeaverBaseball
takes the opener from No. 22
#Oregon
.
May: 8 IP, H, BB, 14 K.
Travis Bazzana, Brady Kasper: solo HR each.
RJ Gordon: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 9 K.
Rob Vaughn has taken
#Maryland
to new regular-season heights and
@TerpsBaseball
now contros its own destiny in the Big Ten race after winning a series at first-place
#Rutgers
:
To be more blunt, the
#West
got dicked.
It's unfathomable the selection committee can't spread them out a bit. Of course, the last time they did that,
#Arizona
and
#UCSantaBarbara
made it to Omaha.
Once again
@Pac12Network
has quality live baseball content (OSU/Ore rivalry; Irvine/UCLA; No. 11 Gonzaga/Wazzu) only available on live stream while running a program rerun on the TV channel.
#LongBeachState
catcher Connor Burns has legitimate MLB
#GoldGlove
potential.
He blocks everything, is quiet with his framing and has a HOSE PIECE. He's thrown out three
#UCLA
baserunners tonight with three on-the-money seeds.
#USC
freshman Austin Overn is ELECTRIC!
I literally stop everything I'm doing every time I see him come up to bat on the live stream. There's only a handful of players that have that effect each season.
Congratulations to
@OU_Baseball
1B Blake Robertson on being selected by
@RaysBaseball
in Rd 7, No. 224 overall (slot value: $201,200) in the 2022 MLB Draft:
Congratulations to
@LMLionsBaseball
IF/OF Niko Decolati on being selected in the sixth round, No. 186 overall (slot value: $249,600), by the
@Rockies
: