Shotgun Spratling
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Coast-to-coast reporter for https://t.co/cfmgYtFriR. Wearer of size 7 3/8 fitted hats. Follow me @ShotgunSpr for other sports.
Joined February 2012
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:
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#CalStateFullerton HC Rick Vanderhook on possibility of hosting a super regional next week: "I don't give a shit. we're still playing.".
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#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.
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Why is Drew Gilbert so surprised to get thrown out when he said, "Fuck You!" directly to the umpire?.
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Jim Schlossnagle going from Texas A&M to #Texas is one hell of a rivalry pull. That Longhorn players were told about it before the #CollegeWorldSeries even began is even wilder.
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Outside of #Arizona, the entire #WestCoast has been snubbed. Four at-large berths for an entire half of the country where the RPI is bent against them. No #USC. No #UCIrvine. No #ArizonaState. No #UCSantaBarbara.
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#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:
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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.".
John Cohen: "I don't have much familiarity with the Northeast.". #Shocker.
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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:
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Officially crowning @BinghamtonBASE as having the best baseball facilities of any midmajor in America. Feel free to challenge me.
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#Texas C Michael Cantu never tagged the plate. David Banuelos blocked the plate and Cantu tagged his foot. Perfect call by Perry Costello:
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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.
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6-foot-4, 180-pound #California freshman RHP transfer Oliver Boone announces his commitment to @UKBaseball. Boone was 1-1, 4.45, 1 SV with 34 K in 30.1 IP over 12 appearances. He held opponents to a .188 average.
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With their season concluded, the @SacStBaseball coaching staff is going through the line and giving each player a hug:
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#UCLA freshman CF Matt McLain with a heck of an at-bat battling with two strikes and working a bases-loaded walk to put the Bruins ahead 3-2:
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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
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Kenny Dillingham and what appears to be the full #ArizonaState football roster is here to support @ASU_Baseball:
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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.
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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!.
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Dirtbags' David Banuelos (@DBANUELOS_6) came back out to collect some dirt from home plate area before bidding adieu to Blair Field:
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Alright Dude, I think it's time to go home. Thanks for the hospitality Starkville. #DudyNobleSunrise
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RPI sucks and relying on it when you know it does, sucks even more.
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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).
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Congratulations to @BeaverBaseball 2B Travis Bazzana on being selected No. 1 overall (slot value: $10,570,600) in the 2024 MLB Draft by the @CleGuardians!. The Australian native brings compact power, great plate discipline, hit ability and an outstanding baseball mind.
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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.
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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:
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HE'S PERFECT! . @LMLionsBaseball RHP Cory Abbott goes 27 up, 27 down in an 106-pitch perfect game. He struck out 13 in 2-0 win over #BYU.
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Virginia fans heckling #Duke CF Giovanni DiGiacomo told him he isn't Italian and says he eats sauce out of a jar.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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8 for SEC. SEC gets half the host sites. They barely travel in the non-conference and now barely have to travel in the postseason.
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The job Andy Stankiewicz and staff has done in less than a year has been remarkable.
#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.
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#Alabama HC Rob Vaughn on SS Justin Lebron: Our guys are in awe watching him play, like in a really cool way, not jealous, not putting him on a pedestal, but they're just like, 'This guy's the best player in the world, and we get to play with him every day. This is awesome.'
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Walk-Off Final: After leaving runner in scoring position in six straight innings, @BeaverBaseball defeats #Gonzaga, 4-3, on Easton Talt's bases-loaded IF 1B on a tapper to SS with two outs in B12. Talt: 2-5, R, 3B, 2 RBI, BB.
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Good night, sweet prince. Another season -- the 10th! with @d1baseball -- comes to a close for me. I'll have a writeup from tonight's game later after I head to the airport, but wanted to say thank you to all who have followed along this year.
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Rightfully so, @BYUBaseball catcher Bronson Larsen named tournament MVP after setting tournament record with 4 HR:
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#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:
#VirginiaTech freshman 3B Carson DeMartini on the NCAA not allowing the Hokies to use their sledgehammer this weekend: "That's total crap."
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Upset FINAL: @SFDonsBaseball 8, @UCLABaseball 3. WP - Aidan Lee (1-0); LP - Jake Saum (0-1); SV - Jesse Barron (1). Lee: 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 4 K. Ryan Davis: 2-4, 2 R, SB. Jacob Munoz, Brandon Greim: 2 RBI each. Nick Nastrini: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 11 K.
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Good grief. Did this crew think they could take the rest of the weekend off once the SEC team was eliminated?.
@ShotgunSprD1 this guy was also called safe, reviewed, confirmed, and ended up being a run scored for penn. this officiating crew is trash
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Congratulations to @BeaverBaseball RHP Aiden May, an #Arizona transfer, on being selected Rd Comp B, No. 70 overall (slot value: $1,139,100) in the 2024 MLB Draft by the @Marlins.
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#UConn LHP Gabe Van Emon has struggled mightily the last 2+ months. He allowed 33 runs in 25.2 innings over his last nine outings. He got pushed out of weekend rotation and then out of the midweek starter spot. And yet. Tonight, he's thrown 7 scoreless IP in regional final.
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#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.
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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.
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I've been covering college baseball in SoCal for 7 years and the last two weekends were the most electric West Coast crowds I've seen.
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#GrandCanyon gets a round of applause and tips its collective hat to the Lopes' fans after the final game of their season:
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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.
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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.
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FINAL: @UIBaseball 4, @RutgersBaseball 1. WP - Adam Mazur (4-2); LP - Jared Kollar (6-1); SV - Dylan Nedved (3). Mazur: 8 IP, 6 H, ER, 0 BB, 11 K. Izaya Fullard: 2-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI. Brendan Sher: 1-3, R, HR, RBI, BB.
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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.
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Coaching staff and progeny with their game faces after @TerpsBaseball's series-clinching 4-3 win over #Rutgers:
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Congratulations to @BeaverBaseball 2B Travis Bazzana on being named a D1Baseball first-team All-American. Bazzana hit .404, 28, 67 with 15 SB.
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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.
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#OregonState's 2-6 hitters:. Grenier: .381.Madrigal: .545.Larnach: .588.Rutschmanm: .400.Gretler: .400
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.
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Upset Final: @USC_Baseball knocks off No. 14 @VandyBoys, 3-1, behind a sterling pitching effort. Caden Aoki (1-0): 7 IP, 4 H, UER, BB, 10 K; 101 pitches, 62 strikes. Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek: 2-4, R, 2B, RBI. Ethan Hedges gets final out for his fourth save, also 1-3, 2B, BB.
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TRANSFER UPDATE: 6-foot-5, 224-pound #Baylor redshirt freshman RHP Collin McKinney has announced his commitment to @ArizonaBaseball. McKinney was 3-6, 6.70 with 60 K in 49.2 IP over 14 starts this season after missing the 2023 campaign due to injury.
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Congratulations to @BeaverBaseball closer Bridger Holmes on being named D1Baseball third-team All-American after going 3-4, 1.87, 13 SV with 47 K in 33.2 IP.
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#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.
AUSTIN REGIONAL. 1️⃣ @TexasBaseball.2️⃣ @LATechBSB .3️⃣ @DBU_Baseball .4️⃣ @AF_Baseball . #RoadToOmaha
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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.
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Final: Ethan Kleinschmit (6 IP, 0 H, 2 BB, 5 K) and two relievers combine for ONE-HITTER in @BeaverBaseball's 6-0 win over #Indiana. Gavin Turley: 2-3, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB. Aiva Arquette: 3-4, 2 R, BB.
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#CollegeParkRegional FINAL: @UConnBSB 8, @WakeBaseball 7. WP - Justin Willis (2-1); LP - Camden Minacci (2-4). Austin Peterson was terrific: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 11 K. Ben Huber: 2-5, GWRBI 2B, 2 RBI. Casey Dana: 3-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI. Adam Cecere: game-tying 2-R HR.
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And so it ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. The true Pac-12 existence comes to a close looking at called strike three right down the middle. RIP @pac12 Baseball.
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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.
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You are welcome Golden Eagle fans. My work this week is complete.
That's a Golden Eagle series win!. Back in action on Tuesday in Biloxi against Nicholls. #EverythingMatters | #SMTTT
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STANFORD REGIONAL DISPATCHES -- Emilio Nogales flashed his chest hair as #FresnoState flexed its muscle, advancing to the championship round: ($)
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Congratulations to @OU_Baseball RHP @CadeHorton14 on being selected by the @Cubs No. 7 overall (slot value: $5,708,000) in the 2022 MLB Draft:
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Congratulations to @NCStateBaseball C Jacob Cozart on being selected Rd. 2, No. 48 overall (slot value: $1,938,800) in the 2024 MLB Draft by the @CleGuardians.
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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:
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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!
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And lastly. Walk-Off Title Winner Final: Brendan Summerhill (3-5, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI) hits game-winning 2-R 2B to push @ArizonaBaseball past No. 6 @BeaverBaseball, 4-3, for Pac-12 regular-season title. Cam Walty: 8.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 8 K.Travis Bazzana: 3-5, R, 2B, RBI
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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:
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Congratulations to @BaseballTitans RHP Colton Eastman on being selected in the fourth round, No. 107 overall (slot value: $522,900), by the @Phillies :
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#GrandCanyon is now 7-3 against Power Five opponents: . - Arizona (2-1).- Arizona State (1-0).- Oregon State (1-1).- Stanford (1-1).- Texas Tech (2-0).
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.
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PERFECT GAME Final: On three days rest after a relief appearance, LHP Ryan Rembisz needed just 90 pitches to face and retire 27 #Seattle batters in an 8-0 @PortlandBSB win. Rembisz (2-0): 9 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 12 K. Tyler Howard: 3-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB.
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HOLY FUCK!!!. What an UNBELIEVABLE, AMAZING, RIDICULOUS CATCH by Cam Cannarella. I just let out a screeching cackle in my hotel room. Some people nearby may send hotel staff for a welfare check.
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Good night Disharoon Park. And for me, good night to the 2023 college baseball season. Hope to see you all at the yard next year.
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Congratulations to @HailStateBB 2B Justin Foscue on being selected No. 14 overall (slot value: $4,036,800) by the @Rangers:
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#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).
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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.
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What an incredible atmosphere tonight at Brazzell. Can't wait for the day when it gets to host a regional.
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The full Dakota Jordan walk-off sequence:
#CharlottesvilleRegional WALK-OFF FINAL (10 innings): @HailStateBB 5, @StJohnsBBall 2. WP - Tyler Davis (6-1); LP - Louis Marinaro (6-3). Dakota Jordan: OPPO TACO WALK-OFF 3-R HR. Khal Stephen: 8 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 10 K. Logan Kohler: 3-4, R, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI
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#USC has made it official that it is promoting Andy Jenkins from volunteer to its third assistant position.
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Also, penalize teams that don't play any true non-conference road games! . Force teams to actually hit the road and leave the Southeast every once in a while.
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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.
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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):
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#LongBeachState hasn't lost a series since its opening weekend.
BALLGAME! Dev freezes him and slams the door on the Titans!. Dirtbags take the finale, 4-1, and take the series from Fullerton! #skoBags
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TRANSFER UPDATE: 5-foot-11, 170-pound @JMUBaseball sophomore IF Mike Mancini has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Mancini will be a big-time pickup for someone. He hit .329, 15, 49 with 29 SB this year, including hitting 4 HR in regional. Had multiple hits in 12 of last 16 gms.
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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):
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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.
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Congratulations to @LBDirtbags OF Leonard Jones on being selected in the 5th round, No. 152 overall (slot value: $350,300) by the @Cardinals:
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We've got FREE BASEBALL! because of this two-out catch by #Texas RF Patrick Mathis with a runner on second base:
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