With only three weeks left in the regular season, SEC teams are looking to better position themselves for the SEC Tournament and NCAA Tournament. A perfect example of this was the series between Alabama and Ole Miss this past weekend. A couple of teams on the bubble needing a big series win to get pointed in the right direction. It was the Crimson Tide who got that series win on the road. They dominated Ole Miss on Thursday in a 12-0 (7) win, and then they pulled away late in the third game for a 10-3 win. Ole Miss was able to hold off Alabama in the middle game for an 8-9 win. The Crimson Tide offense has been great all year, and now they appear to have found some solutions in the starting rotation. In the first game, senior Greg Farone went all 7 innings allowing just 6 hits with no walks and 6 strikeouts. And then in the finale, freshman Zane Adams gave up 3 earned runs over 7 innings. Speaking of teams in need of wins, LSU has found themselves in a scary spot with just three weeks left to go. But they were able to take advantage of Auburn at home this past weekend. Gage Jump remains in a groove on the mound for LSU tossing 7 shutout innings in a 5-0 win on Friday. Tommy White and Hayden Travinski went deep. White homered again in game two, and Luke Holman struck out 9 over 6.2 innings. But it came down to the ninth inning where Josh Pearson got the walk-off hit. Auburn kept it from being a perfect weekend for LSU as they took the finale 7-5 thanks to a 5-run first inning. While LSU is battling with Missouri and Ole Miss just to make it to Hoover, Auburn is a safe bet to miss. Mississippi State went on the road this past weekend and stole a series from Vanderbilt. They dropped the first game 4-0 as Vanderbilt got a complete game shutout from Bryce Cunningham (9 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 0 ER, 4 Ks). They bounced back with a 7-5 win on Saturday thanks to a big day from Hunter Hines who was 3-4 with 5 RBI including a 3-run home run. Brooks Auger was good on the mound for the Bulldogs allowing just 1 earned run over 5 innings with 6 strikeouts. The finale was a wild one with Mississippi State taking an early 6-0 lead, but Vanderbilt tied it up with a 6-run sixth and then took the lead in the seventh. Then Hines delivered again on the weekend with a go-ahead 2-run homer in the ninth that led to an 8-7 win and series win. Likewise, South Carolina got a huge series win over Kentucky to help boost their resume as a potential NCAA Tournament host. Game one of this series was a classic as the game was 1-1 going into the ninth inning where each team scored 3 runs. South Carolina did so with three solo home runs. Kentucky scored 1 in the top of the 10th, and then Blake Jackson walked it off with a 2-run shot in the bottom half. Kentucky starter Trey Pooser was great, striking out 11 in 7 innings. The offensive surge late in game one carried into game two as South Carolina and Kentucky combined for 28 runs. Leadoff man, Ryan Waldschmidt, for Kentucky had 4 hits and 4 runs scored, while Grant Smith drove in four in the 15-13 win. South Carolina run-ruled the Wildcats on Sunday 10-0 in 7 innings. Dylan Eskew (6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 BB, 0 ER, 2 Ks) had a great start for the Gamecocks, while Kennedy Jones drove in four. Georgia had the daunting task of traveling to College Station this past weekend to face the top-ranked Texas A&M Aggies, and they managed to avoid getting swept on the weekend. Ryan Prager (6 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 2 ER, 6 Ks) was good on the mound for Texas A&M in game one. Jackson Appel had a big 2-run home run to give them a 4-2 lead on the way to a 5-2 win. Evan Ascheenbeck finished it off with 2.2 scoreless innings for his 7th save of the year. Game two was a wild one with the wind gusting out. The Bulldogs put up 9 runs in the top of the first only to see A&M answer with 8 runs in the bottom half. In the sixth inning, A&M would have another 8-run inning on their way to a 19-9 win. But on weekends like this for Georgia, it’s just about not getting swept. They managed that in the third game with a 5-run seventh inning that was capped by a 2-run home from Charlie Condon. On the mound for the Bulldogs, Kolten Smith struck out 11 over 6 innings. Florida also survived the weekend on the road against a top team in Arkansas, but the Gators are in a spot where they need series wins. Hagen Smith struck out 11 in 7 innings allowing just 2 hits and 1 walk as the Razorbacks scraped by with a 2-1 win thanks to an eighth-inning sacrifice flyout by Jared Sprague-Lott to score Ty Wilmsmeyer. Game two was a frustrating one for Florida as they lost 6-5 despite collecting 10 hits and 7 walks. The big play of the game came in the eighth inning when the Gators had the bases loaded and Payton Holt pulled off the deke of a lifetime. Jac Caglianone wasn’t great on the mound in the third game but hit a grand slam to help lift Florida to a 9-5 win that they desperately needed. After a big series win against Kentucky, Tennessee was able to follow that up with a sweep against Missouri as they stayed in the race for the regular season title. The Volunteers had to work in the final two games of this series to get it done. After winning the first game 10-1, they won each of the next games by 3-2 scores. Give a lot of credit to that Missouri pitching staff for holding down Tennessee’s powerful offense at home. But AJ Causey (6 IP, 1 ER, 6Ks) and Drew Beam (7.1 IP, 2 ER, 8 Ks) were just as good for Tennessee in those first two games. SEC Power Rankings Tier 1 Texas A&M Arkansas Tennessee Tier 2 Kentucky Tier 3 Mississippi State Vanderbilt South Carolina Alabama Georgia Florida LSU Ole Miss Tier 4 Missouri Auburn Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X and on Instagram to keep up with all of our content!

New Rankings The new College Baseball Nation Top 25 once again features two teams this week. The Oklahoma State Cowboys rose one spot to No. 18 after they swept BYU in Stillwater this weekend. The West Virginia Mountaineers dropped out of the Top 25 last week after appearing for one week, they are back this week at No. 24 after sweeping Baylor in Morgantown. The Oklahoma Sooners dropped from the Top 25 after losing a series at home to Texas. The Sooners still have the best record in the Big 12 at 15-6, one game ahead of both Oklahoma State and West Virginia. A Look Back at Week 8 in Big 12 Baseball BYU at No. 18 Oklahoma State Carson Benge was on the mound for Thursday’s opening game in Stillwater. Benge made life difficult in two ways: He tossed five innings of one-run baseball and struck out six batters, and he went 3-for-4 at the plate with two home runs and three RBI. Nolan Schubart was 3-for-3 in the game and also hit two home runs and had four RBI. Ian Daugherty added a home run and four RBI as the Cowboys ran away with a 17-5 game one victory. BYU took a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the third inning of Saturday’s first game thanks in part to a Collin Reuter solo home run. But the Cowboys responded. Nolan Schubart and Zach Ehrhard each hit home runs and drove in two runs, while Ian Daugherty contributed three hits and two RBI. In fact, the four thru seven spots in the Oklahoma State order all had two RBI in the game. Gabe Davis came out of the Cowboys bullpen and tossed 3 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball allowing just one hit and picking up five strikeouts to earn the save and secure the 11-5 series-clinching win for Oklahoma State. Brian Holiday (4-3) worked 7 1/3 innings and struck out 10 Cougars batters on the way to 12-5 Cowboys victory and a weekend sweep. Benge hit his 11th home run of the season and his fourth of the series in Friday’s second game, while Ehrhard also went deep for the 10th time this season and added four RBI. Colin Brueggemann (2-for-3) drove in three runs as well for the Cowboys. Baylor at No. 24 West Virginia Baylor took a 2-0 first inning lead over West Virginia in Friday’s opening game. The Mountaineers then outscored the Bears 18-3 the rest of the way. JJ Wetherholt and Kyle West each hit home runs on the night and Reed Chumley drove in five runs. Wetherholt finished the game with two hits and four RBI while West, Logan Sauve, and Grant Hussey each drove in two runs. West Virginia won the game 18-5. Left-hander Derek Clark (5-1) led the Mountaineers to a 5-2 win, and a series win, on Saturday. Clark pitched 8 innings and allowed the two runs and struck out eight. It was the fifth time in eight starts that Clark has pitched eight or more innings. West reached base three times and hit his 11th home run of the season, which leads the Mountaineers. Chumley added two hits and Brodie Kresser drove in two runs for West Virginia. On Sunday, West Virginia’s Grant Hussey went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and scored three times. Skylar King added two doubles and three RBI with Benjamin Lumsden driving in two runs on two hits. A five run seventh was followed by a three run eighth as the Mountaineers put the game out of reach for the Bears. Aidan Major went 5 2/3 innings before the bullpen pitched a shutout over the final three innings. West Virginia completed the sweep by winning game three 13-4. Texas at Oklahoma Oklahoma left-hander Braden Davis (5-3) pitched six innings of one-run baseball and struck out nine Texas batters to open the series on Friday night. Jaxon Willits hit a home run and singled home another run for the Sooners while Kendall Pettis and John Spikerman each drove in two runs. Malachi Witherspoon pitched a scoreless ninth inning, striking out all three outs in the frame as Oklahoma took game one 9-4. Before Saturday's game it was announced that there would be no baseball played on Saturday and a doubleheader played on Sunday instead. Jalin Flores went 2-for-4 with two RBI doubles in Sunday's first game for Texas, while Will Gasparino and Kimble Schuessler each hit solo home runs, and Casey Borba added two RBI. Chase Lummus pitched 3 2/3 innings in relief for Texas and allowed just one run on three hits before Gage Boehm pitched the final 2 1/3 innings to earn his fifth save of the season. The Longhorns only had seven base hits in the ballgame, but it was enough to get past the Sooners as Texas won 8-6 to even the series. The Sooners and the Longhorns then combined to score 22 runs on 28 hits in the second game on Sunday, and they only played seven innings. Texas hit six home runs in the game for the second time last week. Max Belyeu went 4-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI, while Borba, Gasparino, Peyton Powell, and Rylan Galvan also added to the home run total. Willits was 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI and Jackson Nicklaus was 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI for Oklahoma. Lightning in the area forced the game into a delay just as the eighth inning was about to get underway. The game never resumed, and Texas took the 12-10 victory and the series win in Norman. Cincinnati at UCF A Jack Zyska three-run home run bottom of the fifth inning gave UCF 4-1 lead. The game from the sixth inning on looked completely different. The Bearcats plated three runs in the seventh inning as Landyn Vidourek drove in two runs. With the game tied at four in the top of the eighth inning and with the bases loaded, Kerrington Cross doubled to clear the bases giving the Bearcats a 9-4 lead, which would be the final tally. Luke Sefcik was 2-for-3 at the plate with a sacrifice fly and two RBI in the game. Ben Vespi pitched well enough to win for UCF, going six innings allowing just two runs, but the game was decided well after he departed. Zyska was 2-for-4 with a season-high four RBI on Saturday and this time his heroics were rewarded with a victory as UCF reset the series to even with a 5-2 win. Andrew Brait, Matt Prevesk, and Dylan King all contributed two hits to the Knights offense, which had 13 hits in the game. Knights starter Dom Stagliano pitched four innings allowing the two Bearcats runs, and Dominic Castellano pitched the final five frames without allowing a run and giving up just two hits. The two hurlers combined to strike out eleven batters. Nathan Taylor pitched a solid game for Cincinnati in defeat, throwing 6 1/3 innings and allowing just two runs. The Bearcats then took the road series on Sunday with an 8-2 victory. Cincinnati shortstop Lauden Brooks drove in three runs while Luke Sefcik and Josh Hegemann each drove in a pair of runs. Chase Horst and Griffin Hugus both pitched in relief of Tommy Boba and completely shut down the Knights batters over a combined five scoreless innings. The Bearcats racked up 16 hits in the ballgame and all eight of the runs they scored were scored with two outs. Texas Tech at Kansas Kansas walked off Texas Tech 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night in Lawrence. After trailing in the game by scores of 2-0 and 3-1, Kansas first baseman Ben Hartl delivered a timely single to left field with the bases loaded to make the Jayhawks victors. Hartl was 4-for-5 Friday night with a double, a home run, two RBI, and a run scored. Right-hander Reese Dutton paced the Kansas pitching staff with his seventh quality start of the season, tossing seven innings and allowing three runs while striking out seven Red Raiders batters. Drew Woodcox was 2-for-4 with two RBI for Texas Tech in a losing effort. Texas Tech scored two runs in the top of the second inning on Saturday to take a 2-0 lead. Kansas responded by scoring 11 unanswered runs on their way to an 11-2 win to stake claim to the series. Jayhawks left fielder Chase Jans flashed plenty of leather in the win, he also hit his first home run of the season and finished with a season-high four RBI. Hartl and Cooper Combs also had two RBI each. Dominic Voegele was terrific once again on the mound for Kansas. Voegele pitched six innings and allowed just the two Red Raiders runs on three hits and improved to 6-2 this season with the win. The Jayhawks completed the sweep on Sunday 7-3. Right-hander Ethan Lanthier was stellar out of the bullpen for Kansas, throwing 4 2/3 scoreless innings, to earn the win for the third consecutive Sunday. John Nett hit a solo home run in the victory and extended his hitting streak to 18 games. Kodey Shojinaga hit a bases-clearing double to cap off a five-run fourth inning for the Jayhawks. Kansas State at TCU TCU threw its fourth shutout of the season on Friday to welcome Kansas State to town. Payton Tolle, who has pitched in three of the four TCU shutouts this season, started the game on Friday and pitched five innings and struck out seven Wildcats batters. Andrew Mosiello pitched the final four innings and added six strikeouts to the ledger. Logan Maxwell and Kurtis Byrne each drove in three runs while Luke Boyers homered for the fifth time this season to lead the Horned Frogs to the 12-0 shutout. Kansas State led the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader 3-1 going into the bottom of the fourth inning. TCU then exploded for six runs in the frame. Peyton Chatagnier (2-for-4) was the only TCU hitter with multiple hits in the game and left fielder Jack Arthur contributed two RBI. Reliever Ben Abeldt took the mound in the sixth inning and proceeded to shut down the Wildcats over the next four innings. Abeldt allowed four base hits but nothing more and TCU took the game 7-4 and claimed the series victory. Kansas State won the second game of the Saturday doubleheader to leave Ft. Worth with one road victory. The Wildcats got a solid outing from Owen Boerema who pitched 5 2/3 innings allowing three runs. Tyson Neighbors relieved Boerema and pitched a shutout over the final 3 1/3 innings giving up just two base hits and striking out four Horned Frogs batters. Kaelen Culpepper was 2-for-3 in the game and drove in four of the six Wildcats runs. Houston did not play a Big 12 opponent this weekend. Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Carson Benge, Oklahoma State, OF/RHP Pitcher: Braden Davis, Oklahoma, LHP Newcomer: Kyle West, West Virginia, IF Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X and on Instagram to keep up with all of our content!

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The Big 12 sees less of a logjam at the top than it did a week ago as 10 of the 13 teams jockey for a spot in the Phillips 66 Championship in Arlington, Texas in late May. No. 22 Oklahoma is in front in the league right now with a 14-4 record, Three teams occupy the second spot with 11-7 records: Oklahoma State, West Virginia, and Texas. If the Championship started today, TCU, BYU, and Houston would be left out of the field. Recapping the Midweek No. 19 Oklahoma State went to Oral Roberts and won 12-4. No. 22 Oklahoma topped Wichita State 3-1 in Norman. New Mexico traveled to Texas Tech and got a rare win in Lubbock, 17-3. Kansas State beat Omaha 6-4. UCF defeated Florida Gulf Coast 10-3. No. 1 Texas A&M edged out Houston 13-11 in College Station. TCU beat Dallas Baptist 5-2 in Ft. Worth. Kansas defeated Nebraska 9-4 in Lincoln. Texas shutout UT Arlington 11-0 in Austin. Baylor hosted Sam Houston and won 9-3. BYU walked-off Utah 5-4 in Provo. West Virginia's scheduled midweek was rained out. Weekend Schedule BYU (16-21, 6-15) at No. 19 Oklahoma State (27-14, 11-7) Texas (25-17, 11-7) at No. 22 Oklahoma (25-14, 14-4) Texas Tech (29-14, 12-9) at Kansas (22-15, 9-9) Baylor (19-20, 9-9) at West Virginia (23-16, 11-7) Kansas State (25-15, 9-9) at TCU (24-15, 8-13) Cincinnati (23-18, 9-9) at UCF (25-13, 8-10) Houston does not play a Big 12 opponent this weekend. League Notes With a 5-1 record in 13 relief appearances, Tommy Molsky leads Oklahoma State and ranks third in the Big 12 in wins. Three of those wins have come in league play as the right-hander picked up a victory in each of the Cowboys first three conference series. BYU closer Stone Cushing registered a season-long outing with three innings pitched versus Oklahoma on April 20. Cushing leads the Cougars in ERA (2.29) and in games finished (16) and continues to co-lead the Big 12 with seven saves. With the two wins at Baylor, Kansas has now won two Big 12 series on the road this season. The last time Kansas did that in the same season was 2014, which was the Jayhawks last appearance in a NCAA Regional. Kansas has scored at least eight runs in eight of their last nine games. Oklahoma is on an eight-game win streak heading into Friday's first game with Texas, good for the longest win streak since the 2017 team won 12 straight. West Virginia’s JJ Wetherholt leads the team with a .327 batting average while Reed Chumley has a team-high 10 home runs. Kyle West leads the team with 32 RBI and with nine home runs of his own. Over the past five games, Jack Zyska and AJ Nessler have led UCF at the plate with .529 and .526 averages, respectively. Zyska is 9-for-17 with two doubles, a home run, six runs scored, and eight RBI, while Nessler is 10-for-19 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, 10 runs scored, and eight RBI. TCU pitching has racked up 433 strikeouts, good for second in the Big 12 and ninth nationally. The Horned Frogs have allowed runs in just four of the last 36 innings pitched (over the last four games). The TCU bullpen has surrendered just four runs in its last 22 innings pitched (1.63 ERA). Right-hander Seth Logue opened the year in Cincinnati's starting rotation and is projected to start on Friday this weekend, but over the last few weeks he has flourished in a new role out of the bullpen in the second or third inning after an "opener" makes the start. Over Logue's last four outings out of the bullpen, he has compiled a 3.27 ERA over 22 innings while striking out 28 and walking just six batters. Texas leads the Big 12 with 81 home runs, seven more than the next closest team, Texas Tech with 74. The Longhorns total is more than double that of the bottom two home run hitting teams in the Big, Baylor with 29 and TCU at 28. Baylor infielder Tyriq Kemp has been hot at the plate recently, hitting .447 (17-for-38) over his last 12 games and a .558 OBP. Kemp has slugged .737 over those last 12 games with five doubles and two home runs, while driving in 11 runs. Kansas State catcher Raphael Pelletier has hit a team-leading nine home runs this season, after hitting two out on Saturday against Oklahoma State. Texas Tech leads the Big 12 in most offensive categories: batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, hits, runs, RBIs, doubles, total bases, and walks, and is ranked third in the nation in hits and doubles, fifth in runs scored, and ninth in batting average. Buster Posey Award Mid-Season Watch List A list of 63 candidates for the 2024 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award was released and it contains two Big 12 catchers: Anthony Tulimero, Houston Raphael Pelletier, Kansas State The winner will be announced on June 26. Honored The National College Baseball Hall of Fame named Texas Tech right-hander Kyle Robinson the National Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday for his performance last week. Robinson shut down West Virginia over the weekend, tossing seven innings and allowing just one run on four hits and striking out nine. Quoted "It's all about a mentality, you've got to understand that when you walk out there," Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson told his team last week. "Just have a mentality, because then you don't have any regrets, no regrets, just put it out there on the line." “You put your heart out there. If you get beat out there that day, you get beat. Just attack the game.” Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X and on Instagram to keep up with all of our content!

This SEC season is shaping up to be a fun finish at the top between Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Texas A&M. It was the matchup of the weekend in Lexington, Ky with Tennessee traveling to face Kentucky in a top 5 affair that lived up to the hype. The first game was a good pitching matchup between Kentucky’s Trey Pooser (6 IP, 5 H, 1 BB, 3 ER, 4 Ks) and Tennessee’s AJ Causey (6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 BB, 4 ER, 7 Ks). With the Wildcats down a run in the seventh, Emilien Pitre had this clutch 2-RBI hit to propel Kentucky to an eventual 5-3 win. Tennessee put up 5 runs in the first inning of game two on their way to a 9-4 win. Christian Moore, Blake Burke, Kavares Tears, and Dylan Dreiling all went deep for the Volunteers. Aaron Combs was great in relief tossing 4.2 shutout innings with 7 strikeouts. Game three was a back-and-forth slugfest with the lead changing four times. Moore helped put the game away for good with a solo shot in the 7th and a 3-run homer in the 8th as Tennessee would go on to win 13-11. The Alabama Crimson Tide have hosted the number one team in the country in back-to-back weeks and have gone 3-3 in those contests after dropping the series to Texas A&M this past weekend. Alabama jumped out to a 5-0 lead in game one the series, but Texas A&M scored 10 unanswered to win 10-5. Caden Sorrell had a big game for the Aggies driving in 5 with a grand slam in a 6-run fifth inning. Shane Sdao was big in relief tossing 3.2 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts to close out the game. You don’t want to get in a slugfest with Texas A&M, which is what Alabama tried to do in the second game of a doubleheader on Friday. The Aggies put up 8 runs in the second inning and went on to win 18-9. Jace LaViolette, Braden Montgomery, and Hayden Schott each drove in 4 runs. Alabama jumped out to another 5-0 lead in game three only to see Texas A&M come back and take the lead. However, the Crimson Tide wouldn’t let this one slip away as Bryce Eblin had a 2-run single in the 7th to give them a 10-9 lead. Alton Davis II pitched 3.1 to finish it off for Alabama. And stranded runners at 2nd and 3rd in the 9th. After suffering their first series loss of the year, Arkansas bounced back by winning two games over Texas Tech in the midweek and then getting a series win over South Carolina on the road this past weekend. It started as most weekends do for Arkansas with a brilliant performance by Hagen Smith who allowed just 1 run on 2 hits over 6 innings with 11 strikeouts. The offense scratched across 2 runs in the sixth and that was enough for the 2-1 win. South Carolina strung together 5 singles and a walk as part of a 4-run sixth inning in the second game – leading to a 6-3 win. South Carolina pitching was able to work around 12 hits and 3 walks allowed to just give up the 3 runs. Brady Tygart (6 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 ER, 6 Ks) pitched well in game three for Arkansas in a 9-6 win. The offense scored 5 runs in the seventh to put the game away; although, the Gamecocks did score 4 runs in the eighth and 1 run in the ninth to make it a little closer. In the seventh inning, Arkansas got a walk, single, wild pitch, single, single, double, wild pitch, single, and walk. Vanderbilt was looking for a bounceback weekend after getting swept and they got it against the struggling Florida Gators. They won the first game 10-5 as Bryce Cunningham gave them a quality start on the mound while RJ Austin had 3 hits, 3 runs, and 3 RBI. Carter Holton was fantastic for Vanderbilt in 5-2 win allowing just 2 earned runs on 4 hits over 7 innings with no walks and 10 strikeouts. Jac Caglianone and Tyler Shelnut helped Florida avoid the sweep with a 6-2 win in the finale. Cags gave up just 2 runs over 5 innings, while Shelnut drove in 5 of the 6 runs for the Gators. There was a little bit of drama in the series as well with a Vanderbilt pitcher getting ejected after being accused of having an illegal substance on his arm. Mississippi State was looking to shake off a frustrating series loss to it’s rival against an Auburn team that has been disappointing, to say the least, this year. The Bulldogs took the first game 8-1 behind another strong start from Khal Stephen who went 7 innings and allowed just 1 unearned run with 11 strikeouts. Because of the weather, the two teams played a couple of 7-inning games on Sunday. Mississippi State took the first one 3-1 to clinch the series. After having his shortest outing of the year last weekend, Jurrangelo Cijntje got back on track going 6.2 innings allowed just 1 earned run on 3 hits with 5 strikeouts. The Bulldogs finished off the sweep in dramatic fashion with a walk-off hit by Connor Hujsak. LSU needed a series win in the worst way against Missouri this past weekend and they were able to get it done. In game one, they run-ruled Missouri 12-1. Gage Jump gave up just 1 earned run on 3 hits and a walk over 7 innings with 14 strikeouts. All but two LSU starters drove in a run with Hayden Travinski leading the way with 4 RBI. Luke Holman got roughed up in the second game leading to a Missouri 7-1 lead through 5 innings. Missouri’s starter, Javyn Pimental, threw a great game allowing just 1 run on 2 hits through 5 innings. LSU got homers from Jared Jones, Travinski, and Tommy White late to make it close, but Missouri held on for the 8-7 win. Missouri jumped out a 2-0 lead on Sunday, but Nate Ackenhausen and Griffin Herring shut it down from there allowing just 2 baserunners past the third inning. The LSU offense tied it up with 2 runs in the fifth and then added single runs in every frame the rest of the way for a 6-2 win. LSU plays the only team below them in the standings next week in Auburn – another chance to get back in the mix. Slate Alford powered Georgia to a 17-6 (8) win over Ole Miss in game one of their series this past weekend. He drove in 8 runs total with a 3-run homer and a grand slam. Brian Zeldin pitched the final 3 innings for Georgia without allowing a hit. In game two, it was Charlie Condon’s turn to be the hero again as he went 4-5 with 2 home runs, a double, and 4 RBI in a 7-2 win for the Bulldogs. Georgia reliever Kolten Smith tossed 3.1 hitless, scoreless innings to end the game with 6 strikeouts. Ole Miss did escape the road trip with a 3-2 victory in the second game of a double-header on Saturday night. SEC Power Rankings Tier 1 Texas A&M Arkansas Tennessee Tier 2 Kentucky Tier 3 Vanderbilt Mississippi State South Carolina Alabama Georgia Florida LSU Ole Miss Tier 4 Missouri Auburn Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X and on Instagram to keep up with all of our content!

New Rankings The new College Baseball Nation Top 25 once again features two teams this week. The Oklahoma State Cowboys dropped four spots to No. 19 after they went 1-2 in Manhattan, Kansas this weekend. The Oklahoma Sooners return to the Top 25 for the first time since the week 5 rankings, checking it at No. 22. The West Virginia Mountaineers dropped out of the Top 25 after being swept in Lubbock over the weekend. A Look Back at Week 7 in Big 12 Baseball No. 19 Oklahoma State at Kansas State Kansas State trailed 5-3 going to the bottom of the 12th inning on Friday night against Oklahoma State before scoring three runs to walk-off 6-5 winners. Blake Dean, Cole Wisenbaker, and Tyson Neighbors combined to pitch 4 1/3 scoreless innings in relief for the Wildcats. Neighbors faced nine batters and struck out five of them. David Bishop delivered the game winner on a single to left field. Colin Brueggemann, who went 3-for-6 for the Cowboys with two runs scored. Jackson Wentworth made his first start in just over a year on Saturday, having pitched out of the bullpen so far this season. Wentworth was brilliant for Kansas State and allowed just one run over 6 1/3 innings. JJ Slack relieved Wentworth and threw 2 2/3 innings allowing one run. Kansas State catcher Raphael Pelletier finished 3-for-4 with a double and two home runs and drove in three runs. The 7-2 victory meant Kansas State came away from the game as series winners. The Cowboys avoided the sweep by taking Sunday’s finale 6-4. Lane Forsythe was 3-for-3 and accounted for 3 of the Cowboys 7 hits in the game. Brueggemann and Jaxson Crull both homered for Oklahoma State. Kansas State center fielder Brendan Jones was 3-for-5 with one RBI in the loss. No. 22 Oklahoma at BYU Braden Davis threw 6 1/3 innings and struck out 11 BYU batters for Oklahoma in Thursday’s opening game in Provo. Easton Carmichael and Michael Snyder each went 3-for-5 and Anthony Mackenzie drove in two runs for the Sooners. BYU catcher Collin Reuter hit a three-run blast to center field in the bottom of the ninth inning, but it was not enough as the Sooners won 10-8. The Sooners then claimed the series on Friday night 12-6, scoring all the runs they needed in a seven run fourth inning, Carmichael capped the scoring for Oklahoma with a two-run blast. Kyson Witherspoon was good on the mound over five innings, and he improved to 4-2 this season with the win. In Saturday's series finale, Bryce Madron hit a double and two home runs to drive in seven runs for the Sooners, while Mackenzie and Snyder each had one RBI. Oklahoma used six pitchers in the road finale, no one pitched more than two innings, and the Sooners won 10-7 to grab the road sweep. Houston at Cincinnati Houston starter Cade Citelli threw five scoreless frames before handing the final four innings off to the Cougars bullpen leading 4-0. Cincinnati then scored six runs over two innings, highlighted by a two-run home run to left-center field by slugger Tommy O'Connor. The Bearcats took game one of the weekend, 6-4. After trailing 4-0 for the second day in a row, Cincinnati rallied to win the game 5-4 and win the series in the process. Five Bearcats hitters each drove in a run as they pieced together an offense that scored in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings. Carson Marsh had a nice outing for the Bearcats in relief, throwing three scoreless frames to close out the victory. Cincinnati jumped out to a 3-0 lead on a Christian Mitchelle home run in the bottom of the first inning on Sunday. Houston catcher Jonathan French came off the bench to pinch-hit in the sixth inning and hit the first pitch he saw for a two RBI go-ahead single. French hit the second pitch he saw over the left field wall in the eighth inning. In his final at-bat in the ninth inning, French (3-for-3) singled home an insurance run and Houston won 8-5 to avoid a sweep. Kansas at Baylor Baylor dominated on Friday night and the 14-5 final score indicates a game that was closer than it actually was. Bears catcher Cortlan Castle led the Baylor offense with three hits and four RBI. Enzo Apodaca added two hits and drove in two runs. Right-hander Mason Marriott threw 5 1/3 innings and struck out six while allowing four hits on his way to a win. Saturday's middle game was suspended in the eighth inning with Kansas leading 8-4. Prior to the suspension, Jake English hit a second inning grand slam for Kansas, his 12th home run of the season and Michael Brooks added a two-run blast in the fourth inning, his seventh home run of the season. Dominic Voegele (5-2) pitched six strong innings and struck out six Bears batters. Voegele officially earned the win on Sunday afternoon when Kansas closed out the 8-4 victory. Ben Hartl hit a grand slam in the final game of the series and that was all the offense the Jayhawks needed, but they scored eight more times anyway to run-rule the Bears 12-2 in eight innings and claim the road series. Kansas used a trio of the pitchers in the game, while Baylor went to six different pitchers looking for answers. West Virginia at Texas Tech Texas Tech made a statement in Lubbock on Friday night with a 15-2 drubbing of West Virginia. Ryan Free pitched six innings for the Red Raiders and allowed just two runs.  Offensively, Austin Green went 3-for-4 with a grand slam and five RBI. Saturday's middle game was scrubbed early in the day and made part of a Sunday doubleheader. Texas Tech won Sunday's first game 6-4 to claim the series. Gavin Kash went 4-for-5 with three doubles and three RBI. Cade McGee, Damian Bravo and Dylan Maxcey all went 2-for-4 for Texas Tech. Mac Heuer tossed five innings allowing two runs to earn his fourth victory of the season. The Red Raiders took the finale 3-1 late Sunday afternoon. Not to be outdone by Heuer on the day, Kyle Robinson pitched seven innings allowing just one run to also earn his fourth win of the season. Kevin Bazzell and Garet Boehm were both 2-for-3 and Bazell’s 8th inning home run was a nice insurance run late. Hayden Cooper pitched a terrific six innings out of the Mountaineers bullpen allowing just one run in the loss. TCU at Texas TCU pitching was the story of Friday night. Payton Tolle (4-3) pitched seven shutout innings allowing just four hits and striking out seven Texas batters. Luke Boyers drove in two runs for the Horned Frogs and that was plenty of offense for Tolle and two relievers, Hunter Hodges and Ben Abeldt, who combined to limit the Longhorns to five hits in the 5-0 shutout in Austin. TCU’s pitching trio did not allow a Texas base runner to reach third base. Ace Whitehead put the Longhorns on his back and led them to a 7-0 win on Saturday to even the series. Whitehead allowed just three TCU hits over six scoreless frames. Casey Borba provided a good chunk of the Texas offense with three hits and three RBI in the victory. Borba continued to lead the Longhorns on Sunday and his two RBI double in the second inning accounted for all of the runs Texas would score in the game and erased a 1-0 deficit. Lebarron Johnson Jr. pitched the best he has in a few weeks allowing just one run over 6 1/3 innings. Boehm relieved Johnson with one out in the seventh inning and he proceeded to close out the game, throwing 2 2/3 scoreless innings in a 2-1 series-clinching victory for Texas. TCU stranded eight runners on base in the loss and did not score after the second inning. UCF did not play a Big 12 opponent this weekend. Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Bryce Madron, Oklahoma, OF & Austin Green, Texas Tech, IF/OF Pitcher: Jackson Wentworth, Kansas State, RHP Newcomer: Cade McGee, Texas Tech, IF Quoted “I’m really proud of these guys. We got punched in the mouth on Friday night and again, the theme of what we’ve gone through this year of coming to an intersection just about every weekend in this sport and in the Big 12 it’s an opportunity to do something positive and it’s also an opportunity to stumble.“ - Kansas head coach Dan Fitzgerald on his team coming back after a 14-5 loss on Friday to take the series on the road. “The culture’s good right now. Everyone’s working together, everyone’s pulling the same rope. Team chemistry is through the roof right now so we’re having fun with it.” - Baylor Bears pitcher Mason Marriott on the recent success of the team. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X and on Instagram to keep up with all of our content!

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The Big 12 sees less of a logjam at the top than it did a week ago as 10 of the 13 teams jockey for a spot in the Phillips 66 Championship in Arlington, Texas in late May. No. 21 West Virginia and Oklahoma are tied at the top at 11-4, with No. 15 Oklahoma State a game back at 10-5. Texas is in the fourth spot at 9-6 and Baylor is in fifth place at 8-7. Recapping the Midweek Tuesday No. 15 Oklahoma State dropped a midweek matchup against No. 22 Dallas Baptist, 8-7. No. 21 West Virginia defeated Pitt 6-3 in Morgantown. Texas lost at home to UTRGV 17-9. BYU topped Utah Tech 8-2 in Provo. Baylor traveled north and defeated UT Arlington 3-1. UCF defeated North Florida 10-3 TCU lost to Abilene Christian, 8-3. Wednesday Kansas State was shutout by UConn 4-0 on Tuesday night. Then the Wildcats edged out Northeastern in 11 innings, 9-8 in Brookline, Mass. Texas Tech lost back-to-back midweek games at No. 3 Arkansas, 9-8 and 5-4. Houston run-ruled Houston Christian 10-0 in eight innings on Tuesday. The Cougars then run-ruled Southern 25-0 in seven innings on Wednesday. Cincinnati run-ruled Eastern Kentucky 12-2 in eight innings on Tuesday. The Bearcats then lost to Xavier 6-4 on Wednesday. Kansas had its midweek game cancelled due to weather. Oklahoma did not have a midweek game scheduled. Weekend Schedule No. 15 Oklahoma State (25-12, 10-5) at Kansas State (22-14, 7-8) No. 21 West Virginia (23-13, 11-4) at Texas Tech ( 26-13, 9-9) Oklahoma (21-14, 11-4) at BYU (15-18, 6-12) TCU (22-13, 7-11) at Texas (22-16, 9-6) Kansas (19-14, 7-8) at Baylor (17-18, 8-7) Houston (19-18, 5-13) at Cincinnati (21-17, 7-8) UCF will not play a Big 12 opponent this weekend. League Notes Kansas outfielder John Nett was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week for his performance last week. Nett was 10-for-17 with four doubles, two home runs, nine RBI, nine runs scored, and three walks in four games last week. Nett had multiple hits, at least one RBI and at least one run scored in all four games. Texas Tech has the top offense in the conference as they lead the Big 12 in batting (.322), scoring (9.6), doubles (96), on-base (.431), and slugging (.548). Damian Bravo leads the Red Raiders with a .420 batting average and is third in the country with 19 doubles. Michael Snyder leads Oklahoma with 41 RBI and 14 doubles. Snyder and Jackson Nicklaus each have seven home runs this season to lead the Sooners. Bryce Madron has drawn a team-best 30 walks and leads the Big 12 with 45 runs scored. Texas sluggers Jalin Flores, Rylan Galvan, Will Gasparino, and Max Belyeu have all hit grand slams this season. West Virginia's Reed Chumley is batting .318 on the season and leads the team with 10 home runs. Sam White, Logan Sauve, JJ Wetherholt, and Brodie Kresser are all hitting above .300 on the season for the Mountaineers. Kansas State left-hander Owen Boerema (3-3, 5.59 ERA) will make his first Friday start since the season opener. Jackson Wentworth (2-1, 3.24 ERA), who has served in the reliever role all season, will make his first start of the season on Saturday. Last weekend, the TCU pitching staff held Texas Tech, which had been averaging over 10 runs per game, to just 12 runs over the weekend. Baylor has won nine out of its last 10 games and five of its last seven weekend series. Enzo Apodaca was the Big 12 Player of the Week for last week. Apodaca leads the Bears offense with a .368 batting average and 31 RBI, and he reached base in 12 of 18 plate appearances in a road sweep of BYU, including going 5-for-5 in Saturday's final game. Houston has scored five or more runs in nine straight games and have recorded 10 or more hits in nine of the last 10 games. The Cougars have hit multiple home runs in eight of their last nine games. BYU catcher Collin Reuter leads the Cougars with a .323 batting average, while infielder Easton Jones leads the team with nine home runs. Mason Olson leads the BYU pitching staff with 47 strikeouts. Cincinnati is 13-4 in 17 home games this season. The Bearcats are hitting .304 at home and outscoring opponents 148-77. All three of Cincinnati's run-rule wins this season have come at home, including two of the last three home games entering play this weekend. Oklahoma State’s Robert Cranz was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week after a pair of relief appearances to help lead the Cowboys to a series sweep of Cincinnati. Cranz picked up the win in the series opener with four shutout innings and a career-best eight strikeouts. In a team-high 19 appearances this season, Cranz is 2-1 with a save and a 1.50 ERA, and he has notched 34 strikeouts over 30 innings of work. Over the last five games for UCF, AJ Nessler leads the Knights with a .353 batting average and six runs scored to go with two doubles and three RBI. Jack Zyska is next with a .350 batting average, six runs scored, and five RBI, while Andrew Williamson is batting .333 with a team-leading seven RBI. Big Numbers Baylor’s 18-17 win over BYU on Saturday featured the Big 12’s highest combined runs scored (35) and triples recorded (3) in a game this season. The two teams also combined for 39 base hits. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X and on Instagram to keep up with all of our content!

SEC Weekly Roundup (April 11-14): Shake-up At the Top We’re halfway through the SEC season and now it appears we have a handful of teams jumbled up at the top with Arkansas, Texas A&M, Tennessee, and Kentucky. The Razorbacks have been at the top pretty much all season long, but they ran into a little problem in Tuscaloosa this past weekend dropping a close series to Alabama. Arkansas won the first game 5-3 behind a scoreless outing by Hagan Smith – nothing new to report there. Saturday’s game was a back-and-forth affair with a 2-out home run by Arkansas’ Peyton Holt tying the game in the ninth. But Alabama walked it off in the 10th after a double and error in the 4-3 win. And then in the finale, Alabama freshman Zane Adams pitched 8 shutout innings in a 5-0 win to secure the huge series victory for the Tide. Alabama doesn’t get to celebrate for long as they face Texas A&M next weekend. Speaking of the Texas A&M Aggies, they had a monster weekend with a dominating sweep over Vanderbilt. They won the first game 15-0. Jace LaViolette and Braden Montgomery each hit 2 home runs, while Ryan Prager pitched 7 scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts, earning the complete game shutout in a run-rule victory for the Aggies. Tanner Jones pitched 7.1 scoreless innings on Friday night as the Aggies won 9-0. Vanderbilt finally got the bats going in game three scoring 4 runs in the second, but A&M scored 9 unanswered and ultimately won 12-6. Chris Cortez was huge out of the bullpen for Texas A&M as he stopped the early momentum for Vanderbilt and went on to pitch 4.1 scoreless innings with 8 strikeouts. Things just keep getting worse for the LSU Tigers as they got swept at Tennessee this past weekend. Billy Amick got the party starter for Tennessee with a 2-run homer in the first inning of game one. AJ Causey got the win in relief tossing 4.2 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts. Amick did it again in game two with a double and home run, while Drew Beam (6.2 IP, 8 H, 3 BB, 0 ER, 5 K) out-dueled Luke Holman (5.2 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 2 ER, 4 K) in a 3-1 Tennessee win. In game three, Christian Moore, and Blake Burke combined for 3 home runs, a double, and 6 RBI in an 8-4 Tennessee win. Zander Sechrist was solid on the mound giving up just 2 earned runs in 5.2 innings. If the season ended today LSU would not even make the SEC Tournament. Their schedule gets a little more manageable the rest of the way. The only team in Alabama that can stop Kentucky is Samford, who they lost to in the mid-week. But surrounding that loss they swept Alabama at home and Auburn on the road. Ryan Nicholson gave Kentucky the lead on Thursday with this home run that led to a 6-5 victory. They’d hit 6 home runs in the second game – two more by Nicholson – as they won 9-1. Nicholson would add one more in Sunday’s 13-8 win, while Nick Lopez hit a pair and drove in 5. Kentucky’s pitching has been what carried them a lot this year, but they broke out the bats this past weekend showing they can get it done in multiple ways. One of the best rivalries in college baseball took place this past weekend with Mississippi State going to Ole Miss. And while it looked like the Bulldogs were ready to separate themselves and be among the top in the conference again – especially after Friday’s 8-0 win – Ole Miss rallied to win the weekend. Khal Stephen was great for Mississippi State in their lone win, tossing 8 scoreless innings with 9 strikeouts and just 3 hits allowed. Game two was a seesaw battle that went into extra-innings before Ole Miss got the walk-off win on a 2-RBI single from Jackson Ross. In the finale, it was all Ole Miss in a 14-2 (7) win. Mason Nichols was great on the mound allowing just 1 earned run over 6.1 innings. Ethan Lege hit a pair of home runs, and Will Furniss hit the final one – a 3-run shot for the walk-off run rule. Florida continued their slide losing a series at home to South Carolina. Their pitching staff gave up 28 runs on the weekend – not something we’re used to seeing from the Gators. Give a lot of credit to South Carolina who got a great start from Eli Jones on Friday – 6 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 1 ER, 6 Ks. The offense pounded out 13 hits and earned 6 walks in the 10-3. Ethan Petry and Dalton Reeves each drove in 3 runs in the second game to help give South Carolina a big lead. Florida tried to make a comeback with 4 runs in the eighth, but the Gamecocks held on for a 9-8 win with Tyler Pitzer closing the door in a scoreless ninth. On Sunday, it was South Carolina’s turn to try to make a comeback. After Jac Caglianone had a solid 5-inning start allowing just 3 runs, the bullpen gave up 2 in the sixth, eighth, and ninth. But the Gators managed to get the 11-9 win. Cags also went deep in the game. Ty Evans (2-3, 3 RBI) and Colby Shelton (3-5, 2 RBI) also had big games at the plate for Florida. Georgia found its offense again back home this past weekend with 15-10 and 10-7 wins over Missouri. Charlie Condon was 4-4 with 2 home runs, 5 RBI, and 2 walks in the 15-10 win. Jarvis Evans struck out 9 in 5.1 innings for Georgia. Condon homered again in the 10-7 win, while Slate Alford drove in three. Kolten Smith struck out 10 in 5 relief innings to close out the game. Between those two games, Missouri did pick up a win. After Georgia tied the game in the bottom of the ninth on a Kolby Branch single, Missouri took the lead for good in the 10th thanks to a Bulldog error. SEC Power Rankings Tier 1 Texas A&M Arkansas Tennessee Tier 2 Kentucky Tier 3 Vanderbilt South Carolina Alabama Florida Mississippi State Georgia Ole Miss LSU Tier 4 Missouri Auburn Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X and on Instagram to keep up with all of our content!

New Rankings The new College Baseball Nation Top 25 features two teams this week, down from three last week. The Oklahoma State Cowboys move up five spots to No. 15 after their sweep of Cincinnati in Stillwater this weekend. The West Virginia Mountaineers are making their first appearance in the Top 25 this season, checking in at No. 21 after they swept previous No. 15 ranked UCF in Morgantown over the weekend. A Look Back at Week 6 in Big 12 Baseball Cincinnati at No. 15 Oklahoma State Cincinnati's Seth Logue took the mound to start the second inning on Friday night in Stillwater and he was outstanding against Oklahoma State. Logue tossed the next six innings without allowing a hit or a run and he added nine strikeouts to his line. The game was tied at four at the end of nine innings, making extras necessary. Cowboys reliever Robert Cranz, pitched the final four innings of the game without allowing a run, including the top of the 10th inning. Lane Forsythe launched drive off of the batter's eye in center field for a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th to make Oklahoma State 8-4 winners. The Cowboys got a first inning grand slam by Aidan Meola to erase a 1-0 deficit on their way to a 12-5 series-clinching victory on Saturday. Carson Benge was 3-for-4 with two RBI and a walk, while Colin Brueggemann added a home run. Brian Holiday (3-2) earned the win, pitching six innings in his start after a really rough outing last weekend against Oklahoma. Zach Ehrhard went 3-for-4 on Sunday afternoon with a home run and picked up his 50th hit of the season for Oklahoma State. Aidan Meola also had three hits and four RBI, including a home run. Kollin Ritchie, Ian Daugherty, and Colin Brueggemann also added home runs for the Cowboys. Benge pitched a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts for Oklahoma State to claim the 10-6 win and to complete the weekend sweep. This was the first Big 12 series sweep this season for Oklahoma State. UCF at No. 21 West Virginia A rain delay on Friday night caused the opening game of the weekend to start 90 minutes later than scheduled. Once things got underway, West Virginia's Kyle West led the way for the Mountaineers with three hits and four RBI, including his seventh home run this season. David Hagaman earned the save, his second of the season, with two scoreless innings in which he struck out five Knights batters, as West Virginia claimed game one, 7-6. West Virginia got another complete game from left-hander Derek Clark to claim their home series with UCF by a Saturday final of 7-5. JJ Wetherholt, Reed Chumley, and Sam White all homered for West Virginia while Skylar King accounted for two of West Virginia's seven total hits. UCF reliever Tyler Nesbitt was solid out of the bullpen pitching the final two innings without allowing a run and just one hit. The complete game by Clark was his fourth straight, though in the second of those four games the game went to extras and Clark departed after nine innings with a 1-1 tie. Clark struck out a season-high 10 batters on Saturday. UCF jumped out to a 4-0 in the first inning on Sunday, but West Virginia got three runs right back in the bottom half of the first. West Virginia trailed by four runs at two different points in the game, but the Mountaineers continued to fight back. West and Logan Sauve each drove in three runs and Wetherholt added a two-run home run for the Mountaineers. After a scoreless 10th inning for both teams, West Virginia walked it off on a Chumley solo home run to lead off the bottom of the 11th inning, hammering a 1-1 pitch over the left field wall to complete the sweep with an 11-10 victory. The weekend sweep propelled West Virginia into the College Baseball Nation Top 25. The sweep in Morgantown also dropped UCF out of the Top 25, where they had been a ranked team for the last two weeks. Texas Tech at TCU TJ Pompey was 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in a Red Raiders series-opening 7-1 win Friday in Ft. Worth. Ryan Free tossed five innings of one-run baseball while Jacob Rogers and Josh Sanders each tossed two scoreless innings out of the Red Raiders bullpen. The trio of Texas Tech arms allowed only five hits in the game. TCU had a base runner reach base in seven of the nine frames, but never sent more than four batters to the plate in an inning. TCU came back on Saturday afternoon to claim a 4-2 victory and even the series. Horned Frogs right-hander Louis Rodriguez pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed just four hits, he retired 11 of the final 14 batters he faced. A Luke Boyers two-out single in the bottom of the 6th inning proved to be the game winner. Ben Abeldt (2-0) earned the win out of the TCU bullpen pitching 2 2/3 scoreless innings. Kole Klecker handled the 9th inning for the Horned Frogs and earned his first career save with a scoreless inning of work. Klecker struck out all three batters he faced in the 9th inning. Boyers hit a home run and drove in three runs as part of a two-hit game in a 4-3 TCU win on Sunday to take the series against the Red Raiders. The Horned Frogs bullpen tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings to close out the game and the series. The series loss in Ft. Worth dropped Texas Tech from the College Baseball Nation Top 25, where they were ranked for just one week. Texas at Houston Houston opened the series with a dominant 9-1 victory Friday night. Houston used two pitchers in the game, Owen Woodward and Cade Citelli, and they combined to two-hit the Longhorns and struck out 16 Texas batters. Houston’s Cary Arbolida homered twice to lead the Cougars offense. The win for Houston snapped an 11-game losing streak in Big 12 play. Texas evened the series Saturday night edging out Houston 6-5. Dee Kennedy homered twice for the Longhorns, including a go-ahead solo blast in the top of the 9th inning which proved to be the game winner. Gage Boehm pitched two scoreless innings out of the Longhorns bullpen to close out the game and earn his third win of the season. Houston looked poised to take the series on Sunday when they built a 7-2 after six innings. But Texas chipped away with one run in the seventh and two runs in the eighth before plating eight runs in the top of the 9th inning as the Cougars used four pitchers to get out of the frame. Texas hit three home runs in the ninth inning, back-to-back home runs by Peyton Powell and Jalin Flores preceded a Max Belyeu blast. Boehm pitched a perfect bottom of the ninth and Texas emerged as series winners with the 13-8 victory. Baylor at BYU Baylor won the opener in Provo on Thursday 9-2 behind another strong start from Mason Marriott who allowed both BYU runs over five innings. Enzo Apodaca and Cole Posey each had three hits and Daniel Altman drove in three runs to lead the Bears offense. Ethan Calder was great out the bullpen following Marriott with three scoreless innings. BYU was one strike away from evening the series on Friday night leading 4-3 in the top of the 9th inning. An error with the bases loaded allowed the tying run to cross the plate and eventually sent the game into extra innings. The Bears scored four runs in the top of the 10th inning, the first two off of the bat of Tyriq Kemp proved to be enough for the 8-5 victory in 10 innings and the series win on the road. Calder entered the game in the bottom of the 10th to slam the door on a BYU comeback by getting the final out. The Bears completed the road sweep by winning a slugfest 18-17 where the two teams combined for 39 base hits on Saturday afternoon. Cooper Vest led BYU by going 3-for-4 with seven RBI while Wesley Jordan led Baylor's offense with a 3-for-3 five RBI performance including a three-run home run in the first inning. Kemp also drove in four runs on three hits in a nice weekend outing for the Baylor shortstop. The two teams combined to use eleven pitchers in the game. Every pitcher allowed at least one earned run, except for BYU's Mason Olson who pitched three scoreless innings to finish the game. The sweep by Baylor was its first in a Big 12 series, road series, or road Big 12 series since April 2019 at TCU. Kansas State at Oklahoma A nine-run second inning for the Sooners was the ballgame on Friday night as Oklahoma took opener 12-5 in Norman. Five RBI singles, a run-scoring error, and a Kendall Pettis two-run double contributed to the big inning. Meanwhile, on the mound Braden Davis (3-3) was excellent and he earned the win going 5 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run, to go with four hits and seven strikeouts. Unlike Friday, where a big inning early in the game proved to be the difference, the Sooners used a big inning late in the game on Saturday to put the game away and take the series, winning 11-4. Jason Walk was 3-for-4 at the top of the Oklahoma order with a home run and run-scoring bunt single. Anthony Mackenzie and Michael Snyder also homered for the Sooners in a very balanced offensive attack by Oklahoma where eight of the nine batters in the lineup all had hits. Kyson Witherspoon (3-2) pitched 5 1/3 innings and struck out eight Kansas State batters to earn the win. Oklahoma walked off as winners on Sunday afternoon when a run-scoring single by catcher Scott Mudler in the bottom of the 9th inning gave the Sooners the series and the sweep. The hit and the RBI were Mudler's second of each in the game. Jaxon Willits (2-for-4) drove in five runs for the Sooners. Oklahoma's John Spikerman entered the game as a pinch runner, making his first appearance since a hand injury back on March 16. JJ Slack was great on the mound in the middle innings for the Wildcats. Slack threw three scoreless, hitless innings facing the minimum in two of the innings. Kansas did not play a Big 12 opponent this weekend. Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Enzo Apodaca, Baylor, OF Pitcher: Robert Cranz, Oklahoma State, RHP Newcomer: John Nett, Kansas, OF Quoted “It's been fun trying to fight through the adversity.” - Baylor head coach Mitch Thompson during an ESPN+ interview on Thursday discussing the injuries and re-positioning of players on his team this season. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X and on Instagram to keep up with all of our content!

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The Big 12 remains tight as 10 of the 13 teams jockey for a spot in the Phillips 66 Championship in Arlington, Texas in late May. West Virginia and Oklahoma are both 8-4, with Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Cincinnati, and Texas are all a win back at 7-5. UCF and Texas Tech are both 8-7, having played one more conference series than the Mountaineers and Sooners. Recapping the Midweek Tuesday Oklahoma held on to defeat UT Arlington 11-9. Sam Houston defeated Houston in Huntsville 8-5. No. 22 Oklahoma State travelled to Wichita State and won 9-5. BYU went across town and defeated Utah 7-3. Kansas edged out No. 23 Nebraska 13-11 in the Buck O’Neil Classic played in Lawrence. Cincinnati defeated crosstown rival Xavier 5-2 in the Joe Nuxhall Classic. Wednesday Marshall topped West Virginia 3-2 in 11 innings. Stetson defeated No. 15 UCF 5-3. No. 22 Texas Tech thumped Abilene Christian 21-3 on the road. Kansas State won 6-3 over Wichita State. Texas and Texas State played a home-and-home series during the midweek. Texas won the first game 9-1, after weather Tuesday night in San Marcos forced the ninth inning to be completed in Austin on Wednesday. Texas lost game two at home 7-3. TCU and Baylor each had midweek games cancelled due to weather. Weekend Schedule No. 15 UCF (21-9, 8-7) at West Virginia (19-13, 8-4) Cincinnati (20-13, 7-5) at No. 20 Oklahoma State (22-11, 7-5) No. 22 Texas Tech (25-9, 8-7) at TCU (20-11, 5-10) Kansas State (21-10, 7-5) at Oklahoma (18-14, 8-4) Texas (20-14, 7-5) at Houston (16-16, 4-11) Baylor (13-18, 5-7) at BYU (14-15, 6-9) Kansas will not play a Big 12 opponent this weekend. League Notes Texas Tech leads the Big 12 with a .328 batting average. Damian Bravo leads the Big 12 with a .457 average, while TJ Pompey is eighth at .357. Gavin Kash leads the Red Raiders with 10 home runs. West Virginia Friday night starter Aidan Major currently leads the team with 55 strikeouts. Saturday starter Derek Clark is 3-0 on the mound and leads the Mountaineers with a 1.70 ERA. Clark tossed a complete-game three-hit shutout against Kansas last weekend and was named the Big 12 Pitcher and Newcomer of the Week. The Oklahoma pitching staff has recorded double-digit strikeouts in 16 of their 32 games this season with a season-high 15 three different times. The Sooners staff has thrown three shutouts in 32 games played this season, already surpassing last season's total of two in 60 games. The three shutouts rank second in the Big 12 and 15th nationally. Three Baylor players own active on-base streaks of at least 10 games: Wesley Jordan (23), Hunter Teplanszky (15), and Enzo Apodaca (10), while four Bears have six-game hitting streaks or better in Apodaca (10), Teplanszky (7), Ty Johnson (6), and Zach Mazoch (6). Matt Prevesk leads UCF with a .365 batting average while Andrew Estrella has a team-high six home runs. Chase Centala leads the Knights pitching staff with a 2.61 ERA and seven saves. Carson Benge leads Oklahoma State with 30 RBI and 14 doubles and is second in home runs with six while hitting .331. In 11 relief appearances, he has posted a pair of saves to go along with 14 strikeouts while allowing only three runs over 11 innings. Christian Mitchelle has been a dual threat for Cincinnati early on. Mitchelle has started 22 games at shortstop and has taken the mound in 12 games. Mitchelle has four saves this season and to go with a 1.54 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 23 1/3 innings pitched. Jared Thomas is the leading hitter for Texas with a .403 batting average and 11 doubles and 10 home runs, while Jalin Flores leads the team and Big 12 Conference with 13 homers. Texas has hit 66 home runs as a team. Kansas State has a .305 team batting average, which is second highest in the Big 12. Kaelen Culpepper and Chuck Ingram have each hit seven home runs this season for the Wildcats. Houston's Harold Coll is on a team-leading six-game hitting streak, Anthony Tulimero is on his heels with a five-game hitting streak of his own, and Jacob Schoenvogel has hit safely in four-straight games. In BYU's two wins at Texas last weekend, catcher Collin Reuter combined for six hits in 10 at-bats, including four home runs, and five RBI. TCU is in the midst of a four-game losing streak, its longest of the season. The Horned Frogs have scored just nine runs in the last four games. Kansas ranks in the top five of the Big 12 in multiple team statistics. The Jayhawks are second in double plays turned (26), third in doubles (79), fourth in ERA (4.73), and fifth in batting average (.289), on-base percentage (.391), slugging percentage (.481), strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.43) and WHIP (1.47). Quoted "I've never shied away from talking about these games having a deeper level of emotional magic to them. If people can say that then they're probably not truly as heartfelt a Cowboy or Sooner as maybe those of us that are. If these games feel like just another game to you then you weren't raised here or you didn't go to school here." - Oklahoma State head coach Josh Holliday on the Bedlam Series rivalry with Oklahoma. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X and on Instagram to keep up with all of our content!