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Welcome back to the Hoover Met for an SEC Tournament semifinal against No. 3 seed Texas A&M and No. 2 seed Vanderbilt. The teams play at noon CT. The game is on SEC Network and WatchESPN. Texas A&M beat Vanderbilt on Thursday, earning an off day Friday. Vanderbilt responded to beat Alabama on Friday. Pitchers are Walker Buehler (3-2, 2.97) for Vandy (visitor) and Andrew Vinson (4-1, 1.12, zero starts)…

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A full day of action with some big names on the board can lead to tough choices for your daily fantasy baseball team. Whether you plan on entering contests during the day, night or both, here is a look at some of the best and worst options for Saturday.   Pitchers to Draft Corey Kluber, Cleveland Indians ($11,300) Andrew Nelles/Associated Press Of all the top names available (Kluber, Matt Harvey,…

Oregon was getting hits off two of the best pitchers in the nation and looked ready to to put together another late rally, but UCLA wouldn’t fold. The second-ranked Bruins scored a run in the top of the ninth inning to defeat the Ducks 4-3 Friday night in…

Action is winding down at the SEC Baseball Tournament at the Hoover Met. Today starts the semifinal round, and it’s single elimination. Although Texas A&M and LSU are unbeaten, one loss sends them home. All games are televised on the SEC Network, and can be seen online on WatchESPN. Games are also on satellite radio – Sirius 219/XM 190. Here is the schedule. All times CT Game 15 (Noon), No. 2…

The Friday night cap pits No. 4 Florida versus No. 5 Arkansas in a win-or-go-home game at the Hoover Met. The two squads have already met at the SEC Baseball Tournament once, with the Razorbacks notching a comeback win on Wednesday night. Powered by two ninth-inning home runs, Arkansas won 7-6.  You can catch the Florida vs. Arkansas game on the SEC Network if you’re near a television. Also, stay…

With the NCAA regionals upcoming next weekend, North Carolina regained some momentum Friday. So did freshman right-hander J.B. Bukauskas. One week after his worst outing of the season, Bukauskas turned in one of his best efforts. He pitched 52/3 strong innings, giving up five hits and striking out seven without a walk, as the eighth-seeded Tar Heels knocked off fifth-seeded Clemson 6-3 in the final game for both teams in…

It was the first state championship for Spanish Fork since 2011, and the seventh overall — tied for seventh most in UHSAA history. Jim “Shoe” Nelson guided the Dons to the first six. This time, his son, Casey “Gub” Nelson — in his first year atop the program — was the man in charge. And Shoe liked this one the most. “Better than when you do it,”…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest NEW YORK – Major league pitchers have been allowed to use rosin since 1925, the year that masking tape was invented, and 10 years before the first night game. It was baseball’s traditions of glacial change and adherence to an unwritten rulebook, mixed with technological advances in sticky substances and stadium lighting, that conspired to get Brewers pitcher Will Smith ejected from Thursday night’s game…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest With Selection Monday almost here, you’d expect things to getting a bit more clear as to who will make the Field of 64 for the NCAA baseball tournament. Things are still quite hazy, though, in large part because of the SEC and Big Ten. Those tournaments this week have been a boost to bubble teams like Alabama, Missouri, Maryland and Michigan State, which will leave…

Both the Blues Jays front office personnel and players are wholly unsatisfied with their up-and-down start, and while there’s little question they all expected much better play and rumors have been circulating that manager John Gibbons could be in trouble, word is Gibbons is said to be safe for now. Instead, the Blue Jays, who saved some money by going inexpensive at second base, center field, left field and the…

Michigan’s Kendall Patrick, left, is greeted by teammates after his solo home run off Iowa pitcher Ryan Erickson in the fourth inning of the NCAA Big Ten tournament college baseball game, Thursday, May 21, 2015, in Minneapolis.(Photo: Jim Mone, AP) MINNEAPOLIS – Likely needing to win the Big Ten baseball tournament to reach the program’s first NCAA tournament since 2008, Michigan is halfway home. Upperclassman bats and young arms leading…

In so many ways, this has been Auburn’s best baseball season in five years. Sunny Golloway has made undeniable progress in his second year on the Plains. On the flip side of the state, this has been Alabama’s second-worst season in the six years that Mitch Gaspard has been the head coach. Yet Alabama beat Missouri 4-3 Thursday in the SEC Tournament to keep its season alive, and Auburn followed by…

Coming off a light schedule with only six games on Thursday night, the final weekday features a full slate of matchups to pick apart. Given the amount of choices at every position, we’ve gone through and narrowed down the best MLB position players for Friday at nearly every slot. Before setting your lineup, consider these options for an ideal roster of superstars on Friday.   Catcher: Russell Martin, Toronto Blue…

First off, a quick introduction, though if you don’t know what FanDuel is, well, you’re missing out. FanDuel is a site that offers daily fantasy sports games. Participants are given a chance every day to select new players, fill out a lineup and, most importantly, win some cash. If you choose poorly Monday you can come back Tuesday and try again. Easy as that. Click here to enter a $5 FanDuel…

Before the weekend starts, another two of the six remaining SEC teams will get shown the door from this year’s tournament. On Thursday, Missouri and Auburn met their makers, each suffering their second loss of the double-elimination playoff. While Vanderbilt and Arkansas also fell on the wrong side of Thursday’s scoreboard, they both get another chance to stay alive during Friday’s two elimination showdowns. As several potent squads live to fight…

The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team was eliminated from the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis. Video: Husker baseball season comes to an end Playing in a near-vacant Target Field, which houses more than 39,000 on a good day, head coach Darin Erstad watched a four-run lead in the eighth-inning dissipate. The Michigan State Spartans notched six runs on four hits, including a grand slam off the bat of…

The Florida State baseball team is one game away from playing for the ACC title, following an 8-4 win over the North Carolina Tar Heels on Thursday night in Durham, North Carolina. This is what went right — and wrong — for the ‘Noles: 3 Up: Leading off the FSU positives is, well, leading off. The Seminoles got their first batter aboard on six of nine occasions Thursday…

Andrew Shurtleff/THE DAILY PROGRESS 20150522_SPO_UVAPIXX Virginia outfielder Adam Haseley (7) makes a catch near the wall during the game against Richmond Tuesday at Davenport Field in Charlottesville, Va. Photo/The Daily Progress/Andrew Shurtleff Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015 10:30 pm U.Va. baseball looks to bounce back from loss in ACC tourney By MIKE BARBER Richmond Times-Dispatch Richmond.com DURHAM, N.C. — Wednesday’s 9-5 loss to Miami snapped Virginia’s six-game win streak and…

#TexasTech eliminates No. 2 #TCU 8-1 on Thursday morning at #Big12 Championship #WreckEm A photo posted by Texas Tech Baseball (@ttu_baseball) on May 21, 2015 at 11:35am PDT TULSA, Okla. — Top-seed TCU, the nation’s fifth-ranked team, has been eliminated from the Big 12 baseball tournament after just two games. The Horned Frogs, who were upset by Baylor in Thursday’s opening round, got beat again Friday morning by Texas Tech….