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NCAA Baseball Tournament 2012, Charlottesville Regional: Oklahoma Holds Off Virginia, 5-4

2012-06-04T02:53:31Z

The Oklahoma Sooners led most of the way in their Charlottesville Regional game with the University of Virginia, but a ninth inning rally by the host Cavaliers fell short as Oklahoma advanced past Virginia by a final score of 5-4.

The Sooners entered the top of the ninth inning with a 5-1 run when Keith Werman started the ninth inning rally with an RBI single from the bottom of the lineup that brought in Nate Irving to cut the score to 5-2.

From there, the next two UVA batters would get on base (Chris Taylor and Colin Harrington) and Stephen Bruno would bring them home with an RBI double to cut the score to 5-4. But that's where the rally would unfortunately end and the Cavaliers would find themselves coming up just a tad bit short.

With the loss, Virginia is now eliminated from the tournament and the Sooners will move on to play the 2-0 Appalachian State Mountaineers in the Regional final.

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NCAA Baseball Tournament 2012, Charlottesville Region: Appalachian State Stuns Virginia, 6-5

2012-06-03T22:45:14Z

The Virginia Cavaliers suffered a crushing loss to the Appalachian State Mountaineers Sunday afternoon and now find themselves just one loss away from elimination.

The Mountaineers won the game 6-5 and thwarted late rallies by the Cavaliers. Appalachian State jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first, when Will Callaway came through with an RBI double. App State broke the game open in the bottom of the second when they added on five runs highlighted by Daniel Kassouf's two-run double.

Virginia would chip away at the lead, taking advantage of four Mountaineers errors thorughout the contest to get back into the game. They scored three runs in the top of the fourth, one in the sixth and one in the seventh, however Ryne Frankoff and Nathan Hyatt pitched scoreless innings down the stretch to preserve the win.

There is not much time for Virginia to dwell on the loss, as they will play Oklahoma Sunday night with the loser's season coming to an end.

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NCAA Baseball Tournament 2012, Charlottesville Region: Oklahoma Eliminates Army In Extra Inning Thriller

2012-06-03T18:07:49Z

The Army Black Knights saw their season come to an end in heartbreaking fashion, as the Oklahoma Sooners scratched out a 2-1 win in 10 innings over the Knights in the Charlottesville Region Sunday morning.

Army struck first in the bottom of the fifth when Zach Price singled home a run. Oklahoma countered with a run in the top of the sixth when Evan Mistich scored Max White on an RBI groundout. The pitchers duel continued into the 10th inning when the Sooners finally pushed home the winning run when White came through with an RBI single. An error in the bottom of the 10th gave the Black Knights a chance to rally, but they could not take advantage of it.

Oklahoma starter Jonathan Grey went seven innings, allowing just the one run on five hits and two walks with six strikeouts. In relief, Steven Okert went the remaining three innings, allowing just one hit and striking out three to pick up the win.

Army starter Logan Lee also had an incredible game, going seven innings and allowing just two hits, four walks and one run. Gunnar Carroll got the loss, tossing the last three innings and allowing one run on three hits.

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2012 NCAA Baseball Tournament: Appalachian State Vs. Virginia Preview: UVA Looks To Advance To Title Game

2012-06-03T14:00:29Z

One day removed from a convincing 9-1 win over Army, the Virginia Cavaliers square off against Appalachian State on Sunday with a trip to the NCAA Regional championship game on the line. Against the Black Knights, UVa collected just eight hits in its eight-run victory. Meanwhile, the Mountaineers are coming off a narrow 5-4 win over Oklahoma, edging the Sooners after starting pitcher Ryan Arrowood surrendered just one run over eight innings.

The loser will face the winner of Army and Oklahoma later in the evening. The regional features a double-elimination format.

Game Date/Time: Sunday, 3 p.m. EST

Venue: Davenport Field, Charlottesville, Virginia

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2012 NCAA Baseball Tournament: Army Vs. Oklahoma Preview: Knights, Sooners Look To Avoid Elimination

2012-06-03T12:00:24Z

Army (41-14) and Oklahoma (38-23) are still alive in the NCAA Men's Baseball Tournament. The two teams will square off this morning in an elimination contest with the winner slated to face the loser of Appalachian State and Virginia later in the evening. That game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. EST.

Both are coming off a pair of losses on Saturday. The Black Knights stumbled against Virginia, 9-1 and Oklahoma dropped its contest to Appalachian State by a final score of 5-4 in the Charlottesville Regional.

Oklahoma's Jonathan Gray will start opposite left-hander Logan Lee, who takes the hill for Army in the first-ever matchup between the schools.

Game Date/Time: Sunday, 11 a.m. EST

Venue: Davenport Field, Charlottesville, Virginia

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2012 College Baseball Tournament, Appalachian State Vs. Oklahoma: Mountaineers Grab 5-4 Win In Makeup Game

2012-06-03T01:28:46Z

In the first-ever meeting between the schools, Appalachian State upended Oklahoma, 5-4 on Saturday afternoon in the second game of the Charlottesville Regional at Davenport Field. To a large degree, credit Ryan Arrowood for that.

The Appalachian State starter lasted seven and two-third innings, allowing just two hits, three walks and one run. Moreover, he struck out nine batters, to help the Mountaineers work their way to an 3-0 lead through the first seven innings of Friday's makeup game. The Mountaineers, the No. 3 seed in the regional, were originally scheduled to face the Sooners at 8 p.m. EST the day prior.

Things did get much closer during the bottom of the ninth inning. Trailing 5-1, Oklahoma marched out, totaling four runs over the course of the inning to narrow the lead to just one run. But with a runner on second with two outs, Max White flied out and the Mountaineers preserved the win.

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2012 College Baseball Tournament, Army Vs. Virginia Final Score: Cavaliers Take Opening Round In Charlottesville, 9-1

2012-06-02T20:06:54Z

Virginia put together three runs in the second, sixth, and eighth innings to defeat Army on Saturday, 9-1. It was an opening round matchup at the Charlottesville Regional that had been suspended on Friday due to the weather conditions.

Brandon Downes doubled in the second inning and eventually scored the first run for the Cavaliers. Stephen Bruno's two-RBI single later in the inning gave Virginia a 3-0 lead.

After Army finally got on the board in the sixth inning, Branden Cogswell hit a three-RBI double to right-center field to give Virginia some insurance runs against Army.

The Cavaliers scored their runs in the eighth inning on an error and RBIs from Kenny Towns and Bruno.

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2012 NCAA Baseball Tournament, Army Vs. Virginia Score Update: Cavaliers Lead 3-1 After Six Innings

2012-06-02T18:44:47Z

Virginia and Army resumed their first round action in the Charlottesville Regional of the NCAA Baseball tournament Saturday and the Cavaliers took a 3-1 lead after six innings.

Army sort of gave Virginia the opportunities to record a three-run second inning with a series of wild pitches and hit batters to advance some Cavaliers around the base paths.

Brandon Downes had a double in the second and advanced to third base on a wild pitch. Later in the inning with the bases loaded, Branden Cogswell was hit by a pitch to score Downes and Virginia scored the first run of the game.

Junior third baseman Stephen Bruno added a two-RBI single to center field, which gave the Cavs a 3-0 lead.

Army scored a run in the sixth inning, but haven't been able to get much going on the scoreboard despite have six hits compared to Virginia's three, due to the pitching situation in the second inning.