The NCAA Baseball Tournament Super Regional stage gets underway this weekend, with four games scheduled for Friday and four more for Saturday. Each matchup is a three-game mini-series, with the winner earning a trip to the College World Series in Omaha. Here is a schedule of the matchups:
No. 1 Virginia vs. UC-Irvine, Charlottesville
- Game 1: Saturday, June 11 at 1 p.m.
- Game 2: Sunday, June 12 at 1 p.m.
- Game 3 (if necessary): Monday, June 13
California vs. Dallas Baptist, Santa Clara
- Game 1: Saturday, June 11 at 8 p.m.
- Game 2: Sunday, June 12 at 10 p.m.
- Game 3 (if necessary): Monday
No. 5 Florida State vs. Texas A&M, Tallahassee
- Game 1: Saturday, June 11 at 4:30 p.m.
- Game 2: Sunday, June 12 at 4 p.m.
- Game 3 (if necessary): Monday
No. 4 South Carolina vs. Connecticut, Columbia
- Game 1: Saturday, June 11 at 6 p.m.
- Game 2: Sunday, June 12 at 7 p.m.
- Game 3 (if necessary): Monday
No. 2 Florida vs. Mississippi State, Gainesville
- Game 1: Friday, June 10 at noon
- Game 2: Saturday, June 11 at noon
- Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday
No. 7 Texas vs. Arizona State, Austin
- Game 1: Friday, June 10 at 7 p.m.
- Game 2: Saturday, June 11 at 7 p.m.
- Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday
No. 6 Vanderbilt vs. Oregon, Nashville
- Game 1: Friday. June 10 at 8 p.m.
- Game 2: Saturday, June 11 at 9 p.m.
- Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday
No. 3 North Carolina vs. Stanford, Chapel Hill
- Game 1: Friday, June 10 at 3 p.m.
- Game 2: Saturday, June 11 at 3 p.m.
- Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday
Here's a list of Washington Nationals 2011 MLB Draft picks that remain alive in the tournament:
- Taylor Hill, RHP, Vanderbilt (sixth-round pick). Nationals fans may not get to see Hill pitch, as he's not scheduled to start in either of the first two games. He'll pitch Sunday if needed.
- Greg Holt, RHP, North Carolina (eighth-round pick). Holt is a reliever, so Nationals fans will likely see him at some point during the Tar Heels' games.
- DIxon Anderson, RHP, California (ninth-round pick). It's not clear when Anderson will pitch for the upstart Golden Bears against Dallas Baptist, but you'll probably see him at some point.
- Kyle Ottoson, LHP, Arizona State (24th-round pick). Ottoson is a hybrid starter/reliever, and he'll probably pitch out of the bullpen as the Sun Devils look to upset Texas.
- Brian Harper, LHP, South Carolina (30th-round pick). Bryce Harper's older brother hasn't done much this season as a reliever.
- Brett Mooneyham, LHP, Stanford (38th-round pick). Mooneyham has not played this season.
- Tyler Thompson, OF, Florida (46th-round pick). Thompson starts, but tends to hit low in the Gators' lineup (No. 6 or 7). He is coming off a strong performance in the Regionals last weekend.