Starkville Super Regional
Arizona 1, #6 Mississippi State 0 (UA leads series 1-0)
Bobby Dalbec pitched 8.2 scoreless innings with nine strikeouts as Arizona edged MSU to begin their Super Regional series. Dalbec (10-4) allowed three hits and two walks through the first eight frames before surrendering a pair of singles with two away in the ninth. He departed and Cameron Ming fanned the final batter on three pitches to record his second save. The Wildcats (43-21) scratched for a run in the sixth. Alfonso Rivas had a one-out single and was erased on a fielder’s choice by Ryan Aguilar. J.J. Matjevic (2 for 4) doubled down the left field line to plate Aguilar with the game’s lone run. Dakota Hudson (6.1 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K) suffered the loss for the Bulldogs (44-17-1). Gavin Collins went 1 for 4 with a double for the only extra-base hit for MSU.
College Station Super Regional
TCU 8, #4 Texas A&M 2 (TCU leads series 1-0)
Luken Baker (2 for 4) belted a three-run homer to left in the third to snap a 2-2 tie and Ryan Merrill (2 for 4) had a two-run double to cap a three-run fifth as TCU took the Super Regional opener at Texas A&M. Cam Warner and Evan Skoug both had two hits, a walk and two runs for the Horned Frogs (46-15). Jared Janczak (7.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 4 K) picked up the win. Michael Barash doubled and knocked in a pair in the first for the Aggies (48-15).
Coral Gables Super Regional
#3 Miami 12, Boston College 7 (UM leads series 1-0) CBI Live – Walter Villa
Lubbock Super Regional
East Carolina 8, #5 Texas Tech 6 (ECU leads series 1-0)
Travis Watkins went 3 for 6 with two homers, including a grand slam in a five-run fifth inning, and six RBI as East Carolina held off Texas Tech.
Watkins, who hit the game-winning homer as the Pirates upended defending-champion Virginia in the winners’ bracket affair in the Regional round, came up big again with a grand slam that helped ECU turn a 2-1 deficit into a 6-2 lead with the five-run outburst. He homered again in the sixth inning to make it 8-3.
Evan Kruczynski allowed six hits, five walks and three earned runs in 5.2 innings with six strikeouts. After Tyler Neslony hit a three-run homer to get the Red Raiders back into the game, ECU turned to freshman Matt Bridges, who tossed the final 2.2 innings with six strikeouts.
The win was the first Super Regional victory for ECU, which is a game away from its first trip to Omaha.