The NCAA match image is getting somewhat clearer every week as we’re heading towards the tip of the common season. With no motion within the high 5 this week and no. 1 LSU and No. 2 Wake Forest taking part in on the high of their video games, faculty baseball’s greatest exhibiting out all season lengthy.
However, different groups are making pushes proper on the finish to make their case for the match, like Kansas State, and it may be an thrilling May in faculty baseball.
Key recreation final week: Kansas State 10, Texas Tech 8. The Wildcats received the collection on Sunday with this victory as they had been capable of go toe-to-toe with the Red Raiders, nevertheless it was a two-run RBI triple from Brendan Jones within the backside of the eighth that gave Okay-State the lead for good. This win, over then-ranking No. 14 Texas Tech strengthens Okay-State’s hopes of creating the match — the Wildcats have been on the bubble for a while, however they’re proving they deserve a spot.
Key video games to observe: Vanderbilt at Alabama (8 p.m. ET, Friday on ESPNU). Vanderbilt regarded somewhat misplaced after being swept by Tennessee only a couple weeks in the past, however this previous weekend it corrected course and swept Kentucky. Suffice to say, every thing SEC baseball is simply as thrilling to observe because the season is beginning to spherical out. Alabama has a 9–12 convention document after getting swept by No. 1 LSU, however the Crimson Tide will nonetheless be a troublesome take a look at for the Commodores they usually should journey to Tuscaloosa for this collection.
Key gamers to observe: Caden Grice, Clemson. The Tigers are sizzling proper now after successful their fourth collection in a row, and Grice is an enormous a part of the explanation why. Over the weekend, his stat line was this: 8.0 IP (a profession excessive), 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 Okay (a profession excessive). Talk about spectacular. He’s additionally been fairly good on the opposite facet of issues, as he is hit 11 dwelling runs and 44 RBIs thus far this season. Grice is doing all of it, and he’ll be the one to observe the remainder of the season.
Play of the week: Cam Chick actually should not have caught this. There had been so many occasions the place the ball may have simply rolled to the bottom, however Chick got here away with this nice catch.
(*25*)
HOW DID HE CATCH THIS??!!@MizzouBaseball , #sctop10 pic.twitter.com/cPsZ1kFNRH
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) April 29, 2023
Here are the remainder of the faculties ranked within the D1Baseball.com Top 25 poll:
*Games by Sunday, April 30
1. LSU (35-8)
2. Wake Forest (37-6)
3. South Carolina (35-8)
4. Florida (35-10)
5. Vanderbilt (32-11)
6. Arkansas (33-11)
7. Stanford (28-13)
8. Coastal Carolina (28-14)
9. UConn (32-11)
10. Duke (31-13)
11. Miami (28-16)
12. West Virginia (33-11)
13. Campbell (31-10)
14. East Carolina (31-13)
15. Oregon State (30-13)
16. Dallas Baptist (34-10)
17. Oregon (30-13)
18. Tennessee (30-14)
19. Boston College (29-14)
20. Arizona State (29-15)
21. Virginia (35-11)
22. Utah (33-11)
23. Maryland (30-15)
24. Cal State Fullerton (26-13)
25. Northeastern (35-7)