Well, things are going quite nicely on our end.

We’ll get to that in a minute, though. First, let’s talk about the game that happened before ours: Michigan State and Fresno State.

Both teams swapped runs early in the game – by the end of the first inning, it was 2-2, and the score stayed that way through five until Fresno State’s Trent Garrison broke through and drove in a run in the sixth on a two-out double. Fresno State tacked on another run in the seventh (the fourth run they scored with two outs in this game), then survived a scare in the bottom of the inning when the Spartans had two men on but failed to score.

Oh, and then there was a triple play. Strange things were happening tonight at Sunken – there was an oddity in the Stanford game, too. But we’ll get to that later. Fresno State scored a run before that triple play, then added three more in the top of the ninth to make the score 8-2. That was the final. Michigan State is done for the year with a 37-24 record.

And then…it was our turn.

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In the first game of the regionals, the Michigan State Spartans played the Pepperdine Waves.

Pepperdine struck first, scoring two runs in the 3rd. Michigan State got on the board in the 5th thanks to a Jordan Keur base hit, and they cut the lead in half.

However, the lead would become too insurmountable for them when Pepperdine opened the gates of runs. In the bottom of the 6th, the Waves batted around and scored four runs to make it 6-1.

Michigan State would score one more run in the 7th, but that was all. Pepperdine’s Jon Moscot threw a complete game, allowing 10 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, and struck out 4 for the win.

The Fresno State Bulldogs played the Stanford Cardinal in the second game of the night. » Continue reading “Palo Alto Regional: Day One”

It was announced on Sunday that Klein Field at Sunken Diamond would be one of the 16 host sites for the NCAA baseball regionals.

Today, NCAA announced the bracket for the regionals. Stanford, Pepperdine, Michigan State, and Fresno State will play in the Palo Alto Regional, with the first games on Friday night. The regional will be using a double elimination format, as seen below.

All games will be broadcasted on ESPN 3. Tickets go onsale at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. According to the Stanford Cardinal website, “Patrons can call 1-800-STANFORD or visit gostanford.com to purchase tickets.”