Showdown of the day:

South Carolina outlasted Drew Pomeranz, breaking a scoreless tie with five runs in the eighth against the Mississippi bullpen to win 5-0. Sr. RHP Blake Cooper was masterful for the Gamecocks (more on him below).

Other showdowns:

• Virginia over Virginia Tech, 4-2
• Texas over Texas A&M, 4-3
• Geogia Tech over Clemson, 8-6
• Louisiana State over Alabama, 12-5
• Florida over Kentucky, 10-8
• Miami over North Carolina, 7-5
• Vanderbilt over Auburn, 11-6
• Southeastern Louisiana over Texas State, 10-1

Upset of the day:

Oregon handed UCLA flame-thrower Gerrit Cole his first loss of the year. The visiting Ducks jumped out to a 4-0 lead through 2 1/2 nnings and held on for a 5-4 win against the top-ranked Bruins. So. RHP Scott McGough (4.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K) picked up the win in relief.

Other upsets:

• Stanford over Oregon State, 14-6
• Florida Atlantic over Western Kentucky, 10-3
• UC Santa Barbara over Cal State Fullerton, 5-3
• Washington over California, 7-3

Hitter of the day:

East Tennessee State So. OF Matthew Scruggs: 4-for-6, 4 R, 4 RBI, 2B, 3B, 2 HR in 13-10 win vs. Mercer. Scruggs would have hit for the cycle if he had stopped at first after his second home run.

Other notable hitting performances:

• Florida State Jr. OF Tyler Holt: 3-for-4, 4 R, 2 RBI, 2B, 2 HR, SB
• Southern Mississippi So. OF Kameron Brunty: 3-for-4, 2 R, 6 RBI, 2 HR in 16-7 win vs. Marshall
• Stanford Jr. SS Jake Schlander: 3-for-5, 2 R, 6 RBI, HR in 14-6 win vs. Oregon State
• Cal Poly Sr. OF Adam Melker: 3-for-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2B, 2 HR in 10-9 loss vs. Cal State Northridge

Pitcher of the day:

South Carolina Sr. RHP Blake Cooper: 9 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 K in 5-0 win vs. Mississippi

Other notable pitching performances:

• Texas So. RHP Taylor Jungmann: 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 11 K in 4-3 win vs. Texas A&M
• Mississippi Jr. LHP Drew Pomeranz: 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 10 K in no-decision vs. South Carolina
• Arizona Fr. RHP Kurt Heyer: 8.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 14 K in 5-3 win vs. Washington State
• Arkansas So. LHP Drew Smyly: 9 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K in 10-2 win vs. Georgia
• Virginia So. LHP Danny Hultzen: 7 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 10 K in 4-2 win vs. Virginia Tech
• The Citadel Jr. RHP Asher Wojciechowski: 9 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 12 K in 4-2 win vs. Furman