Some highlights from Friday's action in college baseball:
• Hudson Randall is a machine. The Florida sophomore righthander moved up to the Friday starter role and threw a complete-game, four-hit shutout on just 74 pitches in a 3-0 win against Tennessee. Randall became the first Gator to throw back-to-back complete games since Tommy Boss in the 2005 postseason, and the first to throw a complete-game shutout since Boss did it in the 2004 postseason. Randall improved to 5-0, 0.54 on the season, and he has not given up an earned run in his last 30.1 innings.
• The top two hitters in Vanderbilt's lineup—Tony Kemp and Anthony Gomez—combined for eight of the Commodores' 20 hits in an 11-6 win against Auburn. Sonny Gray (5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K) improved to 6-1.
• North Carolina broke open a 5-3 game with six runs in the sixth, highlighted by Seth Baldwin's two-run single, as the Tar Heels clubbed Clemson, 13-3. Patrick Johnson (7 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 11 K) improved to 6-0 for UNC, which climbed to 8-2 in ACC play. Clemson fell to 4-6.
• Brady Rodgers (7.2 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K) earned the win in his return to the Friday starter role, as Arizona State beat Oregon 5-2, handing Tyler Anderson (7 IP, 10 H, 5 ER) his first loss of the season.
• Stanford led 8-2 after seven innings, but Washington State stormed back with eight in the eighth against the Cardinal bullpen to win 10-8. Mark Appel (7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K) bounced back from a rough outing last week to pitch well Friday, but A.J. Vanegas (0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER) and Scott Snodgress (0.2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER) were knocked around in the eighth. Derek Jones capped the comeback with a game-winning, three-run homer.
• Arizona slaughtered Oregon State, 18-0. Jett Bandy (3-for-6, 3 R, 6 RBI) led an 18-hit attack in support of Kurt Heyer (9 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 9 K). Oregon State committed five errors, leading to six unearned runs against ace Sam Gaviglio (5 IP, 8 H, 10 R, 4 ER), who fell to 5-1.
• Gerrit Cole (9 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K) returned to his dominating ways in UCLA's 2-1 win against Washington.
• Southern California upset California, 10-6, behind a big day from Ricky Oropesa (3-for-5, 2 HR, 5 RBI).
• Kyle Winkler (7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 15 K) set a career high in strikeouts as TCU cruised to a 10-2 win against Air Force.
• In one SEC West showdown, LSU earned a big 7-6 win against Mississippi, as the Tigers improved to 2-5 in conference play. Mikie Mahtook (4-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBI) homered twice, giving him 10 on the season.
• In the other big SEC West battle, Alabama topped Arkansas, 5-3. Austen Smith (2-for-4, 3B, 4 RBI) led Alabama's offense in support of nathan Kilcrease (7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K). Alabama remained atop the SEC standings at 6-1, while Arkansas dropped to 2-5.
• Marc Bourgeois smacked a game-winning, three-run homer in the ninth to lead Southern Mississippi to a come-from-behind 6-5 win at Central Florida. Todd McInnis (6.1 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K) was solid in a no-decision for the Golden Eagles.
• Dillon Napoleon (9 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K) beat Seth Maness (8 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 ER) in Alabama-Birmingham's 4-1 upset of East Carolina.
• Matt Creel (7 IP, 3 H, 0 R) and Jordan Mannisto combined on a three-hit shutout to lead Houston past Tulane, 2-0. The Green Waves has lost three straight and four of five.
• Anthony Rendon went 4-for-4 with two doubles and five RBIs to lead Rice past Marshall, 9-0. Austin Kubitza (8 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K) was brilliant for the Owls.
• Steven Proscia (3-for-6, 2 R, 5 RBI) led Virginia's offense in an 18-3 blowout of Virginia Tech, helping Danny Hultzen (6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K) improve to 6-0.
• Mark Pope (9 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K) threw his third complete game of the season to pick up his ACC-leading seventh win in Georgia Tech's 9-2 win at Duke.
• Michael Roth (8 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K) out-dueled Alex Meyer (8 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 8 K) in South Carolina's 3-1 win against Kentucky.
• Matt Juengel's three-run triple highlighted Texas A&M's four-run fifth inning, propelling the Aggies to a 6-3 win against Kansas State.
• Baylor dropped its third straight game, 6-2 at Kansas.
• Leadoff man Devin Shines drove in four, and eight Cowboys produced multi-hit games in Oklahoma State's 12-7 win at Nebraska.
• In a showdown between teams tied atop the Southland Conference standings, Texas State won the opener against Stephen F. Austin State, 10-3. Casey Kalenkosky slugged his 10th homer of the season, and Carson Smith (7 IP,4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 9 K) improved to 4-1.
• Tyler Ray (8.2 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K) led Troy to a 1-0 win at Arkansas State.
• Coastal Carolina clobbered Liberty 17-1 in the first game of a huge Big South series. Daniel Bowman drove in six to lead the offense, and Anthony Meo (7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 K) cruised.
• Stetson's stay in the Top 25 could be a short one. After losing to UCF in midweek action, the Hatters lost their third straight game Friday, getting upset by South Carolina-Upstate, 6-0.
• Toledo's Michael Hamann and Akron's Andrew Brown each threw 10 shutout innings but each got no-decisions, as the Rockets won 1-0 in 13.
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