Friday Roundup: Missouri State’s Nick Petree Extends Scoreless Streak



Missouri State redshirt sophomore righthander Nick Petree is a just machine. Petree threw eight shutout innings Friday in the Bears' 2-0 win against Evansville, extending his scoreless streak to 38 innings. He hasn't allowed an earned run in 72 2/3 innings over 11 starts dating back to March 2. As we wrote in Streakin' on April 25, Petree has dominated without his best velocity thanks to a herniation in a forearm muscle. Pretty remarkable.

On to the Top 25 rundown:

Top 25 Showdowns

• (25) Mississippi State at (6) Florida: Hudson Randall (7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K) turned in his longest SEC start of the year in Florida's 4-1 win. MSU ace Chris Stratton (7 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K) took his first loss of the season, as Daniel Pigott (2-for-4, 2 RBI) led the UF offense. Steven Rodriguez (2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K) dominated to pick up his third save.

Top 25 Upsets

• Loyola Marymount at (18) San Diego: Paul Sewald (4 IP, 11 H, 11 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 5 K) moved to the No. 1 starter job and was pounded in LMU's 13-1 win. Six Lions posted multiple hits in support of Colin Welmon (9 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K).

Other Top 25 Results

• Vanderbilt at (3) Louisiana State: Kevin Gausman (9 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K) threw LSU's first complete game of the season in a 2-1 win, as the Tigers clinched at least a share of the SEC West title. LSU scored twice in the second against T.J. Pecoraro (8 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K), who pitched well in defeat.

• (4) South Carolina at Georgia: Michael Roth (7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 5 BB, 6 K) improved to 5-0 in the Gamecocks' 3-0 win. L.B. Dantzler's solo homer broke a scoreless tie in the seventh against Alex Wood (9 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K), and South Carolina tacked on two more over the next two innings.

• Alabama at (7) Kentucky: Taylor Rogers (7 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K) led the Wildcats to a 4-2 win. Thomas McCarthy drove in two to lead the UK offense.

• (8) Cal State Fullerton at UC Santa Barbara: The Titans put up five runs in the first in support of Dylan Floro (6.1 IP, 9 H, 7 ER) en route to a 9-7 win. The Titans, who hit five homers in their first 45 games, hit three home runs Friday—one apiece by Michael Lorenzen, Matt Chapman and J.D. Davis.

• San Diego State at (10) Texas A&M: Michael Wacha (8.1 IP, 5 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K) dominated in A&M's 4-1 win. The Aggies scored all four runs in the third to help Wacha improve to 8-0, 2.14.

• (11) UCLA at Washington: The Bruins scored two runs in the third behind Adam Plutko (7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K), as UCLA beat Aaron West (8 IP, 5 H, 2 ER) and the Huskies 2-0 at Safeco Park.

• (12) North Carolina at Duke: Kent Emanuel (8 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K) out-dueled Marcus Stroman (7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K) in UNC's 2-1 win.

• (14) Arizona at California: Alex Mejia had a pair of RBIs and executed a hidden-ball trick in support of Kurt Heyer (9 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K) in Arizona's 3-1 win. Heyer improved to 9-2 with his fifth complete game of the season.

• Michigan at (15) Purdue: Joe Haase (9 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K) threw his third career complete-game shutout in Purdue's 4-0 win. The Boilermakers can clinch at least a share of their first Big Ten title since 1909 with a win Saturday.

• (16) Central Florida at Marshall: The Knights came from behind with three runs in the ninth to win 8-6. Bey Lively (3.2 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, 4 K) had a rough start for UCF, but Eric Skoglund, Roman Madrid and Joe Rogers combined for 5 1/3 shutout innings of relief. Marshall committed five errors, including two in the ninth.

• Washington State at (17) Stanford: Mark Appel (8 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 K) won his fourth straight decision and recorded double-digit strikeouts for the sixth time this season, leading the Cardinal to a 3-2 win. Appel has given up two or fewer runs in each of his last six starts.

• (19) Arizona State at Gonzaga: Brady Rogers (8 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K) settled down after Gonzaga's two-run first to hold the Zags scoreless over the next seven innings in ASU's 4-2 win. Rogers improved to 9-2.

• Auburn at (20) Arkansas: Jake Wise's walk-off, pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth propelled the Razorbacks to a 5-4 win, leveling the series. Dominic Ficociello had two RBIs for the Hogs.

• Georgia Tech at (21) Virginia: Brandon Downes singled home Jared King to break a tie in the eighth inning, propelling the Cavaliers to their ninth straight win, 6-5. UVa. overcame a rough start by Branden Kline (3.1 IP, 5 H, 5 ER), as Kyle Crockett, Nick Howard and Justin Thompson combined to throw 5.2 innings of two-hit, scoreless relief.

• St. John's at (22) Louisville: Ty Young went 4-for-4 with two RBIs in support of Justin Amlung (7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K), leading the Cardinals to a 5-0 win. Louisville climbed within one game of first-place St. John's.

• (23) Oregon State at Utah: MIchael Conforto's second two-homer game of the season powered the Beavers to an 11-10 win. Conforto (3-for-5, 5 RBI) led OSU's 15-hit attack in support of Ben Wetzler (5 IP, 9 H, 4 ER), who improved to 6-2.

• (24) Texas Christian at Air Force: Jason Coats and Kevin Cron had three hits and three RBIs apiece behind Preston Morrison (8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K) in TCU's 10-0 win.



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