SB Nation Bay Area - 2011 College World Series Schedule: Cal Baseball Eliminated By Virginiahttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48817/bayrea-fave.png2011-06-25T03:00:45-07:00http://bayarea.sbnation.com/rss/stream/19868582011-06-25T03:00:45-07:002011-06-25T03:00:45-07:002011 College World Series Scores: Florida, South Carolina Advance To CWS Championship Series
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<p>It's been a long and grueling college baseball season, but we have finally reached the final showdown. The <a href="http://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/13/2222817/2011-college-world-series-bracket-cws-schedule-scores-cal-baseball-cinderella-omaha-tv-schedule" target="_blank">2011 College World Series</a> has finally reached its grand finale as the CWS Championship Series participants have been determined. The Florida Gators and South Carolina Gamecocks each made quick work of their opponents, avoiding a second game and advancing to the Championship Series. They will start their best-of-three series on Monday June 27 at 5:00pm pacific on ESPN.</p>
<p>The Florida Gators opened the days semifinals by defeating the Vanderbilt Commodores for the fifth time this season with a 6-4 win. Nolan Fontana and Preston Tucker knocked in a combined four runs while Daniel Pigott and Cody Dent each scored a pair of runs. You can read more about Florida's victory at <a href="http://www.alligatorarmy.com/2011/6/24/2242589/florida-gators-baseball-vanderbilt-commodores-2011-college-world-series" target="_blank">Alligator Army</a>.</p>
<p>The South Carolina Gamecocks secured the second spot in the CWS Championship Series as they knocked off the number one overall seeded Virginia Cavaliers. Brady Thomas was the difference-maker with a pair of RBIs. You can read more about South Carolina's victory at <a href="http://www.garnetandblackattack.com/" target="_blank">Garnet and Black Attack</a>.</p>
<p>Check out SB Nation's <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2011/6/23/2238522/college-world-series-2011-virginia-cal-omaha-south-carolina" target="_blank">College World Series story stream</a> for continuing updates through the final series.</p>
https://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/25/2243311/2011-college-world-series-scores-cws-championship-series-florida-baseball-south-carolinaDavid Fucillo2011-06-24T03:00:41-07:002011-06-24T03:00:41-07:002011 College World Series Schedule: Florida-Vanderbilt, South Carolina-Virginia Set Up Semifinals
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<p>Although <a href="http://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/23/2240878/college-world-series-2011-schools-cal-baseball-ends-magical-run-in" target="_blank">Cal's magical postseason run</a> has come to an end, the <a href="http://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/13/2222817/2011-college-world-series-bracket-cws-schedule-scores-cal-baseball-cinderella-omaha-tv-schedule" target="_blank">2011 College World Series</a> has two more rounds of games to be played. The semifinals are set and will feature Florida versus Vanderbilt and South Carolina versus Virginia. Florida and South Carolina are both undefeated, which means Vanderbilt and Virginia have to win a pair of games each if they want to advance to the CWS Championship Series. Both games will be broadcast on ESPN and via <a href="http://espn.go.com/espn3/index" target="_blank">live online stream at ESPN3.com</a>.</p>
<p>Since Cal has been knocked out we won't providing quite the same in-depth coverage of the tournament. However, given that Bay Area sports fans might still be interested in how this tournament plays out, we'll provide some basic recaps, as well as links to great sources of information around the SB Nation Network.</p>
<p>Florida and Vanderbilt will kick off semfinal play on Friday at 11:00am pacific time on ESPN. The Gators are 4-1 against Vanderbilt dating back to SEC conference play. This matchup guarantees an SEC team in the championship series once again. If Florida wins they advance to the title series. If Vanderbilt wins, the two teams will meet in an elimination game Saturday afternoon. For more on the Gators head over to <a href="http://www.alligatorarmy.com/" target="_blank">Alligator Army</a>. For more on the Vanderbilt Commodores, check out <a href="http://www.anchorofgold.com/" target="_blank">Anchor of Gold</a>.</p>
<p>The Virginia Cavaliers and South Carolina Gamecocks square off in the late semifinal matchup. The Cavaliers and Gamecocks will meet at 4:00pm pacific on ESPN. The Gamecocks won their only other matchup this season, which happened to come three days ago in the winners' bracket. If South Carolina wins they advance to the title series. If Virginia wins, the two teams will meet in an elimination game Saturday evening. For more on the Cavaliers head over to <a href="http://www.streakingthelawn.com/" target="_blank">Streaking The Lawn</a>. For more on the Gamecocks, head over to <a href="http://www.garnetandblackattack.com/" target="_blank">Garnet And Black Attack</a>.</p>
https://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/24/2241233/2011-college-world-series-tv-schedule-florida-vanderbilt-south-carolina-virginia-live-online-streamDavid Fucillo2011-06-23T20:07:26-07:002011-06-23T20:07:26-07:00College World Series 2011 Scores: Cal Baseball Ends Magical Run In Omaha, Falling To Virginia
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<p>The Cal baseball team had enjoyed some incredible success this season, including one of the most incredible comebacks in college baseball history to win their Regional. But all good things must end, and unfortunately for the Bears they ran into a team that was just better than them. The #1 <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/virginia-cavaliers">Virginia Cavaliers</a> took out the Bears in a decisive 8-1 victory. Virginia will move on and face South Carolina, needing two wins to advance (SC needs only one).</p>
<p>Cal's Dixon Anderson was chased after three innings of pitching, giving up two runs but needing 66 pitches to retire 9 batters. Virginia's Tyler Wilson started where he left off on Sunday against the Bears, giving up five hits and striking out five in seven and two-third innings of work. Virginia added four runs in the decisive sixth inning and two more in the ninth.</p>
<p>John Barr was 1 for 4 with 2 RBIs, Kenny Swab went 2 for 5, Keith Weman was 2 for 2 with 1 RBI, David Coleman was 1 for 4 with 1 RBI, Chris Taylor was 1 for 2 with 1 RBI. The Bears also gave up three unearned runs Tony Renda drove Cal's only run home in the bottom of the 8th.</p>
<p>For more on the Bears,<a href="http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com" target="_blank"> head to California Golden Blogs</a>. For more on Virginia,<a href="http://www.streakingthelawn.com" target="_blank"> Streaking the Lawn is your place</a>.</p>
https://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/23/2240878/college-world-series-2011-schools-cal-baseball-ends-magical-run-inAvinash Kunnath2011-06-23T04:01:08-07:002011-06-23T04:01:08-07:002011 College World Series Thursday TV Schedule: Cal Baseball & Virginia Battle To Survive
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<p>Cal baseball gets it second shot against Virginia in the 2011 College World Series, and this time they cannot lose. The victor will go on to face South Carolina and need two wins to advance to the championship round; the loser is done. </p>
<p>The Cavaliers shut down the Golden Bear offense in their first game behind Danny Hulzen's and Tyler Wilson's pitching, and finally broke through late in the seventh after being held in check mainly by relief pitcher Logan Scott (who pitched most of the way after an ineffective start by Erik Johnson). Cal is going to need much, much more if they plan not only to win tonight, but also give themselves a fighting shot of winning the next two games. The bats need to keep on sparking like they did against Texas A&M.</p>
<p>Virginia will send back out Wilson, who did a real good job at holding Cal down for two and one-thirds innings of relief. Cal will counter with Dixon Anderson, one of their few remaining options at pitcher after <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="#">Justin Jones</a> was ruled out for the remainder of the postseason. Anderson pitched average during the regular season (good enough to be the fourth starter) but picked it up a bit in the playoffs.</p>
<p>For more on the Bears,<a href="http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com" target="_blank"> head to California Golden Blogs</a>. For more on the Cavaliers, <a href="http://streakingthelawn.com" target="_blank">Streaking the Lawn is your spot</a>.</p>
https://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/23/2238867/2011-college-world-series-thursday-tv-schedule-cal-baseball-virginiaAvinash Kunnath2011-06-23T03:00:43-07:002011-06-23T03:00:43-07:002011 College World Series Scores: Vanderbilt Eliminates North Carolina, Advances To Semifinals
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<p>The first semifinal matchup of the <a href="http://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/13/2222817/2011-college-world-series-bracket-cws-schedule-scores-cal-baseball-cinderella-omaha-tv-schedule" target="_blank">2011 College World Series</a> is set and it's an all SEC affair. The Vanderbilt Commodores took control early and cruised to a 5-1 victory over the North Carolina Tarheels. The win moves Vanderbilt into the semifinals where they will face the Florida Gators on Friday for the sixth time this season. The Gators are 4-1 against Vanderbilt this season.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt jumped on top of UNC quickly scoring one run in the first, three in the second and a fifth and final run in the third inning. The big damage came in the three-run second inning as Connor Harrell hit a three-run blast that sucked some of the life out of UNC. The Tarheels managed a run in the fifth inning but were otherwise shut down. They grabbed four hits and four walks off starter Taylor Hill and then managed a single walk against Corey Williams.</p>
<p>Florida and Vanderbilt will meet on Friday June 24 at 11:00am pacific. If Florida wins they advance to the CWS Championship Series. If Vanderbilt wins, the teams will meet on Saturday in a winner-take-all elimination game. The winner of this semifinal will face the winner of South Carolina-Virginia/California in the 2011 College World Series Championship Series.</p>
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https://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/23/2238707/2011-college-world-series-cws-scores-vanderbilt-baseball-unc-florida-baseballDavid Fucillo2011-06-22T04:01:02-07:002011-06-22T04:01:02-07:002011 College World Series Wednesday TV Schedule: UNC, Vanderbilt Meet In Elimination Game
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<p>The <a href="http://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/13/2222817/2011-college-world-series-bracket-cws-schedule-scores-cal-baseball-cinderella-omaha-tv-schedule" target="_blank">2011 College World Series</a> is now two games away from the semifinals as UNC meets Vanderbilt on Wednesday and Cal meets Virginia on Thursday in a pair of elimination games. The winner of each contest advances to the semifinals to face Florida and South Carolina respectively, where they'll have to win two more games to get to the CWS Championship Series.</p>
<p>This latest elimination round kicks off on Wednesday with North Carolina facing Vanderbilt for the second time this tournament. Vanderbilt defeated UNC 7-3 to open the tournament on Saturday. UNC followed that up with a 3-0 shutout of the Texas Longhorns to keep their tournament chances alive. Vanderbilt lost their subsequent game with Florida 3-1 and will look to set up a rematch and guarantee an SEC team in the national championship game.</p>
<p>The game will be broadcast live on Wednesday on ESPN2 at 4:00pm pacific. If you do not have cable or will be away from your television, you can also view the game via <a href="http://espn.go.com/espn3/index" target="_blank">live online stream at ESPN3.com</a>.</p>
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https://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/22/2236681/2011-college-world-series-tv-schedule-unc-baseball-vanderbilt-baseball-live-online-streamDavid Fucillo2011-06-22T03:00:45-07:002011-06-22T03:00:45-07:002011 College World Series Scores: Virginia Loses, Cal Wins, Elimination Game Rematch Set
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<p>The <a href="http://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/13/2222817/2011-college-world-series-bracket-cws-schedule-scores-cal-baseball-cinderella-omaha-tv-schedule" target="_blank">2011 College World</a> Series wrapped up its first round of elimination games on Tuesday as the California Golden Bears <a href="http://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/21/2235878/college-world-series-cws-2011-scores-cal-baseball-texas-a-m-aggies" target="_blank">eliminated the Texas A&M Aggies with a 7-3 victory</a>. The Aggies were sent home a day after UNC sent Texas packing. The Bears victory moved them along in the losers' bracket as they look to continue their magical run. Their opponent in Thursday's elimination game? A rematch with the Virginia Cavaliers.</p>
<p>Virginia followed up their CWS-opening victory over Cal with a 7-1 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks. SC jumped all over Virginia from the get-go as they scored three runs in the top of the first on an two doubles, a single, and an error. The Gamecocks added a run in the third, two runs in the fourth and one more for good measure in the eighth. The offensive output was more than enough support as Colby Holmes, John Taylor and Matt Price combined to hold the Cavaliers to one run on five hits and two walks.</p>
<p>Cal and Virginia will meet on Thursday at 4:00pm pacific to determine who goes home and who advances to the CWS semifinals to face South Carolina. It will be interesting to see whether the Cavaliers go with Danny Hultzen on short rest or have him available out of the bullpen. They don't want to mess up his arm, but it's also a do-or-die game so I would imagine he would at the very least be available in relief while serving as the team's designated hitter.</p>
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https://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/22/2236655/2011-college-world-series-cws-scores-results-virginia-baseball-cal-baseball-elimination-gameDavid Fucillo2011-06-21T14:18:45-07:002011-06-21T14:18:45-07:00College World Series 2011 Scores: Cal Baseball Rallies Again, Eliminates Texas A&M
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<p>At this point, it's no surprise that Cal baseball fell behind 1-0 early to Texas A&M off an Adam Smith solo shot. It's even less of a surprise that Cal instantly rallied back the next half inning, racking up four runs to take the lead for good. The Bears aren't the comeback kids for nothing, and they once again showed that being down and only outs away from elimination (this was no Baylor situation, but still) hardly fazes them at all.</p>
<p>It started in the top of the fifth with a Smith throwing error that allowed Chad Bunting to advance to second. Darrel Matthews singled to left center to put runners at the corners, and then Derek Campbell helped bring them home thanks to another unforced Aggie error, as the center fielder let the ball bounce by him, letting both Bunting and Matthews reach home to make it 2-1 Bears. Austin Booker grounded out to advance Campbell, and Tony Renda sacrificed to help Campbell get home to make it 3-1 Cal. </p>
<p>Cal kept it going in the top of the sixth. Marcus Semien singled to left on a 2-2 pitch to start the inning, and then Mitch Delfino doubled to get Semien to score. Bunting's single made it 5-1 Cal, and after a Matthews ground out advanced Bunting to second, Campbell's second big single brought another run across and made it 6-1. A&M would pick up two runs in the bottom of the sixth thanks to a throwing error that foiled a double play (the Aggies got a run off that error, and scored again later on in the inning). Cal got insurance in the 7th when Tony Renda singled, advanced to second and third on consecutive outs, and then Devon Rodriguez brought him home to complete the scoring.</p>
<p>Left-hander pitcher Kyle Porter had a solid outing in earning the win, going six innings and giving up three runs and seven hits while striking out four. Also impressive was relief pitcher Matt Flemer, who came in and earned an old-fashioned nine out, three inning save, allowing three hits and striking out five. Michael Wacha didn't perform poorly (only four earned runs in six and two-thirds innings pitched), but his fielding let him down and A&M is going home as a result.</p>
<p>Cal will face the loser of tonight's Virginia/South Carolina game on Thursday evening at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET on ESPN. </p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com">Check out the California Golden Blogs</a> for more takes on Cal baseball. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.iamthe12thman.com/">Check out I Am The 12th Man</a> for Texas A&M perspective.</p>
https://bayarea.sbnation.com/2011/6/21/2235878/college-world-series-cws-2011-scores-cal-baseball-texas-a-m-aggiesAvinash Kunnath