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College Baseball/Softball News, Notes, Awards (Official Thread)

Wright State hangs on late to win 5-4, knocks No. 1 national seed Vanderbilt out of NCAA regionals

Griffen Paige gave up two runs on one hit across eight-plus innings, Boston Smith and Luke Arnold hit back-to-back homers early, and Wright State held off Vanderbilt in the ninth to knock the No. 1 national seed out of the NCAA Tournament with a 5-4 victory in the Nashville Regional on Sunday.

The Commodores (43-18) became the first No. 1 national seed to fail to reach their regional final since the tournament went to its current format in 1999.

Wright State (39-20), the No. 4 regional seed out of the Horizon League, plays Louisville in the final Sunday night. The Raiders would have to beat the Cardinals in that game and again Monday to reach a super regional for the first time.

Paige (2-3) walked six, struck out two and allowed Brodie Johnston’s second-inning home run during his 113-pitch outing.

“Biggest game I’ve ever pitched in, and I showed up and went out there trying to get guys out, one out at a time, one pitch at a time. You can’t do anything else,” Paige said.

Just sayin': Wright fricken State!!! Why couldn't the Ohio State baseball team (who went 13-37, and 5-25 in the B1G this past season) recruited some of those guys?....:mad2:
Fire Beals!
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G Myles Herro (Official Thread)

If he can shoot anywhere like his brother, we're in business.
Just sayin': If he could shoot like his brother, he'd be a 5 star recruit and probably be going to Duke..... :lol:
Hopefully, he is just a "late bloomer" and develops into a "marquee player" down the line.
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College Baseball/Softball News, Notes, Awards (Official Thread)

Wright State hangs on late to win 5-4, knocks No. 1 national seed Vanderbilt out of NCAA regionals

Griffen Paige gave up two runs on one hit across eight-plus innings, Boston Smith and Luke Arnold hit back-to-back homers early, and Wright State held off Vanderbilt in the ninth to knock the No. 1 national seed out of the NCAA Tournament with a 5-4 victory in the Nashville Regional on Sunday.

The Commodores (43-18) became the first No. 1 national seed to fail to reach their regional final since the tournament went to its current format in 1999.

Wright State (39-20), the No. 4 regional seed out of the Horizon League, plays Louisville in the final Sunday night. The Raiders would have to beat the Cardinals in that game and again Monday to reach a super regional for the first time.

Paige (2-3) walked six, struck out two and allowed Brodie Johnston’s second-inning home run during his 113-pitch outing.

“Biggest game I’ve ever pitched in, and I showed up and went out there trying to get guys out, one out at a time, one pitch at a time. You can’t do anything else,” Paige said.

Just sayin': Wright fricken State!!! Why couldn't the Ohio State baseball team (who went 13-37, and 5-25 in the B1G this past season) recruited some of those guys?....:mad2:
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2026 TX OL Felix Ojo (Texas Tech Verbal)

Ohio State's top recruiting target has 'real love' for Buckeyes, but is it enough to flip him from Texas?

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However, here's the latest intel from Alex Gleitman of Letterman Row.
I came into this visit thinking that Felix Ojo really liked Ohio State, but it wouldn’t be enough to keep him from staying home with Texas. I am coming out of this visit, feeling the same.

Ojo had a great visit, and sources inside the WHAC agreed on that. There’s no doubt his love for the program is real and that the Buckeyes are legitimately in contention to land him. That said, it just continues to feel like a bit of an uphill battle to keep him away from Austin.

I do like what Ohio State did this weekend in having fellow Texas-native Riley Pettijohn, who picked the Bucks over the Longhorns last year, spend a lot of time with Ojo. I think Tyler Bowen and Ryan Day are saying/doing all the right things. I’m just a bit skeptical that it actually leads to OSU beating out UT here.
It's an uphill battle trying to pry a top player from the grasp of a program he's loved forever and had multiple years of relationship-building with. We'll see if his 'real love' for the Buckeyes is enough for him to take a big swing and leave Texas.
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