MAC TOURNAMENT Two-bid MAC is on life support at Kent State eliminates Miami OH, dropping their RPI to 46

SEC TOURNAMENT Liam Peterson tosses five shutout innings as Florida powers their way past Alabama to advance to the semifinals

BIG 12 AFTER DARK Kansas survives in extras, saved by a walk off HR from Savion Flowers Maxx Yehl (6.2 IP, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K) leads West Virginia over Kansas State Kole Klecker navigates six walks, Landon Hairston homers again as Arizona State knocks off Cincinnati

BIG 12 TOURNAMENT Oklahoma State breaks the stalemate in the 8th inning, draw eight walks and four HBPs to beat UCF 12-6 Hudson Barrett (OKST) - 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

SEC TOURNAMENT Former Stanford standouts Joey Volchko and Matt Scott combine to scatter nine Mississippi State hits, allow just three runs to knock out the Bulldogs and advance to the SEC semis for the first time since 2019

ACC TOURNAMENT Georgia Tech explodes for 11 runs in their final two frames, capped off by Parker Brosius' grand slam in the 7th to advance to the semifinals Tate McKee also left his start with a finger injury, likely a blister

GAMES TO WATCH - 5/21 Coastal vs App State - 10AM* Georgia Tech vs Virginia - 11AM* UCSB vs Fullerton - 2PM Georgia vs Mississippi State - 4PM* UAB vs Memphis - 5PM Texas State vs Louisiana - 5PM Kent State vs Toledo - 6PM Alabama vs Florida - 8PM* Arizona State vs Cincinnati - 10PM* *elimination

Elsewhere in College Baseball - All road lead to Lafayette as Louisiana holds off a 9th inning rally to beat Coastal 12-11 - Texas State and Southern Miss win their matchups in the SBC - Top seeded Bethune-Cookman loses 6-4 to ARPB in the SWAC - Holy Cross beats Bucknell 14-11 to win the Patriot

BIG 12 AFTER DARK Baylor rallies with a 3-run 6th, 4-run 7th to push past BYU 13-9 Tazwell Butler strikes out seven in his 4.2 IP as Kansas State knocks off TCU to advance and play West Virginia

ACC TOURNAMENT Virginia Tech overcomes Ethan Grim's poor start (0.0 IP, 4 ER) to power past Notre Dame 17-10 Pitt jumps on Duncan Marsten early, gets a quality start from Drew Lafferty (5.0 IP, 3 ER) to survive and advance onto the quarterfinals

SEC TOURNAMENT Zack Stewart homers twice as Arkansas knocks off rival Tennessee 8-4 Jake Marciano and Jackson Sanders combine to allow one run on four hits to defeat LSU 3-1

SEC TOURNAMENT Florida hits three home runs, gets 4.1 stellar innings from their bullpen to defeat Vanderbilt to likely end the Commodores' 19-year Regional streak

ACC TOURNAMENT Miami FL rides a strong start from Rob Evans, five extra-base hits to a comfortable 11-2 victory orver Stanford. Rob Evans - 7.0 IP, 2 R, 2 BB, 6 K

SEC TOURNAMENT Mississippi State scores eight in the 6th inning to seperate and run-rule Missouri 12-2 Tomas Valincius (MSST) - 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K

ACC TOURNAMENT Duke homers late to close the gap, but a strong showing from Virginia's pitching staff propels the Cavaliers to a 6-4 win to kick off Day 2 Henry Zatkowski (UVA) - 6.0 IP, 2 R, 0 BB, 4 K

Holy Cross is up 2-0 in the 1st on 0 hits and 0 errors. The inning went; Walk, SB, FO (runner to 3rd), HBP, SB, K, walk, double steal of 2nd and home, walk, ground out to end the inning.

LATE NIGHT RESULTS LSU knocks off Oklahoma 6-2 thanks to 3.1 scoreless innings from Deven Sheerin Kansas State powers their way past Utah 9-5

ACC TOURNAMENT Pitt scores five runs in the first inning to hammer Louisville 16-8 and keep their tournament hopes alive. Trey Fenderson (PITT) - 3/5, 2 HR, 7 RBI

We have some HOT mics late here in Hoover

BIG 12 TOURNAMENT BYU scores in every inning except the 1st, hits five home runs to rout Texas Tech Easton Jones (BYU) - 3/4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1 3B

SEC TOURNAMENT Cam Appenzeller goes 5.0 IP in his start, Vols hit two late homers to separate and defeat South Carolina 11-6

ACC TOURNAMENT Notre Dame survives a late, 2-out rally in the 9th inning to eliminate Clemson and advance in the bracket. Jack Radel - 6.1 IP, 2 R, 1 BB, 8 K

SUN BELT TOURNAMENT Louisiana scores six off Marshall ace Bryce Blevins, run-rule the Thundering Herd en route to an appearance in the main bracket

SEC TOURNAMENT Vanderbilt chases Jaxon Jelkin in the 6th, gets 4.1 stellar innings from Alex Kranzler to close out a much-needed win over Kentucky

Everyone was so excited about ABS at the SEC Tournament until teams started to use it properly and now it's the worst thing in the world?

ACC TOURNAMENT Aidan Keenan tosses two scoreless innings in relief, Stanford hits five doubles as the Cardinal send Cal home packing in the opening round

BIG TEN TOURNAMENT Iowa erases an early 4-0 deficit and knocks off Illinois in their tournament opener

Vanderbilt leaves the bases loaded but manages to score four runs in the bottom of the 6th to take a 5-4 lead over Kentucky

TJ Grines became the first UT-Martin player to win OVC Player of the Year, capping off his season of 66 stolen bases and counting

SEC TOURNAMENT 16-seed Missouri knocks off Ole Miss 10-8 thanks to 2.2 scoreless innings, 6 strikeouts from Eli Skidmore to close the game

ACC TOURNAMENT Last place Duke draws 12 walks, hits five extra base hits to thump NC State and advance to the next round tomorrow

BIG TEN TOURNAMENT Michigan State's Aiden Donovan goes 7.2 IP of two run ball with six strikeouts as the Spartans hold back a 9th inning rally to win their opener in Omaha

Z-O-U Kaden Peer lifts a grand slam to left-center field as the Tigers take advantage of three Ole Miss walks and take a 7-2 lead in the top of the 5th inning

Kaden Smith leaves the yard for a second time today, this time in grand fashion as Duke takes a 12-8 lead into the 8th inning

M-I-Z Junior SS Kam Durnin tees off Wil Libbert, hits a 2-run homer to tie the game in the 3rd inning

Dom Decker opens the SEC Tournament by sneaking a lead-off homer just inside the foul pole as Ole Miss takes an early 1-0 lead over Missouri

Michigan State draws first blood against Purdue with a beautiful bunt single from Khamaree Thomas

After getting off to a poor start, Duke has now plated four in the inning to take a 6-4 lead over NC State capped off by a 3-run triple from Jake Lambdin Heath Andrews exits after going 3.2 IP, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

BRACKET PROJECTIONS Here are our most recent Field of 64 projections headed into conference tournament season LFIn - NC State, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan FFO - UAB, Purdue, Texas State, Pittsburgh N4O - Troy, Kent State, Western Carolina, Clemson Top 4 2-Seeds - Cincinnati, ORST, MSST, Ole Miss

Here’s the current state of the Atlanta Braves’ starting rotation

Alabama’s Tyler Fay no-hit the Florida Gators tonight 9.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 13 K

Of course Shohei Ohtani hits a home run there. Why wouldn’t he

Nate Eaton is 3-3 and the rest of the lineup is now 0-20 with 13 strikeouts

There’s that Juan Soto defense we know and love

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Tough way to end up losing a game.

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