How did San Diego State fare in the opening round of the NCAA baseball regional playoff?
In their first game of the regional, San Diego State lost to Virginia by a score of 5 to 1. Heralded prospect Stephen Strasburg suffered his first loss of the season. NCAA baseball regionals are in a double-elimination format, so San Diego State will play an elimination game against Fresno State, who lost to host California-Irvine by a score of 4 to 2 yesterday. Sources: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?
San Diego State lost to Virginia is the opening round of the NCAA baseball regional playoffs. Virginia was expecting to face Stephen Strasburg in its NCAA regional game against San Diego State. So coach Brian O’Connor had his team turn up the speed on the pitching machine. The strategy worked and the Cavaliers did something no one else could do against the Aztecs’ ace this season: win. Strasburg lost for the first time as Robert Morey pitched six shutout innings and Steven Proscia hit a two-run homer in Virginia’s 5-1 victory Friday night. Strasburg (13-1), the probable No. 1 overall pick in the draft next month, struck out 15 in seven innings. But San Diego State’s first tournament appearance in 18 years was spoiled by Morey (3-0), who allowed five hits and struck out nine for Virginia (44-12-1). The Cavaliers have won six straight. San Diego State coach Tony Gwynn announced earlier in the day that Strasburg would start the game after being coy all week about who would pitch the opene
Virginia defeated San Diego State 5-1 in the opening game of the NCAA Division I baseball regional held at UC Irvine. Sources: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/05/virginia-solves-strasburg-and-san-diego-state.
San Diego State lost to Virginia is the opening round of the NCAA baseball regional playoffs. Virginia was expecting to face Stephen Strasburg in its NCAA regional game against San Diego State. So coach Brian O’Connor had his team turn up the speed on the pitching machine. The strategy worked and the Cavaliers did something no one else could do against the Aztecs’ ace this season: win. Strasburg lost for the first time as Robert Morey pitched six shutout innings and Steven Proscia hit a two-run homer in Virginia’s 5-1 victory Friday night. Strasburg (13-1), the probable No. 1 overall pick in the draft next month, struck out 15 in seven innings. But San Diego State’s first tournament appearance in 18 years was spoiled by Morey (3-0), who allowed five hits and struck out nine for Virginia (44-12-1). The Cavaliers have won six straight. San Diego State coach Tony Gwynn announced earlier in the day that Strasburg would start the game after being coy all week about who would pitch the opene
