Day two of the 2023 NCAA baseball tournament saw inclement weather and multiple hosts bowing out.
Auburn and Oklahoma State were eliminated from the tournament, with each team losing to a mid-major for the second consecutive game. The Tigers fell to Southern Miss 7-2, while Oklahoma State lost to a tough Dallas Baptist team 18-4.
Pat Forde @ByPatFordeAuburn and Oklahoma State have been eliminated from their own hosted regionals in two games. NCAA baseball tournament is off to a zesty start.
Coastal Carolina, the No. 10 seed, escaped a similar fate by defeating UNC Wilmington 12-2 to keep its season alive.
The other major storyline was the weather, which impacted the regionals at Wake Forest, Arkansas, Miami and LSU.
Joe Freeman @BlazerFreemanUpdate: Tonight's Beavers-Tigers game has been rescheduled for tomorrow at noon (PT).<br><br>The loser will play a doubleheader tomorrow, facing the Sam Houston-Tulane winner in an elimination game at 6 p.m. (PT) <a href="">
Saturday NCAA Tournament Results
Winston-Salem Regional
George Mason 11, Northeastern 3
Wake Forest 21, Maryland 6
Tuscaloosa Regional
Boston College 14, Nicholls 6
Alabama 11, Troy 8
Stanford Regional
Cal State Fullerton 9, San Jose State 5
Texas A&M 8, Stanford 5
Coral Gables Regional
Louisiana 19, Maine 10
Texas 4, Miami 1
Baton Rouge Regional
Tulane vs Sam Houston (Delayed, resuming Sunday at 1 p.m. ET)
LSU vs Oregon State (Postponed)
Lexington Regional
West Virginia 13, Ball State 5
Indiana 5, Kentucky 3
Clemson Regional
Charlotte 9, Lipscomb 2
Tennessee 6, Clemson 5 (F/14)
Auburn Regional
Southern Miss 7, Auburn 2
Penn 5, Samford 4
Fayetteville Regional
Santa Clara 9, Arizona 3
Arkansas vs TCU (Postponed)
Terre Haute Regional
North Carolina 5, Wright State 0
Indiana State 7, Iowa 4
Nashville Regional
Xavier 7, Eastern Illinois 0
Oregon 8, Vanderbilt 7
Stillwater Regional
Dallas Baptist 18, Oklahoma State 4
Oral Roberts 15, Washington 12
Charlottesville Regional
Oklahoma 10, Army 1
Virginia 2, East Carolina 1
Conway Regional
Coastal Carolina 12, UNC Wilmington 2
Duke 2, Rider 1
Gainesville Regional
UConn 9, Florida A&M 6
Texas Tech 5, Florida 4
Columbia Regional
Campbell 10, Central Connecticut 5
South Carolina 6, NC State 3
Late Heroics lead Texas Tech over Florida
The No. 2 national seed is on the brink of elimination. Florida missed an opportunity to advance to the Gainesville regional final at the hands of Texas Tech.
Tied at 3-3 in the eighth inning, Gavin Kash saw a pitch he liked and unleashed.
NCAA Baseball @NCAABaseballRed Raiders grab the lead!<a href="">#RoadToOmaha</a> x 🎥 ESPN+ / <a href="">@TTU_Baseball</a> <a href="">
The two-run jack would give Texas Tech all the run support it needed, as the Red Raiders were able to claim a 5-4 victory.
Kendall Rogers @KendallRogersBrandon Beckel, who has been absolute money for <a href="">@TTU_Baseball</a> out of the pen this season, closes out <a href="">@GatorsBB</a>, 5-4. <a href="">#Wreckem</a> now needs one win to advance to the Super Regional round. Really impressive pitching by Tadlock's bunch tonight.
Florida will have to take on UConn for the right to a rematch against the Red Raiders, while Texas Tech awaits that winner with two chances to clinch a berth in the Super Regional round.
Virginia Defends Home Turf against East Carolina
In a game that was projected to be about the offense, a pitching duel took over.
The Cavaliers got nine innings of one-run ball from pitchers Nick Parker and Jake Berry, and clutch hitting pushed Virginia over the edge as they take a 2-1 victory over a formidable mid-major in East Carolina.
CavaliersNow @CavaliersNowFNFinal. Virginia 2, East Carolina 1.<a href="">#UVA</a> rides a pair of brilliant pitching performances from Nick Parker and Jake Berry to smother a strong ECU offense. Wahoos seize the driver's seat of the Charlottesville Regional. Play-by-play and live analysis here:<a href="">
Both Virginia runs were scored off of singles to right field, and the No. 7 national seed appears poised to host a Super Regional against the winner of the Conway Regional.
Indiana State Keeps Rolling
The Indiana State Sycamores are living up to the hype.
One of only two mid-major regional hosts, they advanced to their regional final with a 7-4 victory over Big Ten runner-up Iowa. The charge came late, as the Sycamores hung five runs of the Hawkeyes in the eighth inning, and shut down a bid in the ninth to take the game.
Iowa nearly made the score 7-6 off the bat of Brayden Frazier, but outfielder Adam Pottinger wanted no part of it.
Patrick Ebert @PatrickEbert44Check out this catch by <a href="">@IndStBaseball</a> LF Adam Pottinger robbing Iowa's Brayden Frazier of a 2-run home run T9, simply incredible all-around game with a little bit of everything <a href="">
Iowa will now have to get by North Carolina again to get another shot at the Sycamores, and that is no easy task. The Hawkeyes squeezed by the Tar Heels 5-4 on opening night, and UNC is looking for revenge following a 5-0 victory over Wright State.
Volunteers Win Marathon Matchup
The game of the night happened in Clemson, South Carolina.
The Tennessee Volunteers outlasted the Clemson Tigers 6-5 in a game that lasted until the 14th inning. In the ninth inning, this outcome looked very far-fetched.
The Volunteers were down to their last strike and staring at a 4-2 deficit. One swing from Zane Denton then put Tennessee in the lead.
The Volunteers were unable to hold the lead in the ninth, and Clemson nearly walked it off, but a reversed call sent the game to extra innings.
The Volunteers had a chance to take a lead in the 10th, but a bases loaded double play bailed Clemson out.
In a déjà vu moment innings later, the Tigers did it again. However, they lost star Cam Cannarella to a controversial ejection in the process.
Tennessee finally got it done in the 14th off of a double from Hunter Ensley, and Seth Halvorsen shut the door in the 14th to secure the victory.
Tennessee Baseball @Vol_BaseballCOME ON YOU VOLUNTEERS!!!!! TENNESSEE WINS!!!! <a href="">
The loss ends the Tigers' 17-game win streak, and they will battle Charlotte for a chance at redemption against the Volunteers.
