College Corner: Friday Followup

Friday nights are special in college baseball. That's the night that most college teams send out their #1 starting pitcher and the matchups can be downright scintillating. Last night was no exception. Here's the rundown:

Deck McGuire, Georgia Tech, outdueled Matt Harvey, UNC, but only by an unearned run, final score 2-1: McGuire- 7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 10 K's. Harvey- 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 6 BB's, 11 K's.

Drew Pomeranz, Ole Miss, bested Alex Panteliodis, Florida as Ole Miss won 3-2: Pomeranz- 7.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 9 K's. Panteliodis- 7.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 8 K's.

Thomas Royse, Louisville, might have had the most impressive night edging Connecticut 1-0 with help from Neil Holland: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 11 K's.

Barret Loux continued his impressive season as Texas A&M topped Missouri 3-1: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 11 K's.

Chris Sale, Florida Gulf Coast, gave up a lot of hits, but still got the job done: 8 IP, 10 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 7 K's.

Corey Baker, my sleeper from Pitt: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 5 BB, 7 K's. Runs his record to 6-0 with a 2.89 ERA, 42 K's in 43.2 IP, the 5 BB's only gave him a total of 11 on the year, so the wildness was uncharacteristic.

Among the sophomores, Gerrit Cole pitched during the week and did OK. Taylor Jungman got shelled. Sonny Gray shutout Kentucky 7-0: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R 3 BB, 6 K's.

Seniors:

The shout out from BA jinxed Mario Hollands, UCSB: 6 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 3 K's.

My favorite senior from Villanova, Brian Streilein had another strong game: 9 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.

Anthony Ranaudo DNP Friday night, but pitched today and left the game after 2 IP. I take it that's not a good sign?

Also today, Max Bywater of Pepperdine, another one of my sleepers shut out SUNY Stony Brook, a team the shelled Cole Cook on Friday: 9 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K's. His season record stands at 2-3, 2.05, 44 IP, 13 BB's, 43 K's.

Speaking of sleepers, I think I've found a CF that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere before: Tim Ferguson, Jr. Ole Miss; He went 5 for 5, 2B, BB today. .354/.431/.515 with 3 HR's, 14-14 SB's. Last year he hit .358/.397/.520 with 2 HR, 18-19 SB's in just 123 AB's as he split time with another player.

Maybe after next weekend I'll do an update on the pitchers in BA's preseason college top 100 draft prospects.

Addendum: Apparently Ranaudo's 2 IP was by design. LSU is wisely bringing him along slowly. No new injury!