Tarleton State handled UC Santa Barbara, 11-5, scoring at least one run in four straight innings topped off by a four-run ninth to win Game 2 of the Austin Regional.
The Texans did most of their damage against the Gauchos’ second-best starter in Calvin Proskey, allowing three runs on four hits, and their top reliever Cole Tryba, who gave up three earned runs on six hits. They scored three unearned runs as well.
UCSB reportedly didn’t use ace Jackson Flora, one of the top arms in the country, in hopes of pitching him against Texas on Saturday. He is now expected to face Holy Cross in the elimination game at 2 p.m. ET. Tarleton State will matchup against Texas at 7pm.
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HOW BOUT THEM TARLETON STATE TEXANS???? 🔥🔥🔥
FIRST EVER NCAA TOURNAMENT WIN. 1-0 ALL-TIME. Face Texas tomorrow night. pic.twitter.com/Bbf8ALvJYj
The second game of the Athens Regional between No. 3 Georgia and LlU has been suspended till Saturday morning due to inclement weather.
The Bulldogs led the Sharks 15-1 in the bottom of the sixth when the contest was initially postponed. Play will resume at 9 a.m. ET. It is the second regional, following Atlanta, to be moved to tomorrow.
Game 3 of the regional, between Boston College and the loser of Game 2, will be played at 12 p.m.
🚨GAME UPDATE🚨 pic.twitter.com/Gi4WbxTb0k
The Razorbacks mashed their way past Missouri State, winning 9-5 spearheaded by a six-run explosion in the fifth.
Trailing 3-1, Arkansas batted around in the fifth, collecting five hits — half of the team’s total — and three walks en route to a 7-3 lead. The Bears and Razorbacks tacked on two more runs each before the contest ended.
Arkansas has scored at least eight runs in its last five contests dating back to the SEC tournament. They will play Kansas for a spot in the regional final on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET and Missouri State will face Northeastern at 1 p.m.
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MCELVAIN SLAMS THE DOOR 🔥🔥🔥
ARKANSAS WILL FACE KANSAS TOMORROW NIGHT 🍿. Battle to keep or delete the ‘AR’ pic.twitter.com/bInCvq4zFZ
Add another four seed upset to the list.
St. John’s climbed back to stun No. 10 Florida State 6-5, putting four runs across in the final two innings while shutting the Seminoles out. It marks the Red Storm’s first regional win in an opener since 2012.
FSU was in the driver’s seat for most of the affair, scoring first, answering whenever St. John’s plated a run and led 5-2 heading into the eighth. But that momentum swung fully into the Red Storm’s favor from there, cutting the deficit to two following Dylan Fitzsimmons’ solo home run and tying it on Florida State reliever John Abraham’s two passed balls. And they weren’t done just yet, breaking the tie in the ninth on Jayder Raifstanger’s RBI single to center.
The Seminoles put themselves in good position to knot it up with runners on first and second with one out, but St. John’s slammed the door shut immediately on a game-ending double play.
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T9 | JOHNNIES TAKE THE LEAD!!!
The RBI single from Jayder Raifstanger scores the freshman from second!
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6-5, Red Storm#RedStorm | #EveryTrip pic.twitter.com/0Pb3Ti1cKi
Game 2 of the Atlanta Regional between Oklahoma and The Citadel has been postponed to Saturday morning due to inclement weather.
The contest will start at 10 a.m. ET.
Game 3 of the regional, between UIC and the loser of Game 2, will play at 2 p.m. The winner will face No. 2 Georgia Tech at 6 p.m. The Yellow Jackets beat UIC 22-5.
FINAL ATLANTA REGIONAL UPDATE OF THE EVENING@OU_Baseball vs @CitadelBaseball has been postponed.
Updated Saturday Schedule:
10 am – Gm 2: OU vs CIT
2 pm – Gm 3: Loser vs UIC
6 pm – Gm 4: Winner vs GT@NCAABaseball
No. 16 West Virginia dominated Binghamton in a 10-1 victory behind two high-scoring innings.
The first came in the fourth, scoring five runs thanks to Matthew Graveline’s two-run blast to center and Ben Lumsden’s three-run homer to center. The Mountaineers batted around with six different players reaching base.
Doubles were the story in the sixth, as Gavin Kelly and Armani Guzman each ripped two-run doubles to the left side of the field. WVU’s 10-1 heading into the seventh held for the remainder of the game.
They will Kentucky on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET for a spot in the regional final.
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Lucky souvenir for the kiddo’s 💥
Ben Lumsden with a 3-run HOMER to make it 5-1 for the Mountaineers!#RoadToOmaha x 🎥 ESPN+ / @WVUBaseball pic.twitter.com/s7U6GhDVd8
Time to turn back the clock to 2019 in College Station, Texas.
No. 12 Texas A&M came back to beat Lamar, 7-5, after trailing 5-0 entering the fifth. It’s the program’s first win down by five or more runs since 2019 against West Virginia.
The Aggies’ bats came alive during their third time through the lineup. Lead off hitter Gavin Grahovac hit his 20th homer of the season to start the fifth, and two batters later, Chirs Hacopain took Cardinals starter Chris Olivier deep again. Texas A&M would go on to score two runs in the seventh and eighth, largely thanks to its six base runners that got on base due to a walk, hit by pitch or error.
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Hacopian Homer 😤
His 10th of the season 👏 pic.twitter.com/BiRxbpJMmF
The Cornhuskers welcomed fans back to Haymarket Park for its regional hosting since 2008 in exciting fashion, pulling away from South Dakota State to win 4-1.
Nebraska gifted its faithful that generated crowd pops, throwing out a runner at home plate, escaping a bases loaded jam and solo home runs separated by just two batters.
The homers came at the perfect time for the Cornhuskers, hammering both in the eighth inning after the Jackrabbits cut their lead to 2-1. Dylan Carey hit the first to left field to start the frame and Jett Buck clobbered the second to right, enough to hold off SDSU in the ninth.
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ALL DYLAN CAREY. ALL DAY.
Solo HR by Carey extends the lead.
B8 | Nebraska 3, SDSU 1 pic.twitter.com/nx3rMmeRhf
Down goes the No. 1 national seed.
Saint Mary’s shocked No. 1 UCLA, college baseball’s wire-to-wire No. 1 team throughout the regular season, 3-2, thanks to Jac Johnson’s solo home run in ninth.
Each team putting one across in the fourth, the Bruins tacked on another in fifth and the Gaels responded in the sixth. Three innings later, Johnson took UCLA closer Easton Hawk deep to right, handing the Gaels the lead. It was the first run Hawk had given up in 26 appearances.
The Bruins, who have 29 comeback wins this season, had the opportunity to respond in the bottom half, but couldn’t get a runner into scoring position.
This is the first time in NCAA tournament history since the current format was created in 1999 that the No. 1 national seed has lost its opening game of the regional round. Saint Mary’s becomes the second team to ever win back-to-back regional openers against a top 16 seed, beating No. 8 Oregon State last year, 6-4.
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OH MY GOD SAINT MARY’S TAKES THE LEAD 🔥🔥
GAELS 3 OUTS AWAY FROM TAKING DOWN #1 NATIONAL SEED UCLA pic.twitter.com/o91lidqSfm
Washington State kicked off its first NCAA tournament in 16 years with a bang, taking down Oregon State, 3-2, behind right-hander Nick Lewis’ complete game.
Riddled with rain for most of the contest, the Cougars squandered the Beavers’ starting left-hander Ethan Kleinschmit’s five inning no-hitter with an unearned run in the fourth and RBI single in the sixth to tie it at 2-2. Washington State took the lead on an RBI double down the right field line in the eighth.
Oregon State worked out of a bases loaded jam after surrendering the run, and another in the ninth with runners on first and second, but couldn’t answer back at the plate.
The win marks the fifth three-seed to beat a two-seed today.
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WAZZZZZUUUUUUU 🔥🔥🔥
Nick Lewis COMPLETE GAME GEM to beat Oregon State. Washington State advances, faces winner of Oregon/Yale. pic.twitter.com/zv943xzhyc
USC Upstate defeated Oklahoma State, 8-5. The Cowboys threatened in the final inning loading up the bases, but were held to just one run over the final seven innings. USC Upstate will play the winner of No. 7 Alabama and Alabama State in the Tuscaloosa regional.
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⬇️ 8th | UPST 8; OKST 5
MAX BIANCHINI LEAVES ‘EM LOADED!#SpartanArmy ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/tMqNqZYH4z
The 2026 NCAA baseball tournament started with 32 games on Friday across 16 regional sites. Regionals are double-elimination, so no team will be out of the bracket on Friday.
Here’s the full slate of Friday games. All times ET
Milwaukee put on an offensive clinic, winning its first NCAA tournament game in 27 years in a 13-8 upset victory over No. 4 Auburn.
The Panthers struck first, going up 4-0 in the first inning, which grew to a 10-0 lead in the fourth. Auburn chipped away, but a weather delay and some rain couldn’t slow down Milwaukee. Milwaukee’s 13 runs were the most it has ever scored in an NCAA tournament game and the contributions came from throughout their lineup, with eight players recording at least one hit and seven players recording at least one RBI.
Milwaukee will play the winner of UCF and NC State in the Auburn regional.
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That’s a 🔟 piece nugget for @MKE_Baseball 🍗
Charlie Marion sends one right down the middle to extend the lead to 10-0#RoadToOmaha x 🎥 ESPN+pic.twitter.com/SoiM0KqDYq
No. 14 Mississippi State had no problems in its opening game, beating Lipscomb 10-1. The Bulldogs allowed just six hits in the dominant victory. Mississippi State will play the winner of Louisiana and Cincinnati in the Starkville regional.
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POSTSEASON FREIDAY 🍟 https://t.co/7tXYgI7q1f pic.twitter.com/GHIy31U5Ax
It took four-and-a-half hours, but East Carolina pulled away in the 14th inning, scoring four runs to secure a 7-3 win over Tennessee. The game was tied 2-2 after nine innings, with each team scoring a run in the 13th. The Pirates will play the winner of No. 5 North Carolina and VCU in the Chapel Hill regional.
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MAKE IT A 4 RUN LEAD 🤟 pic.twitter.com/ZgwkxmW7mW
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