That's baseball.
It's the cliched refrain most coaches fall on to rescue them when something inexplicable takes place. It might be the best way to describe some of the events that took place over the weekend.
Georgia Tech and Arizona entered the week averaging about 11 and nine runs per game, respectively. The Yellow Jackets scored but five in a three-game sweep at Virginia, their first Atlantic Coast Conference series loss in 14 tries. Tech's last ACC series loss was a sweep at home against Virginia to open conference play in 2004.
Arizona totaled eight runs in losing three games in Sacramento, Calif. UC Irvine held UA to four runs in two games before Sacramento State topped the Wildcats 7-4. It marked the first sweep of the year for Arizona, and its first three-game losing streak.
The opposite of not hitting happened to TCU, which entered the weekend with two of the nation's Top 25 ERA leaders in Tim McGough (0.83) and Lance Broadway (1.53). TCU combined with Charlotte for 63 runs on 78 hits, including 16 home runs and 13 doubles, in splitting a Saturday doubleheader. Charlotte won the first game 15-14 before TCU took the nightcap 27-7. McGough yielded six earned runs in 6 2/3 innings during the second game as his ERA rose to 1.76. Broadway got tagged for seven earned runs in 1 2/3 innings to push his ERA to 2.38.
This is the same Charlotte team that on March 26 came within one out of getting no-hit by East Carolina's Ricky Brooks. The sophomore right-hander has figured out how to close things down. He threw the first no-hitter in C-USA history in a 3-0 win against Memphis. Brooks struck out a career-best 14 batters, though one of those strikeouts cost him a perfect game. Strike three to Adam Amar got away from ECU catcher Jake Smith, and Amar became the only runner to reach base on what was ruled a wild pitch.
That's baseball.
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• Senior outfielder Chuck Carter homered at least once in each of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's four games on the week, finishing with six home runs and 12 RBI. He tied a school record by hitting three longballs Saturday against Northern Colorado while driving in seven runs. He broke the school mark with six runs scored Sunday as he became the second Islander ever to hit for the cycle. He collected 13 hits in 19 at-bats on the week, scoring 11 runs.
• Manhattan junior righthander Steve Bronder threw a no-hitter against Rider for a 1-0 win. He faced the minimum for the game as both walked batters got erased on double plays.
• Clemson freshman second baseman Taylor Harbin went berserk in a 16-9 win against North Carolina State. He collected five hits and five runs scored in five at-bats, hitting home runs in each of his last three plate appearances to finish with eight RBI and a school-record 16 total bases. Interestingly, a player with 18 doubles on the season fell a double shy of the cycle. He's batting .353/.380/.641 with nine home runs and a team-best 47 RBI on the year.
• Brigham Young third baseman Brandon Taylor hit for the cycle, including a grand slam, in a 19-6 win against Utah. He drove home six runs and tied a school record with six hits. BYU improved to 28-11-1 (14-4 in the Mountain West Conference) and equaled its wins total from 2004.
• Winthrop junior right-hander Kevin Slowey has thrown one-hitters in consecutive weeks. He struck out 14 batters in nine innings to beat Virginia Military Institute 3-0. He retired the first 17 batters before allowing a single and a walk. "What can you say about Kevin?," coach Joe Hudak said. "You can use the word phenomenal, and I don't think that's adequate." Slowey improved to 9-1, 2.32 with 94 strikeouts in 89 innings.
• Ball State closer Erik Morrison tied a school record with his NCAA-leading 12th save of the year in a 3-2 win against Western Michigan in 10 innings. It marked the first Mid-American Conference loss of the year for Western Michigan. Rain washed out the rest of the weekend, which could prove important the rest of the way in the Western Division. Western Michigan stands at 9-1, and Ball State is 11-2. Miami (Ohio) leads the East at 7-2.
• Illinois sophomore DH Mike Rhode hit a two-out grand slam in the final inning of Illinois' 4-3 win at Indiana. He's batting .500-3-19 in the last two Illini conference series wins, helping the club to its best Big 10 Conference start since 2000 at 12-4.
• Minnesota sits in a first-place tie with Illinois, and sophomore left-hander John Gaub has played a large role in that success. He recorded two saves and struck out 11 of the 15 batters he faced on the weekend, allowing two hits and no walks. He's 2-0, 1.20 with 52 strikeouts and nine walks in 30 innings.
• St. John's junior right-hander Anthony Varvaro struck out 13 Seton Hall batters in a seven-inning complete game. He allowed a run on four hits while recording his fifth double-digit strikeout performance of the year.
• Houston sophomore right-hander Brad Lincoln struck out a career-high 13 South Florida batters while allowing two runs over eight innings in an 8-2 win.
• St. Louis first baseman Scott Peden extended his school-record hit streak to 29 games with a 4-for-5 day that included another school record: an eight-RBI day. Peden's offensive explosion wasn't enough as the Billikens lost 19-13 to Louisville.
• Cal State Fullerton's trainer should stay busy in the coming weeks. Junior DH Felipe Garcia now sports a cast after breaking his left foot last week, and he will be wearing it for four to six weeks. Meanhile, junior left-hander Ryan Schreppel, who had his knee scoped just before conference play began, threw in the outfield over the weekend and will throw from the mound this week. He's expected back by the Long Beach State series that begins May 20.
• Georgia junior left-hander Will Startup threw the school's first complete game of the year in a 6-3 win against Mississippi. Startup moved into the rotation three weeks ago after 46 straight relief appearances to open his career. He's still closing on Fridays and is 4-3, 3.08 with five saves.
• Auburn outfielder Jeff Boutwell hit an inside-the-park grand slam in the first inning of a 5-4 loss to Florida. As rare as that sounds, Chris Holland previously accomplished the feat for the Tigers on April 12, 1992.
• Georgia Perimeter freshman Joe White enjoyed quite a week. He threw seven-inning complete games last Sunday and Friday, with nine strikeouts in each. He allowed two hits in one, three in the next. Meanwhile, he collected 20 hits and 16 RBI in 32 at-bats.
• Central Connecticut State senior left fielder Tom Pezzello hit a grand slam and drove in eight runs in a 21-11 win against St. Francis.
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