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Transfer portal – Rutgers baseball lands Virginia catcher Mark Gialluisi

After one season with Virginia, Rutgers baseball recruited transfer catcher Mark Gialluisi from the NCAA transfer portal.

On Monday, Rutgers baseball added catcher Mark Gialluisi from the NCAA transfer portal. Gialluisi committed to the Scarlet Knights after one season with Virginia.

The 5-foot-11, 205-pound catcher didn’t see any action with the Cavaliers and returns to New Jersey looking for playing time with Rutgers.

Gialluisi played his high school baseball for St. Joseph’s (Metuchen, New Jersey).

During the summer of 2023, Gialluisi played for the Brockton Rox of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League. He appeared in 24 games throughout the summer, recording a .236 batting average (13-for-55) with three doubles, six RBIs, and eight walks. Also, he had 12 hits in his final 11 games of the summer including four multi-hit efforts.

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At St. Joesph’s, Gialluisi earned Third Team Rawlings/ABCA All-America and First Team All-Region honors as a senior in 2023. Gialluisi was a four-year letter winner and was the team’s captain for three seasons.

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Gialluisi owns St. Joe’s highest career batting average (.450) and leads the program in career hits (126). He is a three-time First Team All-Conference selection (2021, 2022, 2023) and is a two-time First Team All-State selection (2022 & 2023).

According to Perfect Game, Gialluisi ranked as the No. 3 catcher in New Jersey and the No. 56 catcher in the country in 2023.

 

Virginia high school team cancels baseball season

Kempsville High School baseball team cancels their season.

A high school baseball team in Virginia had their season canceled following disturbing allegations.

According to Kempsville High School (Virginia Beach, Virginia) principal Melissa George, a recent investigation “found that racism, hate speech, and harassment have been an ongoing issue for multiple years.”

John Penn, the varsity baseball coach, was included in the decision according to George.

Details of what transpired to lead to these allegations and the suspension of the season are still emerging. WTKR3 in nearby Norfolk reports that the “allegations appear to stem from the mother of a player who says her son was called racial slurs, including the n-word.”

According to WAVY 10 in Hampton Roads, the school board has referred to this as part of “student disciplinary matters.”

The local NAACP chapter issued a statement about the allegations of years of racism and hate speech:

“We call attention to the ongoing acts of hate and racism within the Virginia Beach Public School System at Kempsville High School and are extremely concerned about how this situation has existed for quite sometime. We applaud the brave young men who spoke up in an effort to advocate for equality within this system. It is unfortunate that racism still exist and that our youth have had to endure its ugly head. It must be stamped out everywhere. It is our goal to ensure that the residents do not live in fear or with undue anxiety, just because they are African American.”

(h/t 13 News Now)

Kempsville ends their season with a 5-13 record.

Texas vs. Virginia live stream, College World Series, TV channel, start time, how to watch

The Texas Longhorns will meet the Virginia Cavaliers in an elimination game of the College World Series on Thursday night.

The Texas Longhorns will meet the Virginia Cavaliers in an elimination game of the College World Series on Thursday night.

Texas avoided elimination on Tuesday when they sent Tennessee packing after an 8-4 win and will have to do it all over again when they face Virginia tonight. The Cavaliers never expected to be in this situation but they let one get away after giving up six runs in the 8th inning and ultimately losing 6-5 to Mississippi State. The winner of tonight’s game will need to win two in a row over Mississippi State to reach the College World Series finals.

This should be a great game to tune into, here is everything you need to know to catch the action on Tuesday afternoon.

Texas vs. Virginia

  • When: Thursday, June 24
  • Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN2
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free) 

College World Series Odds and Betting Lines

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Texas (-175) vs. Virginia (+145)

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Virginia vs. Mississippi State live stream, College World Series, TV channel, start time, how to watch

Virginia will meet Mississippi State in the College World Series on Tuesday night from TD Ameritrade Park in Ohama.

Virginia will meet Mississippi State in the College World Series on Tuesday night from TD Ameritrade Park in Ohama.

Virginia is coming off a 6-0 win over Tennessee in their last game and they will look to bring some of that momentum to their matchup tonight. As for Mississippi State, they knocked off Texas on Sunday night and will need to bring their bats tonight if they want to compete with the Cavaliers.

This should be a great game to tune into, here is everything you need to know to catch the action on Tuesday afternoon.

Virginia vs. Mississippi State

  • When: Tuesday, June 22
  • Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
  • TV: ESPN2
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free) 

College World Series Odds and Betting Lines

Soccer odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds last updated Tuesday at 5:25 p.m. ET.

Virginia (+105) vs. Mississippi State (-125)

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Oklahoma wins opening series against Virginia in rubber match

OU got things off on the right track to start the season. The Sooners bounced back after losing Friday night to down Virginia in the series.

Oklahoma got things off on the right track to start the 2020 season.

The Sooners, after losing the season-opening game 6-0 Friday night, fought back on Saturday to win both games of a double-header to win the opening series against Virginia.

After being shutout in game one, the Oklahoma lineup started off hot on Saturday. Jordan Vujovich, in his first start of 2020, lead off the first game with a double and ended up scoring. The Sooners jumped out to a 6-0 lead by the fifth-inning and got some insurance in the ninth to win 7-2.

Southpaw Levi Prater went 4.1 innings pitched in his first start of 2020, gave up two earned runs and had five strikeouts. Zack Matthews got the win with Ledgend Smith and Jason Ruffcorn getting an inning of work.

San Jacinto College transfer Dane Acker got his highly anticipated start out of the way in game two. The junior right-hander went five innings, struck out six Virginia hitters and surrendered only one run and one hit.

After a two-out walk by the Cavaliers reliever in the top of the seventh, Tyler Hardman delivered the first Oklahoma home run of the 2020 season to give the Sooners a 3-1 lead. Hardman also delivered up a two-RBI single in the top of the ninth-inning to push the Sooners lead to four.

Wyatt Olds came on in relief to strike out six hitters in three innings of scoreless work, striking out six batters while walking three and allowing two hits. Jason Ruffcorn closed the door in the bottom of the ninth after inheriting two of Olds’ baserunners. It was Ruffcorn’s second appearance of the day.

Oklahoma will be back in action on Tuesday when the Sooners welcome in Texas Southern for a two-game, mid-week series at home.

First pitch on Tuesday is slated for 3 p.m. CT.

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Final game of Oklahoma-Virginia series moved to Saturday; will play double-header

Wouldn’t be early season college baseball without weather becoming a factor. Oklahoma and Virginia have moved the final game of the series.

Wouldn’t be early season college baseball without weather becoming a factor.

Oklahoma and Virginia kicked off the 2020 season Friday night in what appeared as a great venue with accommodating weather.

That calm weather will turn to rainy skies on Sunday. The potential inclement weather has pushed the final game of the opening series to Saturday. The final game will be played after the first game that’s set to start at 1 p.m. CT.

Virginia took game one of the series Friday night.. The Cavaliers put up four runs in the bottom of the eighth to put an exclamation point on the season-opening 6-0 shutout.

Oklahoma is slated to start left-handed pitcher Levi Prater (2019: 7-4, 3.26) in game one and San Jacinto College transfer Dane Acker in game two. Acker went 10-0 with a 2.36 ERA and struck out 97 batters in 76.1 innings.

Virginia was projected in D1Baseball.com’s as a 2-seed caliber team in the website’s preseason field of 64 for the NCAA Tournament.

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How to watch Oklahoma baseball take on Virginia in opening series

It is here. Oklahoma baseball begins Friday night. Here is everything you need to know about the 2020 season series opener against Virginia.

It is here.

Head coach Skip Johnson and the Oklahoma baseball team begin their road to Omaha in 2020 on Friday night.

The Sooners will take on a Virginia team that has failed to make the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons after making the postseason 14-straight seasons prior. Oklahoma will be attempting to head back to the NCAA Tournament after a year-absence in Johnson’s third year at the helm.

Here is everything you need to know about the 2020 season series opener against Virginia.

WHERE: Blue Wahoos Stadium—Pensacola, Florida—home of the Double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins.

WHEN: Friday—6 p.m. CT
Saturday—4 p.m. CT
Sunday—11 a.m. CT

HOW TO WATCH: According to Oklahoma baseball, here is how you can watch Oklahoma take on Virginia:

The games will be broadcast on Cox Sports TV (CST) and Yurview.com. A Cox cable subscription is required. Friday’s game will be live streamed on Yurview. com, available in markets in Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, Virginia and Nebraksa. It will air tape delayed on CST, including in Oklahoma markets, at 9 p.m.. Saturday’s game will be live streamed on Yurview. com, available only in Louisiana and Florida. It will air tape delayed on CST, including in Oklahoma markets, at 8 p.m. Sunday’s game will air live on CST at 11 a.m.

HOW TO LISTEN: Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM KREF.

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Oklahoma’s starting rotation, projected lineup for opening series against Virginia

The Sooners have traveled to the Sunshine State to start the 2020 season. Here is the starting rotation and projected lineup for the series.

The Sooners have traveled to the Sunshine State to start the 2020 season.

There, head coach Skip Johnson and the Oklahoma baseball team will throw the first pitch of their new season against Virginia and long tenured head coach Brian O’Conner.

Little surprise came when Johnson announced at the Sooners local media day that returning starters Cade Cavalli and Levi Prater would be the Friday and Saturday starters for the opening series against the Cavaliers. The final piece to Oklahoma’s starting rotation was announced on Thursday as San Jacinto College transfer Dane Acker will get the ball on Sunday.

Acker was selected in the 23rd Round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. That came after he put up a 10-0 record as a starter for San Jacinto College with a 2.36 ERA and striking out 97 batters in 76.1 inning. Acker transferred to San Jacinto College after his freshman season at Rice.

Johnson told Oklahoma play-by-play announcer Toby Rowland Friday morning who his probable starters would be.

That lineup consists of six starters from the final game of the 2019 season, reinserting now sophomore Diego Muniz to the starting lineup, giving Justin Mitchell or Brady Lindsly a designated hitting job when they are not catching and one newcomer in freshman Peyton Graham.

Oklahoma will take on Virginia Friday night in Pensacola, Florida. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT.

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