While waiting not only for the Final Four to jump (ball) off here in the Twin Cities, but also (more importantly to me) to see if Christian Yelich can start the 2019 MLB season by homering in the first five games of the campaign (which would be a new record), I passed the time by perusing the NCAA baseball record book.\u00a0 Here’s a bit of what I found.<\/p>\n

On March 16, 1999 in front of a Buck Belzer Stadium crowd of 654, the Nebraska University Cornhuskers took two-hours and 34-minutes to dispatch the Chicago State Cougars by a score of 50-3.\u00a0 No, it wasn\u2019t football \u2013 and, no, there will not be an \u201cApril Fools\u201d at the end of this post.\u00a0 Rather, it was, and remains, the most lopsided baseball game in NCAA history.\u00a0 It was, by the way, also the second game of a doubleheader (Nebraska won the first contest by a 15-3 score).\u00a0 A little background: Chicago State came into the game with a 2-7 record, Nebraska was 10-6.\u00a0 The Cougars (as reported in the Omaha World-Herald) had flown into Omaha that morning and bused to Lincoln \u2013 arriving less than an hour before the game (and had lost several players to academic and disciplinary problems before the season opened).<\/p>\n

In the contest \u2013 stopped in the seventh due to the 12-run \u201cmercy rule\u201d \u2013 Nebraska pounded out 35 hits, including nine home runs (by eight different players).\u00a0\u00a0 Nebraska, in fact, had a 23-0 lead before Chicago state had its first base runner (in the top of the fourth inning). \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Cornhuskers not only set the NCAA record for the biggest margin of victory, but also from the most runs scored and the most RBI (48) in an NCAA contest.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll find the box score below and – at the end of the post – a few more NCAA baseball records\u00a0 you may find of interest.<\/p>\n

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Now here are a few NCAA records you may find of interest.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

TEAM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Runs Scored<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Inning:<\/strong> 21 – Wichita State, March 3, 1984; Penn, May 25, 1983<\/p>\n

Game:<\/strong> 50 \u2013 Nebraska, March 16, 1999<\/p>\n

By Both Teams:<\/strong> 62 \u2013 Denver (33) \u2013 Air Force (29) on May 13, 1968. Air Force holds the record form most runs in a loss.<\/p>\n

Home Runs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Inning:<\/strong> 7 \u2013 Southern Utah, April 22, 2001; Belmont, March 29, 2015<\/p>\n

Game:<\/strong> 14 – Georgia Southern, March 15, 2008<\/p>\n

Season:<\/strong> 188 (70 games) – LSU, 1997<\/p>\n

Earned Run Average<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Season:<\/strong> 0.65 – Missouri, 1964 (19 earned runs in 264 innings)<\/p>\n

Shutouts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Season:<\/strong>\u00a0 24 (70 games) \u2013 Arizona State, 1972<\/p>\n

INDIVIDUAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Batting Average<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Season<\/strong> (at least 75 at bats):\u00a0 .551 – Keith Hagman, New Mexico, 1980 (125-for-227)<\/p>\n

Career:<\/strong>\u00a0 .465 – Rickie Weeks, Southern University, 2001-03 (254-for-546)<\/p>\n

Hitting Streak<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

58 games<\/strong> \u2013 Robin Ventura, Oklahoma State, 1987<\/p>\n

Consecutive Base Hits<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

14 \u2013 Larry Patterson, Gonzaga, 1977<\/p>\n

Home Runs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Game:<\/strong> 6 \u2013 Marshall McDougall, Florida State, May 9, 1999<\/p>\n

Season:<\/strong> 48 (75 games) \u2013 Pete Incaviglia, Oklahoma State, 1985\u00a0 For the story, click here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Career:<\/strong> 100 \u2013 Pete Incaviglia, Oklahoma State (1983-85)<\/p>\n

Marshall McDougall, Florida State, holds the NCAA single-game records for home runs (6); total bases (25); runs batted in (16). That story here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pitching Victories<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Season:\u00a0<\/strong> 20 \u2013 Derek Tatsuno, Hawaii, 1979 (20-1); Mike Loynd, Florida State, 1986 (20-3)\u00a0 Tatsuno’s story, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Career:<\/strong> 51 \u2013 Don Heinkel. Wichita State, 1979-82 (11 losses)<\/p>\n

ERA (lowest)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Season<\/strong> (50+ innings): 0.26 \u2013 Sal Campisi, LIU Brooklyn, 1964 (three earned runs in 104 innings)<\/p>\n

Career<\/strong> (100+ innings); 0.56 \u2013 Keith Weber, Missouri, 1963-64, (nine earned runs in 144 innings)<\/p>\n

Strikeouts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Inning: <\/strong>5 \u2013 Mike Wollet, Air Force, March 4, 1990; Will Hunt, UNCW,\u00a0 April 29, 2003<\/p>\n

Game:<\/strong>\u00a0 26 \u2013 Buddy Schultz, Miami (OH), April 3, 1971<\/p>\n

Season<\/strong>: 234 (174 1\/3 innings) \u2013 Derek Tatsuno, Hawaii, 1979<\/p>\n

Career:<\/strong> 602 (477 innings) \u2013 John Powell, Auburn, 1991-94<\/p>\n

George Plender, Vermont, 1954-55 holds the NCAA record for consecutive scoreless innings at 60.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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