Virginia — which, for the record, was absolutely hosed by the selection committee — jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first with a 400-foot homer and secured a second run in the second off Strasburg, who bore down in his final five innings to surrender just three more hits and walk none in the entire game.

So now Strasburg will be drafted by the Nationals, and he should probably get accustomed to losing. Here's one hint: Don't make silly excuses for giving up two runs in seven innings.

"Everybody had the jitters," Strasburg said. "It was tough playing a team we'd never heard of. There was no scouting report to rely on the first time through the batting order. We thought they were tipping our pitches when [catcher] Erik Castro set up so we changed it up a little after the first two innings. We went more to sinkers, sliders and the changeup earlier in the count."

San Diego State had never heard of Virginia? There was no scouting report for the Cavaliers? They were tipping Strasburg's pitches? Come on. Virginia just plain-old beat the best pitcher in the country by hitting a few bombs. Give the team some credit.

In other ping-related news, Southern Mississippi beat Elon 17-15, Gonzaga beat Georgia Southern 19-10 and Georgia beat Ohio-State 24-8, thanks in part to Knowshown Moreno's 210 yards and three touchdowns. But nope — metal bats are the way to go.

Cavalier attitude [Baseball America]
Strasburg should get used to struggle [Yahoo! Sports]
Friday Recap, Saturday Preview [Baseball America]

They said Oliver, a left-handed pitcher who went 7-2 last season with a 2.20 earned run average, had violated a rule intended to preserve amateurism in college athletics. As a high school senior, he allowed his adviser to be present at a meeting with the Minnesota Twins, who had selected him in the 17th round of baseball’s amateur draft.

Under N.C.A.A. rules, amateur players are permitted to select “advisers” who can guide them through the negotiation process, but the advisers may not communicate directly with professional teams.

Apparently Oliver might have a mound to stand on. In August, a judge granted a temporary restraining order, allowing him to pitch until his trial in December. But it seems that the issue isn't so innocent and super agent villain Scott Boras has pushed himself into the spotlight as usual.

The violation probably never would have become public had Andy Oliver not angered the Barattas by replacing them with the prominent baseball agent Scott Boras this spring, a year before he would become eligible, as a junior, for the draft. The Barattas then mailed the Olivers a bill for their services, totaling more than $100,000.

We'll be looking out for Oliver's $350 million contract demands. Any day now.

H/T The College Baseball Blog