Four teams remain perfect after the second round of games. USC has been living dangerously, going to extra innings in each of the Trojans’ two victories. All five losing teams scored first in these games, as they blew leads of two, one, five, two and three runs.
Standings
2-0: Arizona State, Pepperdine, UCLA, USC
1-1: Long Beach State, Stanford
0-2: Arizona, California, Cal State Fullerton, Oregon State
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Long Beach State 6, Stanford 2:The Cardinal went up 2-0 early, including a solo home run by Mike Aldrete, but the Beach scored six unanswered. Terrmel Sledge put LBSU ahead with a solo homer in the sixth inning. A run-scoring single by Troy Tulowitzki in the seventh and a two-run double by Jason Giambi in the ninth provided some insurance.
LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI STANFORD AB R H BI Troy Tulowitzki 4 2 3 1 Jeffrey Hammonds 4 1 3 0 Matt Duffy 5 2 2 0 Jody Gerut 3 0 1 0 Jason Giambi 4 0 3 3 Mike Aldrete 4 1 1 2 Evan Longoria 4 0 1 1 Stephen Piscotty 4 0 0 0 Terrmel Sledge 4 1 2 1 Bob Boone 4 0 0 0 Jeff Liefer 4 0 1 0 Jed Lowrie 4 0 0 0 Jeff McNeil 4 1 1 0 Ed Sprague 4 0 1 0 Garrett Hampson 4 0 1 0 Steve Buechele 3 0 0 0 Brad Davis 4 0 0 0 AJ Hinch 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 37 6 14 6 TOTALS 33 2 6 2 LONG BEACH STATE 000 201 102 -- 6 STANFORD 101 000 000 -- 2 LOB--LONG BEACH STATE 8, STANFORD 7. ERR--Troy Tulowitzki. 2B--Jason Giambi (2), Troy Tulowitzki, Jeffrey Hammonds. HR--Terrmel Sledge, Mike Aldrete. SACF--Evan Longoria. LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Jered Weaver [W] 6.00 5 2 2 2 4 1 Cesar Ramos 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0 Randy Moffitt 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shane Carle 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 STANFORD Jim Lonborg [L] 6.67 10 4 4 1 7 1 Al Osuna 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0 Jeff Ballard 1.00 2 2 2 1 0 0
Pepperdine 2, California 1: The first pitchers’ duel of the season went to the Waves’ Dan Haren. Cal scored the opening run in the third inning on a triple by Darren Lewis and a sacrifice fly by Bob Melvin, but that was it. A pair of Golden Bears contributed to Pepperdine’s only runs, as with the bases loaded Rob Picciolo provided a two-RBI single in the fourth inning. Haren got 16 straight out at one point.
CALIFORNIA AB R H BI PEPPERDINE AB R H BI Jackie Jensen 4 0 0 0 David Newhan 4 0 0 0 Marcus Semien 4 0 0 0 Gail Hopkins 3 1 0 0 Conor Jackson 4 0 1 0 Chad Kreuter 3 1 1 0 Jeff Kent 3 0 0 0 Eric Thames 4 0 0 0 Mark Canha 3 0 0 0 Rob Picciolo 3 0 2 2 Geoff Blum 3 0 0 0 Andy Stankiewicz 3 0 0 0 Kevin Maas 3 0 0 0 Chase DArnaud 3 0 1 0 Darren Lewis 3 1 1 0 Danny Garcia 3 0 1 0 Bob Melvin 1 0 0 1 Ryan Christenson 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 28 1 2 1 TOTALS 29 2 5 2 CALIFORNIA 001 000 000 -- 1 PEPPERDINE 000 200 00x -- 2 LOB--CALIFORNIA 2, PEPPERDINE 5. ERR--Conor Jackson, Bob Melvin, Rob Picciolo. 2B--Chase DArnaud. 3B--Darren Lewis. HBP--Chad Kreuter. SACF--Bob Melvin. CALIFORNIA IP H R ER BB SO HR Juan Eichelberger [L] 7.00 4 2 0 0 5 0 Tyson Ross 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0 PEPPERDINE Dan Haren [W] 8.00 2 1 1 0 7 0 Barry Enright [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
USC 8, Oregon State 7 (11 innings): The Beavers led 5-0 heading to the bottom of the seventh, and took a 7-5 lead after the top of the 10th, but couldn’t hold on. Steve Lyons had three RBI early among his five hits and Jacoby Ellsbury had a two-run homer to help OSU to the lead. The Trojans got a two-run homer from Fred Lynn and RBI doubles by Morgan Ensberg and Eric Munson in the eighth to tie it. Tied again at 7-7 in the 11th, Ensberg singled and went to second on an error, and Jason Lane’s fifth hit of the game was a walk-off double.
OREGON STATE AB R H BI USC AB R H BI Steven Kwan 6 0 0 0 Jacque Jones 6 0 0 1 Nick Madrigal 6 1 2 1 Bret Boone 6 1 3 0 Cole Gillespie 5 1 0 0 Fred Lynn 6 1 2 3 Jacoby Ellsbury 6 2 2 2 Mark McGwire 5 1 0 0 Michael Conforto 6 0 1 0 Geoff Jenkins 6 1 2 0 Adley Rutschman 5 1 2 0 Morgan Ensberg 6 2 2 1 Steve Lyons 6 1 5 3 Jason Lane 5 1 5 2 Wes Schulmerich 5 0 1 0 Roy Smalley 5 0 1 0 Darwin Barney 3 1 2 1 Eric Munson 4 1 2 1 TOTALS 48 7 15 7 TOTALS 49 8 17 8 OREGON STATE 000 201 200 20 -- 7 USC 000 000 140 21 -- 8 LOB--OREGON STATE 13, USC 13. ERR--Steve Lyons, Michael Conforto, Roy Smalley. 2B--Nick Madrigal, Steve Lyons, Adley Rutschman, Morgan Ensberg, Bret Boone, Geoff Jenkins (2), Eric Munson, Jason Lane. HR--Jacoby Ellsbury, Fred Lynn. OREGON STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Ken Forsch 7.00 4 1 0 2 7 0 Mark McLemore 1.00 6 4 4 0 1 1 Josh Osich 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0 Sam Gaviglio 1.00 4 2 2 0 1 0 Michael Stutes [L] 0.33 2 1 1 0 0 0 USC Barry Zito 7.00 10 5 5 3 9 1 Tom House 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0 Seth Etherton 1.00 3 2 2 1 0 0 Justin Lehr [W] 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
Arizona State 7, Arizona 3: Terry Francona hit a two-run homer in the first inning to give the Wildcats the lead, but a four-run sixth inning by the Sun Devils gave them the advantage for good. Alvin Davis hit a three-run homer and Oddibe McDowell immediately followed with a solo shot.
ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI ARIZONA AB R H BI Dustin Pedroia 5 1 1 0 Kevin Newman 4 1 1 0 Paul LoDuca 4 2 2 0 John Moses 4 0 0 0 Barry Bonds 4 1 2 0 Terry Francona 4 1 1 2 Reggie Jackson 4 1 0 0 Ron Hassey 4 1 2 0 Bob Horner 4 0 3 2 JT Snow 4 0 1 1 Rick Monday 4 0 0 0 Hank Leiber 4 0 0 0 Alvin Davis 4 1 1 3 Nick Hundley 4 0 0 0 Oddibe McDowell 4 1 1 1 Casey Candaele 2 0 0 0 Willie Bloomquist 4 0 1 0 Jack Howell 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 37 7 11 6 TOTALS 33 3 6 3 ARIZONA STATE 001 004 101 -- 7 ARIZONA 200 001 000 -- 3 LOB--ARIZONA STATE 8, ARIZONA 4. ERR--Floyd Bannister, Kevin Newman. 2B--Barry Bonds, Jack Howell, Ron Hassey (2). 3B--Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Newman. HR--Oddibe McDowell, Alvin Davis, Terry Francona. HBP--Reggie Jackson. ARIZONA STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Floyd Bannister [W] 6.00 5 3 3 1 4 1 Ed Vande Berg 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0 Doug Henry 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 Lerrin LaGrow 1.00 0 0 0 0 3 0 ARIZONA Joe Magrane [L] 7.00 8 6 5 4 6 2 Trevor Hoffman 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 Dave Baldwin 1.00 3 1 1 0 1 0
UCLA 7, Cal State Fullerton 5: The Titans went up 3-0 with the help of a solo homer by Phil Nevin. After a slow start the Bruin bats got going. UCLA tied the game at five in the eighth inning on RBI singles by Eric Byrnes and Todd Zeile. Jackie Robinson’s solo homer put the Bruins ahead in the ninth, and Chase Utley also had an RBI double.
UCLA AB R H BI CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI Shane Mack 5 0 1 0 Mark Kotsay 5 1 1 0 Brandon Crawford 5 1 2 0 Justin Turner 4 1 0 0 Jackie Robinson 5 2 3 2 Phil Nevin 5 2 3 2 Eric Karros 5 1 1 0 Tim Wallach 5 0 1 2 Troy Glaus 4 3 2 1 Aaron Rowand 3 0 0 0 Chase Utley 5 0 2 1 Jeremy Giambi 3 0 2 1 Eric Byrnes 5 0 2 2 Khris Davis 4 0 0 0 Dave Roberts 4 0 0 0 Brent Mayne 4 0 2 0 Todd Zeile 4 0 1 1 Christian Colon 3 1 0 0 TOTALS 42 7 14 7 TOTALS 36 5 9 5 UCLA 000 101 122 -- 7 CAL STATE FULLERTON 102 000 200 -- 5 LOB--UCLA 9, CAL STATE FULLERTON 8. ERR--Shane Mack, Tim Wallach (2), Mark Kotsay. 2B--Chase Utley, Troy Glaus (2), Jackie Robinson, Tim Wallach, Jeremy Giambi. HR--Jackie Robinson, Phil Nevin. HBP--Jeremy Giambi. UCLA IP H R ER BB SO HR Jim Parque 6.00 7 3 3 2 3 1 Bill Bonham [W] 2.00 2 2 1 1 2 0 Dave Schmidt [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 CAL STATE FULLERTON Jeff Robinson 5.00 4 1 0 0 2 0 Chad Cordero 1.00 3 1 1 0 3 0 Phil Bickford 1.00 2 1 1 0 2 0 Michael Lorenzen [L] 2.00 5 4 3 1 1 1
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