After four rounds, there’s only one unbeaten team (UCLA) and one winless team (Cal State Fullerton). The Bruins have scored at least six runs in every game, including 13 in this round’s victory over Arizona, and are averaging 8.8 runs per contest.
Standings
4-0: UCLA
3-1: Arizona State, Pepperdine, USC
2-2: California, Stanford
1-3: Arizona, Long Beach State, Oregon State
0-4: Cal State Fullerton
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USC 11, Cal State Fullerton 5: Tied 4-4 after six innings, the Trojans scored seven times in their next two at-bats. Fred Lynn and Mark McGwire had RBI doubles and Geoff Jenkins hit a two-run homer in a four-run seventh. McGwire added a three-run shot in the eighth.
CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI USC AB R H BI Mark Kotsay 4 1 2 1 Jacque Jones 5 2 2 1 Justin Turner 4 0 0 0 Bret Boone 5 4 3 1 Phil Nevin 4 2 2 1 Fred Lynn 5 2 4 3 Tim Wallach 4 1 1 2 Mark McGwire 5 2 2 4 Aaron Rowand 4 1 1 0 Geoff Jenkins 3 1 1 2 Jeremy Giambi 4 0 1 1 Morgan Ensberg 5 0 2 0 Khris Davis 4 0 1 0 Jason Lane 4 0 1 0 Brent Mayne 4 0 1 0 Roy Smalley 4 0 2 0 Christian Colon 4 0 0 0 Eric Munson 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 36 5 9 5 TOTALS 40 11 17 11 CAL STATE FULLERTON 100 012 010 -- 5 USC 201 010 43x -- 11 LOB--CAL STATE FULLERTON 4, USC 7. ERR--Christian Colon, Roy Smalley. 2B--Phil Nevin, Brent Mayne, Aaron Rowand, Morgan Ensberg, Jacque Jones, Mark McGwire, Fred Lynn (3). HR--Phil Nevin, Tim Wallach, Mark Kotsay, Jacque Jones, Mark McGwire, Bret Boone, Geoff Jenkins. CAL STATE FULLERTON IP H R ER BB SO HR Kirk Saarloos 5.00 7 4 3 1 1 2 Chad Cordero 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 Michael Lorenzen [L] 1.00 6 4 4 0 0 1 Vinnie Pestano 1.00 3 3 3 1 0 1 USC Randy Johnson [W] 7.00 6 4 4 0 3 2 Randy Flores 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 1 Ron Flores 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Oregon State 8, Long Beach State 7: The Beavers built an 8-1 lead after the top of the sixth, then nearly gave it all away. Darwin Barney and Adley Rutschman homered to help the early output. But the Beach scored five times in the sixth inning, including a two-run double by Troy Tulowitzki. Terrmel Sledge homered to lead off the ninth to bring the game within one run, but the Beavers finally put them away.
OREGON STATE AB R H BI LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI Steven Kwan 6 1 3 0 Troy Tulowitzki 5 2 2 3 Nick Madrigal 4 2 1 1 Matt Duffy 3 0 2 1 Cole Gillespie 5 1 1 0 Jason Giambi 5 0 2 1 Jacoby Ellsbury 5 0 4 1 Evan Longoria 4 1 1 0 Michael Conforto 5 0 2 3 Terrmel Sledge 4 2 2 2 Adley Rutschman 5 1 1 1 Jeff Liefer 5 1 0 0 Steve Lyons 5 0 2 0 Jeff McNeil 5 0 1 0 Wes Schulmerich 4 1 1 0 Garrett Hampson 4 0 1 0 Darwin Barney 5 2 2 2 Brad Davis 4 1 0 0 TOTALS 44 8 17 8 TOTALS 39 7 11 7 OREGON STATE 002 411 000 -- 8 LONG BEACH STATE 100 005 001 -- 7 LOB--OREGON STATE 11, LONG BEACH STATE 11. ERR--Nick Madrigal, Jeff McNeil. 2B--Nick Madrigal, Troy Tulowitzki, Jeff McNeil. 3B--Evan Longoria. HR--Darwin Barney, Adley Rutschman, Troy Tulowitzki, Terrmel Sledge. HBP--Evan Longoria. OREGON STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Drew Rasmussen [W] 6.00 7 6 2 4 3 1 Sam Gaviglio 2.00 2 0 0 1 2 0 Mark McLemore [S] 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 1 LONG BEACH STATE Steve Trachsel [L] 6.00 15 8 8 1 2 2 Nick Vincent 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 Randy Moffitt 2.00 2 0 0 1 0 0
UCLA 13, Arizona 1: Brandon Crawford homered twice, while Eric Byrnes had a two-run double and a two-run homer as the Bruins won easily. Two of the three Arizona hits came in the first inning, but after scoring an early run, the Wildcats would only advance one more runner to second base.
UCLA AB R H BI ARIZONA AB R H BI Shane Mack 6 1 1 0 Kevin Newman 4 1 1 0 Brandon Crawford 5 4 2 3 John Moses 4 0 2 0 Jackie Robinson 4 3 2 1 Terry Francona 3 0 0 0 Eric Karros 5 1 1 2 Ron Hassey 3 0 0 0 Troy Glaus 5 2 2 1 JT Snow 4 0 0 1 Chase Utley 5 0 1 1 Hank Leiber 4 0 0 0 Eric Byrnes 5 2 3 4 Nick Hundley 4 0 0 0 Dave Roberts 4 0 2 1 Casey Candaele 3 0 0 0 Todd Zeile 5 0 1 0 Jack Howell 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 44 13 15 13 TOTALS 32 1 3 1 UCLA 105 003 040 -- 13 ARIZONA 100 000 000 -- 1 LOB--UCLA 8, ARIZONA 6. ERR--Troy Glaus, Brandon Crawford, Jack Howell, Kevin Newman (3). 2B--Eric Karros, Jackie Robinson, Eric Byrnes, Kevin Newman. HR--Brandon Crawford (2), Eric Byrnes. UCLA IP H R ER BB SO HR Gerrit Cole [W] 7.00 2 1 1 2 8 0 Dave Schmidt 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Plutko 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 ARIZONA Scott Erickson [L] 6.00 11 9 2 3 3 2 Ed Vosberg 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Craig Lefferts 2.00 4 4 4 1 3 1
Arizona State 3, Pepperdine 1: Mike Leake (nine strikeouts, two hits, two walks) threw a complete-game gem to hand the Waves their first loss. ASU got an RBI groundout from Paul LoDuca in the third, a solo homer from Reggie Jackson in the fourth and an RBI double by LoDuca in the ninth. Leake’s shutout bid ended with two outs in the ninth when Chad Kreuter homered.
ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI PEPPERDINE AB R H BI Dustin Pedroia 4 0 2 0 David Newhan 3 0 0 0 Paul LoDuca 5 0 1 2 Gail Hopkins 4 0 0 0 Barry Bonds 5 0 0 0 Chad Kreuter 3 1 1 1 Reggie Jackson 5 1 1 1 Eric Thames 4 0 0 0 Bob Horner 3 0 1 0 Rob Picciolo 3 0 0 0 Rick Monday 4 0 1 0 Andy Stankiewicz 3 0 1 0 Alvin Davis 3 0 1 0 Chase DArnaud 2 0 0 0 Oddibe McDowell 4 1 2 0 Danny Garcia 3 0 0 0 Willie Bloomquist 2 1 0 0 Ryan Christenson 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 35 3 9 3 TOTALS 28 1 2 1 ARIZONA STATE 001 100 001 -- 3 PEPPERDINE 000 000 001 -- 1 LOB--ARIZONA STATE 10, PEPPERDINE 3. 2B--Oddibe McDowell, Paul LoDuca. HR--Reggie Jackson, Chad Kreuter. HBP--Willie Bloomquist, Bob Horner, David Newhan. ARIZONA STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Mike Leake [W] 9.00 2 1 1 2 9 1 PEPPERDINE Randy Wolf [L] 7.00 7 2 2 2 8 1 Doug Simons 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 Mike Fetters 1.00 1 1 1 0 2 0
California 7, Stanford 5: The Golden Bears’ Jackie Jensen hit a three-run homer in the fourth to erase a 4-2 deficit. Conor Jackson added two more runs with a double in the sixth inning to make it 7-4.
CALIFORNIA AB R H BI STANFORD AB R H BI Jackie Jensen 5 2 2 3 Jeffrey Hammonds 4 1 1 0 Marcus Semien 4 1 0 0 Jody Gerut 5 2 3 0 Conor Jackson 4 1 2 2 Mike Aldrete 3 0 1 1 Jeff Kent 5 1 1 0 Stephen Piscotty 5 1 1 1 Mark Canha 5 0 1 2 Bob Boone 4 1 2 2 Geoff Blum 5 0 3 0 Jed Lowrie 4 0 2 1 Kevin Maas 4 0 0 0 Ed Sprague 4 0 0 0 Darren Lewis 3 1 0 0 Steve Buechele 3 0 0 0 Bob Melvin 4 1 2 0 AJ Hinch 4 0 1 0 TOTALS 39 7 11 7 TOTALS 36 5 11 5 CALIFORNIA 200 302 000 -- 7 STANFORD 301 000 010 -- 5 LOB--CALIFORNIA 9, STANFORD 8. ERR--Jody Gerut, Mike Aldrete, Bob Boone. 2B--Conor Jackson, Jeff Kent, Geoff Blum (2). HR--Jackie Jensen, Bob Boone. SACF--Mike Aldrete. CALIFORNIA IP H R ER BB SO HR Andy Messersmith [W] 8.00 11 5 5 2 11 1 Rich Nye [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 STANFORD Jeremy Guthrie [L] 6.00 9 7 5 4 1 1 Andrew Lorraine 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Ballard 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
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