UCLA picked up another easy win and Arizona State won a key game against USC by shutout as the Bruins and Sun Devils continued to lead the top of the league standings. The other three games were all decided by a single run.
Standings
5-0: UCLA
4-1: Arizona State
3-2: Pepperdine, Stanford, USC
2-3: California, Long Beach State, Oregon State
1-4: Arizona
0-5: Cal State Fullerton
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Arizona State 8, USC 0: Craig Swan tossed a two-hit shutout for the Sun Devils. He walked three and struck out eight. USC put runners into scoring position in three innings but couldn’t come up with a run. ASU got a three-run homer by Paul LoDuca in the third. Oddibe McDowell hit a two-run homer and Barry Bonds had a three-run shot in the fifth.
USC AB R H BI ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI Jacque Jones 3 0 0 0 Dustin Pedroia 5 1 1 0 Bret Boone 4 0 0 0 Paul LoDuca 4 2 3 3 Fred Lynn 4 0 1 0 Barry Bonds 4 1 2 3 Mark McGwire 2 0 0 0 Reggie Jackson 3 0 1 0 Geoff Jenkins 3 0 0 0 Bob Horner 4 0 0 0 Morgan Ensberg 3 0 0 0 Rick Monday 4 0 0 0 Jason Lane 3 0 0 0 Alvin Davis 3 1 2 0 Roy Smalley 3 0 0 0 Oddibe McDowell 4 1 2 2 Eric Munson 3 0 1 0 Willie Bloomquist 4 2 2 0 TOTALS 28 0 2 0 TOTALS 35 8 13 8 USC 000 000 000 -- 0 ARIZONA STATE 003 050 00x -- 8 LOB--USC 4, ARIZONA STATE 5. 2B--Eric Munson, Paul LoDuca. HR--Barry Bonds, Oddibe McDowell, Paul LoDuca. USC IP H R ER BB SO HR Mark Prior [L] 6.00 9 8 8 2 5 3 Seth Etherton 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 Marcel Lacheman 1.00 2 0 0 0 2 0 ARIZONA STATE Craig Swan [W] 9.00 2 0 0 3 8 0
Stanford 4, Cal State Fullerton 3 (10 innings): The Titans’ Khris Davis tied the game with a solo home run with two out in the bottom of the ninth. The Cardinal would regain the lead on Mike Aldrete’s two-run homer in the top of 10th. The Titans got one back on Justin Turner’s solo shot in the bottom half of the inning, but it wasn’t enough.
STANFORD AB R H BI CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI Jeffrey Hammonds 5 0 1 0 Mark Kotsay 5 0 0 0 Jody Gerut 4 1 1 0 Justin Turner 4 2 1 1 Mike Aldrete 3 2 2 2 Phil Nevin 5 0 3 0 Stephen Piscotty 5 0 2 0 Tim Wallach 5 0 2 1 Bob Boone 5 0 1 1 Aaron Rowand 4 0 1 0 Jed Lowrie 5 1 2 1 Jeremy Giambi 4 0 1 0 Ed Sprague 5 0 0 0 Khris Davis 3 1 2 1 Steve Buechele 4 0 1 0 Brent Mayne 4 0 1 0 AJ Hinch 3 0 0 0 Christian Colon 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 39 4 10 4 TOTALS 38 3 11 3 STANFORD 000 101 000 2 -- 4 CAL STATE FULLERTON 000 001 001 1 -- 3 LOB--STANFORD 9, CAL STATE FULLERTON 7. 2B--Phil Nevin. HR--Mike Aldrete, Jed Lowrie, Khris Davis, Justin Turner. STANFORD IP H R ER BB SO HR Jack McDowell 8.00 8 1 1 2 6 0 Jeff Ballard [W] 2.00 3 2 2 0 1 2 CAL STATE FULLERTON Greg Mathews 6.00 6 2 2 2 5 1 Phil Bickford 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michael Lorenzen 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0 Vinnie Pestano [L] 2.00 3 2 2 1 0 1
Long Beach State 5, California 4: The Golden Bears went up 3-0 in the first inning, but the Beach came back to take a 4-3 advantage. Cal tied it on Conor Jackson’s RBI double in the the seventh. Long Beach State got a leadoff homer from Matt Duffy in the eighth for what turned out to be the deciding run.
LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI CALIFORNIA AB R H BI Troy Tulowitzki 4 0 1 0 Jackie Jensen 5 0 2 0 Matt Duffy 4 1 2 1 Marcus Semien 5 2 1 0 Jason Giambi 4 1 0 0 Conor Jackson 5 1 2 1 Evan Longoria 3 1 1 2 Jeff Kent 4 1 1 0 Terrmel Sledge 3 1 1 0 Mark Canha 4 0 1 2 Jeff Liefer 4 1 3 2 Geoff Blum 4 0 2 1 Jeff McNeil 4 0 0 0 Kevin Maas 4 0 2 0 Garrett Hampson 4 0 0 0 Darren Lewis 4 0 0 0 Brad Davis 4 0 0 0 Bob Melvin 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 34 5 8 5 TOTALS 39 4 11 4 LONG BEACH STATE 000 202 010 -- 5 CALIFORNIA 300 000 100 -- 4 LOB--LONG BEACH STATE 4, CALIFORNIA 9. ERR--Jeff Liefer, Garrett Hampson. 2B--Jeff Liefer (2), Troy Tulowitzki, Conor Jackson, Jackie Jensen. HR--Jeff Liefer, Matt Duffy, Evan Longoria. HBP--Jeff Kent. LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Jason Vargas 6.00 6 3 3 0 2 0 Randy Moffitt [W] 2.00 4 1 1 0 4 0 Nick Vincent [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 CALIFORNIA Ryan Drese 6.00 6 4 4 1 1 2 Brandon Morrow 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tyler Walker [L] 1.00 1 1 1 1 0 1 Rich Nye 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon State 4, Arizona 3: The Wildcats led 2-1 after six innings and had only given up a solo homer to the Beavers’ Cole Gillespie at that point. But in the bottom of the seventh, Michael Conforto and Adley Rutschman had back-to-back RBI singles, and Steve Lyons added a sacrifice fly.
ARIZONA AB R H BI OREGON STATE AB R H BI Kevin Newman 3 0 0 0 Steven Kwan 4 0 1 0 John Moses 3 0 0 0 Nick Madrigal 4 1 1 0 Terry Francona 4 0 1 0 Cole Gillespie 2 2 1 1 Ron Hassey 4 1 1 0 Jacoby Ellsbury 3 0 0 0 JT Snow 4 2 1 1 Michael Conforto 3 1 1 1 Hank Leiber 4 0 3 2 Adley Rutschman 3 0 1 1 Nick Hundley 4 0 1 0 Steve Lyons 2 0 0 1 Casey Candaele 4 0 0 0 Wes Schulmerich 3 0 0 0 Jack Howell 2 0 0 0 Darwin Barney 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 32 3 7 3 TOTALS 27 4 5 4 ARIZONA 010 100 001 -- 3 OREGON STATE 100 000 30x -- 4 LOB--ARIZONA 5, OREGON STATE 1. ERR--Cole Gillespie. 2B--Hank Leiber (2), Nick Madrigal. HR--JT Snow, Cole Gillespie. HBP--Kevin Newman, John Moses. SACF--Steve Lyons. ARIZONA IP H R ER BB SO HR Mike Paul 5.00 1 1 1 0 2 1 Trevor Hoffman 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ed Vosberg [L] 1.00 3 3 3 1 0 0 Craig Lefferts 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 OREGON STATE Mike Thurman 5.00 2 2 1 1 3 1 Michael Stutes 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 Mark McLemore [W] 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jace Fry 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Josh Osich [S] 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
UCLA 6, Pepperdine 2: The Bruins scored four runs in the third inning, which featured consecutive RBI doubles by Brandon Crawford and Jackie Robinson. Troy Glaus made it 6-0 with a two-run homer in the fifth. The Waves avoided a shutout when Chase D’Arnaud hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning.
PEPPERDINE AB R H BI UCLA AB R H BI David Newhan 4 0 1 0 Shane Mack 4 0 0 0 Gail Hopkins 4 0 1 0 Brandon Crawford 3 1 1 1 Chad Kreuter 4 0 0 0 Jackie Robinson 4 1 1 1 Eric Thames 4 0 0 0 Eric Karros 4 2 1 0 Rob Picciolo 3 0 0 0 Troy Glaus 4 1 2 3 Andy Stankiewicz 2 1 0 0 Chase Utley 3 0 1 1 Chase DArnaud 3 1 2 2 Eric Byrnes 4 0 2 0 Danny Garcia 3 0 0 0 Dave Roberts 3 0 0 0 Ryan Christenson 3 0 0 0 Todd Zeile 4 1 1 0 TOTALS 30 2 4 2 TOTALS 33 6 9 6 PEPPERDINE 000 000 020 -- 2 UCLA 004 020 00x -- 6 LOB--PEPPERDINE 3, UCLA 6. ERR--David Newhan. 2B--Chase Utley, Brandon Crawford, Jackie Robinson. HR--Chase DArnaud, Troy Glaus. HBP--Brandon Crawford, Dave Roberts. SACF--Chase Utley. PEPPERDINE IP H R ER BB SO HR Noah Lowry [L] 7.00 8 6 5 0 3 1 Barry Enright 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 UCLA Tim Leary [W] 8.00 4 2 2 1 7 1 Dave Schmidt 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
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