After the sixth round of games, we have no more unbeaten and winless teams. UCLA’s prolific offense was finally held down by Barry Zito and rival USC. At long last, Cal State Fullerton picked up an extra-innings win over rival Long Beach State. After one-third of the season, the standings have tightened up a little bit.
Standings
5-1: Arizona State, UCLA
4-2: USC
3-3: Oregon State, Pepperdine, Stanford
2-4: Arizona, California, Long Beach State
1-5: Cal State Fullerton
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Oregon State 9, California 8: The Beavers trailed 4-0 after three innings and 6-4 after 6 1/2 innings. OSU took its first lead at 7-6 in the eighth, but the Golden Bears went back in front 8-7 in the top of the ninth. Michael Conforto led off the bottom of the ninth with a solo home run. The Beavers then loaded the bases, and with two out, Nick Madrigal knocked a walk-off single.
CALIFORNIA AB R H BI OREGON STATE AB R H BI Jackie Jensen 4 1 4 0 Steven Kwan 4 2 2 0 Marcus Semien 5 1 1 0 Nick Madrigal 5 0 2 2 Conor Jackson 4 3 3 1 Cole Gillespie 5 1 1 0 Jeff Kent 5 2 3 3 Jacoby Ellsbury 5 2 2 2 Mark Canha 5 0 1 0 Michael Conforto 3 2 3 2 Geoff Blum 5 1 1 3 Adley Rutschman 5 1 3 2 Kevin Maas 4 0 0 0 Steve Lyons 4 0 1 0 Darren Lewis 5 0 1 1 Wes Schulmerich 5 1 3 1 Bob Melvin 5 0 0 0 Darwin Barney 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 42 8 14 8 TOTALS 40 9 17 9 CALIFORNIA 301 000 202 -- 8 OREGON STATE 000 112 212 -- 9 LOB--CALIFORNIA 10, OREGON STATE 12. ERR--Nick Madrigal, Ken Forsch. 2B--Mark Canha, Jackie Jensen, Jeff Kent, Marcus Semien, Michael Conforto, Cole Gillespie. 3B--Conor Jackson, Steven Kwan. HR--Jeff Kent, Geoff Blum, Michael Conforto, Jacoby Ellsbury, Wes Schulmerich. SACF--Conor Jackson. CALIFORNIA IP H R ER BB SO HR Juan Eichelberger 6.00 9 4 4 3 0 2 Tyler Walker 1.00 2 2 2 3 0 0 Tyson Ross 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 Rich Nye [L] 0.67 4 2 2 1 0 1 OREGON STATE Ken Forsch 7.00 10 6 4 2 10 2 Michael Stutes 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Paterson [W] 1.00 3 2 1 0 2 0
Cal State Fullerton 4, Long Beach State 3 (11 innings): Terrmel Sledge hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the first, but that was it for the Beach. The Titans’ Phil Nevin hit a pair of solo homers, and his second one tied it at three in the seventh inning. In the top of the 11th, Mark Kotsay’s solo shot put Fullerton in front.
CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI Mark Kotsay 6 1 2 1 Troy Tulowitzki 4 1 0 0 Justin Turner 5 0 0 0 Matt Duffy 3 0 0 0 Phil Nevin 6 2 4 2 Jason Giambi 5 1 2 0 Tim Wallach 5 0 0 0 Evan Longoria 5 0 0 0 Aaron Rowand 3 1 0 0 Terrmel Sledge 4 1 1 3 Jeremy Giambi 5 0 4 0 Jeff Liefer 4 0 0 0 Khris Davis 4 0 0 1 Jeff McNeil 4 0 0 0 Brent Mayne 5 0 2 0 Garrett Hampson 3 0 1 0 Christian Colon 5 0 1 0 Brad Davis 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 44 4 13 4 TOTALS 36 3 4 3 CAL STATE FULLERTON 011 000 100 01 -- 4 LONG BEACH STATE 300 000 000 00 -- 3 LOB--CAL STATE FULLERTON 12, LONG BEACH STATE 4. 2B--Phil Nevin (2), Brent Mayne, Mark Kotsay. HR--Phil Nevin (2), Mark Kotsay, Terrmel Sledge. HBP--Justin Turner, Troy Tulowitzki. SACF--Khris Davis. CAL STATE FULLERTON IP H R ER BB SO HR Jeff Robinson 5.00 3 3 3 2 1 1 Chris Devenski 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 Michael Lorenzen 2.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 Chad Cordero [W] 2.00 0 0 0 0 3 0 Phil Bickford [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 LONG BEACH STATE Jered Weaver 6.00 9 2 2 3 4 1 Nick Vincent 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 1 Randy Moffitt 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 Bryan Shaw [L] 2.00 1 1 1 0 1 1
Arizona State 6, Stanford 0: Floyd Bannister struck out 10 and threw a six-hit shutout. Barry Bonds had a pair of doubles, one of which was good for two runs in the first inning, and a solo home run in the seventh.
ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI STANFORD AB R H BI Dustin Pedroia 4 2 2 0 Jeffrey Hammonds 4 0 1 0 Paul LoDuca 5 2 3 1 Jody Gerut 4 0 1 0 Barry Bonds 5 1 3 3 Mike Aldrete 4 0 0 0 Reggie Jackson 4 0 0 0 Stephen Piscotty 4 0 1 0 Bob Horner 5 0 2 1 Bob Boone 4 0 1 0 Rick Monday 4 0 1 0 Jed Lowrie 3 0 0 0 Alvin Davis 3 0 0 0 Ed Sprague 4 0 1 0 Oddibe McDowell 4 0 0 0 Steve Buechele 3 0 1 0 Willie Bloomquist 4 1 2 1 AJ Hinch 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 38 6 13 6 TOTALS 32 0 6 0 ARIZONA STATE 200 021 100 -- 6 STANFORD 000 000 000 -- 0 LOB--ARIZONA STATE 8, STANFORD 7. ERR--Willie Bloomquist. 2B--Willie Bloomquist, Barry Bonds (2), Paul LoDuca, Stephen Piscotty. HR--Willie Bloomquist, Barry Bonds. HBP--Dustin Pedroia. ARIZONA STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Floyd Bannister [W] 9.00 6 0 0 2 10 0 STANFORD Jim Lonborg [L] 7.00 11 6 6 1 3 2 Jeff Ballard 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 Al Osuna 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Arizona 8, Pepperdine 2: The Wildcats scored five runs on five hits in the second inning and went up 8-0 on J.T. Snow’s solo homer in the fifth inning. The Waves broke up the shutout in the seventh on back-to-back RBI doubles by Danny Garcia and Ryan Christenson.
PEPPERDINE AB R H BI ARIZONA AB R H BI David Newhan 4 0 1 0 Kevin Newman 5 1 2 1 Gail Hopkins 4 0 1 0 John Moses 5 0 1 0 Chad Kreuter 4 0 0 0 Terry Francona 5 0 1 1 Eric Thames 4 0 1 0 Ron Hassey 5 2 3 0 Rob Picciolo 3 1 0 0 JT Snow 4 2 3 1 Andy Stankiewicz 4 0 1 0 Hank Leiber 3 1 0 0 Chase DArnaud 4 0 0 0 Nick Hundley 4 1 2 2 Danny Garcia 2 1 1 1 Casey Candaele 4 1 1 2 Ryan Christenson 3 0 1 1 Jack Howell 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 32 2 6 2 TOTALS 38 8 14 7 PEPPERDINE 000 000 200 -- 2 ARIZONA 051 110 00x -- 8 LOB--PEPPERDINE 5, ARIZONA 8. 2B--Danny Garcia, Ryan Christenson, Kevin Newman (2), Ron Hassey, Nick Hundley, Terry Francona. HR--JT Snow. HBP--Rob Picciolo, Danny Garcia. PEPPERDINE IP H R ER BB SO HR Dan Haren [L] 7.00 12 8 8 2 11 1 Mark Lee 1.00 2 0 0 0 3 0 ARIZONA Joe Magrane [W] 7.00 6 2 2 0 5 0 Mark Melancon 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ed Vosberg 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
USC 7, UCLA 2: Morgan Ensberg hit a solo homer in the second and Fred Lynn had a two-run double in the third to give the Trojans a 3-0 lead. After the Bruins made it 3-1, USC extended its lead as Jacque Jones had an RBI double in the seventh and Jason Lane hit a three-run homer in the eighth.
UCLA AB R H BI USC AB R H BI Shane Mack 5 0 0 0 Jacque Jones 5 1 2 1 Brandon Crawford 3 0 0 0 Bret Boone 4 1 1 0 Jackie Robinson 3 1 1 0 Fred Lynn 4 0 1 2 Eric Karros 4 0 1 0 Mark McGwire 3 0 0 0 Troy Glaus 4 1 1 1 Geoff Jenkins 3 1 0 0 Chase Utley 4 0 2 0 Morgan Ensberg 4 2 2 1 Eric Byrnes 4 0 1 0 Jason Lane 3 1 2 3 Dave Roberts 4 0 2 1 Roy Smalley 4 0 1 0 Todd Zeile 4 0 1 0 Eric Munson 4 1 1 0 TOTALS 35 2 9 2 TOTALS 34 7 10 7 UCLA 000 001 001 -- 2 USC 012 000 13x -- 7 LOB--UCLA 8, USC 6. ERR--Troy Glaus. 2B--Jacque Jones, Fred Lynn. HR--Morgan Ensberg, Jason Lane. HBP--Geoff Jenkins. UCLA IP H R ER BB SO HR Jim Parque [L] 6.00 6 3 3 2 7 1 Dave Schmidt 1.00 2 1 1 0 1 0 Adam Plutko 1.00 2 3 2 0 0 1 USC Barry Zito [W] 8.00 6 1 1 2 9 0 Marcel Lacheman 1.00 3 1 1 0 0 0
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