There was a lot of excitement in the seventh round of play, highlighted by Tom Seaver’s one-hit, 16-strikeout masterpiece, while two other games had walk-off finishes, and another saw the home team go ahead in the bottom of the eighth. Only three of the 10 teams currently have winning records.
Standings
6-1: Arizona State, UCLA
5-2: USC
3-4: California, Oregon State, Pepperdine, Stanford
2-5: Arizona, Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State
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USC 9, Pepperdine 0: Tom Seaver struck out 16 and pitched a one-hit shutout while walking three. He had a no-hitter with two outs in the eighth when the Waves’ Ryan Christenson got their only hit. No Pepperdine batter reached second base. USC’s Jacque Jones went 4-for-4 and had a solo homer in the eighth inning.
USC AB R H BI PEPPERDINE AB R H BI Jacque Jones 4 3 4 3 David Newhan 4 0 0 0 Bret Boone 4 2 2 1 Gail Hopkins 4 0 0 0 Fred Lynn 5 0 2 2 Chad Kreuter 4 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 5 0 1 2 Eric Thames 4 0 0 0 Geoff Jenkins 5 0 1 0 Rob Picciolo 3 0 0 0 Morgan Ensberg 5 1 1 0 Andy Stankiewicz 2 0 0 0 Jason Lane 4 1 1 1 Chase DArnaud 3 0 0 0 Roy Smalley 4 2 2 0 Danny Garcia 1 0 0 0 Eric Munson 5 0 1 0 Ryan Christenson 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 41 9 15 9 TOTALS 28 0 1 0 USC 012 203 010 -- 9 PEPPERDINE 000 000 000 -- 0 LOB--USC 9, PEPPERDINE 4. 2B--Morgan Ensberg, Mark McGwire, Geoff Jenkins. HR--Jacque Jones. USC IP H R ER BB SO HR Tom Seaver [W] 9.00 1 0 0 3 16 0 PEPPERDINE Mike Scott [L] 7.00 12 8 8 3 4 0 Mike Fetters 1.00 2 1 1 1 2 1 Doug Simons 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
UCLA 5, Stanford 3: The Cardinal’s Stephen Piscotty hit a two-run homer in the top of the first, but UCLA eventually tied it in the seventh inning on Eric Byrnes’ RBI double. Todd Zeile put the Bruins ahead in the eighth with a solo homer, and later on, Eric Karros had an RBI single and Troy Glaus hit a sacrifice fly.
STANFORD AB R H BI UCLA AB R H BI Jeffrey Hammonds 5 1 3 0 Shane Mack 3 1 1 0 Jody Gerut 4 0 0 0 Brandon Crawford 4 1 1 0 Mike Aldrete 4 0 0 0 Jackie Robinson 4 0 0 0 Stephen Piscotty 3 1 2 2 Eric Karros 4 1 2 1 Bob Boone 4 0 0 0 Troy Glaus 3 1 2 2 Jed Lowrie 3 0 0 0 Chase Utley 4 0 2 0 Ed Sprague 4 1 1 0 Eric Byrnes 3 0 1 1 Steve Buechele 4 0 2 0 Dave Roberts 3 0 0 0 AJ Hinch 4 0 1 1 Todd Zeile 3 1 1 1 TOTALS 35 3 9 3 TOTALS 31 5 10 5 STANFORD 200 000 001 -- 3 UCLA 000 010 13x -- 5 LOB--STANFORD 7, UCLA 5. 2B--Jeffrey Hammonds (2), Eric Byrnes. HR--Stephen Piscotty, Todd Zeile, Troy Glaus. SACF--Troy Glaus. STANFORD IP H R ER BB SO HR Mike Mussina 7.00 5 2 2 2 7 1 Mike Gosling [L] 1.00 5 3 3 0 0 1 UCLA Matt Young 6.00 7 2 2 1 1 1 Dave Schmidt [W] 2.00 1 0 0 1 2 0 Bill Bonham [S] 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 0
California 5, Arizona 4 (10 innings): The Wildcats went ahead 4-2 in the top of the ninth on Casey Candaele’s two-run homer, but with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, after an error, the Golden Bears’ Marcus Semien tied it with a two-run shot of his own. In the bottom of the 10th, Jeff Kent led off with a single, went to second on a wild pitch, and scored the game-ending run on a Mark Canha’s single.
ARIZONA AB R H BI CALIFORNIA AB R H BI Kevin Newman 5 0 1 0 Jackie Jensen 5 1 1 0 John Moses 4 0 0 0 Marcus Semien 5 1 2 2 Terry Francona 4 1 2 0 Conor Jackson 4 0 1 1 Ron Hassey 5 1 1 2 Jeff Kent 4 1 1 0 JT Snow 4 0 0 0 Mark Canha 5 1 2 2 Hank Leiber 4 1 3 0 Geoff Blum 4 0 1 0 Nick Hundley 4 0 0 0 Kevin Maas 4 0 0 0 Casey Candaele 3 1 1 2 Darren Lewis 3 0 1 0 Jack Howell 4 0 0 0 Bob Melvin 4 1 1 0 TOTALS 37 4 8 4 TOTALS 38 5 10 5 ARIZONA 000 200 002 0 -- 4 CALIFORNIA 000 100 102 1 -- 5 LOB--ARIZONA 6, CALIFORNIA 9. ERR--Kevin Newman, Marcus Semien. HR--Ron Hassey, Casey Candaele, Mark Canha, Marcus Semien. ARIZONA IP H R ER BB SO HR Don Lee 6.00 4 1 1 3 6 1 Gil Heredia 2.00 3 1 1 0 2 0 Mark Melancon [L] 1.00 3 3 1 0 2 1 CALIFORNIA Orval Overall 8.00 5 2 2 3 6 1 Brandon Morrow [W] 2.00 3 2 2 0 3 1
Cal State Fullerton 6, Oregon State 1: Justin Turner and Aaron Rowand drove in runs for the Titans in the top of the first. They made it 6-0 in the fourth, with Christian Colon providing a two-RBI double. Three Titan pitchers limited the Beavers to three hits.
OREGON STATE AB R H BI CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI Steven Kwan 2 0 0 0 Mark Kotsay 3 1 0 0 Nick Madrigal 3 0 0 0 Justin Turner 4 1 2 1 Cole Gillespie 4 0 1 1 Phil Nevin 5 0 1 1 Jacoby Ellsbury 4 0 0 0 Tim Wallach 4 0 1 0 Michael Conforto 4 0 0 0 Aaron Rowand 4 1 2 1 Adley Rutschman 3 0 1 0 Jeremy Giambi 4 1 3 0 Steve Lyons 3 0 0 0 Khris Davis 4 0 1 0 Wes Schulmerich 2 0 0 0 Brent Mayne 4 1 1 1 Darwin Barney 2 1 1 0 Christian Colon 4 1 1 2 TOTALS 27 1 3 1 TOTALS 36 6 12 6 OREGON STATE 000 001 000 -- 1 CAL STATE FULLERTON 200 400 00x -- 6 LOB--OREGON STATE 4, CAL STATE FULLERTON 9. 2B--Khris Davis, Justin Turner, Christian Colon. HBP--Darwin Barney, Wes Schulmerich. OREGON STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Matthew Boyd [L] 5.00 9 6 6 2 3 0 Sam Gaviglio 2.00 2 0 0 1 2 0 Joe Paterson 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 CAL STATE FULLERTON Ricky Romero [W] 7.00 3 1 1 2 9 0 Vinnie Pestano 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phil Bickford 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Arizona State 8, Long Beach State 7: A back-and-forth game saw the Beach go ahead 7-6 in the eighth inning on Jason Giambi’s solo homer. In the bottom of the ninth with two out, Rick Monday hit a walk-off two-run home run for the Sun Devils. It was their fourth homer of the game.
LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI Troy Tulowitzki 4 1 1 0 Dustin Pedroia 5 1 1 1 Matt Duffy 3 2 1 1 Paul LoDuca 4 2 1 2 Jason Giambi 4 1 2 2 Barry Bonds 5 0 2 0 Evan Longoria 4 0 0 0 Reggie Jackson 5 1 2 0 Terrmel Sledge 4 1 1 0 Bob Horner 5 0 1 0 Jeff Liefer 4 1 1 2 Rick Monday 5 2 2 3 Jeff McNeil 4 1 2 1 Alvin Davis 4 1 3 2 Garrett Hampson 3 0 0 0 Oddibe McDowell 4 0 1 0 Brad Davis 4 0 0 0 Willie Bloomquist 3 1 1 0 TOTALS 34 7 8 6 TOTALS 40 8 14 8 LONG BEACH STATE 001 104 010 -- 7 ARIZONA STATE 002 012 102 -- 8 LOB--LONG BEACH STATE 2, ARIZONA STATE 8. ERR--Evan Longoria. 2B--Jeff McNeil, Terrmel Sledge, Reggie Jackson, Oddibe McDowell, Alvin Davis. 3B--Matt Duffy, Willie Bloomquist. HR--Jeff Liefer, Jason Giambi, Jeff McNeil, Dustin Pedroia, Alvin Davis, Rick Monday, Paul LoDuca. HBP--Garrett Hampson, Matt Duffy. LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Vance Worley 5.00 6 3 2 0 2 2 Randy Moffitt 2.00 5 3 3 1 3 1 Nick Vincent 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0 Shane Carle [L] 0.67 2 2 2 0 1 1 ARIZONA STATE Larry Gura 7.00 7 6 6 0 4 2 Doug Henry 1.00 1 1 1 0 2 1 Ed Vande Berg [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
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