More drama on this day’s games, as two contests went to extra innings, and another saw the tying run left on third base in the ninth inning. Cal beat Oregon State after hitting a home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game before prevailing in extras. UCLA and USC both won to keep their two-game leads over Arizona State.
Standings
9-2: UCLA, USC
7-4: Arizona State
6-5: California, Oregon State
4-7: Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, Pepperdine
3-8: Arizona, Stanford
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UCLA 8, Cal State Fullerton 7 (10 innings): The Bruins tied it at seven on Eric Karros’ two-run homer in the seventh inning. In the bottom of the 10th, Eric Byrnes led off with a triple. After two strikeouts, Shane Mack ended it with a walk-off single.
CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI UCLA AB R H BI Mark Kotsay 5 2 2 3 Shane Mack 5 1 2 2 Justin Turner 3 2 1 0 Brandon Crawford 5 3 4 1 Phil Nevin 5 0 0 0 Jackie Robinson 3 1 0 0 Tim Wallach 5 0 3 2 Eric Karros 4 2 3 3 Aaron Rowand 5 0 0 1 Troy Glaus 4 0 0 1 Jeremy Giambi 5 0 1 0 Chase Utley 5 0 2 1 Khris Davis 5 0 0 0 Eric Byrnes 5 1 1 0 Brent Mayne 5 1 2 0 Dave Roberts 5 0 1 0 Christian Colon 3 2 2 0 Todd Zeile 5 0 0 0 TOTALS 41 7 11 6 TOTALS 41 8 13 8 CAL STATE FULLERTON 003 013 000 0 -- 7 UCLA 101 030 200 1 -- 8 LOB--CAL STATE FULLERTON 7, UCLA 9. ERR--Mark Kotsay, Matt Young. 2B--Tim Wallach, Chase Utley. 3B--Eric Byrnes. HR--Mark Kotsay, Shane Mack, Brandon Crawford, Eric Karros. HBP--Troy Glaus, Jackie Robinson. SACF--Eric Karros. CAL STATE FULLERTON IP H R ER BB SO HR Ricky Romero 7.00 9 7 7 1 6 3 Chad Cordero 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 Phil Bickford [L] 1.67 4 1 1 1 3 0 UCLA Matt Young 6.00 10 7 6 1 3 1 Casey Janssen 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mike Magnante 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 Pat Clements [W] 2.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
USC 9, Oregon State 6: The Trojans built an 8-0 lead after strong pitching by Tom Seaver and big hitting games by Jacque Jones and Fred Lynn. The Beavers roughed up the Trojans’ relievers, scoring five times in the last two innings, but it wasn’t enough.
USC AB R H BI OREGON STATE AB R H BI Jacque Jones 3 4 3 3 Steven Kwan 4 0 0 0 Bret Boone 5 1 2 1 Nick Madrigal 5 0 2 0 Fred Lynn 5 1 4 3 Cole Gillespie 5 1 1 0 Mark McGwire 5 0 0 0 Jacoby Ellsbury 5 1 2 0 Geoff Jenkins 3 0 1 1 Michael Conforto 5 1 2 3 Morgan Ensberg 4 1 2 0 Adley Rutschman 5 1 2 0 Jason Lane 4 1 1 1 Steve Lyons 4 1 1 1 Roy Smalley 4 0 3 0 Wes Schulmerich 3 1 1 2 Eric Munson 4 1 0 0 Darwin Barney 4 0 1 0 TOTALS 37 9 16 9 TOTALS 40 6 12 6 USC 220 022 001 -- 9 OREGON STATE 000 001 023 -- 6 LOB--USC 4, OREGON STATE 10. ERR--Roy Smalley, Fred Lynn, Geoff Jenkins. 2B--Morgan Ensberg (2), Jacque Jones, Fred Lynn, Bret Boone, Michael Conforto, Adley Rutschman. HR--Jacque Jones, Steve Lyons, Michael Conforto, Wes Schulmerich. HBP--Jacque Jones. SACF--Jacque Jones. USC IP H R ER BB SO HR Tom Seaver [W] 7.00 6 1 1 3 7 1 Justin Lehr 1.00 2 2 2 0 0 1 Marcel Lacheman 1.00 4 3 3 0 1 1 OREGON STATE Matthew Boyd [L] 5.00 11 6 6 1 1 0 Mark McLemore 1.00 2 2 2 0 0 1 Sam Gaviglio 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 Joe Paterson 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
Long Beach State 4, Stanford 1: Terrmel Sledge played a role in three of the Beach’s four runs. He singled and scored in the second, hit a solo home run in the fourth and drove in a run with a single in the eighth.
STANFORD AB R H BI LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI Jeffrey Hammonds 5 0 0 0 Troy Tulowitzki 4 0 0 0 Jody Gerut 4 0 1 0 Matt Duffy 3 2 0 0 Mike Aldrete 4 0 0 0 Jason Giambi 4 0 1 0 Stephen Piscotty 3 0 0 0 Evan Longoria 4 0 2 1 Bob Boone 4 0 3 0 Terrmel Sledge 4 2 3 2 Jed Lowrie 4 1 1 0 Jeff Liefer 4 0 1 0 Ed Sprague 4 0 2 1 Jeff McNeil 2 0 0 1 Steve Buechele 3 0 0 0 Garrett Hampson 2 0 0 0 AJ Hinch 4 0 2 0 Brad Davis 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 35 1 9 1 TOTALS 30 4 8 4 STANFORD 000 100 000 -- 1 LONG BEACH STATE 010 101 01x -- 4 LOB--STANFORD 9, LONG BEACH STATE 5. ERR--Steve Buechele. 2B--Jed Lowrie. HR--Terrmel Sledge. SACF--Jeff McNeil. STANFORD IP H R ER BB SO HR Mike Mussina [L] 7.00 6 3 3 2 8 1 Jeff Ballard 1.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 LONG BEACH STATE Vance Worley [W] 5.00 4 1 1 1 2 0 Nick Vincent 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bryan Shaw 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 Shane Carle 1.00 2 0 0 1 1 0 Jared Hughes [S] 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
California 3, Pepperdine 1 (11 innings): The Waves’ David Newhan hit a solo home run in the third inning for what was the only run of the game for the longest time. Mike Scott had a one-hit shutout going with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, but the Golden Bears’ Conor Jackson homered to extend the contest. Cal won it in the 11th on Marcus Semien’s two-run homer.
PEPPERDINE AB R H BI CALIFORNIA AB R H BI David Newhan 5 1 1 1 Jackie Jensen 5 0 0 0 Gail Hopkins 5 0 2 0 Marcus Semien 5 1 1 2 Chad Kreuter 4 0 0 0 Conor Jackson 3 1 1 1 Eric Thames 5 0 0 0 Jeff Kent 4 0 0 0 Rob Picciolo 4 0 0 0 Mark Canha 4 0 0 0 Andy Stankiewicz 4 0 0 0 Geoff Blum 4 0 2 0 Chase DArnaud 2 0 0 0 Kevin Maas 4 0 0 0 Danny Garcia 4 0 0 0 Darren Lewis 4 0 0 0 Ryan Christenson 4 0 1 0 Bob Melvin 3 1 1 0 TOTALS 37 1 4 1 TOTALS 36 3 5 3 PEPPERDINE 001 000 000 00 -- 1 CALIFORNIA 000 000 001 02 -- 3 LOB--PEPPERDINE 6, CALIFORNIA 3. ERR--Eric Thames, Geoff Blum, Kevin Maas. 2B--Gail Hopkins. HR--David Newhan, Conor Jackson, Marcus Semien. HBP--Chase DArnaud. PEPPERDINE IP H R ER BB SO HR Mike Scott 9.00 2 1 1 2 11 1 Will Ohman [L] 1.67 3 2 2 0 1 1 CALIFORNIA Orval Overall 9.00 3 1 1 2 2 1 Bill Werle [W] 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Arizona State 3, Arizona 2: The Sun Devils got a solo homer from Reggie Jackson in the sixth inning and a two-run shot from Bob Horner in the eighth. Larry Gura took a shutout to the ninth inning but the Wildcats scored twice and had runners on second and third with two out before ASU prevailed.
ARIZONA AB R H BI ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI Kevin Newman 5 0 0 0 Dustin Pedroia 3 0 0 0 John Moses 4 0 1 0 Paul LoDuca 4 0 1 0 Terry Francona 4 0 0 0 Barry Bonds 3 1 1 0 Ron Hassey 3 1 1 0 Reggie Jackson 4 1 1 1 JT Snow 4 0 0 0 Bob Horner 4 1 2 2 Hank Leiber 4 1 2 0 Rick Monday 3 0 1 0 Nick Hundley 4 0 1 0 Alvin Davis 4 0 1 0 Casey Candaele 4 0 2 1 Oddibe McDowell 3 0 0 0 Jack Howell 3 0 2 1 Willie Bloomquist 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 35 2 9 2 TOTALS 31 3 7 3 ARIZONA 000 000 002 -- 2 ARIZONA STATE 000 001 02x -- 3 LOB--ARIZONA 8, ARIZONA STATE 7. ERR--Rick Monday. 2B--Jack Howell, Barry Bonds. HR--Reggie Jackson, Bob Horner. HBP--Barry Bonds. ARIZONA IP H R ER BB SO HR Don Lee [L] 6.00 6 1 1 1 5 1 Ed Vosberg 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 Gil Heredia 1.00 1 2 2 1 1 1 ARIZONA STATE Larry Gura [W] 8.67 8 2 2 2 11 0 Lerrin LaGrow [S] 0.33 1 0 0 0 1 0
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