The offenses went big on day 13, with USC (18 runs) and Arizona State (11 runs) both collecting 21 hits, and the other three winners all scoring eight or nine runs. Only one team failed to score as many as four runs. UCLA lost again, allowing USC to take a two-game lead in the standings with five to play.
Standings
11-2: USC
9-4: Arizona State, UCLA
7-6: Oregon State
6-7: California, Long Beach State
5-8: Cal State Fullerton
4-9: Arizona, Pepperdine, Stanford
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Long Beach State 8, Oregon State 4: Jason Giambi hit a two-run homer in the top of the first and the Beach went up 8-1 in the fifth on Terrmel Sledge’s three-run shot.
LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI OREGON STATE AB R H BI Troy Tulowitzki 4 1 0 0 Steven Kwan 5 0 0 0 Matt Duffy 4 2 1 1 Nick Madrigal 5 0 0 0 Jason Giambi 5 2 2 2 Cole Gillespie 4 1 2 1 Evan Longoria 4 1 3 2 Jacoby Ellsbury 4 0 0 0 Terrmel Sledge 4 1 2 3 Michael Conforto 4 0 2 1 Jeff Liefer 4 0 1 0 Adley Rutschman 3 1 0 0 Jeff McNeil 4 0 1 0 Steve Lyons 4 0 1 0 Garrett Hampson 4 0 0 0 Wes Schulmerich 3 1 0 0 Brad Davis 4 1 1 0 Darwin Barney 4 1 2 0 TOTALS 37 8 11 8 TOTALS 36 4 7 2 LONG BEACH STATE 202 040 000 -- 8 OREGON STATE 000 121 000 -- 4 LOB--LONG BEACH STATE 4, OREGON STATE 9. ERR--Garrett Hampson, Troy Tulowitzki. 2B--Matt Duffy, Michael Conforto, Cole Gillespie. HR--Jason Giambi, Terrmel Sledge. LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Jason Vargas [W] 6.00 7 4 3 3 2 0 Cesar Ramos 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jared Hughes 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 OREGON STATE Mike Thurman [L] 5.00 9 8 8 2 4 2 Mark McLemore 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Gaviglio 2.00 2 0 0 0 1 0 Jace Fry 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
USC 18, Cal State Fullerton 5: Five Trojans had at least three hits and USC scored 17 runs in the first five innings. Jacque Jones and Bret Boone hit solo homers. Geoff Jenkins had four hits and drove in five runs.
USC AB R H BI CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI Jacque Jones 6 3 3 4 Mark Kotsay 4 1 1 1 Bret Boone 4 3 3 3 Justin Turner 5 0 2 0 Fred Lynn 6 2 3 0 Phil Nevin 5 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 6 2 2 0 Tim Wallach 3 1 1 2 Geoff Jenkins 6 3 4 5 Aaron Rowand 3 0 0 0 Morgan Ensberg 6 0 1 1 Jeremy Giambi 3 1 1 0 Jason Lane 5 2 3 2 Khris Davis 4 1 1 0 Roy Smalley 3 1 0 1 Brent Mayne 4 1 3 0 Eric Munson 5 2 2 1 Christian Colon 4 0 0 2 TOTALS 47 18 21 17 TOTALS 35 5 9 5 USC 261 440 100 -- 18 CAL STATE FULLERTON 120 100 100 -- 5 LOB--USC 7, CAL STATE FULLERTON 7. ERR--Geoff Jenkins, Phil Nevin, Brent Mayne. 2B--Jacque Jones, Mark McGwire, Fred Lynn, Geoff Jenkins (2), Khris Davis, Mark Kotsay. HR--Jacque Jones, Bret Boone, Tim Wallach. HBP--Bret Boone. SACF--Roy Smalley, Tim Wallach. USC IP H R ER BB SO HR Mark Prior [W] 6.00 6 4 4 3 6 0 Randy Flores 1.00 2 1 1 0 2 1 Justin Lehr 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 Tom House 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 CAL STATE FULLERTON Greg Mathews [L] 4.00 18 17 13 2 1 2 Vinnie Pestano 3.00 2 1 1 0 2 0 Chris Devenski 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0 Chad Cordero 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Stanford 9, California 5: RBI singles by Stephen Piscotty, Jed Lowrie and Ed Sprague in the top of the first gave the Cardinal a 3-0 lead that it would never relinquish. A three-run sixth inning featured a two-run homer by Sprague and a solo shot by A.J. Hinch to pad the lead.
STANFORD AB R H BI CALIFORNIA AB R H BI Jeffrey Hammonds 4 1 1 0 Jackie Jensen 5 1 0 0 Jody Gerut 5 0 1 0 Marcus Semien 5 1 1 0 Mike Aldrete 3 3 2 1 Conor Jackson 4 0 2 2 Stephen Piscotty 4 2 2 1 Jeff Kent 4 2 1 0 Bob Boone 5 0 1 1 Mark Canha 4 1 3 1 Jed Lowrie 4 1 2 2 Geoff Blum 4 0 1 1 Ed Sprague 5 1 3 3 Kevin Maas 3 0 1 1 Steve Buechele 4 0 0 0 Darren Lewis 4 0 1 0 AJ Hinch 3 1 1 1 Bob Melvin 4 0 1 0 TOTALS 37 9 13 9 TOTALS 37 5 11 5 STANFORD 301 003 101 -- 9 CALIFORNIA 200 001 020 -- 5 LOB--STANFORD 7, CALIFORNIA 6. ERR--Steve Buechele. 2B--Ed Sprague, Jed Lowrie, Jeffrey Hammonds, Conor Jackson, Jeff Kent. HR--Ed Sprague, Mike Aldrete, AJ Hinch. HBP--Mike Aldrete, AJ Hinch. SACF--Kevin Maas. STANFORD IP H R ER BB SO HR Jack McDowell [W] 8.00 10 5 4 0 9 0 Jeff Ballard 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 CALIFORNIA Ryan Drese [L] 6.00 10 7 7 3 2 2 Rich Nye 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 Tyson Ross 2.00 2 1 1 0 2 0
Arizona 9, UCLA 5 (10 innings): The Bruins tied it at five on Jackie Robinson’s two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth. The Wildcats plated four runs on five hits in the top of the 10th, including three straight RBI singles by Casey Candaele, Jack Howell and Kevin Newman.
ARIZONA AB R H BI UCLA AB R H BI Kevin Newman 5 1 3 2 Shane Mack 5 0 0 0 John Moses 6 0 1 1 Brandon Crawford 5 0 0 0 Terry Francona 5 0 0 0 Jackie Robinson 5 2 3 2 Ron Hassey 5 1 1 0 Eric Karros 4 0 1 0 JT Snow 5 1 1 0 Troy Glaus 4 0 0 0 Hank Leiber 5 1 1 1 Chase Utley 4 0 0 0 Nick Hundley 4 2 2 0 Eric Byrnes 4 1 2 0 Casey Candaele 5 2 2 2 Dave Roberts 4 1 1 2 Jack Howell 5 1 3 2 Todd Zeile 3 1 1 0 TOTALS 45 9 14 8 TOTALS 38 5 8 4 ARIZONA 101 300 000 4 -- 9 UCLA 120 000 020 0 -- 5 LOB--ARIZONA 8, UCLA 4. ERR--Eric Karros, Jackie Robinson. 2B--JT Snow, Jack Howell. 3B--Kevin Newman. HR--Dave Roberts, Jackie Robinson. HBP--Todd Zeile. ARIZONA IP H R ER BB SO HR Mike Paul 5.00 5 3 3 0 6 1 Ed Vosberg 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 Gil Heredia 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Baldwin 1.00 1 2 2 0 1 1 Trevor Hoffman [W] 2.00 2 0 0 0 4 0 UCLA Tim Leary 7.00 9 5 4 1 7 0 Casey Janssen 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bill Bonham [L] 2.00 5 4 4 1 2 0
Arizona State 11, Pepperdine 1: Paul LoDuca and Bob Horner hit two-run homers in the third inning and Barry Bonds had a three-run blast in the fourth inning to help the Sun Devils go up big early. Craig Swan was the only starting pitcher to have a great outing all day.
PEPPERDINE AB R H BI ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI David Newhan 4 0 0 0 Dustin Pedroia 5 2 4 1 Gail Hopkins 4 0 1 0 Paul LoDuca 5 1 1 2 Chad Kreuter 4 0 1 0 Barry Bonds 4 3 3 3 Eric Thames 4 0 0 0 Reggie Jackson 5 1 3 2 Rob Picciolo 2 1 1 0 Bob Horner 5 1 3 2 Andy Stankiewicz 4 0 1 0 Rick Monday 3 0 2 0 Chase DArnaud 3 0 1 1 Alvin Davis 5 0 1 0 Danny Garcia 3 0 0 0 Oddibe McDowell 5 1 1 0 Ryan Christenson 2 0 0 0 Willie Bloomquist 4 2 3 0 TOTALS 30 1 5 1 TOTALS 41 11 21 10 PEPPERDINE 010 000 000 -- 1 ARIZONA STATE 104 301 20x -- 11 LOB--PEPPERDINE 6, ARIZONA STATE 9. 2B--Rob Picciolo, Chad Kreuter, Reggie Jackson, Willie Bloomquist, Barry Bonds. HR--Barry Bonds, Bob Horner, Paul LoDuca. HBP--Barry Bonds, Rick Monday. PEPPERDINE IP H R ER BB SO HR Noah Lowry [L] 6.00 15 9 9 1 2 3 Mark Lee 1.00 4 2 2 0 0 0 Steve Montgomery 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 ARIZONA STATE Craig Swan [W] 7.00 4 1 1 4 4 0 Sean Lowe 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 Doug Henry 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
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