USC’s come-from-behind win over rival UCLA clinched at least a share of the championship for the Trojans, as they now lead both the Bruins and Arizona State by three games with three to play. It was the 10th straight victory for the Trojans. The other seven teams all have losing records, but are also all within two games of each other in the win-loss column.
Standings
13-2: USC
10-5: Arizona State, UCLA
7-8: California, Long Beach State, Oregon State
6-9: Cal State Fullerton
5-10: Arizona, Pepperdine, Stanford
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Arizona State 5, Stanford 1: The Sun Devils kept their slim championship hopes alive thanks to a strong pitching performance from Larry Gura (seven innings, five hits, one run). Reggie Jackson had an RBI single in the first inning and Rick Monday and Oddibe McDowell both homered in a four-run fourth inning that made it 5-0. Jeffrey Hammonds’ solo homer in the fifth was all the Cardinal got.
STANFORD AB R H BI ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI Jeffrey Hammonds 4 1 1 1 Dustin Pedroia 3 2 1 0 Jody Gerut 4 0 1 0 Paul LoDuca 4 0 1 0 Mike Aldrete 4 0 1 0 Barry Bonds 4 0 2 1 Stephen Piscotty 4 0 1 0 Reggie Jackson 4 0 1 1 Bob Boone 4 0 0 0 Bob Horner 4 0 0 0 Jed Lowrie 4 0 1 0 Rick Monday 3 1 1 1 Ed Sprague 3 0 0 0 Alvin Davis 3 1 2 0 Steve Buechele 3 0 0 0 Oddibe McDowell 4 1 1 2 AJ Hinch 2 0 0 0 Willie Bloomquist 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 32 1 5 1 TOTALS 33 5 9 5 STANFORD 000 010 000 -- 1 ARIZONA STATE 100 400 00x -- 5 LOB--STANFORD 5, ARIZONA STATE 7. ERR--Dustin Pedroia. 2B--Alvin Davis. 3B--Jody Gerut. HR--Jeffrey Hammonds, Oddibe McDowell, Rick Monday. HBP--AJ Hinch. STANFORD IP H R ER BB SO HR Mike Mussina [L] 7.00 9 5 5 2 8 2 Sandy Vance 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 ARIZONA STATE Larry Gura [W] 7.00 5 1 1 0 8 1 Trevor Williams 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Vande Berg 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
USC 4, UCLA 3: The Bruins took leads of 2-0 and 3-2, but the Trojans pulled ahead in the seventh inning on RBI doubles by Fred Lynn and Geoff Jenkins. UCLA had runners in scoring position in both the sixth and seventh innings but couldn’t score, and went down 1-2-3 in both the eighth and ninth.
USC AB R H BI UCLA AB R H BI Jacque Jones 5 0 1 0 Shane Mack 5 0 1 0 Bret Boone 5 1 1 0 Brandon Crawford 5 2 2 0 Fred Lynn 5 1 2 1 Jackie Robinson 5 1 2 0 Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0 Eric Karros 4 0 2 1 Geoff Jenkins 3 1 2 1 Troy Glaus 2 0 1 1 Morgan Ensberg 4 1 1 1 Chase Utley 4 0 1 1 Jason Lane 4 0 2 0 Eric Byrnes 4 0 0 0 Roy Smalley 4 0 0 0 Dave Roberts 4 0 1 0 Eric Munson 4 0 1 0 Todd Zeile 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 38 4 10 3 TOTALS 37 3 10 3 USC 011 000 200 -- 4 UCLA 200 010 000 -- 3 LOB--USC 8, UCLA 9. ERR--Shane Mack. 2B--Morgan Ensberg, Fred Lynn, Geoff Jenkins, Dave Roberts. USC IP H R ER BB SO HR Tom Seaver [W] 8.00 10 3 3 2 8 0 Tom House [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 UCLA Matt Young 6.00 7 2 1 1 2 0 Adam Plutko [L] 1.00 3 2 2 0 0 0 Bill Bonham 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 Casey Janssen 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pepperdine 7, Arizona 2: After the Wildcats scored twice in the top of the first, it was all Waves. Eric Thames hit a three-run home run in the third, Andy Stankiewicz had a two-run shot in the sixth and David Newhan added a solo blast in the seventh, later followed by a Thames RBI double.
ARIZONA AB R H BI PEPPERDINE AB R H BI Kevin Newman 4 1 2 0 David Newhan 5 1 1 1 John Moses 5 1 1 1 Gail Hopkins 4 1 2 0 Terry Francona 3 0 1 0 Chad Kreuter 5 2 2 0 Ron Hassey 4 0 1 1 Eric Thames 4 2 3 4 JT Snow 3 0 0 0 Rob Picciolo 4 0 0 0 Hank Leiber 4 0 1 0 Andy Stankiewicz 4 1 2 2 Nick Hundley 3 0 1 0 Chase DArnaud 3 0 1 0 Casey Candaele 4 0 0 0 Danny Garcia 4 0 2 0 Jack Howell 4 0 1 0 Ryan Christenson 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 34 2 8 2 TOTALS 37 7 13 7 ARIZONA 200 000 000 -- 2 PEPPERDINE 003 002 20x -- 7 LOB--ARIZONA 9, PEPPERDINE 8. 2B--Kevin Newman, Gail Hopkins, Eric Thames (2). 3B--John Moses. HR--David Newhan, Eric Thames, Andy Stankiewicz. HBP--Chase DArnaud. ARIZONA IP H R ER BB SO HR Don Lee [L] 6.00 7 5 5 1 3 2 Dave Baldwin 1.00 3 2 2 0 0 1 Craig Lefferts 1.00 3 0 0 0 2 0 PEPPERDINE Mike Scott [W] 8.00 8 2 2 4 10 0 Will Ohman 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cal State Fullerton 4, Long Beach State 2: The Titans got all they needed in a three-run third inning, as Mark Kotsay had a two-run home run and Aaron Rowand drove in a run with a single. Rowand had another RBI single in the fifth inning.
LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI Troy Tulowitzki 4 2 2 1 Mark Kotsay 4 1 1 2 Matt Duffy 4 0 0 0 Justin Turner 3 1 0 0 Jason Giambi 3 0 1 1 Phil Nevin 4 1 3 0 Evan Longoria 4 0 0 0 Tim Wallach 3 0 1 0 Terrmel Sledge 3 0 1 0 Aaron Rowand 4 0 2 2 Jeff Liefer 3 0 0 0 Jeremy Giambi 4 0 0 0 Jeff McNeil 3 0 1 0 Khris Davis 3 0 0 0 Garrett Hampson 4 0 1 0 Brent Mayne 3 0 1 0 Brad Davis 3 0 0 0 Christian Colon 2 1 0 0 TOTALS 31 2 6 2 TOTALS 30 4 8 4 LONG BEACH STATE 000 101 000 -- 2 CAL STATE FULLERTON 003 010 00x -- 4 LOB--LONG BEACH STATE 6, CAL STATE FULLERTON 6. ERR--Phil Nevin. 2B--Tim Wallach. HR--Troy Tulowitzki, Mark Kotsay. HBP--Jeff Liefer. LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Vance Worley [L] 5.33 6 4 4 4 7 1 Shane Carle 0.67 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bryan Shaw 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 Jared Hughes 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 CAL STATE FULLERTON Ricky Romero [W] 7.00 5 2 2 2 1 1 Michael Lorenzen 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 Vinnie Pestano [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
California 5, Oregon State 0: Orval Overall tossed a two-hit shutout for the Golden Bears. He retired the first 12 batters before the Beavers got both of their hits in the fifth inning. The only other OSU runner to reach base came on an error in the seventh. Kevin Maas, Darren Lewis and Jackie Jensen all hit solo homers in the fourth inning.
OREGON STATE AB R H BI CALIFORNIA AB R H BI Steven Kwan 4 0 0 0 Jackie Jensen 4 1 1 1 Nick Madrigal 4 0 0 0 Marcus Semien 5 1 1 0 Cole Gillespie 3 0 0 0 Conor Jackson 5 0 2 0 Jacoby Ellsbury 3 0 1 0 Jeff Kent 4 0 2 1 Michael Conforto 3 0 0 0 Mark Canha 3 0 0 0 Adley Rutschman 3 0 1 0 Geoff Blum 4 1 1 0 Steve Lyons 3 0 0 0 Kevin Maas 4 1 4 1 Wes Schulmerich 3 0 0 0 Darren Lewis 4 1 2 2 Darwin Barney 3 0 0 0 Bob Melvin 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 29 0 2 0 TOTALS 37 5 13 5 OREGON STATE 000 000 000 -- 0 CALIFORNIA 011 300 00x -- 5 LOB--OREGON STATE 2, CALIFORNIA 10. ERR--Darwin Barney (2), Marcus Semien. HR--Jackie Jensen, Darren Lewis, Kevin Maas. OREGON STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Matthew Boyd [L] 5.00 11 5 5 1 1 3 Joe Paterson 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 Michael Stutes 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 Mark McLemore 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 CALIFORNIA Orval Overall [W] 9.00 2 0 0 0 9 0
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