USC’s first chance at clinching the outright championship was denied, as the Trojans were upset by Pepperdine, ending a 10-game winning streak. UCLA, two back with two to play, remained mathematically alive after a one-run win over Stanford, but Arizona State was eliminated from contention after a loss to Long Beach State. All five games were decided by one or two runs in this round, with the first three contests all ending with a 4-3 score.
Standings
13-3: USC
11-5: UCLA
10-6: Arizona State
8-8: California, Long Beach State
7-9: Cal State Fullerton, Oregon State
6-10: Pepperdine
5-11: Arizona, Stanford
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California 4, Arizona 3: The Wildcats took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the eighth on Jack Howell’s solo home run. With two outs in the top of the ninth, Kevin Maas doubled, and Darren Lewis followed with a two-run home run to put the Golden Bears in front. Arizona went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the ninth.
CALIFORNIA AB R H BI ARIZONA AB R H BI Jackie Jensen 4 0 0 0 Kevin Newman 4 0 0 0 Marcus Semien 4 1 2 0 John Moses 4 1 1 0 Conor Jackson 3 0 1 1 Terry Francona 4 1 1 1 Jeff Kent 4 0 0 0 Ron Hassey 3 0 1 1 Mark Canha 4 0 0 0 JT Snow 4 0 0 0 Geoff Blum 4 0 0 0 Hank Leiber 4 0 1 0 Kevin Maas 4 2 2 1 Nick Hundley 3 0 0 0 Darren Lewis 4 1 2 2 Casey Candaele 3 0 1 0 Bob Melvin 4 0 1 0 Jack Howell 3 1 1 1 TOTALS 35 4 8 4 TOTALS 32 3 6 3 CALIFORNIA 000 001 102 -- 4 ARIZONA 000 002 010 -- 3 LOB--CALIFORNIA 5, ARIZONA 3. 2B--Conor Jackson, Darren Lewis, Kevin Maas, Marcus Semien, Terry Francona. HR--Darren Lewis, Kevin Maas, Jack Howell. CALIFORNIA IP H R ER BB SO HR Andy Messersmith 7.00 5 2 2 1 10 0 Rich Nye [W] 1.00 1 1 1 0 1 1 Chuck Cary [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 ARIZONA Scott Erickson 6.00 3 1 1 1 7 0 Craig Lefferts 2.00 3 1 1 0 2 1 Dave Baldwin [L] 1.00 2 2 2 0 1 1
Pepperdine 4, USC 3: The Waves took a 3-2 lead in the third inning on an RBI double by Chad Kreuter and a two-run single by Andy Stankiewicz. Kreuter, who went 4-for-4, hit a solo homer in the fifth inning to make it 4-2. All three Trojans runs were unearned as a result of Pepperdine errors.
PEPPERDINE AB R H BI USC AB R H BI David Newhan 5 1 1 0 Jacque Jones 4 0 1 0 Gail Hopkins 4 0 2 0 Bret Boone 3 1 0 0 Chad Kreuter 4 2 4 2 Fred Lynn 5 1 1 0 Eric Thames 3 1 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 1 2 1 Rob Picciolo 4 0 1 0 Geoff Jenkins 4 0 1 1 Andy Stankiewicz 3 0 1 2 Morgan Ensberg 4 0 1 0 Chase DArnaud 4 0 0 0 Jason Lane 4 0 1 0 Danny Garcia 4 0 1 0 Roy Smalley 4 0 1 0 Ryan Christenson 4 0 0 0 Eric Munson 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 35 4 10 4 TOTALS 35 3 8 2 PEPPERDINE 003 010 000 -- 4 USC 200 000 100 -- 3 LOB--PEPPERDINE 6, USC 10. ERR--Chase DArnaud (2). 2B--Gail Hopkins, Chad Kreuter, Mark McGwire, Roy Smalley. HR--Chad Kreuter. HBP--Mark McGwire, Eric Munson. PEPPERDINE IP H R ER BB SO HR Randy Wolf [W] 9.00 8 3 0 3 6 0 USC Randy Johnson [L] 7.00 8 4 4 2 3 1 Randy Flores 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 Marcel Lacheman 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
UCLA 4, Stanford 3: The Bruins built a 4-0 lead with the help of solo home runs by Troy Glaus, Eric Karros and Brandon Crawford. In the bottom of the ninth, the Cardinal’s Mike Aldrete hit a solo shot and Jed Lowrie added a two-run blast to make it 4-3, but the Bruins then got the final out.
UCLA AB R H BI STANFORD AB R H BI Shane Mack 5 0 0 0 Jeffrey Hammonds 3 0 0 0 Brandon Crawford 5 1 1 1 Jody Gerut 4 0 0 0 Jackie Robinson 4 0 1 0 Mike Aldrete 4 1 1 1 Eric Karros 4 1 1 1 Stephen Piscotty 4 0 0 0 Troy Glaus 4 2 2 1 Bob Boone 3 1 2 0 Chase Utley 4 0 1 0 Jed Lowrie 4 1 1 2 Eric Byrnes 3 0 1 1 Ed Sprague 4 0 0 0 Dave Roberts 4 0 2 0 Steve Buechele 3 0 0 0 Todd Zeile 3 0 0 0 AJ Hinch 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 36 4 9 4 TOTALS 32 3 5 3 UCLA 011 010 100 -- 4 STANFORD 000 000 003 -- 3 LOB--UCLA 8, STANFORD 4. ERR--Eric Byrnes, Jody Gerut. 2B--Chase Utley, Troy Glaus, Eric Byrnes. HR--Troy Glaus, Brandon Crawford, Eric Karros, Mike Aldrete, Jed Lowrie. HBP--Todd Zeile, Jackie Robinson. UCLA IP H R ER BB SO HR Gerrit Cole [W] 8.67 5 3 3 2 9 2 Pat Clements [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 1 0 STANFORD Jeremy Guthrie [L] 6.00 7 3 3 1 1 2 Sandy Vance 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 1 Al Osuna 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andrew Lorraine 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Long Beach State 5, Arizona State 3: The Beach’s Jeff McNeil hit a pair of solo home runs, and Troy Tulowitzki contributed a two-run blast in a three-run sixth inning that put LBSU ahead. The Sun Devils got home runs from Bob Horner in the sixth and Reggie Jackson in the eighth but it wasn’t enough.
ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI Dustin Pedroia 4 0 1 0 Troy Tulowitzki 4 1 2 2 Paul LoDuca 4 0 1 0 Matt Duffy 2 1 0 0 Barry Bonds 4 0 0 0 Jason Giambi 4 0 0 0 Reggie Jackson 3 1 2 1 Evan Longoria 4 0 1 0 Bob Horner 4 1 1 1 Terrmel Sledge 4 0 1 1 Rick Monday 4 0 1 0 Jeff Liefer 4 0 0 0 Alvin Davis 4 1 2 0 Jeff McNeil 3 2 2 2 Oddibe McDowell 4 0 0 0 Garrett Hampson 3 1 1 0 Willie Bloomquist 4 0 0 0 Brad Davis 2 0 1 0 TOTALS 35 3 8 2 TOTALS 30 5 8 5 ARIZONA STATE 000 011 010 -- 3 LONG BEACH STATE 001 003 10x -- 5 LOB--ARIZONA STATE 6, LONG BEACH STATE 4. ERR--Brad Davis. 2B--Paul LoDuca. HR--Reggie Jackson, Bob Horner, Troy Tulowitzki, Jeff McNeil (2). HBP--Matt Duffy. SACB--Brad Davis. ARIZONA STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Mike Leake [L] 6.00 6 4 4 1 4 2 Sean Lowe 1.00 2 1 1 0 2 1 Doug Henry 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 LONG BEACH STATE Steve Trachsel [W] 6.00 7 2 1 1 5 1 Cesar Ramos 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jared Hughes 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 1 Nick Vincent [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cal State Fullerton 4, Oregon State 2: Khris Davis tripled and scored on a groundout to give the Titans a 2-1 lead in the fifth. They made it 4-1 on Jeremy Giambi’s two-run homer in the eighth. Jacoby Ellsbury drove home a run with a single in the bottom of the ninth and the Beavers had runners on first and third with two out, but Cal State Fullerton got the final out.
CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI OREGON STATE AB R H BI Mark Kotsay 4 1 1 0 Steven Kwan 5 0 0 0 Justin Turner 5 0 0 0 Nick Madrigal 5 2 2 0 Phil Nevin 5 0 1 0 Cole Gillespie 4 0 2 0 Tim Wallach 3 1 1 1 Jacoby Ellsbury 5 0 2 2 Aaron Rowand 3 0 0 0 Michael Conforto 4 0 1 0 Jeremy Giambi 4 1 1 2 Adley Rutschman 3 0 1 0 Khris Davis 3 1 1 0 Steve Lyons 4 0 1 0 Brent Mayne 3 0 0 0 Wes Schulmerich 3 0 0 0 Christian Colon 3 0 1 1 Darwin Barney 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 33 4 6 4 TOTALS 36 2 10 2 CAL STATE FULLERTON 100 010 020 -- 4 OREGON STATE 100 000 001 -- 2 LOB--CAL STATE FULLERTON 8, OREGON STATE 12. ERR--Cole Gillespie. 2B--Tim Wallach, Christian Colon. 3B--Khris Davis. HR--Jeremy Giambi. HBP--Mark Kotsay. CAL STATE FULLERTON IP H R ER BB SO HR Kirk Saarloos [W] 6.00 6 1 1 4 2 0 Chris Devenski 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 Vinnie Pestano 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0 Phil Bickford [S] 1.00 2 1 1 1 1 0 OREGON STATE Drew Rasmussen [L] 7.00 3 2 2 4 3 0 Josh Osich 1.00 2 2 2 1 1 1 Joe Paterson 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
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