For the second straight gameday, USC failed to clinch the championship and lost to a last-place team. UCLA kept pace and is now one game back with one to play. California won in 13 innings to move into sole possession of fourth place. Three teams are tied for the cellar heading into the final contest.
Standings
13-4: USC
12-5: UCLA
11-6: Arizona State
9-8: California
8-9: Long Beach State
7-10: Cal State Fullerton, Oregon State
6-11: Arizona, Pepperdine, Stanford
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Arizona 5, USC 3: Ron Hassey was a one-man wrecking crew for the Wildcats, as he drove in all five runs. He had a two-run double in the third, a two-run homer in the fifth and an RBI single in the ninth. The Trojans scored one each in fourth, fifth and sixth, the last on a solo homer by Geoff Jenkins, but failed to clinch again.
ARIZONA AB R H BI USC AB R H BI Kevin Newman 5 1 2 0 Jacque Jones 5 1 1 0 John Moses 5 1 2 0 Bret Boone 3 0 0 0 Terry Francona 5 2 1 0 Fred Lynn 4 1 2 1 Ron Hassey 5 1 3 5 Mark McGwire 4 0 1 0 JT Snow 3 0 0 0 Geoff Jenkins 3 1 1 2 Hank Leiber 4 0 1 0 Morgan Ensberg 3 0 1 0 Nick Hundley 4 0 2 0 Jason Lane 4 0 2 0 Casey Candaele 4 0 0 0 Roy Smalley 4 0 1 0 Jack Howell 4 0 0 0 Eric Munson 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 39 5 11 5 TOTALS 34 3 9 3 ARIZONA 002 020 001 -- 5 USC 000 111 000 -- 3 LOB--ARIZONA 9, USC 8. ERR--Roy Smalley, Fred Lynn. 2B--Ron Hassey, Fred Lynn, Jason Lane. HR--Ron Hassey, Geoff Jenkins. HBP--JT Snow, Bret Boone. SACF--Geoff Jenkins. ARIZONA IP H R ER BB SO HR Don Lee [W] 6.00 8 3 3 0 4 1 Craig Lefferts 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ed Vosberg 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 Gil Heredia (S) 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 USC Barry Zito [L] 7.00 9 4 3 1 8 1 Seth Etherton 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Justin Lehr 1.00 2 1 1 0 2 0
UCLA 7, Long Beach State 2: Trailing 2-1, the Bruins broke the game open with a four-run fifth inning that featured an RBI double by Brandon Crawford and RBI singles by Jackie Robinson, Troy Glaus and Eric Byrnes. Chase Utley added a two-run homer in the seventh inning.
LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI UCLA AB R H BI Troy Tulowitzki 4 0 0 0 Shane Mack 4 0 0 0 Matt Duffy 4 0 1 0 Brandon Crawford 4 2 1 1 Jason Giambi 3 1 0 0 Jackie Robinson 3 2 2 1 Evan Longoria 4 0 1 0 Eric Karros 1 0 0 1 Terrmel Sledge 4 1 2 0 Troy Glaus 3 1 1 1 Jeff Liefer 4 0 1 2 Chase Utley 4 1 1 2 Jeff McNeil 4 0 0 0 Eric Byrnes 4 0 2 1 Garrett Hampson 3 0 0 0 Dave Roberts 4 0 0 0 Brad Davis 3 0 0 0 Todd Zeile 4 1 2 0 TOTALS 33 2 5 2 TOTALS 31 7 9 7 LONG BEACH STATE 000 200 000 -- 2 UCLA 100 040 20x -- 7 LOB--LONG BEACH STATE 5, UCLA 6. ERR--Jeff McNeil, Troy Glaus. 2B--Jeff Liefer, Todd Zeile, Brandon Crawford. HR--Chase Utley. HBP--Jackie Robinson. SACF--Eric Karros. LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Jered Weaver [L] 6.00 8 5 4 4 2 0 Nick Vincent 1.00 1 2 2 0 0 1 Shane Carle 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 UCLA Tim Leary [W] 7.00 5 2 2 1 7 0 Mike Magnante 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Schmidt 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
California 7, Cal State Fullerton 6 (13 innings): The Titans led 4-1 after three, trailed 6-4 after eight, and tied it in the bottom of the ninth on two-out RBI singles by Phil Nevin and Aaron Rowand. After three scoreless extra innings, the Bears finally pushed a run across in the top of the 13th. Mark Canha singled with two out and scored on Geoff Blum’s double. Fullerton went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 13th.
CALIFORNIA AB R H BI CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI Jackie Jensen 7 1 3 0 Mark Kotsay 7 1 2 0 Marcus Semien 6 0 0 0 Justin Turner 6 1 1 0 Conor Jackson 7 0 2 1 Phil Nevin 6 1 2 1 Jeff Kent 6 1 1 1 Tim Wallach 6 2 3 1 Mark Canha 6 1 2 0 Aaron Rowand 6 0 2 1 Geoff Blum 6 0 3 1 Jeremy Giambi 5 1 2 3 Kevin Maas 6 2 0 0 Khris Davis 6 0 1 0 Darren Lewis 4 2 2 1 Brent Mayne 6 0 1 0 Bob Melvin 5 0 2 2 Christian Colon 6 0 1 0 TOTALS 53 7 15 6 TOTALS 54 6 15 6 CALIFORNIA 100 112 010 000 1 -- 7 CAL STATE FULLERTON 202 000 002 000 0 -- 6 LOB--CALIFORNIA 15, CAL STATE FULLERTON 11. ERR--Brent Mayne. 2B--Conor Jackson, Geoff Blum, Mark Kotsay (2). 3B--Darren Lewis. HR--Jeff Kent, Jeremy Giambi. HBP--Darren Lewis, Kevin Maas. SACF--Bob Melvin. CALIFORNIA IP H R ER BB SO HR Orval Overall 7.00 9 4 4 2 4 1 Chuck Cary 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bill Werle 1.00 4 2 2 0 0 0 Rich Nye 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 Tyler Walker [W] 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 CAL STATE FULLERTON Ricky Romero 7.00 9 5 5 3 7 1 Matt Wise 1.00 1 1 0 1 2 0 Michael Lorenzen 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 Phil Bickford 2.00 1 0 0 1 4 0 Chad Cordero [L] 2.00 3 1 1 0 3 0
Arizona State 10, Oregon State 2: Craig Swan nearly pitched his second shutout in five starts. A two-out error in the bottom of the ninth prolonged the game, and Jacoby Ellsbury hit a two-run home run. But it was already 10-0 before that, as Reggie Jackson and Paul LoDuca homered and Dustin Pedroia collected four hits.
OREGON STATE AB R H BI ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI Steven Kwan 4 0 1 0 Dustin Pedroia 5 1 4 3 Nick Madrigal 4 0 0 0 Paul LoDuca 5 1 3 2 Cole Gillespie 4 1 0 0 Barry Bonds 5 1 2 1 Jacoby Ellsbury 4 1 1 2 Reggie Jackson 4 2 2 2 Michael Conforto 4 0 0 0 Bob Horner 5 1 1 0 Adley Rutschman 3 0 0 0 Rick Monday 4 0 0 0 Steve Lyons 3 0 0 0 Alvin Davis 4 2 2 1 Wes Schulmerich 3 0 0 0 Oddibe McDowell 3 2 1 1 Darwin Barney 3 0 1 0 Willie Bloomquist 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 32 2 3 2 TOTALS 39 10 15 10 OREGON STATE 000 000 002 -- 2 ARIZONA STATE 301 200 40x -- 10 LOB--OREGON STATE 3, ARIZONA STATE 9. ERR--Ken Forsch, Adley Rutschman, Bob Horner (2). 2B--Dustin Pedroia. HR--Jacoby Ellsbury, Reggie Jackson, Paul LoDuca. OREGON STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR Ken Forsch [L] 8.00 15 10 10 4 6 2 ARIZONA STATE Craig Swan [W] 9.00 3 2 0 0 9 1
Stanford 7, Pepperdine 0: Jack McDowell was near-flawless in a complete-game shutout, as he gave up just three hits and two walks and only allowed one Wave to reach second base. Mike Aldrete and Steve Buechele homered for the Cardinal.
STANFORD AB R H BI PEPPERDINE AB R H BI Jeffrey Hammonds 4 1 2 1 David Newhan 4 0 1 0 Jody Gerut 5 0 0 0 Gail Hopkins 4 0 1 0 Mike Aldrete 5 1 2 2 Chad Kreuter 3 0 0 0 Stephen Piscotty 5 1 0 0 Eric Thames 4 0 0 0 Bob Boone 5 0 1 0 Rob Picciolo 3 0 0 0 Jed Lowrie 2 1 1 1 Andy Stankiewicz 3 0 0 0 Ed Sprague 4 1 1 0 Chase DArnaud 3 0 1 0 Steve Buechele 5 2 2 2 Danny Garcia 3 0 0 0 AJ Hinch 4 0 1 1 Ryan Christenson 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 39 7 10 7 TOTALS 30 0 3 0 STANFORD 030 021 100 -- 7 PEPPERDINE 000 000 000 -- 0 LOB--STANFORD 10, PEPPERDINE 5. ERR--Mike Aldrete, David Newhan, Mike Scott, Ryan Christenson. 2B--Bob Boone, AJ Hinch, Jeffrey Hammonds. HR--Steve Buechele, Mike Aldrete. SACF--Jed Lowrie. STANFORD IP H R ER BB SO HR Jack McDowell [W] 9.00 3 0 0 2 4 0 PEPPERDINE Mike Scott [L] 7.00 9 7 6 3 10 2 Steve Montgomery 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 Will Ohman 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
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