Season number two of the West Coast College MLB League got underway with the defending champions, USC, picking up a victory. Arizona State beat UCLA in a battle of heavyweights, Arizona outlasted Cal State Fullerton in 17 innings and Pepperdine and Long Beach State handled a couple of former Pac-12 teams.
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USC 8, Stanford 6
Bret Boone’s three-run homer gave the Trojans a 6-1 lead in the top of the fourth. Stanford closed the gap to 6-5 in the bottom of the eighth as Jody Gerut, Steve Buechele and Ed Sprague drove in runs. USC’s Jacque Jones led off the ninth with a solo homer, and the Trojans added an insurance run thanks to a Cardinal error to make it 8-5. Stanford got one back in the bottom of the ninth on another Gerut RBI single, but that was it. Barry Zito struck out 15 in eight innings in the win.
USC AB R H BI STANFORD AB R H BI
Jacque Jones 5 3 3 1 Jeffrey Hammonds 5 0 1 0
Bret Boone 5 1 2 3 Nico Hoerner 5 0 0 0
Fred Lynn 5 1 1 0 Mike Aldrete 4 1 1 0
Mark McGwire 5 2 3 0 Bob Boone 5 3 3 0
Morgan Ensberg 5 0 4 0 Carlos Quentin 5 1 3 1
Jason Lane 5 0 2 2 Jody Gerut 3 1 2 3
Geoff Jenkins 4 0 0 0 Steve Buechele 5 0 1 1
Roy Smalley 4 0 0 0 Jed Lowrie 4 0 2 0
Eric Munson 4 1 1 0 Ed Sprague 3 0 0 1
TOTALS 42 8 16 6 TOTALS 39 6 13 6
USC 201 300 002 -- 8
STANFORD 010 100 031 -- 6
LOB--USC 8, STANFORD 10. ERR--Jody Gerut. 2B--Morgan
Ensberg, Jacque Jones, Jason Lane, Bob Boone (2). HR--Jacque
Jones, Bret Boone. SACF--Jody Gerut.
USC IP H R ER BB SO HR
Barry Zito [W] 8.00 11 5 5 3 15 0
Tommy Milone 0.67 2 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Barr [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 1 0
STANFORD
Jack McDowell [L] 7.00 13 6 6 0 5 1
Al Osuna 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Darrell Sutherland 1.00 3 2 1 0 0 1
Arizona State 7, UCLA 4
The Sun Devils built a 5-0 lead after five innings with the help of Reggie Jackson’s solo homer and RBI single. UCLA’s first two runs came courtesy of Jackie Robinson home runs.
UCLA AB R H BI ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI
Shane Mack 5 0 1 1 Dustin Pedroia 4 0 1 0
Brandon Crawford 5 0 0 0 Rick Monday 3 1 0 0
Jackie Robinson 4 2 2 2 Barry Bonds 4 1 1 1
Eric Karros 4 0 2 0 Reggie Jackson 4 1 2 2
Troy Glaus 4 1 1 0 Bob Horner 4 2 2 0
Chase Utley 4 0 0 0 Alvin Davis 2 1 1 0
Eric Byrnes 4 1 1 0 Oddibe McDowell 4 1 2 0
Dave Roberts 4 0 3 1 Paul LoDuca 4 0 1 3
Todd Zeile 4 0 2 0 Willie Bloomquist 4 0 1 0
TOTALS 38 4 12 4 TOTALS 33 7 11 6
UCLA 000 001 012 -- 4
ARIZONA STATE 010 220 02x -- 7
LOB--UCLA 7, ARIZONA STATE 5. 2B--Eric Karros, Barry Bonds,
Oddibe McDowell, Paul LoDuca. HR--Jackie Robinson (2),
Reggie Jackson.
UCLA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Matt Young [L] 6.00 9 5 5 2 2 1
Casey Janssen 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dave Schmidt 1.00 2 2 2 1 0 0
ARIZONA STATE
Larry Gura [W] 7.00 7 1 1 0 4 1
Ed Vande Berg 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 1
Sean Lowe 0.67 4 2 2 0 0 0
Lerrin LaGrow [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pepperdine 8, Oregon State 2
The Waves plated four runs on five hits in the first inning behind an Andy Stankiewicz three-run homer. It was 6-0 after after Rob Picciolo’s RBI double in the fourth. Mike Scott struck out 12 in a complete-game win and didn’t allow an earned run.
OREGON STATE AB R H BI PEPPERDINE AB R H BI
Jacoby Ellsbury 5 0 2 1 David Newhan 4 2 0 0
Cole Gillespie 5 0 0 0 Gail Hopkins 5 1 2 2
Adley Rutschman 4 0 0 0 Chad Kreuter 4 1 1 1
Michael Conforto 4 0 0 0 Eric Thames 5 0 1 0
Ed Coleman 4 1 0 0 Rob Picciolo 3 2 1 1
Steven Kwan 4 0 1 0 Andy Stankiewicz 4 1 2 3
Darwin Barney 3 0 1 0 Chase DArnaud 4 0 2 0
Nick Madrigal 4 0 2 1 Danny Garcia 4 1 3 1
Steve Lyons 4 1 0 0 Ryan Christenson 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 2 6 2 TOTALS 36 8 12 8
OREGON STATE 000 011 000 -- 2
PEPPERDINE 401 120 00x -- 8
LOB--OREGON STATE 10, PEPPERDINE 9. ERR--Matthew Boyd,
Jacoby Ellsbury, Chad Kreuter (2), Andy Stankiewicz, Ryan
Christenson. 2B--Jacoby Ellsbury, Rob Picciolo, Gail
Hopkins, Chad Kreuter, Chase DArnaud. 3B--Jacoby Ellsbury.
HR--Andy Stankiewicz.
OREGON STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Matthew Boyd [L] 5.00 11 8 5 2 2 1
Sam Gaviglio 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Mark McLemore 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Joe Paterson 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
PEPPERDINE
Mike Scott [W] 9.00 6 2 0 2 12 0
Arizona 7, Cal State Fullerton 4 (17 inn.)
The Wildcats and Titans basically played two games, with no runs scored between the seventh and 16th innings. Justin Turner gave Cal State Fullerton a 4-3 lead in the top of the 17th with a solo home run. But the Wildcats began the bottom of the 17th with three straight hits, including Kevin Newman’s RBI single to tie it. One out later, Ron Hassey hit a walk-off three-run homer. There were 37 strikeouts in the game, 12 by Titan starter Tanner Bibee.
CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI ARIZONA AB R H BI
Mark Kotsay 8 2 4 1 Kenny Lofton 7 2 1 0
Tim Wallach 8 1 1 0 Kevin Newman 8 0 2 1
Justin Turner 8 1 2 1 Terry Francona 8 1 3 0
Phil Nevin 8 0 2 1 Ron Hassey 8 1 2 4
Jeremy Giambi 7 0 0 0 JT Snow 7 1 2 1
Aaron Rowand 7 0 2 1 Jack Howell 5 1 2 1
Kurt Suzuki 6 0 0 0 Shelley Duncan 7 0 0 0
Reed Johnson 7 0 1 0 Nick Hundley 6 0 1 0
Christian Colon 7 0 2 0 Casey Candaele 7 1 1 0
TOTALS 66 4 14 4 TOTALS 63 7 14 7
CAL STATE FULLERTON 210 000 000 000 000 01 -- 4
ARIZONA 001 101 000 000 000 04 -- 7
LOB--CAL STATE FULLERTON 12, ARIZONA 11. ERR--Scott
Erickson. 2B--Phil Nevin, Mark Kotsay, Jack Howell, Ron
Hassey, Terry Francona. HR--Mark Kotsay, Justin Turner, JT
Snow, Jack Howell, Ron Hassey.
CAL STATE FULLERTON IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tanner Bibee 7.00 9 3 3 1 12 2
Dylan Floro 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Devenski 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Robinson 2.00 1 0 0 2 1 0
Chad Cordero 2.00 0 0 0 0 4 0
Phil Bickford [L] 2.33 4 4 4 1 4 1
ARIZONA
Scott Erickson 8.00 10 3 3 1 6 1
Mark Melancon 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tylor Megill 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Vosberg 2.00 0 0 0 0 3 0
Dave Baldwin 2.00 1 0 0 0 3 0
Trevor Hoffman [W] 3.00 2 1 1 0 3 1
Long Beach State 4, California 3
The 49ers jumped out to a 4-0 lead after four innings. Evan Longoria had an RBI single in the first, Troy Tulowitzki had a sacrifice fly and Garrett Hampson had an RBI single in the second and Evan Longoria had a sacrifice fly in the fourth. Cal got a solo homer from Darren Lewis in the fifth and a two-run homer from Taylor Douthit in the seventh. They got the tying run to second base in the bottom of the ninth but couldn’t bring him home.
LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI CALIFORNIA AB R H BI
Troy Tulowitzki 4 1 1 1 Jackie Jensen 5 0 2 0
Garrett Hampson 3 0 2 1 Taylor Douthit 5 1 1 2
Evan Longoria 4 0 1 2 Conor Jackson 4 0 0 0
Jason Giambi 5 0 0 0 Jeff Kent 4 0 1 0
Terrmel Sledge 5 0 1 0 Marcus Semien 4 0 1 0
Chris Gomez 5 0 0 0 Mark Canha 3 0 1 0
Jeremy Reed 4 1 3 0 Geoff Blum 4 0 0 0
Jeff McNeil 4 1 2 0 Darren Lewis 3 2 2 1
Brad Davis 3 1 1 0 Bob Melvin 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 4 11 4 TOTALS 35 3 8 3
LONG BEACH STATE 120 100 000 -- 4
CALIFORNIA 000 010 200 -- 3
LOB--LONG BEACH STATE 11, CALIFORNIA 8. ERR--Jeremy Reed,
Jeff Kent, Darren Lewis. 2B--Jeremy Reed. HR--Darren Lewis,
Taylor Douthit. SACF--Troy Tulowitzki, Evan Longoria.
SACB--Bob Melvin.
LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jason Vargas [W] 7.00 6 3 3 2 5 2
Randy Moffitt [S] 2.00 2 0 0 0 4 0
CALIFORNIA
Brandon Morrow [L] 7.00 10 4 4 3 6 0
Trevor Hildenberger 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Bill Werle 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
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