After three games, there’s only one unbeaten team, and it’s defending champion USC. It wasn’t easy, as the Trojans were down to their last out against Long Beach State before reigning MVP Jacque Jones hit a walk-off two-run homer.
Four of the five contests in Gameday #3 were decided by one run, and the other was a two-run game.
UCLA’s Jackie Robinson continued his torrid pace with his fifth home run of the season in just three games. He’s 10-for-13 (.769) at the plate. USC’s Jones is second in the league in hitting at .600 (9-for-15). A few other exceptional starts: Jackie Jensen (CAL) at .538, Mark Canha (CAL) at .500 and Jeremy Reed (LBSU) at .500.
| Gameday #3 | W | L | PCT | GB | Runs | R. All. | AVG | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 17 | 12 | .310 | 4.00 |
| Arizona | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.0 | 12 | 8 | .194 | 2.06 |
| Arizona State | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.0 | 14 | 15 | .232 | 4.67 |
| Oregon State | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.0 | 12 | 10 | .252 | 2.42 |
| UCLA | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.0 | 14 | 14 | .299 | 4.50 |
| California | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.0 | 16 | 13 | .275 | 4.33 |
| Long Beach State | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.0 | 10 | 12 | .252 | 3.38 |
| Pepperdine | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.0 | 14 | 11 | .255 | 2.88 |
| Stanford | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.0 | 11 | 18 | .252 | 4.85 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.0 | 6 | 13 | .211 | 3.51 |
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UCLA 5, California 4
The Golden Bears took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Jeff Kent’s two-run homer. The Bruins’ Jackie Robinson, who went 5-for-5, provided an RBI single in the fifth and a solo homer in the eighth to tie the contest. There were a lot of fireworks in the ninth. Todd Zeile homered for UCLA and Robinson had a two-run single to make it 5-2. Cal came back with two runs in the bottom of the ninth on Mark Canha’s RBI single and Geoff Blum’s RBI groundout, but the potential tying run was stranded on second base.
UCLA AB R H BI CALIFORNIA AB R H BI
Shane Mack 4 1 0 0 Jackie Jensen 3 1 2 0
Brandon Crawford 5 1 2 0 Taylor Douthit 4 0 0 0
Jackie Robinson 5 1 5 4 Conor Jackson 4 1 1 0
Eric Karros 5 0 1 0 Jeff Kent 4 1 1 2
Troy Glaus 4 0 1 0 Marcus Semien 3 1 1 0
Chase Utley 4 0 0 0 Mark Canha 4 0 1 1
Eric Byrnes 3 0 0 0 Geoff Blum 4 0 0 1
Dave Roberts 4 0 1 0 Darren Lewis 3 0 0 0
Todd Zeile 3 2 2 1 Bob Melvin 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 5 12 5 TOTALS 32 4 6 4
UCLA 000 010 013 -- 5
CALIFORNIA 200 000 002 -- 4
LOB--UCLA 8, CALIFORNIA 5. 2B--Brandon Crawford, Dave
Roberts. HR--Todd Zeile, Jackie Robinson, Jeff Kent.
UCLA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gerrit Cole 7.00 4 2 2 1 9 1
Bill Bonham [W] 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Mike Magnante [S] 1.00 2 2 2 2 2 0
CALIFORNIA
Andy Messersmith 8.00 9 2 2 2 11 1
Mike Cather [L] 1.00 3 3 3 1 2 1
USC 6, Long Beach State 5
Jason Giambi’s two-run homer gave the 49ers a 2-0 lead in the first inning. USC gained the lead at 4-2 after Jacque Jones hit a two-run homer in the third and Geoff Jenkins had a two-run single in the fourth. The Beach came right back with three runs in the fifth inning to go up 5-4, as Garrett Hampson had a two-run homer and Giambi added a solo shot. It stayed 5-4 until the bottom of the ninth. After LBSU got the first two outs, Eric Munson walked and Jones had a walk-off two-run homer, his second of the game and third of the season.
LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI USC AB R H BI
Troy Tulowitzki 5 1 2 0 Jacque Jones 5 2 3 4
Garrett Hampson 5 1 1 2 Bret Boone 4 0 1 0
Evan Longoria 5 0 2 0 Fred Lynn 4 1 0 0
Jason Giambi 5 2 2 3 Mark McGwire 4 1 1 0
Terrmel Sledge 4 0 1 0 Morgan Ensberg 4 0 1 0
Chris Gomez 4 0 1 0 Jason Lane 4 0 0 0
Jeremy Reed 3 0 1 0 Geoff Jenkins 4 0 1 2
Jeff McNeil 4 0 1 0 Roy Smalley 4 0 0 0
Brad Davis 4 1 1 0 Eric Munson 3 2 2 0
TOTALS 39 5 12 5 TOTALS 36 6 9 6
LONG BEACH STATE 200 030 000 -- 5
USC 002 200 002 -- 6
LOB--LONG BEACH STATE 8, USC 5. ERR--Vance Worley, Terrmel
Sledge. 2B--Jeff McNeil, Evan Longoria, Mark McGwire.
HR--Jason Giambi (2), Garrett Hampson, Jacque Jones (2).
LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vance Worley 6.00 7 4 2 0 2 1
Cesar Ramos 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Moffitt [L] 1.67 1 2 2 1 0 1
USC
Mark Prior 6.00 8 5 5 1 6 3
Jim Barr 2.00 3 0 0 0 2 0
Ian Kennedy [W] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Arizona State 3, Arizona 2
The Sun Devils got all three of their runs in the third inning on RBI doubles by Rick Monday and Reggie Jackson, and an RBI groundout by Bob Horner. After ASU loaded the bases in the fourth inning, Arizona pitchers retired the final 16 Sun Devil hitters. The Wildcats scored twice in the sixth inning on Terry Francona’s two-run single. But they stranded the potential game-tying run in scoring position in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings.
ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI ARIZONA AB R H BI
Dustin Pedroia 4 1 1 0 Kenny Lofton 3 1 0 0
Rick Monday 3 1 1 1 Kevin Newman 3 0 0 0
Barry Bonds 3 1 1 0 Terry Francona 4 0 1 2
Reggie Jackson 3 0 1 1 Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0
Bob Horner 4 0 0 1 JT Snow 4 0 0 0
Alvin Davis 4 0 0 0 Jack Howell 4 0 2 0
Oddibe McDowell 4 0 0 0 Shelley Duncan 4 0 1 0
Paul LoDuca 4 0 0 0 Nick Hundley 4 0 0 0
Willie Bloomquist 4 0 2 0 Casey Candaele 3 1 1 0
TOTALS 33 3 6 3 TOTALS 33 2 5 2
ARIZONA STATE 003 000 000 -- 3
ARIZONA 000 002 000 -- 2
LOB--ARIZONA STATE 6, ARIZONA 6. ERR--Dustin Pedroia.
2B--Reggie Jackson, Barry Bonds, Rick Monday, Jack Howell,
Casey Candaele.
ARIZONA STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Floyd Bannister [W] 8.00 4 2 2 2 6 0
Doug Henry [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
ARIZONA
Craig Lefferts [L] 6.00 6 3 3 3 2 0
Mark Melancon 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dave Baldwin 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tylor Megill 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon State 3, Cal State Fullerton 1
The Beavers went up 2-0 in the first inning on Michael Conforto’s RBI groundout and Ed Coleman’s RBI single. The Titans got one back in the third inning on Mark Kotsay’s RBI single, but that was it. They put runners on base in five of the next six innings, twice into scoring position, but couldn’t score again. Oregon State got an insurance run in the eighth on Nick Madrigal’s RBI double.
CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI OREGON STATE AB R H BI
Mark Kotsay 4 0 1 1 Jacoby Ellsbury 4 0 1 0
Tim Wallach 4 0 0 0 Cole Gillespie 3 1 2 0
Justin Turner 4 0 2 0 Adley Rutschman 3 1 2 0
Phil Nevin 4 0 1 0 Michael Conforto 4 0 0 1
Jeremy Giambi 3 0 1 0 Ed Coleman 4 0 1 1
Aaron Rowand 4 0 0 0 Steven Kwan 4 0 1 0
Kurt Suzuki 4 0 1 0 Darwin Barney 4 1 3 0
Reed Johnson 4 0 0 0 Nick Madrigal 4 0 1 1
Christian Colon 3 1 2 0 Steve Lyons 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 1 8 1 TOTALS 33 3 11 3
CAL STATE FULLERTON 001 000 000 -- 1
OREGON STATE 200 000 01x -- 3
LOB--CAL STATE FULLERTON 9, OREGON STATE 9. ERR--Reed
Johnson, Justin Turner. 2B--Kurt Suzuki, Justin Turner,
Christian Colon, Nick Madrigal, Steven Kwan.
CAL STATE FULLERTON IP H R ER BB SO HR
Michael Lorenzen [L] 7.00 9 2 2 3 3 0
Chad Cordero 1.00 2 1 1 0 2 0
OREGON STATE
Drew Rasmussen [W] 6.00 6 1 1 1 5 0
Mike Thurman 1.00 0 0 0 2 1 0
Josh Osich [S] 2.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
Stanford 4, Pepperdine 3
The Cardinal notched a quick run in the top of the first on Mike Aldrete’s RBI groundout. It stayed that way until the seventh. The Waves went up 3-1 with the help of two Stanford errors that led to three unearned runs. But Stanford came right back with three runs in the bottom half of the frame thanks to Jed Lowrie’s RBI double and Ed Sprague’s two-run homer.
PEPPERDINE AB R H BI STANFORD AB R H BI
David Newhan 3 0 1 0 Jeffrey Hammonds 4 1 0 0
Gail Hopkins 4 0 1 0 Nico Hoerner 4 0 2 0
Chad Kreuter 4 0 2 0 Mike Aldrete 4 0 0 1
Eric Thames 4 1 1 0 Bob Boone 4 0 1 0
Rob Picciolo 3 1 0 0 Carlos Quentin 3 0 0 0
Andy Stankiewicz 4 1 0 0 Jody Gerut 4 1 1 0
Chase DArnaud 4 0 0 0 Steve Buechele 4 0 1 0
Danny Garcia 3 0 0 1 Jed Lowrie 2 1 1 1
Ryan Christenson 3 0 0 0 Ed Sprague 3 1 2 2
TOTALS 32 3 5 1 TOTALS 32 4 8 4
PEPPERDINE 000 000 300 -- 3
STANFORD 100 000 30x -- 4
LOB--PEPPERDINE 4, STANFORD 6. ERR--Eric Thames, Bob Boone,
Jeffrey Hammonds. 2B--Eric Thames, Chad Kreuter, Jody Gerut,
Nico Hoerner, Jed Lowrie. HR--Ed Sprague.
PEPPERDINE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Noah Lowry [L] 7.00 7 4 3 2 3 1
Mark Lee 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
STANFORD
Jeremy Guthrie [W] 8.00 5 3 0 2 5 0
Cal Quantrill [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
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