Arizona and USC stayed atop the standings after gameday #5 thanks to comeback victories, while Stanford and Oregon State pitchers tossed very impressive shutouts.
Sole possession of first place is on the line in gameday #6 when the Trojans visit the Wildcats.
Here’s a quick look at the league-leading hitters at this point in the season:
Average: Jackie Robinson (UCLA) .619, Jacque Jones (USC) .458, Mark McGwire (USC) .429, Rick Monday (ASU) .421, Mark Canha (CAL) .421, Jed Lowrie (STAN) .400, Jody Gerut (STAN) .400, Adley Rutschman (OSU) .389
Home Runs: Jackie Robinson (UCLA) 5, Taylor Douthit (CAL) 3, Ed Coleman (OSU) 3, Jacque Jones (USC) 3
RBI: Jackie Robinson (UCLA) 9, Jason Lane (USC) 8, Ron Hassey (ARIZ) 7, Michael Conforto (OSU) 7
| Gameday #5 | W | L | PCT | GB | Runs | R. All. | AVG | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 4 | 1 | .800 | — | 22 | 14 | .217 | 2.38 |
| USC | 4 | 1 | .800 | — | 28 | 25 | .310 | 4.91 |
| Arizona State | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 25 | 27 | .250 | 5.32 |
| Oregon State | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 19 | 14 | .253 | 2.30 |
| Pepperdine | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 29 | 19 | .272 | 2.72 |
| Stanford | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 25 | 20 | .264 | 3.27 |
| Long Beach State | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 15 | 21 | .246 | 3.92 |
| UCLA | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 19 | 29 | .264 | 5.86 |
| California | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.0 | 21 | 20 | .261 | 4.09 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 0 | 5 | .00 | 4.0 | 13 | 27 | .225 | 4.65 |
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Arizona 6, UCLA 3
Eric Karros gave the Bruins an 3-1 lead with a three-run homer in the third inning, but the Wildcats continued their impressive start by scoring the next five runs. In a four-run fourth, J.T. Snow had an RBI double and Casey Candaele had a three-run double. Candaele added another RBI double in the sixth.
UCLA AB R H BI ARIZONA AB R H BI
Shane Mack 3 0 0 0 Kenny Lofton 4 1 1 1
Brandon Crawford 4 0 0 0 Kevin Newman 4 0 0 0
Jackie Robinson 4 1 2 0 Terry Francona 4 0 0 0
Eric Karros 4 1 1 3 Ron Hassey 4 1 1 0
Troy Glaus 4 0 0 0 JT Snow 4 1 2 1
Chase Utley 4 0 1 0 Jack Howell 3 0 0 0
Eric Byrnes 3 0 2 0 Shelley Duncan 3 1 2 0
Dave Roberts 4 0 0 0 Nick Hundley 3 2 0 0
Todd Zeile 4 1 2 0 Casey Candaele 4 0 2 4
TOTALS 34 3 8 3 TOTALS 33 6 8 6
UCLA 003 000 000 -- 3
ARIZONA 100 401 00x -- 6
LOB--UCLA 6, ARIZONA 6. ERR--Eric Byrnes. 2B--JT Snow, Casey
Candaele (2). HR--Eric Karros, Kenny Lofton.
UCLA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Matt Young [L] 6.00 7 6 6 2 7 1
Dave Schmidt 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Magnante 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
ARIZONA
Scott Erickson [W] 7.00 8 3 3 1 9 1
Tylor Megill 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Vosberg [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Stanford 5, Cal State Fullerton 0
Jack McDowell kept the Titans winless thanks to a five-hit, 10-strikeout shutout. Only two Fullerton baserunners made it into scoring position. All five Stanford runs came in the first two innings as Bob Boone had a two-run homer in the first and Jeffrey Hammonds had a three-run blast in the second.
CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI STANFORD AB R H BI
Mark Kotsay 4 0 1 0 Jeffrey Hammonds 3 2 1 3
Tim Wallach 4 0 0 0 Nico Hoerner 4 0 0 0
Justin Turner 4 0 1 0 Mike Aldrete 4 0 0 0
Phil Nevin 4 0 1 0 Bob Boone 3 1 1 2
Jeremy Giambi 3 0 1 0 Carlos Quentin 4 0 0 0
Aaron Rowand 3 0 0 0 Jody Gerut 4 1 3 0
Kurt Suzuki 3 0 0 0 Steve Buechele 3 0 0 0
Reed Johnson 3 0 0 0 Jed Lowrie 4 1 2 0
Christian Colon 3 0 1 0 Ed Sprague 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 31 0 5 0 TOTALS 32 5 8 5
CAL STATE FULLERTON 000 000 000 -- 0
STANFORD 230 000 00x -- 5
LOB--CAL STATE FULLERTON 4, STANFORD 6. ERR--Justin Turner.
2B--Mark Kotsay. HR--Bob Boone, Jeffrey Hammonds.
CAL STATE FULLERTON IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tanner Bibee [L] 6.00 5 5 5 2 7 2
Kirk Saarloos 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
Chad Cordero 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
STANFORD
Jack McDowell [W] 9.00 5 0 0 0 10 0
Pepperdine 6, Long Beach State 1
The 49ers’ Troy Tulowitzki hit the first pitch of the game out of the park, but that turned out to be Long Beach State’s only run. The Waves’ Mike Scott was great the rest of the way and struck out 12. Chad Kreuter had an RBI single in the third and a solo homer in the fifth, and Rob Picciolo had a two-run homer in the eighth to lead Pepperdine’s offense.
LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI PEPPERDINE AB R H BI
Troy Tulowitzki 4 1 2 1 David Newhan 3 2 1 0
Garrett Hampson 4 0 0 0 Gail Hopkins 4 1 2 0
Evan Longoria 4 0 0 0 Chad Kreuter 4 1 2 2
Jason Giambi 4 0 1 0 Eric Thames 4 1 1 1
Terrmel Sledge 4 0 1 0 Rob Picciolo 4 1 2 3
Chris Gomez 4 0 0 0 Andy Stankiewicz 4 0 1 0
Jeremy Reed 4 0 0 0 Chase DArnaud 4 0 0 0
Jeff McNeil 3 0 1 0 Danny Garcia 4 0 2 0
Brad Davis 3 0 0 0 Ryan Christenson 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 1 5 1 TOTALS 35 6 11 6
LONG BEACH STATE 100 000 000 -- 1
PEPPERDINE 102 010 02x -- 6
LOB--LONG BEACH STATE 6, PEPPERDINE 6. ERR--Jeff McNeil, Rob
Picciolo, Ryan Christenson. 2B--Andy Stankiewicz, Danny
Garcia. HR--Troy Tulowitzki, Rob Picciolo, Chad Kreuter.
LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jason Vargas [L] 6.00 7 4 4 1 3 1
Randy Moffitt 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tom Urbani 1.00 4 2 2 0 0 1
PEPPERDINE
Mike Scott [W] 8.00 5 1 1 0 12 1
Steve Montgomery 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Oregon State 4, Arizona State 0
It’s possibly the most shocking result in league history. The high-scoring Sun Devils were coming off a game in which they hit six home runs and scored 11 runs against USC. Oregon State starter Matthew Boyd, in five career starts spanning seasons 1 and 2, had an 0-4 record with an 8.28 ERA. Yet Boyd threw a four-hit, four-walk shutout. He scattered the baserunners and only had two innings where ASU runners made it into scoring position. All four OSU runs came via homers: Ed Coleman and Nick Madrigal with solo shots in the fourth and seventh innings, respectively, and a two-run blast by Michael Conforto in the eighth.
ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI OREGON STATE AB R H BI
Dustin Pedroia 3 0 0 0 Jacoby Ellsbury 2 0 0 0
Rick Monday 4 0 2 0 Cole Gillespie 4 0 0 0
Barry Bonds 3 0 0 0 Adley Rutschman 4 1 2 0
Reggie Jackson 4 0 0 0 Michael Conforto 4 1 1 2
Bob Horner 2 0 1 0 Ed Coleman 4 1 1 1
Alvin Davis 4 0 0 0 Steven Kwan 4 0 1 0
Oddibe McDowell 4 0 1 0 Darwin Barney 4 0 1 0
Paul LoDuca 3 0 0 0 Nick Madrigal 3 1 2 1
Willie Bloomquist 3 0 0 0 Steve Lyons 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 0 4 0 TOTALS 32 4 8 4
ARIZONA STATE 000 000 000 -- 0
OREGON STATE 000 100 12x -- 4
LOB--ARIZONA STATE 7, OREGON STATE 6. ERR--Matthew Boyd.
2B--Rick Monday. HR--Nick Madrigal, Michael Conforto, Ed
Coleman.
ARIZONA STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Gura [L] 7.00 6 2 2 2 7 2
Ed Vande Berg 1.00 2 2 2 0 0 1
OREGON STATE
Matthew Boyd [W] 9.00 4 0 0 4 4 0
USC 3, California 2
Cal’s Brandon Morrow shut down the Trojans for six innings and the Golden Bears had taken a 2-0 lead, with Darren Lewis providing an RBI fielder’s choice in the second and Mark Canha hitting an RBI double in the sixth. The Trojans finally woke up in the seventh, as Geoff Jenkins tied it with a two-run double and Eric Munson provided a go-ahead RBI single. Cal put runners on second and third in the ninth but Jim Barr struck out the final hitter.
CALIFORNIA AB R H BI USC AB R H BI
Jackie Jensen 5 0 0 0 Jacque Jones 4 0 1 0
Taylor Douthit 4 0 1 0 Bret Boone 4 0 1 0
Conor Jackson 4 0 1 0 Fred Lynn 4 0 1 0
Jeff Kent 2 1 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0
Marcus Semien 3 0 2 0 Morgan Ensberg 4 1 3 0
Mark Canha 4 1 1 1 Jason Lane 3 1 0 0
Geoff Blum 4 0 2 0 Geoff Jenkins 3 1 3 2
Darren Lewis 4 0 0 1 Roy Smalley 3 0 0 0
Bob Melvin 3 0 1 0 Eric Munson 3 0 1 1
TOTALS 33 2 8 2 TOTALS 32 3 10 3
CALIFORNIA 010 001 000 -- 2
USC 000 000 30x -- 3
LOB--CALIFORNIA 8, USC 6. 2B--Mark Canha, Bob Melvin, Taylor
Douthit, Morgan Ensberg, Geoff Jenkins.
CALIFORNIA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Brandon Morrow [L] 7.00 8 3 3 1 4 0
Ryan Drese 1.00 2 0 0 0 2 0
USC
Barry Zito [W] 8.00 6 2 2 4 6 0
Jim Barr [S] 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
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