The biggest game of the season so far wasn’t close, as first-place and defending champion USC routed second-place Oregon State. The Trojans now lead the league by two games. The most surprising news out of week eight might be Cal State Fullerton finally winning a game after posting a comeback victory over Arizona State. Long Beach State and Pepperdine joined OSU in second place with impressive wins.
Now that we’re through eight games, with all of the starting pitchers now having made two starts, here’s a look at the league leaders:
Batting Average: .531 Jackie Robinson (UCLA), .471 Mark McGwire (USC), .438 Rick Monday (ASU), .400 Chad Kreuter (PEPP), .395 Jacque Jones (USC), .368 Troy Tulowizki (LBSU), .357 Adley Rutschman (OSU), .353 Steve Buechele (STAN), .353 Jody Gerut (STAN), .346 Todd Zeile (UCLA), .344 Mark Canha (CAL), .342 Terry Francona (ARIZ)
Home Runs: 6 Jackie Robinson (UCLA), 4 Jacque Jones (USC), 3 Kenny Lofton (ARIZ), 3 Reggie Jackson (ASU), 3 Barry Bonds (ASU), 3 Tim Wallach (CSF), 3 Taylor Douthit (CAL), 3 Darren Lewis (CAL), 3 Troy Tulowitzki (LBSU), 3 Jason Giambi (LBSU), 3 Ed Coleman (OSU), 3 Michael Conforto (OSU), 3 Chad Kreuter (PEPP), 3 David Newhan (PEPP), 3 Mark McGwire (USC)
RBI: 13 Chad Kreuter (PEPP), 10 Michael Conforto (OSU), 10 Jackie Robinson (UCLA), 10 Jason Lane (USC), 9 Reggie Jackson (ASU), 8 Barry Bonds (ASU), 8 Darren Lewis (CAL), 8 Mark McGwire (USC), 7 Ron Hassey (ARIZ), 7 Tim Wallach (CSF), 7 Taylor Douthit (CAL), 7 Evan Longoria (LBSU), 7 David Newhan (PEPP), 7 Rob Picciolo (PEPP), 7 Jacque Jones (USC)
Wins: 2 Drew Rasmussen (OSU), 2 Ken Forsch (OSU), 2 Mike Scott (PEPP), 2 Tim Leary (UCLA), 2 Barry Zito (USC)
ERA: 0.53 Mike Scott (PEPP), 1.06 Orval Overall (CAL), 1.29 Michael Lorenzen (CSF), 1.38 Drew Rasmussen (OSU), 1.69 Joe Magrane (ARIZ), 1.69 Floyd Bannister (ASU), 1.69 Ken Forsch (OSU), 1.69 Jeremy Guthrie (STAN), 1.69 Tim Leary (UCLA), 1.69 Tom Seaver (USC), 1.93 Don Lee (ARIZ), 1.93 Larry Gura (ASU), 1.93 Tyson Ross (CAL)
Strikeouts: 24 Mike Scott (PEPP), 21 Barry Zito (USC), 19 Craig Swan (ASU), 19 Tanner Bibee (CSF), 18 Orval Overall (CAL), 18 Andy Messersmith (CAL), 17 Joe Magrane (ARIZ), 17 Steve Trachsel (LBSU), 17 Ken Forsch (OSU), 17 Randy Wolf (PEPP)
| Gameday #8 | W | L | PCT | GB | STK | Runs | Runs A. | AVG | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC | 7 | 1 | .875 | — | W4 | 45 | 31 | .297 | 3.75 |
| Long Beach State | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.0 | W3 | 36 | 34 | .264 | 3.64 |
| Oregon State | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.0 | L1 | 29 | 24 | .248 | 2.74 |
| Pepperdine | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.0 | W1 | 49 | 39 | .273 | 3.68 |
| Arizona | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.0 | L3 | 32 | 31 | .226 | 2.67 |
| Stanford | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.0 | L1 | 33 | 32 | .270 | 3.36 |
| Arizona State | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.0 | L4 | 35 | 48 | .238 | 5.42 |
| California | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.0 | W2 | 37 | 26 | .264 | 3.30 |
| UCLA | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.0 | L2 | 30 | 44 | .253 | 5.61 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6.0 | W1 | 25 | 42 | .239 | 4.77 |
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USC 6, Oregon State 1
The Trojans’ Randy Johnson scattered six hits over eight innings and only gave up a solo home run to Jacoby Ellsbury. Mark McGwire and Jason Lane had RBI singles in the first inning. In a four-run third inning, Lane and Roy Smalley had RBI singles and Eric Munson drove in two with a double.
OREGON STATE AB R H BI USC AB R H BI
Jacoby Ellsbury 5 1 1 1 Jacque Jones 4 0 1 0
Cole Gillespie 3 0 0 0 Bret Boone 5 1 1 0
Adley Rutschman 3 0 1 0 Fred Lynn 4 0 0 0
Michael Conforto 4 0 1 0 Mark McGwire 4 2 3 1
Ed Coleman 3 0 1 0 Morgan Ensberg 4 0 1 0
Steven Kwan 4 0 0 0 Jason Lane 4 1 3 2
Darwin Barney 4 0 1 0 Geoff Jenkins 4 1 1 0
Nick Madrigal 4 0 1 0 Roy Smalley 4 1 1 1
Steve Lyons 3 0 0 0 Eric Munson 4 0 1 2
TOTALS 33 1 6 1 TOTALS 37 6 12 6
OREGON STATE 000 010 000 -- 1
USC 204 000 00x -- 6
LOB--OREGON STATE 9, USC 8. ERR--Darwin Barney, Cole
Gillespie. 2B--Adley Rutschman, Bret Boone, Eric Munson.
HR--Jacoby Ellsbury.
OREGON STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Andrew Moore [L] 5.00 9 6 6 1 0 0
Michael Stutes 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Paterson 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Gaviglio 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
USC
Randy Johnson [W] 8.00 6 1 1 4 8 1
Ian Kennedy 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cal State Fullerton 7, Arizona State 3
ASU’s Barry Bonds hit a three-run homer in the third inning to make it 3-0 and it looked like the Titans were on their way to their eighth straight defeat. But the Sun Devils didn’t score again, and Fullerton tied the game on Phil Nevin’s two-run homer in the seventh inning. They scored four more times in the eighth, which included a two-run homer by Tim Wallach.
CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI
Mark Kotsay 5 1 1 0 Dustin Pedroia 3 1 0 0
Tim Wallach 5 1 4 2 Rick Monday 4 1 2 0
Justin Turner 5 0 0 0 Barry Bonds 4 1 2 3
Phil Nevin 5 2 2 2 Reggie Jackson 4 0 0 0
Jeremy Giambi 5 0 1 0 Bob Horner 4 0 1 0
Aaron Rowand 5 1 2 1 Alvin Davis 4 0 1 0
Kurt Suzuki 3 1 0 0 Oddibe McDowell 4 0 0 0
Reed Johnson 3 1 2 1 Paul LoDuca 3 0 0 0
Christian Colon 4 0 0 1 Willie Bloomquist 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 7 12 7 TOTALS 32 3 6 3
CAL STATE FULLERTON 000 001 240 -- 7
ARIZONA STATE 003 000 000 -- 3
LOB--CAL STATE FULLERTON 8, ARIZONA STATE 4. ERR--Rick
Monday. 2B--Phil Nevin, Reed Johnson, Rick Monday. HR--Phil
Nevin, Tim Wallach, Barry Bonds.
CAL STATE FULLERTON IP H R ER BB SO HR
Greg Mathews 6.00 4 3 3 2 4 1
Kirk Saarloos [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dylan Floro 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Chad Cordero 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
ARIZONA STATE
Craig Swan 7.00 9 3 1 1 10 1
Sean Lowe [L] 1.00 3 4 4 1 0 1
Trevor Williams 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
California 3, Stanford 0
The Golden Bears’ Orval Overall tossed a five-hit shutout and at one point retired 12 straight hitters. Cal got a solo homer from Conor Jackson in the first inning and a two-run double from Taylor Douthit in the fifth.
STANFORD AB R H BI CALIFORNIA AB R H BI
Jeffrey Hammonds 4 0 2 0 Jackie Jensen 4 1 1 0
Nico Hoerner 4 0 1 0 Taylor Douthit 4 0 2 2
Mike Aldrete 4 0 1 0 Conor Jackson 4 1 1 1
Bob Boone 3 0 0 0 Jeff Kent 4 0 0 0
Carlos Quentin 4 0 0 0 Marcus Semien 4 0 1 0
Jody Gerut 4 0 1 0 Mark Canha 4 0 1 0
Steve Buechele 3 0 0 0 Geoff Blum 3 0 0 0
Jed Lowrie 3 0 0 0 Darren Lewis 3 0 1 0
Ed Sprague 3 0 0 0 Bob Melvin 1 1 0 0
TOTALS 32 0 5 0 TOTALS 31 3 7 3
STANFORD 000 000 000 -- 0
CALIFORNIA 100 020 00x -- 3
LOB--STANFORD 6, CALIFORNIA 6. ERR--Jed Lowrie. 2B--Jeffrey
Hammonds, Jackie Jensen, Taylor Douthit. HR--Conor Jackson.
STANFORD IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Mussina [L] 7.00 7 3 3 2 7 1
Darrell Sutherland 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
CALIFORNIA
Orval Overall [W] 9.00 5 0 0 1 11 0
Long Beach State 7, UCLA 5
The 49ers jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but the Bruins rallied and went ahead 5-4 in the seventh inning after a two-out rally saw four consecutive singles, the last two driving in runs by Chase Utley and Eric Byrnes. Long Beach State regained the lead in the eighth, scoring three times with the help of a Garrett Hampson RBI double and an Evan Longoria RBI single. UCLA put the tying run on base in the ninth but couldn’t come through with a clutch hit.
LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI UCLA AB R H BI
Troy Tulowitzki 5 2 4 1 Shane Mack 5 1 2 1
Garrett Hampson 5 1 2 2 Brandon Crawford 4 0 0 0
Evan Longoria 3 0 2 2 Jackie Robinson 4 0 1 0
Jason Giambi 5 0 0 0 Eric Karros 5 1 1 0
Terrmel Sledge 5 0 0 0 Troy Glaus 5 1 1 0
Chris Gomez 4 0 0 1 Chase Utley 5 0 2 1
Jeremy Reed 5 0 0 0 Eric Byrnes 5 1 2 1
Jeff McNeil 2 1 0 0 Dave Roberts 4 1 1 0
Brad Davis 2 3 1 0 Todd Zeile 4 0 1 1
TOTALS 36 7 9 6 TOTALS 41 5 11 4
LONG BEACH STATE 120 100 030 -- 7
UCLA 001 200 200 -- 5
LOB--LONG BEACH STATE 9, UCLA 11. ERR--Brad Davis, Troy
Tulowitzki (2). 2B--Brad Davis, Garrett Hampson, Troy
Tulowitzki, Shane Mack (2).
LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jered Weaver [W] 7.00 10 5 4 2 7 0
Tom Urbani 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cesar Ramos [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
UCLA
Jim Parque 6.00 6 4 4 6 7 0
Bill Bonham [L] 2.00 3 3 3 1 3 0
Casey Janssen 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Pepperdine 7, Arizona 5 (10 inn.)
The Waves’ Chad Kreuter hit a pair of homers to help give Pepperdine the win. The Wildcats’ Nick Hundley drove in three runs as Arizona built a 4-1 lead after seven innings. Kreuter’s first homer was a three-run shot that tied the game in the eighth. With two outs in the top of the 10th, David Newhan hit a solo home run, and two batters later, Kreuter had a two-run blast to make it 7-4. The Wildcats’ Terry Francona had a solo shot in the bottom of the 10th, but Arizona got no closer.
PEPPERDINE AB R H BI ARIZONA AB R H BI
David Newhan 5 2 3 1 Kenny Lofton 5 1 1 0
Gail Hopkins 5 2 0 0 Kevin Newman 5 0 0 0
Chad Kreuter 5 2 3 5 Terry Francona 5 1 2 1
Eric Thames 5 0 2 0 Ron Hassey 4 1 1 0
Rob Picciolo 3 0 0 0 JT Snow 5 1 2 0
Andy Stankiewicz 4 0 0 0 Jack Howell 4 1 2 0
Chase DArnaud 4 1 1 0 Shelley Duncan 4 0 1 0
Danny Garcia 4 0 0 0 Nick Hundley 4 0 2 3
Ryan Christenson 4 0 1 1 Casey Candaele 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 7 10 7 TOTALS 40 5 11 4
PEPPERDINE 001 000 030 3 -- 7
ARIZONA 020 100 100 1 -- 5
LOB--PEPPERDINE 3, ARIZONA 6. ERR--Shelley Duncan, Casey
Candaele. 2B--David Newhan, Eric Thames, Chase DArnaud, JT
Snow (2), Jack Howell. HR--David Newhan, Chad Kreuter (2),
Terry Francona.
PEPPERDINE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Randy Wolf 7.00 9 4 4 1 7 0
Steve Montgomery 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Fetters [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 3 0
Barry Enright [S] 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 1
ARIZONA
Don Lee 7.00 6 1 1 0 7 0
Dave Baldwin 1.00 2 3 0 0 2 1
Trevor Hoffman 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Gil Heredia [L] 1.00 2 3 1 0 1 2
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