The season has reached its halfway point and USC has maintained its two-game lead with its fifth straight victory. Oregon State took sole possession of second place with a comeback win over UCLA. The second-hottest team, California, won its third straight with a shutout victory over Cal State Fullerton. Behind USC and OSU, six teams are either one game over or one game under .500. It seems crazy that UCLA went from second-best in season 1 to second-worst at this point in season 2.
| Gameday #9 | W | L | PCT | GB | STK | Runs | Runs A. | AVG | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC | 8 | 1 | .889 | — | W5 | 49 | 33 | .292 | 3.56 |
| Oregon State | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.0 | W1 | 36 | 27 | .257 | 2.77 |
| Long Beach State | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.0 | L1 | 37 | 44 | .259 | 4.35 |
| Pepperdine | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.0 | L1 | 51 | 43 | .267 | 3.49 |
| Stanford | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.0 | W1 | 40 | 36 | .281 | 3.43 |
| Arizona | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.0 | L4 | 36 | 38 | .231 | 3.03 |
| Arizona State | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.0 | W1 | 45 | 49 | .252 | 4.94 |
| California | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.0 | W3 | 44 | 26 | .268 | 2.92 |
| UCLA | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.0 | L3 | 33 | 51 | .252 | 5.84 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1 | 8 | .111 | 7.0 | L1 | 25 | 49 | .229 | 5.00 |
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Stanford 7, Arizona 4
The Cardinals’ Mike Aldrete and Nico Hoerner homered, helping Stanford to leads of 3-0 and 6-1. Hoerner hit a solo shot in the fifth and also drove in runs in the seventh and eighth innings.
ARIZONA AB R H BI STANFORD AB R H BI
Kenny Lofton 4 1 2 1 Jeffrey Hammonds 5 1 2 1
Kevin Newman 4 0 0 0 Nico Hoerner 5 2 3 3
Terry Francona 4 0 3 0 Mike Aldrete 5 1 2 3
Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0 Bob Boone 4 0 2 0
JT Snow 4 1 1 1 Carlos Quentin 3 0 0 0
Jack Howell 4 0 1 0 Jody Gerut 4 0 0 0
Shelley Duncan 4 1 2 0 Steve Buechele 4 2 2 0
Nick Hundley 4 1 1 2 Jed Lowrie 4 0 1 0
Casey Candaele 4 0 0 0 Ed Sprague 4 1 2 0
TOTALS 36 4 10 4 TOTALS 38 7 14 7
ARIZONA 000 100 012 -- 4
STANFORD 210 010 21x -- 7
LOB--ARIZONA 5, STANFORD 8. ERR--Jack Howell, Kevin Newman.
2B--Shelley Duncan (2), Nico Hoerner, Mike Aldrete, Bob
Boone. HR--JT Snow, Kenny Lofton, Nick Hundley, Nico
Hoerner, Mike Aldrete.
ARIZONA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Scott Erickson [L] 6.00 11 6 5 1 2 2
Dave Baldwin 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gil Heredia 1.00 3 1 1 0 1 0
STANFORD
Jack McDowell [W] 8.00 8 2 2 0 6 2
Bill Wakefield 1.00 2 2 2 0 1 1
Arizona State 10, Long Beach State 1
The Sun Devils clobbered the 49ers to end a four-game losing streak. The Beach scored the first run of the game on Jason Giambi’s sacrifice fly in the first inning, but that would be it. Reggie Jackson, Rick Monday and Paul LoDuca all homered and Larry Gura pitched a strong seven innings.
ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI
Dustin Pedroia 5 3 3 2 Troy Tulowitzki 4 0 2 0
Rick Monday 5 1 3 2 Garrett Hampson 4 1 1 0
Barry Bonds 5 0 0 2 Evan Longoria 4 0 1 0
Reggie Jackson 5 1 1 1 Jason Giambi 3 0 0 1
Bob Horner 5 2 2 0 Terrmel Sledge 4 0 0 0
Alvin Davis 5 0 2 0 Chris Gomez 2 0 0 0
Oddibe McDowell 3 1 2 0 Jeremy Reed 4 0 1 0
Paul LoDuca 4 2 1 3 Jeff McNeil 4 0 2 0
Willie Bloomquist 4 0 0 0 Brad Davis 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 41 10 14 10 TOTALS 32 1 7 1
ARIZONA STATE 021 012 130 -- 10
LONG BEACH STATE 100 000 000 -- 1
LOB--ARIZONA STATE 5, LONG BEACH STATE 10. ERR--Willie
Bloomquist. 2B--Dustin Pedroia. 3B--Dustin Pedroia.
HR--Reggie Jackson, Rick Monday, Paul LoDuca. SACF--Jason
Giambi.
ARIZONA STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Gura [W] 7.00 6 1 1 4 4 0
Jim Crawford 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Trevor Williams 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
LONG BEACH STATE
Jason Vargas [L] 6.00 9 6 6 0 9 3
Bryan Shaw 1.00 2 1 1 0 1 0
Jared Hughes 1.00 3 3 3 1 0 0
Randy Moffitt 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
USC 4, Pepperdine 2
The Trojans’ Jacque Jones led the game off with a home run, but the Waves took a 2-1 lead on Eric Thames’ two-run shot in the fourth inning. USC had three runs on four hits in the fifth inning, with Eric Munson, Jones and Fred Lynn providing RBI singles. The Waves brought the tying run to the plate in each of the final three innings, but the Trojans turned a pair of double plays.
USC AB R H BI PEPPERDINE AB R H BI
Jacque Jones 5 1 4 2 David Newhan 4 0 0 0
Bret Boone 4 0 0 0 Gail Hopkins 4 0 1 0
Fred Lynn 4 0 2 1 Chad Kreuter 3 1 0 0
Mark McGwire 4 0 1 0 Eric Thames 4 1 1 2
Morgan Ensberg 3 0 0 0 Rob Picciolo 4 0 1 0
Jason Lane 4 0 0 0 Andy Stankiewicz 4 0 1 0
Geoff Jenkins 4 1 1 0 Chase DArnaud 4 0 0 0
Roy Smalley 4 1 0 0 Danny Garcia 3 0 3 0
Eric Munson 4 1 1 1 Ryan Christenson 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 9 4 TOTALS 33 2 7 2
USC 100 030 000 -- 4
PEPPERDINE 000 200 000 -- 2
LOB--USC 7, PEPPERDINE 5. ERR--Morgan Ensberg, Andy
Stankiewicz. 2B--Jacque Jones, Rob Picciolo, Danny Garcia.
HR--Jacque Jones, Eric Thames.
USC IP H R ER BB SO HR
Barry Zito [W] 7.00 5 2 2 1 5 1
Marcel Lacheman 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Flores [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
PEPPERDINE
Mike Scott [L] 7.00 8 4 2 2 9 1
Doug Simons 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Barry Enright 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
California 7, Cal State Fullerton 0
After finally winning a game, the Titans’ hopes of two in a row was dashed as the Golden Bears’ Brandon Morrow tossed a four-hit shutout. CSF put runners on second base in four different innings but no further. Cal opened the scoring with back-to-back homers by Jeff Kent and Marcus Semien in the fourth inning. Five different Golden Bears drove in runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings.
CALIFORNIA AB R H BI CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI
Jackie Jensen 5 0 0 1 Mark Kotsay 4 0 1 0
Taylor Douthit 5 0 2 1 Tim Wallach 3 0 0 0
Conor Jackson 4 0 1 0 Justin Turner 4 0 0 0
Jeff Kent 4 1 2 2 Phil Nevin 4 0 0 0
Marcus Semien 5 2 2 1 Jeremy Giambi 4 0 1 0
Mark Canha 3 1 1 0 Aaron Rowand 3 0 1 0
Geoff Blum 3 1 1 1 Kurt Suzuki 3 0 0 0
Darren Lewis 4 1 1 1 Reed Johnson 3 0 1 0
Bob Melvin 4 1 1 0 Christian Colon 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 7 11 7 TOTALS 31 0 4 0
CALIFORNIA 000 200 113 -- 7
CAL STATE FULLERTON 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--CALIFORNIA 7, CAL STATE FULLERTON 5. ERR--Darren Lewis.
2B--Jeff Kent, Aaron Rowand, Mark Kotsay. HR--Jeff Kent,
Marcus Semien. SACF--Geoff Blum.
CALIFORNIA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Brandon Morrow [W] 9.00 4 0 0 1 7 0
CAL STATE FULLERTON
Tanner Bibee [L] 7.00 4 3 3 1 6 2
Kirk Saarloos 1.00 3 1 1 0 1 0
Phil Bickford 1.00 4 3 3 2 1 0
Oregon State 7, UCLA 3
The Bruins jumped out a 3-0 lead as Shane Mack hit solo homers in both the first and second innings, and UCLA also got a solo shot from Todd Zeile. But the Beavers recovered and were able to take over sole possession of second place. Adley Rutchman’s two-run double in the fifth inning tied it up and Steven Kwan’s RBI single gave OSU the lead. The Beavers extended their lead to 6-3 on Cole Gillespie’s two-run homer in the sixth.
UCLA AB R H BI OREGON STATE AB R H BI
Shane Mack 4 2 2 2 Jacoby Ellsbury 4 1 1 1
Brandon Crawford 3 0 1 0 Cole Gillespie 5 2 2 2
Jackie Robinson 4 0 1 0 Adley Rutschman 3 1 1 2
Eric Karros 4 0 1 0 Michael Conforto 3 0 0 0
Troy Glaus 4 0 1 0 Ed Coleman 4 0 1 0
Chase Utley 4 0 0 0 Steven Kwan 4 0 1 1
Eric Byrnes 4 0 0 0 Darwin Barney 4 1 1 0
Dave Roberts 3 0 1 0 Nick Madrigal 4 1 2 0
Todd Zeile 3 1 1 1 Steve Lyons 3 1 2 1
TOTALS 33 3 8 3 TOTALS 34 7 11 7
UCLA 120 000 000 -- 3
OREGON STATE 001 032 01x -- 7
LOB--UCLA 4, OREGON STATE 7. 2B--Adley Rutschman. HR--Shane
Mack (2), Todd Zeile, Cole Gillespie.
UCLA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Matt Young [L] 6.00 9 6 6 3 3 1
Mike Magnante 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Casey Janssen 1.00 2 1 1 0 1 0
OREGON STATE
Matthew Boyd [W] 6.00 8 3 3 1 7 3
Sam Gaviglio 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Mike Thurman 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Michael Stutes 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
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