The season’s not quite two-thirds of the way done, but it might already be over. Defending champ USC won its seventh straight game, while practically all of the Trojans’ closest competitors lost on gameday #11. At 10-1, USC has a three-game lead over Oregon State with seven to play. The only other team that began the day at .500 or better to win was Stanford. Individual highlights included a shutout from Arizona’s Craig Lefferts, a two-home run game from Cal’s Bob Melvin and a grand slam by UCLA’s Dave Roberts.
| Gameday #11 | W | L | PCT | GB | STK | Runs | Runs A. | AVG | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | W7 | 61 | 37 | .289 | 3.27 |
| Oregon State | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.0 | L1 | 41 | 31 | .243 | 2.46 |
| Long Beach State | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.0 | L1 | 47 | 46 | .265 | 3.78 |
| Stanford | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.0 | W1 | 45 | 43 | .263 | 3.48 |
| Arizona | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.0 | W1 | 40 | 47 | .225 | 3.23 |
| Arizona State | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.0 | L1 | 56 | 59 | .266 | 5.00 |
| California | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.0 | W1 | 48 | 39 | .255 | 3.53 |
| Pepperdine | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.0 | L3 | 52 | 56 | .253 | 3.06 |
| UCLA | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6.0 | W1 | 49 | 60 | .267 | 5.59 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8.0 | L1 | 37 | 58 | .247 | 4.70 |
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UCLA 10, Pepperdine 1
Chase Utley’s solo homer gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead in the third. Disaster struck in the fourth for the Waves. The first two UCLA hitters struck out, but the next two runners reached base. An error then extended the inning, and the Bruins proceeded to put up eight unearned runs, which included a two-run single from Eric Karros and a grand slam by Dave Roberts.
UCLA AB R H BI PEPPERDINE AB R H BI
Shane Mack 6 1 1 0 David Newhan 4 0 0 0
Brandon Crawford 5 1 2 1 Gail Hopkins 3 0 1 0
Jackie Robinson 6 1 2 0 Chad Kreuter 4 0 0 0
Eric Karros 5 1 1 2 Eric Thames 4 0 2 0
Troy Glaus 5 1 3 0 Rob Picciolo 4 0 1 0
Chase Utley 4 3 1 1 Andy Stankiewicz 4 1 2 0
Eric Byrnes 4 1 1 0 Chase DArnaud 4 0 2 1
Dave Roberts 4 1 2 4 Danny Garcia 4 0 1 0
Todd Zeile 4 0 1 0 Ryan Christenson 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 43 10 14 8 TOTALS 35 1 9 1
UCLA 011 800 000 -- 10
PEPPERDINE 010 000 000 -- 1
LOB--UCLA 11, PEPPERDINE 8. ERR--David Newhan, Gail Hopkins.
2B--Dave Roberts, Jackie Robinson, Rob Picciolo, Chase
DArnaud (2), Andy Stankiewicz. HR--Chase Utley, Dave
Roberts.
UCLA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gerrit Cole [W] 7.00 6 1 1 1 8 0
Bill Bonham 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Schmidt 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
PEPPERDINE
Noah Lowry [L] 6.00 12 10 2 4 5 2
Mike Fetters 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Barry Enright 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Will Ohman 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Stanford 4, Oregon State 2
The Cardinal’s Steve Buechele opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the second inning. The Beavers tied it in the fourth on Nick Madrigal’s two-run shot. Stanford went back in front in the fifth on Bob Boone’s two-RBI double. OSU left the bases loaded in the fifth and put a runner on base in the sixth, seventh and eighth but couldn’t plate another run.
OREGON STATE AB R H BI STANFORD AB R H BI
Jacoby Ellsbury 5 0 0 0 Jeffrey Hammonds 4 1 2 0
Cole Gillespie 5 0 2 0 Nico Hoerner 4 1 1 0
Adley Rutschman 4 0 0 0 Mike Aldrete 2 0 0 0
Michael Conforto 5 0 0 0 Bob Boone 4 0 1 2
Ed Coleman 2 0 0 0 Carlos Quentin 3 0 1 0
Steven Kwan 4 0 1 0 Jody Gerut 4 1 0 0
Darwin Barney 3 1 0 0 Steve Buechele 3 1 1 2
Nick Madrigal 4 1 2 2 Jed Lowrie 3 0 0 0
Steve Lyons 4 0 2 0 Ed Sprague 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 2 7 2 TOTALS 30 4 6 4
OREGON STATE 000 200 000 -- 2
STANFORD 020 020 00x -- 4
LOB--OREGON STATE 11, STANFORD 5. ERR--Michael Conforto,
Mike Aldrete, Jed Lowrie. 2B--Bob Boone, Jeffrey Hammonds
(2). HR--Nick Madrigal, Steve Buechele.
OREGON STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Drew Rasmussen [L] 5.00 5 4 2 3 3 1
Joe Paterson 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Michael Stutes 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mark McLemore 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
STANFORD
Jeremy Guthrie [W] 7.00 6 2 2 4 8 1
Jeff Ballard 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Darrell Sutherland [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
USC 7, Cal State Fullerton 3
The Trojans hit three home runs, Fred Lynn in the first inning and Jason Lane and Eric Munson in the sixth. The Titans had just tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the sixth on Reed Johnson’s RBI double. In the bottom half of the frame, Lane led off with a solo homer to put the Trojans back in front, and Munson had a two-run blast a few batters later. USC added a couple of unearned runs in the eighth with RBI singles by Bret Boone and Lynn.
CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI USC AB R H BI
Mark Kotsay 5 0 1 0 Jacque Jones 4 1 0 0
Tim Wallach 4 0 0 0 Bret Boone 5 0 2 2
Justin Turner 5 1 3 0 Fred Lynn 5 1 2 2
Phil Nevin 4 1 2 0 Mark McGwire 5 0 2 0
Jeremy Giambi 5 1 1 0 Morgan Ensberg 4 0 0 0
Aaron Rowand 4 0 2 2 Jason Lane 4 1 2 1
Kurt Suzuki 4 0 0 0 Geoff Jenkins 4 1 0 0
Reed Johnson 4 0 1 1 Roy Smalley 4 1 1 0
Christian Colon 3 0 0 0 Eric Munson 4 2 2 2
TOTALS 38 3 10 3 TOTALS 39 7 11 7
CAL STATE FULLERTON 000 002 010 -- 3
USC 101 003 02x -- 7
LOB--CAL STATE FULLERTON 11, USC 9. ERR--Reed Johnson (2),
Tim Wallach, Justin Turner, Fred Lynn. 2B--Reed Johnson,
Jeremy Giambi, Roy Smalley. HR--Fred Lynn, Eric Munson,
Jason Lane.
CAL STATE FULLERTON IP H R ER BB SO HR
Michael Lorenzen [L] 6.00 9 5 4 1 8 3
Phil Bickford 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kirk Saarloos 1.00 2 2 0 0 1 0
USC
Mark Prior [W] 7.00 7 2 2 2 6 0
Ian Kennedy 1.00 2 1 1 0 2 0
Ron Flores 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Arizona 2, Long Beach State 0
Craig Lefferts had a six-hit, nine-strikeout shutout for the Wildcats to end their five-game losing streak. The Beach loaded the bases in the fourth with one out but Lefferts struck out the next two hitters. Arizona got an RBI double from Terry Francona in the first inning and a solo homer from Shelley Duncan in the seventh.
LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI ARIZONA AB R H BI
Troy Tulowitzki 4 0 0 0 Kenny Lofton 4 1 2 0
Garrett Hampson 4 0 2 0 Kevin Newman 4 0 0 0
Evan Longoria 4 0 1 0 Terry Francona 3 0 1 1
Jason Giambi 3 0 0 0 Ron Hassey 3 0 0 0
Terrmel Sledge 3 0 1 0 JT Snow 3 0 0 0
Chris Gomez 4 0 1 0 Jack Howell 3 0 1 0
Jeremy Reed 4 0 0 0 Shelley Duncan 3 1 1 1
Jeff McNeil 4 0 1 0 Nick Hundley 3 0 0 0
Brad Davis 3 0 0 0 Casey Candaele 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 0 6 0 TOTALS 28 2 5 2
LONG BEACH STATE 000 000 000 -- 0
ARIZONA 100 000 10x -- 2
LOB--LONG BEACH STATE 8, ARIZONA 3. 2B--Garrett Hampson (2),
Kenny Lofton, Terry Francona. HR--Shelley Duncan.
LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vance Worley [L] 7.00 5 2 2 1 9 1
Bryan Shaw 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARIZONA
Craig Lefferts [W] 9.00 6 0 0 2 9 0
California 4, Arizona State 3
Behind solo homers from Alvin Davis and Reggie Jackson, the Sun Devils built a 3-1 lead at the seventh-inning stretch. But Cal’s Bob Melvin hit his second home run of the game in the bottom of the seventh, a two-run blast that tied the game. Mark Canha led off the bottom of the eighth with a home run that turned out to be the game-winner for the Golden Bears.
ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI CALIFORNIA AB R H BI
Dustin Pedroia 5 0 0 0 Jackie Jensen 4 0 0 0
Rick Monday 4 0 0 0 Taylor Douthit 4 0 3 0
Barry Bonds 4 0 1 0 Conor Jackson 4 0 0 0
Reggie Jackson 4 1 1 1 Jeff Kent 4 0 2 0
Bob Horner 3 0 0 0 Marcus Semien 4 0 0 0
Alvin Davis 4 1 3 1 Mark Canha 3 1 2 1
Oddibe McDowell 4 1 1 0 Geoff Blum 4 0 0 0
Paul LoDuca 4 0 1 0 Darren Lewis 4 1 1 0
Willie Bloomquist 4 0 2 1 Bob Melvin 4 2 2 3
TOTALS 36 3 9 3 TOTALS 35 4 10 4
ARIZONA STATE 000 011 100 -- 3
CALIFORNIA 000 010 21x -- 4
LOB--ARIZONA STATE 7, CALIFORNIA 8. ERR--Oddibe McDowell.
2B--Alvin Davis, Darren Lewis, Taylor Douthit. HR--Reggie
Jackson, Alvin Davis, Mark Canha, Bob Melvin (2).
ARIZONA STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Floyd Bannister 7.00 9 3 3 1 4 2
Trevor Williams [L] 1.00 1 1 1 0 1 1
CALIFORNIA
Andy Messersmith 7.00 8 3 3 0 6 2
Chuck Cary [W] 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Werle [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
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