Long Beach State resoundingly put an end to USC’s seven-game winning streak, routing the Trojans 10-0, and dropping the USC lead to two games with six to play. The rest of the teams on the top of the leaderboard also won to close the gap.
Each team has made its way through its pitching rotation three times at this point in the season. Here’s a look at the league leaders:
Average: .420 Rick Monday (ASU), .412 Jackie Robinson (UCLA), .412 Mark McGwire (USC), .378 Mark Canha (CAL), .364 Jacque Jones (USC), .358 Terry Francona (ARIZ), .354 Steve Buechele (STAN), .352 Troy Tulowitzki (LBSU)
Home Runs: 6 Reggie Jackson (ASU), 6 Jackie Robinson (UCLA), 5 Jason Giambi (CSF), 5 Jacque Jones (USC), 4 Kenny Lofton (ARIZ), 4 Tim Wallach (CSF), 4 Michael Conforto (OSU), 4 Mark McGwire (USC)
RBI: 13 Reggie Jackson (ASU), 13 Chad Kreuter (PEPP), 12 Phil Nevin (CSF), 12 Jason Giambi (LBSU), 12 Michael Conforto (OSU), 11 Barry Bonds (ASU), 11 Evan Longoria (LBSU), 11 Jason Lane (USC)
Wins: 3 Ken Forsch (OSU), 3 Barry Zito (USC)
ERA: 1.08 Ken Forsch (OSU), 1.12 Mike Scott (PEPP), 1.50 Orval Overall (CAL), 1.50 Tom Seaver (USC), 1.71 Larry Gura (ASU), 1.96 Jeremy Guthrie (STAN), 2.00 Drew Rasmussen (OSU)
Strikeouts: 33 Mike Scott (PEPP), 29 Jered Weaver (LBSU), 28 Craig Swan (ASU), 27 Orval Overall (CAL), 26 Ken Forsch (OSU), 26 Barry Zito (USC), 25 Tanner Bibee (CSF), 24 Andy Messersmith (CAL), 24 Steve Trachsel (LBSU), 24 Randy Wolf (PEPP)
| Gameday #12 | W | L | PCT | GB | STK | Runs | Runs A. | AVG | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC | 10 | 2 | .833 | — | L1 | 61 | 47 | .274 | 3.87 |
| Oregon State | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.0 | W1 | 50 | 35 | .251 | 2.60 |
| Long Beach State | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.0 | W1 | 57 | 46 | .272 | 3.46 |
| Stanford | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.0 | W2 | 51 | 44 | .270 | 3.27 |
| Arizona State | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.0 | W1 | 60 | 60 | .267 | 4.67 |
| Arizona | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.0 | L1 | 41 | 51 | .221 | 3.32 |
| California | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.0 | L1 | 49 | 41 | .246 | 3.43 |
| Pepperdine | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.0 | L4 | 53 | 62 | .248 | 3.31 |
| UCLA | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.0 | W2 | 51 | 61 | .265 | 5.19 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 2 | 10 | .167 | 8.0 | L2 | 41 | 67 | .246 | 4.97 |
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Oregon State 9, Cal State Fullerton 4
Both the Beavers’ Cole Gillespie and the Titans’ Phil Nevin hit a pair of home runs, but OSU added three additional blasts in the rout. Solo homers by Gillespie gave the Beavers their first two runs. OSU took the lead on the sixth without the long ball, as Jacoby Ellsbury and Gillespie had RBI doubles, followed by a run-scoring single by Adley Rutschman. In the eighth, the Beavers hit three more homers, solo shots by Steve Lyons and Ellsbury and a two-run bomb from Michael Conforto.
OREGON STATE AB R H BI CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI
Jacoby Ellsbury 6 2 3 2 Mark Kotsay 4 0 0 0
Cole Gillespie 5 3 3 3 Tim Wallach 4 0 0 0
Adley Rutschman 4 1 2 1 Justin Turner 4 1 1 0
Michael Conforto 5 1 1 2 Phil Nevin 4 2 3 3
Ed Coleman 5 0 3 0 Jeremy Giambi 4 0 0 0
Steven Kwan 5 0 0 0 Aaron Rowand 4 1 1 0
Darwin Barney 4 0 0 0 Kurt Suzuki 4 0 2 0
Nick Madrigal 5 1 1 0 Reed Johnson 4 0 1 0
Steve Lyons 5 1 1 1 Christian Colon 2 0 0 1
TOTALS 44 9 14 9 TOTALS 34 4 8 4
OREGON STATE 001 013 040 -- 9
CAL STATE FULLERTON 101 100 010 -- 4
LOB--OREGON STATE 10, CAL STATE FULLERTON 4. ERR--Phil
Nevin, Justin Turner (3). 2B--Jacoby Ellsbury, Ed Coleman,
Cole Gillespie, Phil Nevin, Aaron Rowand. HR--Steve Lyons,
Michael Conforto, Jacoby Ellsbury, Cole Gillespie (2), Phil
Nevin (2). SACF--Christian Colon.
OREGON STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Andrew Moore [W] 5.00 7 3 3 0 3 1
Mike Thurman 2.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Josh Osich 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 1
Mark McLemore 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAL STATE FULLERTON
Greg Mathews [L] 6.00 8 5 5 2 6 2
Phil Bickford 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Robinson 1.00 4 4 3 0 1 3
Chris Devenski 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
UCLA 2, California 1
The Golden Bears got on the board first on Mark Canha’s RBI double in the second inning. But Cal would only advance one more runner as far as second base the rest of the game, and UCLA pitchers retired the final 11 hitters in the contest. The Bruins scored twice in the fourth inning on four hits, with an RBI double from Dave Roberts and an RBI single from Todd Zeile, and that turned out to be enough.
CALIFORNIA AB R H BI UCLA AB R H BI
Jackie Jensen 3 0 0 0 Shane Mack 3 0 0 0
Taylor Douthit 4 0 0 0 Brandon Crawford 3 0 1 0
Conor Jackson 4 0 0 0 Jackie Robinson 4 0 0 0
Jeff Kent 4 0 1 0 Eric Karros 4 1 1 0
Marcus Semien 4 1 1 0 Troy Glaus 4 0 1 0
Mark Canha 4 0 2 1 Chase Utley 4 0 1 0
Geoff Blum 3 0 0 0 Eric Byrnes 4 1 2 0
Darren Lewis 1 0 0 0 Dave Roberts 4 0 1 1
Bob Melvin 3 0 0 0 Todd Zeile 3 0 1 1
TOTALS 30 1 4 1 TOTALS 33 2 8 2
CALIFORNIA 010 000 000 -- 1
UCLA 000 200 00x -- 2
LOB--CALIFORNIA 5, UCLA 9. ERR--Geoff Blum. 2B--Mark Canha,
Dave Roberts, Eric Karros, Eric Byrnes.
CALIFORNIA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Orval Overall [L] 7.00 6 2 2 2 9 0
Trevor Hildenberger 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
UCLA
Jim Parque [W] 7.00 4 1 1 3 6 0
Bill Bonham 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Casey Janssen [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stanford 6, Pepperdine 1
The starters kept things scoreless the first four innings, but the Cardinal got going in the fifth and plated runs in four of its final five at-bats. Jeffrey Hammonds had an RBI triple in the fifth and Carlos Quentin had RBI singles in both the seventh and ninth innings. Mike Mussina gave up just one run in eight innings.
STANFORD AB R H BI PEPPERDINE AB R H BI
Jeffrey Hammonds 5 2 2 1 David Newhan 3 0 1 0
Nico Hoerner 4 1 1 0 Gail Hopkins 4 0 1 0
Mike Aldrete 5 1 4 1 Chad Kreuter 4 0 0 0
Bob Boone 3 0 1 1 Eric Thames 4 0 0 0
Carlos Quentin 5 0 3 2 Rob Picciolo 4 1 2 0
Jody Gerut 5 1 1 0 Andy Stankiewicz 4 0 1 0
Steve Buechele 4 0 1 0 Chase DArnaud 3 0 1 1
Jed Lowrie 3 0 0 1 Danny Garcia 3 0 0 0
Ed Sprague 3 1 0 0 Ryan Christenson 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 6 13 6 TOTALS 32 1 6 1
STANFORD 000 021 102 -- 6
PEPPERDINE 000 000 100 -- 1
LOB--STANFORD 9, PEPPERDINE 5. ERR--Rob Picciolo. 2B--Mike
Aldrete (2), Rob Picciolo (2). 3B--Jeffrey Hammonds.
SACF--Bob Boone, Jed Lowrie.
STANFORD IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Mussina [W] 8.00 5 1 1 1 9 0
Al Osuna 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
PEPPERDINE
Randy Wolf [L] 7.00 11 4 4 2 7 0
Mike Fetters 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Barry Enright 1.00 2 2 2 1 0 0
Long Beach State 10, USC 0
The 49ers clobbered Randy Johnson, collecting all 10 runs and 13 hits in the first five innings. Jason Giambi had a two-run homer in the first inning, as did Jeremy Reed in the third. Evan Longoria drove in four runs, one on a single in the fourth and the rest on a bases-loaded double in the fifth. Jered Weaver only let one runner make it into scoring position as he tossed a two-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts.
USC AB R H BI LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI
Jacque Jones 4 0 0 0 Troy Tulowitzki 3 1 1 0
Bret Boone 4 0 0 0 Garrett Hampson 4 2 1 1
Fred Lynn 4 0 0 0 Evan Longoria 5 1 3 4
Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0 Jason Giambi 4 1 2 2
Morgan Ensberg 3 0 0 0 Terrmel Sledge 5 1 2 1
Jason Lane 3 0 0 0 Chris Gomez 5 0 1 0
Geoff Jenkins 3 0 1 0 Jeremy Reed 4 1 2 2
Roy Smalley 2 0 0 0 Jeff McNeil 4 1 0 0
Eric Munson 3 0 1 0 Brad Davis 3 2 1 0
TOTALS 30 0 2 0 TOTALS 37 10 13 10
USC 000 000 000 -- 0
LONG BEACH STATE 303 130 00x -- 10
LOB--USC 4, LONG BEACH STATE 8. ERR--Jered Weaver.
2B--Garrett Hampson, Terrmel Sledge, Evan Longoria (2).
HR--Jason Giambi, Jeremy Reed.
USC IP H R ER BB SO HR
Randy Johnson [L] 7.00 13 10 10 5 6 2
Jim Barr 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
LONG BEACH STATE
Jered Weaver [W] 9.00 2 0 0 1 13 0
Arizona State 4, Arizona 1
Arizona’s only run came on the first batter of the game when Kenny Lofton tripled and scored on an error. Craig Swan shut down the Wildcats the rest of the way. ASU finally gained control in the sixth, as Dustin Pedroia hit a solo homer and Bob Horner later added a two-run shot. Reggie Jackson contributed a solo homer in the eighth inning for the final run.
ARIZONA AB R H BI ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI
Kenny Lofton 4 1 2 0 Dustin Pedroia 4 1 1 1
Kevin Newman 4 0 0 0 Rick Monday 4 0 1 0
Terry Francona 4 0 2 0 Barry Bonds 4 0 1 0
Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0 Reggie Jackson 4 2 2 1
JT Snow 4 0 1 0 Bob Horner 4 1 1 2
Jack Howell 4 0 1 0 Alvin Davis 4 0 2 0
Shelley Duncan 4 0 0 0 Oddibe McDowell 4 0 1 0
Nick Hundley 4 0 0 0 Paul LoDuca 2 0 0 0
Casey Candaele 3 0 0 0 Willie Bloomquist 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 1 6 0 TOTALS 33 4 9 4
ARIZONA 100 000 000 -- 1
ARIZONA STATE 000 003 01x -- 4
LOB--ARIZONA 7, ARIZONA STATE 6. ERR--Jim Crawford, Bob
Horner, Oddibe McDowell (2). 2B--Jack Howell, Terry
Francona, Barry Bonds. 3B--Kenny Lofton. HR--Reggie Jackson,
Dustin Pedroia, Bob Horner.
ARIZONA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Lee [L] 6.00 8 3 3 1 2 2
Trevor Hoffman 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dave Baldwin 1.00 1 1 1 0 2 1
ARIZONA STATE
Craig Swan [W] 8.00 5 1 1 0 9 0
Jim Crawford [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
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