USC took a step closer to another title, avenging an earlier loss to Arizona State to go back up by three games with just five to play. Gameday #13 had a lot of good pitching performances and some low-scoring games. The Trojans’ Barry Zito became the first starter to go 4-0, while Mike Scott of Pepperdine and Jason Vargas of Long Beach State had shutouts. Honorable mention to UCLA’s Matt Young, who didn’t give up an earned run in his complete-game win, while Cal’s Brandon Morrow gave up just one in his victory.
| Gameday #13 | W | L | PCT | GB | STK | Runs | Runs A. | AVG | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC | 11 | 2 | .846 | — | W1 | 66 | 49 | .275 | 3.72 |
| Long Beach State | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.0 | W2 | 61 | 46 | .263 | 3.19 |
| Oregon State | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.0 | L1 | 50 | 39 | .248 | 2.71 |
| Stanford | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.0 | L1 | 52 | 47 | .263 | 3.25 |
| Arizona State | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.0 | L1 | 62 | 65 | .264 | 4.50 |
| California | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.0 | W1 | 52 | 42 | .236 | 3.24 |
| Pepperdine | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.0 | W1 | 56 | 62 | .242 | 3.05 |
| UCLA | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.0 | W3 | 54 | 62 | .267 | 4.78 |
| Arizona | 5 | 8 | .385 | 6.0 | L2 | 42 | 54 | .223 | 3.07 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 2 | 11 | .154 | 9.0 | L3 | 41 | 70 | .242 | 4.86 |
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California 3, Arizona 1
The Wildcats’ defense committed four errors, leading to all three Golden Bear runs being unearned and spoiling a very good start by Arizona pitcher Scott Erickson. Arizona more than doubled Cal’s hit total. Cal’s runs came on an RBI double by Conor Jackson in the sixth inning, an RBI groundout by Jeff Kent in the eighth and an RBI double from Geoff Blum in the ninth. Kevin Newman hit a solo homer for the Wildcats’ only run but his three errors were key in the defeat.
CALIFORNIA AB R H BI ARIZONA AB R H BI
Jackie Jensen 5 1 0 0 Kenny Lofton 5 0 0 0
Taylor Douthit 5 0 0 0 Kevin Newman 5 1 2 1
Conor Jackson 4 0 2 1 Terry Francona 4 0 1 0
Jeff Kent 2 0 0 1 Ron Hassey 4 0 3 0
Marcus Semien 4 0 0 0 JT Snow 4 0 0 0
Mark Canha 4 1 0 0 Jack Howell 4 0 2 0
Geoff Blum 4 0 1 1 Shelley Duncan 4 0 0 0
Darren Lewis 4 0 1 0 Nick Hundley 4 0 1 0
Bob Melvin 3 1 0 0 Casey Candaele 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 3 4 3 TOTALS 36 1 9 1
CALIFORNIA 000 001 011 -- 3
ARIZONA 000 000 010 -- 1
LOB--CALIFORNIA 8, ARIZONA 10. ERR--Kevin Newman (3),
Shelley Duncan. 2B--Conor Jackson, Darren Lewis, Geoff Blum,
Nick Hundley. HR--Kevin Newman.
CALIFORNIA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Brandon Morrow [W] 8.00 9 1 1 1 6 1
Bill Werle [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
ARIZONA
Scott Erickson [L] 8.00 3 2 0 3 1 0
Ed Vosberg 1.00 1 1 0 0 0 0
UCLA 3, Stanford 1
The Bruins scored all three of the runs in the top of the first on Eric Karros’ RBI double and Chase Utley’s two-run single. That would be it, but it would be enough. Matt Young threw a complete game and only gave up a single unearned run in the fourth inning. Bob Boone had an RBI single for the Cardinal after an error.
UCLA AB R H BI STANFORD AB R H BI
Shane Mack 5 0 0 0 Jeffrey Hammonds 4 1 0 0
Brandon Crawford 5 1 1 0 Nico Hoerner 4 0 0 0
Jackie Robinson 4 1 2 0 Mike Aldrete 4 0 1 0
Eric Karros 4 1 3 1 Bob Boone 4 0 2 1
Troy Glaus 4 0 2 0 Carlos Quentin 4 0 1 0
Chase Utley 4 0 2 2 Jody Gerut 4 0 1 0
Eric Byrnes 4 0 1 0 Steve Buechele 4 0 1 0
Dave Roberts 4 0 0 0 Jed Lowrie 3 0 0 0
Todd Zeile 3 0 0 0 Ed Sprague 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 3 11 3 TOTALS 34 1 6 1
UCLA 300 000 000 -- 3
STANFORD 000 100 000 -- 1
LOB--UCLA 8, STANFORD 6. ERR--Matt Young, Brandon Crawford,
Darrell Sutherland. 2B--Brandon Crawford, Eric Karros, Eric
Byrnes.
UCLA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Matt Young [W] 9.00 6 1 0 0 6 0
STANFORD
Jack McDowell [L] 7.00 9 3 3 1 4 0
Bill Wakefield 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
Darrell Sutherland 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
USC 5, Arizona State 2
The Trojans plated three unearned runs in the third inning. With two outs, Fred Lynn had a two-run single and Mark McGwire followed with an RBI single. USC added two more in the sixth, which included an RBI double from Roy Smalley. ASU broke up Barry Zito’s shutout bid in the eighth inning, but the Trojan starter still became the league’s first four-game winner of the season.
ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI USC AB R H BI
Dustin Pedroia 5 0 2 0 Jacque Jones 4 1 0 0
Rick Monday 4 1 3 0 Bret Boone 4 0 0 0
Barry Bonds 4 1 1 0 Fred Lynn 4 0 1 2
Reggie Jackson 4 0 0 1 Mark McGwire 4 1 3 1
Bob Horner 3 0 0 0 Morgan Ensberg 4 0 1 0
Alvin Davis 4 0 2 1 Jason Lane 4 0 0 0
Oddibe McDowell 4 0 0 0 Geoff Jenkins 4 2 2 1
Paul LoDuca 3 0 0 0 Roy Smalley 4 1 3 1
Willie Bloomquist 4 0 0 0 Eric Munson 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 2 8 2 TOTALS 35 5 10 5
ARIZONA STATE 000 000 020 -- 2
USC 003 002 00x -- 5
LOB--ARIZONA STATE 8, USC 6. ERR--Dustin Pedroia, Willie
Bloomquist, Jim Crawford. 2B--Barry Bonds, Roy Smalley,
Geoff Jenkins.
ARIZONA STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Gura [L] 6.00 9 5 2 0 6 0
Sean Lowe 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jim Crawford 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
USC
Barry Zito [W] 8.00 8 2 2 2 10 0
Ian Kennedy [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pepperdine 3, Cal State Fullerton 0
The Waves ended a four-game losing streak thanks to Mike Scott’s six-hit, 12-strikeout shutout. He got out of a bases-loaded jam in the second and left runners on the corners in the fifth. All three Pepperdine runs came in the first inning thanks to Rob PIcciolo’s three-run homer. Three of the Waves’ four hits came in the first inning.
CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI PEPPERDINE AB R H BI
Mark Kotsay 3 0 0 0 David Newhan 4 0 0 0
Tim Wallach 4 0 1 0 Gail Hopkins 3 1 1 0
Justin Turner 3 0 0 0 Chad Kreuter 4 0 0 0
Phil Nevin 4 0 1 0 Eric Thames 2 1 1 0
Jeremy Giambi 4 0 0 0 Rob Picciolo 3 1 1 3
Aaron Rowand 4 0 1 0 Andy Stankiewicz 3 0 0 0
Kurt Suzuki 4 0 0 0 Chase DArnaud 3 0 0 0
Reed Johnson 3 0 1 0 Danny Garcia 3 0 1 0
Christian Colon 4 0 2 0 Ryan Christenson 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 0 6 0 TOTALS 28 3 4 3
CAL STATE FULLERTON 000 000 000 -- 0
PEPPERDINE 300 000 00x -- 3
LOB--CAL STATE FULLERTON 9, PEPPERDINE 3. ERR--Tim Wallach.
2B--Christian Colon, Danny Garcia. HR--Rob Picciolo.
CAL STATE FULLERTON IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tanner Bibee [L] 6.00 4 3 3 2 6 1
Kirk Saarloos 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Bickford 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
PEPPERDINE
Mike Scott [W] 9.00 6 0 0 3 12 0
Long Beach State 4, Oregon State 0
The 49ers pulled into a tie for second place with the win over the Beavers. Jason Vargas tossed a shutout, stranding three Beaver runners on third base over the course of the game. LBSU scored first on Terrmel Sledge’s RBI single in the first inning. The Beach added three more in the eighth on Garrett Hampson’s sacrifice fly and Jason Giambi’s two-run single.
LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI OREGON STATE AB R H BI
Troy Tulowitzki 3 1 0 0 Jacoby Ellsbury 4 0 1 0
Garrett Hampson 3 1 1 1 Cole Gillespie 4 0 0 0
Evan Longoria 2 0 0 0 Adley Rutschman 4 0 0 0
Jason Giambi 4 0 1 2 Michael Conforto 4 0 1 0
Terrmel Sledge 4 0 1 1 Ed Coleman 3 0 1 0
Chris Gomez 4 0 0 0 Steven Kwan 4 0 1 0
Jeremy Reed 4 0 0 0 Darwin Barney 4 0 2 0
Jeff McNeil 2 1 0 0 Nick Madrigal 4 0 1 0
Brad Davis 4 1 1 0 Steve Lyons 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 4 4 4 TOTALS 34 0 7 0
LONG BEACH STATE 100 000 030 -- 4
OREGON STATE 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--LONG BEACH STATE 5, OREGON STATE 9. SACF--Garrett
Hampson.
LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jason Vargas [W] 9.00 7 0 0 2 8 0
OREGON STATE
Matthew Boyd [L] 6.00 2 1 1 2 5 0
Mark McLemore 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Joe Paterson 1.00 2 3 3 3 0 0
Mike Thurman 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
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