USC has clinched at least a share of its second straight championship. The Trojans’ third straight win puts them up by three with three games to play. Long Beach State and Oregon State both won again, keeping their slim hopes alive. The Trojans will try to win it outright by beating their rival, UCLA, though they’ll be up against the hottest team in the league. The Bruins have won five in a row and put up 14 runs against Cal State Fullerton this week.
| Gameday #15 | W | L | PCT | GB | STK | Runs | Runs A. | AVG | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC | 13 | 2 | .867 | — | W3 | 76 | 53 | .268 | 3.49 |
| Long Beach State | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.0 | W4 | 70 | 51 | .252 | 3.05 |
| Oregon State | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.0 | W2 | 59 | 44 | .250 | 2.62 |
| Stanford | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.0 | L1 | 64 | 58 | .261 | 3.42 |
| UCLA | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.0 | W5 | 74 | 68 | .279 | 4.53 |
| Arizona State | 7 | 8 | .467 | 6.0 | W1 | 68 | 69 | .254 | 4.07 |
| California | 6 | 9 | .400 | 7.0 | L2 | 55 | 51 | .234 | 3.37 |
| Pepperdine | 6 | 9 | .400 | 7.0 | L2 | 57 | 67 | .226 | 2.95 |
| Arizona | 5 | 10 | .333 | 8.0 | L4 | 47 | 66 | .216 | 3.24 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 2 | 13 | .133 | 11.0 | L5 | 49 | 92 | .242 | 5.66 |
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Oregon State 5, California 2
Ed Coleman hit a pair of home runs for the Beavers. His first one, a three-run shot, gave OSU a 3-1 lead in the third inning. Cole Gillespie’s RBI single made it 4-1 in the fourth, and a solo shot by Coleman increased the lead to 5-1 in the fifth. Cal’s two runs came via solo homers by Mark Canha in the second and Conor Jackson in the sixth.
CALIFORNIA AB R H BI OREGON STATE AB R H BI
Jackie Jensen 4 0 2 0 Jacoby Ellsbury 5 0 0 0
Taylor Douthit 4 0 1 0 Cole Gillespie 5 1 3 1
Conor Jackson 3 1 2 1 Adley Rutschman 4 1 1 0
Jeff Kent 4 0 0 0 Michael Conforto 4 0 0 0
Marcus Semien 4 0 0 0 Ed Coleman 4 2 3 4
Mark Canha 4 1 1 1 Steven Kwan 3 0 0 0
Geoff Blum 4 0 0 0 Darwin Barney 4 0 3 0
Darren Lewis 4 0 1 0 Nick Madrigal 4 1 1 0
Bob Melvin 4 0 0 0 Steve Lyons 4 0 1 0
TOTALS 35 2 7 2 TOTALS 37 5 12 5
CALIFORNIA 010 001 000 -- 2
OREGON STATE 003 110 00x -- 5
LOB--CALIFORNIA 7, OREGON STATE 9. ERR--Marcus Semien, Cole
Gillespie. 2B--Jackie Jensen, Steve Lyons, Adley Rutschman.
HR--Mark Canha, Conor Jackson, Ed Coleman (2).
CALIFORNIA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Andy Messersmith [L] 7.00 11 5 5 1 11 2
Bill Werle 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
OREGON STATE
Drew Rasmussen [W] 6.00 5 2 2 1 3 2
Josh Osich 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Sam Gaviglio 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Paterson [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Arizona State 3, Pepperdine 0
Floyd Patterson pitched a three-hit shutout to lead the Sun Devils to victory. Dustin Pedroia broke open a scoreless game in the fifth with a two-run homer. ASU tacked on an insurance run in the ninth on Rick Monday’s RBI single.
ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI PEPPERDINE AB R H BI
Dustin Pedroia 5 1 2 2 David Newhan 3 0 0 0
Rick Monday 5 0 2 1 Gail Hopkins 4 0 1 0
Barry Bonds 5 0 1 0 Chad Kreuter 4 0 1 0
Reggie Jackson 4 0 0 0 Eric Thames 4 0 0 0
Bob Horner 4 0 0 0 Rob Picciolo 4 0 0 0
Alvin Davis 3 0 0 0 Andy Stankiewicz 3 0 0 0
Oddibe McDowell 4 1 1 0 Chase DArnaud 3 0 0 0
Paul LoDuca 3 1 0 0 Danny Garcia 3 0 1 0
Willie Bloomquist 3 0 0 0 Ryan Christenson 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 3 6 3 TOTALS 31 0 3 0
ARIZONA STATE 000 020 001 -- 3
PEPPERDINE 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--ARIZONA STATE 9, PEPPERDINE 5. ERR--Paul LoDuca, Andy
Stankiewicz, Ryan Christenson (2). 2B--Chad Kreuter.
HR--Dustin Pedroia.
ARIZONA STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Floyd Bannister [W] 9.00 3 0 0 1 6 0
PEPPERDINE
Noah Lowry [L] 7.00 4 2 2 0 10 1
Doug Simons 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Lee 1.00 1 1 1 3 1 0
UCLA 14, Cal State Fullerton 4
After Shane Mack’s leadoff single, Brandon Crawford hit a two-run home run and the Bruins never looked back. Jackie Robinson hit a solo homer in the third, and Chase Utley had a two-run double in the fifth inning to make it 7-3. The Bruins doubled their scoring with a seven-run seventh inning. The first seven batters reached base, six via singles. Crawford drove in another two runs with his base hit.
UCLA AB R H BI CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI
Shane Mack 5 2 1 0 Mark Kotsay 4 0 0 0
Brandon Crawford 6 2 2 4 Tim Wallach 4 0 1 1
Jackie Robinson 6 3 5 2 Justin Turner 4 0 0 0
Eric Karros 6 1 2 2 Phil Nevin 3 1 2 0
Troy Glaus 5 1 1 0 Jeremy Giambi 4 1 1 2
Chase Utley 5 2 2 2 Aaron Rowand 3 0 0 0
Eric Byrnes 5 1 2 2 Kurt Suzuki 4 0 0 0
Dave Roberts 3 1 1 1 Reed Johnson 3 1 0 0
Todd Zeile 4 1 2 1 Christian Colon 3 1 2 1
TOTALS 45 14 18 14 TOTALS 32 4 6 4
UCLA 301 030 700 -- 14
CAL STATE FULLERTON 030 010 000 -- 4
LOB--UCLA 8, CAL STATE FULLERTON 4. ERR--Christian Colon.
2B--Chase Utley, Todd Zeile, Eric Byrnes, Phil Nevin,
Christian Colon (2). HR--Brandon Crawford, Jackie Robinson,
Jeremy Giambi.
UCLA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gerrit Cole [W] 6.00 5 4 4 3 6 1
Matt Grace 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Casey Janssen 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Dave Schmidt 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
CAL STATE FULLERTON
Michael Lorenzen [L] 6.00 11 7 7 2 4 2
Kirk Saarloos 0.00 5 6 6 1 0 0
Dylan Floro 1.00 2 1 1 0 1 0
Chris Devenski 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Chad Cordero 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Long Beach State 7, Stanford 4
The Cardinal took a 3-1 lead thanks to Bob Boone’s two-run single in the fourth and Nico Hoerner’s RBI triple in the fifth. The 49ers loaded the bases in the sixth inning and Terrmel Sledge cleared them with a double, and he then scored on an error to make it 5-3. Stanford closed within a run but Troy Tulowitzki hit a two-run home run in the ninth to help put the game away.
LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI STANFORD AB R H BI
Troy Tulowitzki 5 3 3 2 Jeffrey Hammonds 4 1 1 0
Garrett Hampson 5 1 2 0 Nico Hoerner 4 1 2 1
Evan Longoria 4 1 1 1 Mike Aldrete 4 1 1 0
Jason Giambi 4 0 0 0 Bob Boone 4 0 2 3
Terrmel Sledge 4 1 1 3 Carlos Quentin 5 0 0 0
Chris Gomez 3 0 0 0 Jody Gerut 3 0 0 0
Jeremy Reed 4 0 0 0 Steve Buechele 4 0 0 0
Jeff McNeil 4 0 0 0 Jed Lowrie 4 0 1 0
Brad Davis 3 1 0 0 Ed Sprague 4 1 1 0
TOTALS 36 7 7 6 TOTALS 36 4 8 4
LONG BEACH STATE 000 104 002 -- 7
STANFORD 000 210 100 -- 4
LOB--LONG BEACH STATE 4, STANFORD 10. ERR--Jeff McNeil, Mike
Aldrete, Jeremy Guthrie. 2B--Terrmel Sledge, Evan Longoria,
Ed Sprague, Mike Aldrete, Jed Lowrie, Jeffrey Hammonds.
3B--Nico Hoerner. HR--Troy Tulowitzki.
LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vance Worley [W] 6.00 5 3 3 2 6 0
Cesar Ramos 1.00 1 1 1 3 1 0
Jared Hughes 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Vincent [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
STANFORD
Jeremy Guthrie [L] 7.00 6 5 3 1 4 0
Jeff Ballard 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darrell Sutherland 1.00 1 2 2 1 1 1
USC 6, Arizona 3
The Trojans scored three in the first inning with the help of RBI singles by Fred Lynn and Jason Lane. The Wildcats tied it up, however, with a JT Snow home run in the second and a Casey Candaele two-run double in the fifth. USC went back in front in the bottom of the sixth thanks to Mark McGwire’s three-run home run. The Wildcats managed only one baserunner in the final four innings.
ARIZONA AB R H BI USC AB R H BI
Kenny Lofton 4 0 0 0 Jacque Jones 3 2 2 0
Kevin Newman 3 0 0 0 Bret Boone 3 1 1 0
Terry Francona 4 0 0 0 Fred Lynn 4 1 1 1
Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 3 2 2 3
JT Snow 4 1 1 1 Morgan Ensberg 4 0 0 0
Jack Howell 4 0 0 0 Jason Lane 4 0 1 1
Shelley Duncan 3 1 1 0 Geoff Jenkins 4 0 0 0
Nick Hundley 2 1 0 0 Roy Smalley 3 0 0 0
Casey Candaele 3 0 2 2 Eric Munson 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 3 4 3 TOTALS 31 6 7 5
ARIZONA 010 020 000 -- 3
USC 300 030 00x -- 6
LOB--ARIZONA 3, USC 4. ERR--Kevin Newman, Casey Candaele.
2B--Casey Candaele, Jason Lane. HR--JT Snow, Mark McGwire.
ARIZONA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Craig Lefferts [L] 6.00 6 6 5 3 5 1
Trevor Hoffman 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Melancon 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
USC
Mark Prior [W] 6.00 3 3 3 2 10 1
Jim Barr 1.00 0 0 0 0 3 0
Tom House 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Tommy Milone [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
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