Oregon State clinched at least a share of second place by ending champion USC’s four-game winning streak. Only one gameday remains in the season. The Beavers will hope to beat UCLA to keep sole possession of second place. Long Beach State will need to defeat Arizona State and get help.
| Gameday #17 | W | L | PCT | GB | STK | Runs | Runs A. | AVG | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC | 14 | 3 | .824 | — | L1 | 89 | 60 | .267 | 3.52 |
| Oregon State | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.0 | W1 | 65 | 54 | .248 | 2.92 |
| Long Beach State | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.0 | L2 | 77 | 66 | .252 | 3.47 |
| Stanford | 9 | 8 | .529 | 5.0 | L1 | 69 | 65 | .251 | 3.27 |
| UCLA | 9 | 8 | .529 | 5.0 | W1 | 87 | 83 | .276 | 4.83 |
| California | 8 | 9 | .471 | 6.0 | W2 | 66 | 57 | .239 | 3.32 |
| Arizona | 7 | 10 | .412 | 7.0 | W2 | 56 | 69 | .219 | 3.00 |
| Arizona State | 7 | 10 | .412 | 7.0 | L2 | 71 | 76 | .252 | 3.98 |
| Pepperdine | 6 | 11 | .353 | 8.0 | L4 | 62 | 75 | .225 | 2.93 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 4 | 13 | .235 | 10.0 | W2 | 58 | 95 | .242 | 5.12 |
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California 5, Stanford 2
Andy Messersmith and Jack McDowell had a scoreless pitchers’ duel going through six innings. Cal finally got on the board in the top of the seventh on Darren Lewis’ RBI single. The Cardinal came back with a two-run homer from Bob Boone in the bottom of the seventh to take the lead. It was short-lived, as the Golden Bears plated three runs in the top of the eighth, including run-scoring singles from Jeff Kent and Mark Canha.
CALIFORNIA AB R H BI STANFORD AB R H BI
Jackie Jensen 5 1 2 0 Jeffrey Hammonds 4 0 0 0
Taylor Douthit 4 0 1 0 Nico Hoerner 4 0 0 0
Conor Jackson 5 1 2 1 Mike Aldrete 3 1 0 0
Jeff Kent 5 1 2 1 Bob Boone 4 1 1 2
Marcus Semien 4 0 0 0 Carlos Quentin 4 0 2 0
Mark Canha 4 0 2 1 Jody Gerut 4 0 0 0
Geoff Blum 4 1 1 0 Steve Buechele 3 0 1 0
Darren Lewis 4 0 1 1 Jed Lowrie 3 0 0 0
Bob Melvin 4 1 0 0 Ed Sprague 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 5 11 4 TOTALS 32 2 4 2
CALIFORNIA 000 000 131 -- 5
STANFORD 000 000 200 -- 2
LOB--CALIFORNIA 8, STANFORD 4. ERR--Bob Melvin, Jody Gerut
(2), Steve Buechele. 2B--Mark Canha, Geoff Blum, Carlos
Quentin. HR--Bob Boone.
CALIFORNIA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Andy Messersmith [W] 8.00 4 2 2 1 12 1
Ryan Drese [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
STANFORD
Jack McDowell [L] 8.00 10 4 3 0 8 0
Al Osuna 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0
Arizona 2, Pepperdine 1 (11 inn.)
This one had two more great pitching performances, as Joe Magrane and Mike Scott both threw eight scoreless innings. The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead on Ron Hassey’s home run in the top of the ninth. In the bottom of the ninth, the Waves’ David Newhan led off with a single and later scored on Chad Kreuter’s groundout. In the top of the 11th, Arizona loaded the bases with one out and Shelley Duncan provided an RBI single for what turned out to be the game-winner.
ARIZONA AB R H BI PEPPERDINE AB R H BI
Kenny Lofton 4 0 1 0 David Newhan 4 1 2 0
Kevin Newman 4 0 0 0 Gail Hopkins 5 0 1 0
Terry Francona 5 0 1 0 Chad Kreuter 5 0 1 1
Ron Hassey 5 2 2 1 Eric Thames 4 0 0 0
JT Snow 5 0 1 0 Rob Picciolo 4 0 0 0
Jack Howell 4 0 1 0 Andy Stankiewicz 3 0 0 0
Shelley Duncan 5 0 1 1 Chase DArnaud 4 0 0 0
Nick Hundley 4 0 0 0 Danny Garcia 4 0 0 0
Casey Candaele 5 0 0 0 Ryan Christenson 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 41 2 7 2 TOTALS 36 1 5 1
ARIZONA 000 000 001 01 -- 2
PEPPERDINE 000 000 001 00 -- 1
LOB--ARIZONA 10, PEPPERDINE 5. ERR--David Newhan. 2B--Terry
Francona, David Newhan. HR--Ron Hassey.
ARIZONA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Joe Magrane 9.00 4 1 1 3 10 0
Gil Heredia [W] 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
PEPPERDINE
Mike Scott 9.00 3 1 1 3 11 1
Steve Montgomery [L] 2.00 4 1 1 1 3 0
Oregon State 4, USC 3
Ed Coleman hit a three-run homer in the first inning to give the Beavers the early lead. The Trojans scored single runs in three straight innings to tie it, with an RBI single from Roy Smalley in the fourth, a home run by Jacque Jones in the fifth and an RBI single by Eric Munson in the sixth. In the bottom of the seventh, OSU regained the lead when Steven Kwan led off with a single and later scored on Nick Madrigal’s hit. Beaver relievers got the final nine Trojans hitters out.
USC AB R H BI OREGON STATE AB R H BI
Jacque Jones 5 1 1 1 Jacoby Ellsbury 4 0 1 0
Bret Boone 4 0 1 0 Cole Gillespie 4 1 3 0
Fred Lynn 4 1 2 0 Adley Rutschman 4 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 4 0 1 0 Michael Conforto 3 1 0 0
Morgan Ensberg 3 1 0 0 Ed Coleman 4 1 2 3
Jason Lane 4 0 1 0 Steven Kwan 4 1 1 0
Geoff Jenkins 4 0 0 0 Darwin Barney 3 0 0 0
Roy Smalley 4 0 2 1 Nick Madrigal 3 0 1 1
Eric Munson 4 0 1 1 Steve Lyons 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 3 9 3 TOTALS 32 4 8 4
USC 000 111 000 -- 3
OREGON STATE 300 000 10x -- 4
LOB--USC 7, OREGON STATE 5. 2B--Fred Lynn. HR--Jacque Jones,
Ed Coleman.
USC IP H R ER BB SO HR
Barry Zito [L] 7.00 6 4 4 1 7 1
Ian Kennedy 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
OREGON STATE
Ken Forsch 6.00 9 3 3 1 5 1
Joe Paterson [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Mike Thurman 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Josh Osich [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
UCLA 10, Long Beach State 5 (11 inn.)
The Bruins scored the first five runs, but the Beach scored the next five. It stayed 5-5 until the top of the 11th, when UCLA put up another five runs to claim the win. Dave Roberts had an RBI double, Jackie Robinson and Eric Karros had RBI singles and Todd Zeile and Troy Glaus had sacrifice flies.
UCLA AB R H BI LONG BEACH STATE AB R H BI
Shane Mack 5 1 0 0 Troy Tulowitzki 4 0 1 0
Brandon Crawford 5 1 1 0 Garrett Hampson 6 1 2 0
Jackie Robinson 6 1 2 1 Evan Longoria 6 0 2 0
Eric Karros 4 1 2 1 Jason Giambi 6 2 2 2
Troy Glaus 5 2 1 1 Terrmel Sledge 6 1 1 0
Chase Utley 5 1 1 2 Chris Gomez 5 0 1 1
Eric Byrnes 4 2 1 0 Jeremy Reed 5 1 4 1
Dave Roberts 4 1 2 3 Jeff McNeil 4 0 1 1
Todd Zeile 3 0 0 1 Brad Davis 5 0 0 0
TOTALS 41 10 10 9 TOTALS 47 5 14 5
UCLA 020 300 000 05 -- 10
LONG BEACH STATE 000 221 000 00 -- 5
LOB--UCLA 8, LONG BEACH STATE 12. ERR--Brandon Crawford,
Jeff McNeil, Terrmel Sledge. 2B--Troy Glaus, Dave Roberts,
Eric Karros, Garrett Hampson, Jeff McNeil. 3B--Eric Byrnes.
HR--Chase Utley, Jason Giambi, Jeremy Reed. HBP--Brandon
Crawford. SACF--Todd Zeile, Troy Glaus.
UCLA IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gerrit Cole 6.00 9 5 5 1 6 2
Pat Clements 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Casey Janssen 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Bill Bonham [W] 2.00 2 0 0 2 1 0
Dave Schmidt [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
LONG BEACH STATE
Steve Trachsel 7.00 6 5 4 5 6 1
Nick Vincent 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Randy Moffitt 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Urbani [L] 0.33 4 5 5 1 0 0
Bryan Shaw 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cal State Fullerton 4, Arizona State 1
The Titans won consecutive games for the first time all season with the upset win over the Sun Devils. CSF starter Tanner Bibee was impressive, not allowing an earned run in seven innings while striking out 10. Bob Horner had an RBI single in the first but that was it for ASU. Kurt Suzuki had an RBI single and Reed Johnson had a two-run double in the second inning to put the Titans ahead, and Tim Wallach added an RBI single in the fourth.
ARIZONA STATE AB R H BI CAL STATE FULLERTON AB R H BI
Dustin Pedroia 5 1 1 0 Mark Kotsay 3 0 0 0
Rick Monday 4 0 0 0 Tim Wallach 3 0 2 1
Barry Bonds 4 0 1 0 Justin Turner 3 0 0 0
Reggie Jackson 4 0 1 0 Phil Nevin 3 1 0 0
Bob Horner 4 0 3 1 Jeremy Giambi 4 0 0 0
Alvin Davis 4 0 0 0 Aaron Rowand 2 1 0 0
Oddibe McDowell 4 0 1 0 Kurt Suzuki 4 1 1 1
Paul LoDuca 4 0 0 0 Reed Johnson 3 0 1 2
Willie Bloomquist 4 0 1 0 Christian Colon 4 1 1 0
TOTALS 37 1 8 1 TOTALS 29 4 5 4
ARIZONA STATE 100 000 000 -- 1
CAL STATE FULLERTON 030 100 00x -- 4
LOB--ARIZONA STATE 9, CAL STATE FULLERTON 9. ERR--Willie
Bloomquist, Phil Nevin, Mark Kotsay. 2B--Reed Johnson,
Christian Colon.
ARIZONA STATE IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Gura [L] 6.00 5 4 4 8 5 0
Doug Henry 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sean Lowe 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAL STATE FULLERTON
Tanner Bibee [W] 7.00 7 1 0 0 10 0
Phil Bickford 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Devenski [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
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