Category: West Coast College MLB League

More drama on this day’s games, as two contests went to extra innings, and another saw the tying run left on third base in the ninth inning. Cal beat Oregon State after hitting a home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game before prevailing in extras. UCLA and…

The 10th round of games brought several close contests. Three of the games were decided by one run and another was a two-run contest. UCLA posted the only lopsided win of the day, though USC stayed tied atop the standings with a walk-off victory. After getting off to a great start, Arizona State has lost…

At the halfway point of the league season, USC pulled into a first-place tie with UCLA thanks to Oregon State’s late-game heroics. Arizona State would have joined them atop the leaderboard at 7-2 but for an extra-innings loss to California. Three of the five games were decided in the final inning. Standings7-2: UCLA, USC6-3: Arizona…

Another high-scoring round, with three winners reaching double-figures in runs, with the other two victors collecting nine and seven. One of the losers scored eight times. Arizona State dropped out of a first-place tie after being upset by Oregon State. UCLA, USC and the Sun Devils are the only teams with winning records after we’ve…

There was a lot of excitement in the seventh round of play, highlighted by Tom Seaver’s one-hit, 16-strikeout masterpiece, while two other games had walk-off finishes, and another saw the home team go ahead in the bottom of the eighth. Only three of the 10 teams currently have winning records. Standings6-1: Arizona State, UCLA5-2: USC3-4:…

After the sixth round of games, we have no more unbeaten and winless teams. UCLA’s prolific offense was finally held down by Barry Zito and rival USC. At long last, Cal State Fullerton picked up an extra-innings win over rival Long Beach State. After one-third of the season, the standings have tightened up a little…

UCLA picked up another easy win and Arizona State won a key game against USC by shutout as the Bruins and Sun Devils continued to lead the top of the league standings. The other three games were all decided by a single run. Standings5-0: UCLA4-1: Arizona State3-2: Pepperdine, Stanford, USC2-3: California, Long Beach State, Oregon…

After four rounds, there’s only one unbeaten team (UCLA) and one winless team (Cal State Fullerton). The Bruins have scored at least six runs in every game, including 13 in this round’s victory over Arizona, and are averaging 8.8 runs per contest. Standings4-0: UCLA3-1: Arizona State, Pepperdine, USC2-2: California, Stanford1-3: Arizona, Long Beach State, Oregon…

Pepperdine (thanks to the first shutout of the season by Mike Scott) and UCLA (due to a five-run ninth-inning rally) stayed unbeaten, while Arizona State and USC were handed their first losses. Arizona and California won for the first time, leaving only two winless teams after the third round of play. Standings:3-0: Pepperdine, UCLA2-1: Arizona…