BASEBALL: FULLERTON OVERTAKES TROJANS FULLERTON 12, USC 11.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer FULLERTON - College baseball College baseball is baseball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. Compared to American football and basketball in the United States, college competition plays a less significant contribution to cultivating doesn't get any sloppier. Or more exciting. In a game featuring six lead changes, five errors, four wild pitches and a cliff-hanging finish, No. 24 Cal State Fullerton rallied past 12th-ranked USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. 12-11 before 1,875 at Goodwin Field Goodwin Field is a stadium in Fullerton, California. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Cal State Fullerton Titans of the NCAA's Big West Conference and Orange County Flyers minor league baseball teams. It holds 3,500 people. on Tuesday night. Much of that crowd was gone when the Titans (16-10) scored four times in the bottom of the ninth. Aaron Rifkin's two-out, two-run single to right triggered a euphoric celebration at home plate. The Trojans (19-11) had the opposite reaction to Rifkin's clutch hit. Coach Mike Gillespie There are 3 sports coaches with the name Mike Gillespie:
USC is off this weekend, giving it plenty of time to ponder a frustrating defeat. At least the Trojans are playing close to home again. ``We've been everywhere,'' Gillespie said of consecutive weekend trips to Houston, Stanford, Washington and Arizona. ``That schedule maker is an idiot.'' He looks like a genius now. Just two more overnight road series - to California from April 12-14 and Oregon State from May 18-20 - remain in the regular season. More good news on the scheduling front: USC's key remaining Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members games are at Dedeaux Field. Sixth-ranked Arizona State, No. 1 Stanford and crosstown rival UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX all visit in April. |
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