BASEBALL ROUNDUP: WAVES TAKE IT FROM THE TOP.Byline: Daily News Any lingering doubts about whether Paul Coleman belongs in Pepperdine's starting rotation were erased Saturday when the junior left-hander became the first pitcher this season to defeat top-ranked Tulane. In just his third career start, Coleman combined with closer Steve Kleen to hold the Green Wave to a season-low four hits as host Pepperdine defeated Tulane 5-2 in a nonconference game at Eddy D. Field Eddy D. Field is home of the Pepperdine University Waves' baseball team located in Malibu, California. It was originally built in 1973, but underwent renovations in 1980 and 1999. It now holds up to 2,000 spectators, all box seats. Stadium in Malibu. A three-run double by Luke Salas in the second inning provided all the offense Coleman (2-0) would need against a lineup that entered the game with a .311 team batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. . Coleman retired eight in a row at one point and did not allow a run until the eighth inning. ``It was definitely a great game for Paul,'' Pepperdine coach Steve Rodriguez said. ``He's a guy who's really matured over the past couple years. He's a guy who really worked hard at trying to improve his skills, trying to get better. ... ``We were a little timid on letting him start this year, but we felt he could be one of our best guys and he's taken absolute advantage of it. He has proven to us that he has earned a spot out there.'' The win was the second in a row for Coleman, who defeated Houston a week earlier. If he was at all nervous about facing Tulane (8-1), which had 11 hits Friday off Waves ace Kea Kometani, Coleman didn't show it. A second-inning single by Greg Dini was the lone hit Coleman allowed until Nathan Southard lined a two-out single to right in the seventh inning. Coleman got out of a bases-load jam in the fifth with a strikeout of Mark Hamilton Mark Hamilton may refer to:
``Coach got on us pretty bad (Friday) because it looked like we played scared,'' said Coleman, who finished with three strikeouts, four walks and three hits allowed in a career-high 7 1/3 innings. ``I just tried to come out and just be aggressive and let the defense work. I hit my spots. ``Once we got that lead, that was huge for all of us. We relaxed a little more and started bouncing around, making plays and playing with a lot more confidence.'' Pepperdine (6-5) did all its scoring in the second inning. A bunt single by Adrian Ortiz was the Waves' fifth hit of the inning off Tulane starter Micah Owings  should be added to this article, to conform with Wikipedia's Manual of Style.Please discuss this issue on the talk page. (1-1) and loaded the bases for Salas, who brought in three with a drive to deep right center. Kleen, who relieved Coleman with the bases loaded in the eighth, retired the side in order in the ninth for his second save. ``It's a big win for us,'' Rodriguez said. ``It proves to our guys that we have the ability to compete at this level and play with the best teams in the country.'' -Heather Gripp --Pacific 7, 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 5: UCLA stranded 12 base runners, and a two-run home run by Pacific's Matt Berezay in the seventh inning was the difference as the Bruins (7-5) lost at Jackie Robinson Noun 1. Jackie Robinson - United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972) Jack Roosevelt Robinson, Robinson Stadium. UCLA pitcher Bryan Beck (0-1) got off to a rough start after allowing four runs in the first two innings. The Bruins charged back to tie the score with one run each in the second and third and two in the fourth. UCLA took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the fifth before Berezay gave Pacific (7-6) the final lead of the game. --No. 13 Stanford 4, No. 22 USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. 3: John Mayberry Stanford (9-5) has won seven consecutive regular-season series against USC (4-2). Blake Holler (3-0) earned the win with three innings of relief, allowing a run on two hits. Jack Spradlin (0-1) took the loss despite 3 2/3 strong innings for the Trojans, allowing only one run on two hits. Billy Hart
William "Billy" Hart (born November 29, 1940) is a jazz drummer and educator who has performed with some of the most important jazz musicians in history. Early on he performed in Washington, D.C. led the Trojans, going 3 for 4. USC pitcher Ian Kennedy For the British academic, lawyer and bioethicist, see . Ian Patrick Kennedy (born December 19, 1984 in Long Beach, CA) is a right-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball. He is 6' 0" tall, and weighs 190 pounds. went just 4 1/3 innings. He allowed five hits and tied a career-high with five walks to go with four strikeouts. --Utah 8, Loyola Marymount 4: Josh Welsh went 2 for 5 with a run scored and two RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in , including the game-winner, to lead the Utes (3-6) to their third consecutive victory and second in a row over the Lions (2-5). Welsh's eighth-inning RBI single broke open a 4-4 tie and sparked a three-run inning. Joe Mozeleski finished 3 for 5 and Ryan Khourey added two doubles for the Utes, who scored their highest run total of the young season. Brian Lane (2-1) picked up the victory after 2 2/3 scoreless innings. LMU LMU Ludwig Maximilians Universität (München) LMU Loyola Marymount University LMU Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) LMU Lincoln Memorial University LMU Location Measurement Unit reliever Blake Feaser (1-2) took the loss after Lions starter Stephen Kahn gave up four runs over 6 2/3 innings. --CSUN at Nevada: Game canceled because of poor field conditions. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Danny Worth and his Pepperdine teammates handed Tulane its first loss Saturday. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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