BULLPEN FAILS WEAVER, LONG BEACH STATE ARIZONA 6, L BEACH ST. 5.Byline: Gordon Verrell Staff Writer In what was undoubtedly his final start at Blair Field Blair Field is a stadium in Long Beach, California. It originally opened in 1956 and is primarily used for baseball. It holds 3,238 people. Located in Recreation Park, Blair Field is one of the few semi-professional baseball facilities in California. , big Jered Weaver Jered David Weaver (born October 4, 1982 in Northridge, California), is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Jered attended college at Long Beach State University where he was the 2004 College Baseball's Golden Spikes Award winner. , the incomparable ace of Long Beach State's rock-solid pitching, went out with a flourish. Too bad the bullpen didn't. Weaver (Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. High) did his best to pitch the 49ers to the brink of the College World Series with a dominating performance, but the bullpen blew the lead and Long Beach State lost 6-5 to in front of an overflow crowd of 3,004 at Blair Field. The All-American right-hander - who fanned only three Arizona batters during the 49ers' three-game sweep of the Wildcats in March - struck out 12 in 7 2/3 innings. He now has 213 for the season, tying for the sixth-best single-season mark in NCAA history The first game (basketball) played between teams representing different colleges or universities was played on November 6 1869 between Rutgers University and Princeton University, at College Field (now the site of the College Avenue Gymnasium), New Brunswick, New Jersey. . Weaver was sensational on the mound, but Arizona scored four runs in the top of the inning of Long Beach State's beleaguered be·lea·guer tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems. 2. To surround with troops; besiege. relief staff to earn the dramatic comeback victory. Now the 49ers must win the final two games of this best-of-3 Super Regional to earn Weaver more starts in Omaha. Left-hander Cesar Ramos (11-4), who pitched the clincher clinch·er n. 1. One that clinches, as: a. A nail, screw, or bolt for clinching. b. A tool for clinching nails, screws, or bolts. 2. in last week's regional against Stanford, will start for the 49ers this afternoon at 4 p.m. Weaver (15-1), the winningest college pitcher in the nation, allowed only one earned run earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team - a seventh-inning homer by Nick Hundley - five hits. Weaver came out with two outs in the eighth. Brian Anderson got the third out in the eighth, gave up a leadoff single in the ninth then was relieved by Neil Jamison, who wasn't able to stop the Arizona rally. The 49ers (39-20) managed 10 hits off starter Koley Kolberg (9-6) and two relievers. Catcher Brad Davis, who had only one hit in nine at-bats last weekend at Stanford, had three of the 49ers' hits. Jason Vargas had two. The 49ers took a 1-0 lead in the second, when Davis' two-out single up the middle scored Vargas, who had opened the inning with an infield single. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Long Beach State starter Jered Weaver was masterful in his 7 2/3 innings, but the 49ers bullpen couldn't hold the lead in a 6-5 Super Regionals loss to visiting Arizona on Friday. Steven Georges/Staff Photographer |
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