CHATTER: TROJANS FIRED UP FOR REMATCH WITH MIAMI.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer Bill Peavey remembers what ultimately sealed the USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. baseball team's 4-3 loss to Miami in the College World Series last season. The Trojans' inability to manufacture runs with runners on third base and less than two outs. Hurricanes center fielder Charlton Jimerson's home run-robbing catch atop the right-center field fence. The botched botch tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es 1. To ruin through clumsiness. 2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle. 3. To repair or mend clumsily. n. 1. double steal that derailed another scoring chance. Certainly, the rematch between the teams at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Cal State Fullerton's Kia Baseball Bash doesn't carry the same weight as the CWS CWS Chicago White Sox CWS College World Series CWS Church World Service CWS Child Welfare Services CWS Canadian Wildlife Service CWS Community Water System (EPA) CWS Canada-Wide Standard CWS Compressed Work Schedule second-round game that eventually propelled sixth-ranked Miami to a national championship and USC into an elimination game it lost 24 hours later. However, Peavey's memories of that night are anything but fuzzy. Neither is center fielder Brian Barre's, catcher Alberto Concepcion's, second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Anthony Lunetta's and shortstop Michael Moon's. All were 2001 regulars who will be in Friday's lineup. ``We remember the feeling,'' said Peavey, a senior first baseman. ``We want to right it. I can't wait to play.'' Although they're coming off a three-game sweep of 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 , the No. 17 Trojans are just 5-5 and have fallen from fourth in Baseball America's preseason poll. Seeking consistency, USC has two other quality opponents this weekend, 25th-ranked Houston on Saturday and No. 11 Fullerton on Sunday. ``The reality is, when you face one of those powerhouses ... I think you get a little more juice to play those guys,'' Trojans coach Mike Gillespie There are 3 sports coaches with the name Mike Gillespie:
Former Westlake High star Kevin Howard Kevin C. Howard (born June 25, 1981 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is a infielder in Minor League Baseball who plays for the Jacksonville Suns in the Double-A Southern League. returns to California as a member of Miami. He's hitting .333 with four homers and 10 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 . The junior, who switched back from third base to his more natural shortstop spot the last two games, should be a high pick in the first-year player draft in June. ... The Cal State Northridge baseball team plays host to Nevada Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Purdue and George Washington in the Clash of the Conferences tournament at the JetHawks' Lancaster Municipal Stadium today through Sunday. The marquee game should be Friday's 6:10 p.m. CSUN-Purdue pitching matchup between Matadors junior Bill Murphy and Boilermakers junior Chadd Blasko. Baseball America ranks Blasko the 16th best pro prospect among this season's junior class. Murphy, a left-hander, has been the Matadors' ace with wins over postseason hopefuls Nevada and Oklahoma State. Murphy is looking forward to taking the mound in an immaculate Single-A minor-league stadium one weekend after beating Oklahoma State in the home ballpark of the Double-A Shreveport (La.) Swamp Dragons. ``You're playing in nice parks. It's a real good opportunity for everybody,'' he said. ``It is a pro atmosphere. We get to use the clubhouse, getting to relax (in there) a little bit. In Shreveport, they took care of us. It was like playing professionally.'' |
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