COLLEGE BASEBALL: PRESENT STARTS OFF WELL FOR TROJANS IN VICTORY USC 6, CAL POLY 4.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer When the USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. baseball team met for the first time in the fall, the players were shocked that little was said about last season and the way the Trojans lost 19of their final 22 games. The message was clear that this is a new era, and the past is the past. The new-look Trojans -- with an almost entirely new coaching staff, no position player back in the same spot and a remodeled field -- did a good job of distancing themselves from the past Tuesday as they opened the season with a 6-4 victory over visiting Cal Poly Cal Poly may refer to:
The win marked the college coaching debut of former major-leaguer Chad Kreuter Chadden Michael Kreuter (born August 26 1964 in Greenbrae, California) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball and the current head coach of the USC Trojans baseball team. , who replaced the retired Mike Gillespie There are 3 sports coaches with the name Mike Gillespie:
USC broke the game open with five runs in the second inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. , all with two outs. Junior outfielder Lucas Duda capped the rally with a towering three-run homer to right. Freshman shortstop Grant Green had given the Trojans the lead two batters BATTeRS (バッターズ) stands for Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey. It is a Japanese project to find asteroids. It is associated with the Japanese Spaceguard Association. Members include Takeshi Urata. earlier with a two-run single up the middle. In the first inning, Green tripled to right for USC's first hit of the season and was driven in by Matt Cusick for a 1-0 lead before a two-out single by Cal Poly's Kyle Smith tied the score in the top of the second. The Mustangs got hits on the first two pitches of the game from Trojans starter Tommy Milone, but the sophomore left-hander quickly settled in. Milone (1-0) retired the side in order in the third, fourth and fifth innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. . He allowed two runs on six hits with six strikeouts and no walks in six innings. Cal Poly (0-4) closed within two in the seventh with two runs off freshman reliever Kevin Couture. Mustangs freshman right- hander Steven Fischback (0-2) lasted just two-plus innings. He surrendered six runs on six hits, four walks, a hit batter and no strikeouts. Sophomore left- hander Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Saito replaced Fischback after a leadoff walk to Robert Stock in the third inning and faced just one batter over the minimum while striking out 10 in five hitless innings of relief. Stock, the 17-year-old former National Youth Player of the Year who made headlines when he decided to skip his senior year at Agoura High to play at USC, started at catcher and went 0-3 in his college debut. USC's Paul Koss retired the side in order in the ninth for the save. heather.gripp@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 |
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