COLLEGE BASEBALL: USC'S ZITO STRIKES OUT 16 IN 2-HIT WIN OVER UCLA : USC 4 UCLA 1.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Barry Zito Barry William Zito (born May 13 1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He previously played seven seasons with the Oakland Athletics. isn't long for the USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. baseball team; the junior left-handed pitcher, who will be an early pick in the June major-league draft, admits he is going to sign a professional contract after the season. Zito is enjoying his one-season stint with the Trojans, and he's made life miserable for 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 . Zito pitched a two-hitter and struck out 16 in USC's 4-1 victory over the Bruins in a Pacific-10 game Friday night at Dedeaux Field Dedeaux Field is a college baseball stadium in Los Angeles, California, and the home field of the University of Southern California Trojans baseball team. The stadium holds 2,500 people and was built in 1974, the year USC won its record fifth consecutive College World Series title. . ``I didn't really know about this whole rivalry deal,'' said Zito, who transferred to USC from Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. last summer. ``Once I got here, I realized this is a big game. (But) I go into every game the same way.'' The 15th-ranked Trojans improved to 15-4 in the Pac-10, 30-20 overall. Unranked UCLA, which had crept into NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association playoff consideration by winning six of its last eight games, dropped to 24-26 and 8-8. Zito's strikeouts, which tied his season-high, pumped life into most of the crowd of 1,044 on a chilly night. He also showed most of the dozen pro scouts behind home plate his best pitches against the heart of UCLA's order: Chase Utley Chase Cameron Utley (born December 17, 1978) is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies. Utley bats left-handed, but fields right-handed. Minor Leagues , Bill Scott and Garrett Atkins. Those three Bruins, who entered the game with a combined batting average of .338 and 37 home runs, were a combined 0-for-12 with six strikeouts. ``Those are the guys you have to bear down on,'' said Zito, who didn't allow a hit after the second inning. Zito won his eighth consecutive game and improved to 9-2. He is 2-0 with 24 strikeouts and 2.40 ERA in 15 innings against the Bruins this season. The only major mistake Zito made was in the second, when he gave up Nick Lyon's second homer of the season. From the third to the sixth, Zito retired 12 of 13. Zito struck out at least one batter in every inning and he struck out the side in the second. He pitched his second complete game of the year. USC lost two of three against UCLA in March - and that was with All-American catcher Eric Munson (who went 0-for-14 in that series). The Trojans have won 23 of their last 30 and are tied with Stanford for first in the Pac-10. UCLA sophomore left-hander Ryan Carter made his first conference start and gave up seven hits and three earned runs in seven innings. Carter threw 142 pitches, the most by a UCLA pitcher this season. |
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