COLLEGE BASEBALL: WAVES' LUCK TURNS TO GOOD.Byline: Daily News The Pepperdine baseball team is having a rough week when it comes to allowing home runs in the eighth inning. Luckily for the Waves, Thursday had a positive ending with a 5-4 win in 11 innings over host St. Mary's in a West Coast Conference game. Pepperdine, which allowed 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 to take a 3-2 win on a home run in the eighth inning during a nonconference game at home on Tuesday, saw a 3-1 lead slip away in the eighth on a two-run home run by Bryan Byrne Bryan Byrne (born August 26, 1982 is a soccer player from Castledermot in Co. Kildare, Ireland currently playing with the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer. Byrne started his career at his local club Castle Villa. Byrne was a captain, at age 19, for the club. for St. Mary's (8-24, 3-7). Chad Tracy Chad Austin Tracy (born May 22, 1980 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is a third baseman in Major League Baseball who plays with the Arizona Diamondbacks.Tracy also commonly known as "Opposite Field Tracy" bats left handed and throws right handed. Tracy compiled a . (2 for 5, 2 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 ) led off the 11th with a double to left before scoring his second run of the game to seal the victory for Pepperdine (15-16, 9-1). Teammate Brent Lewis was 4 for 4 with a run, an RBI and a walk. --Cal 4, USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. 2: Michael Moon was 2 for 5 with a home run and two RBI but struck out with the potential tying run on first base as the Trojans lost at home in a Pacific-10 Conference game. Blake Sharpe was 3 for 5, including a single in the ninth inning, and Billy Hart went 2 for 3 for USC (15-16, 2-2). --UCLA 9, Arizona 7: UCLA (17-13, 2-2) erased a 6-5 deficit in the ninth inning with a four-run rally to win the Pac-10 game at Arizona. Jordan Brown went 3 for 4 with five RBI and two home runs. Brand Rustich earned the win with 2 2/3 innings of relief and improved to 3-0. |
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