COLLEGE BASEBALL ROUNDUP: PEPPERDINE FALLS SHORT IN WCC SERIES OPENER.Byline: Daily News After losing the first game of the best-of-three West Coast Conference championship series to San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. 7-3 at Eddy D. Field Eddy D. Field is home of the Pepperdine University Waves' baseball team located in Malibu, California. It was originally built in 1973, but underwent renovations in 1980 and 1999. It now holds up to 2,000 spectators, all box seats. Stadium on Friday, Pepperdine catcher Rock Mills still managed a smile. ``It didn't surprise me that we lost,'' said Mills, who hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning. ``We've been playing with our backs against the wall all season.'' Pepperdine (30-31) now must win its next two games to earn the championship and advance to the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Regionals for a second consecutive season. San Diego (37-20) ace Ricky Barrett Ricky Barrett (born March 9, 1981 in Sacramento, California) is a Minor League Baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 7th round (212th overall) of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. He bats and throws left handed. threw a complete-game three-hitter but allowed two home runs in winning his 10th game of the season. He did not allow a hit until Pepperdine first baseman Chris Kelly Chris Kelly may refer to the following persons:
Right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield Joe Lima accounted for the Toreros' first four runs. He hit a double to left field to score Mike McCoy in the first inning and hit a three-run home run in the third inning to give San Diego the winning run. Pepperdine pitcher Brandon Boesch struggled, allowing 14 hits and seven runs, all earned, before being taken out after 6 1/3 innings. The teams will play again today at 1 p.m. at Pepperdine and meet for a third game, if necessary, Sunday at 1 p.m. - Arash Markazi --USC 5, 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 4: Anthony Lunetta had three hits and Alberto Concepcion and Bill Peavey added two apiece to lead the Trojans past the host Bruins in 12 innings in the opening game of a Pacific-10 Conference-closing three-game series at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The victory kept conference-leading USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. (32-22, 15-7) in contention for the Lexus Gauntlet, a first-year award that goes to the winner of the crosstown rivalry in each sport. UCLA (26-33, 9-13), which held a 55-52.5 point lead going into this series, needs just one victory to secure the title. Ryan Rasmussen led the Bruins with three hits, and Rashad Parker, Josh Arhart and Hart High of Newhall product Billy Susdorf added two hits apiece for UCLA, which equaled USC's total of 12 hits but lost when the Trojans pushed across the game's final run in the top of the 12th. Peavey drove in the game-winner to cap a two-RBI performance that shared the team lead with Concepcion. Both homered in the game, as did teammate Anthony Parker and the Bruins' Parker. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: BILL PEAVEY The USC player drove in the game-winning run in the 12th inning to beat UCLA. |
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