COLLEGE BASEBALL ROUNDUP: USC FAILS AGAIN TO HOLD LEAD, FALLS TO FRESNO STATE.Byline: Daily News USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. figures it'll soon turn the corner. A .279-hitting lineup boasts too much pop to remain stagnant. Injured pitcher Brett Bannister's progress from a right-elbow strain is encouraging, and the sophomore's pending return will give a depleted de·plete tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out. [Latin d staff needed relief. But the Trojans, headed into the teeth of their Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members schedule, still find themselves on the wrong side of .500 later in the season than anyone expected of a preseason national-championship contender. Fresno State came back from a four-run deficit, pounding the Trojans' bullpen in the late innings to pull out an 11-9 victory 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. on Tuesday night. USC (13-14) lost its third in a row, wasting a two-homer, six-RBI barrage by first baseman Joey Metropoulos, who drew the Trojans close with a solo shot leading off the ninth inning. Hart High of Newhall graduate Ryan Haag, a Cal State Northridge transfer, drove in the go-ahead run for the Bulldogs (15-13) with an eighth-inning single. Behind a steady of dose of Metropoulos (two-run double, three-run homer), USC took a 5-1 lead but fell behind entering the sixth. - Chris Cocoles --CSUN 9, Pepperdine 5: The Matadors (6-24) snapped a losing streak A Losing Streak is the third episode of series 2 of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was first broadcast on 4 November 1982. Synopsis Del Boy, Rodney, and Grandad are making some sort of cheap perfume just to earn money after Del has been losing most of at nine games as freshman right-hander Jimmy Brettl relieved Eric Foxman in the second inning and threw eight strong innings, holding the visiting Waves to two runs. --Long Beach State 2, 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 0: Wes Whisler and Brandon Averill accounted for all three of the Bruins' hits in the nonconference loss at Long Beach State, the fifth-ranked team in the nation. |
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