COLLEGE BASEBALL ROUNDUP: WAVES KEEP PACE IN WCC.Byline: Daily News Pepperdine ace Kea Kometani allowed one run over 7 1/3 innings and struck out seven batters as the Waves defeated host Portland 5-1 in West Coast Conference play on Saturday. Kometani threw 106 pitches and improved his record to 8-4. Junior second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker David Uribes went 2 for 5 with a run and Steve Kleen went 1 for 3 with a 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 for the Waves (29-17, 15-7). Teammates Jason Dominguez (Chatsworth High), Patrick Rooney and Justin Sandberg each added RBI singles. In the third inning Uribes, who singled with one out, moved to second on a single by Adrian Ortiz and reached third when 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 . reached on a fielder's choice field·er's choice n. Baseball A play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing base runner, thus allowing the batter to reach first base safely. Noun 1. . Uribes scored when Portland catcher Riley Snell's throw went into center field attempting to throw out Tracy at second base on a steal attempt to break a 1-1 tie. Freshman Doug Konoske pitched the final 1 2/3 innings and struck out two to pick up his third save of the season. With the win Pepperdine maintains its 1 1/2-game, first-place lead over San Francisco (33-14, 16-6). Pepperdine will go for the series sweep in today's series finale at 1 p.m. --USC 9, CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge 2:Ian Kennedy threw six shutout innings as USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. cruised past visiting CSUN (17-26-1) in a nonconference victory. USC (28-15) scored five runs in the fourth inning, including RBI doubles by Blake Sharpe and Cyle Hankert. Kennedy (9-1) is 6-0 in his past six starts with 1.01 ERA. On the season, Kennedy has 114 strikeouts in 80 2/3 innings. Baron Frost finished 2 for 3 with two RBI for USC and teammate Hankert finished 2 for 3. Raymond Ravago went 1 for 2 with a RBI coming on a sacrifice fly and Adam Fleener had a RBI single to register CSUN's only runs. --LMU 6, St. Mary's 3:Stephen Kahn pitched a complete game, allowing three runs and striking out seven as LMU LMU Ludwig Maximilians Universität (München) LMU Loyola Marymount University LMU Leeds Metropolitan University (UK) LMU Lincoln Memorial University LMU Location Measurement Unit won for the fifth time in six games by defeating visiting St. Mary's (18-26, 11-15) in West Coast Conference play. Kahn (3-5) gave up five hits and walked three batters for LMU (21-24, 11-11). James Cooper went 3 for 4 for LMU and Chris Pettit went 2 for 3 with an RBI, and teammates Jon Oller, Evan Shahak, Eirc Farris and Joe Frazee each had one RBI. Cooper leads the WCC WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → COE m (Conseil œcuménique des Églises) WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → Weltkirchenrat m with a .406 batting average in conference play. The win marked the 250th career victory for LMU coach Frank Cruz. Cruz reached the 200-win mark last season. Preston Young homered for St. Mary's and Kevin Trochez pitched eight innings, but was roughed up by LMU, which managed 12 hits and six runs off him. |
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