CSUN FINDS BIT OF RELIEF; AN EFFECTIVE BULLPEN AIDS SPLIT WITH OSU : OREGON STATE 8-4, CSUN 4-8.Byline: Chris Branam Daily News Staff Writer Just when these upstart Oregon State hitters thought they were going to drive out of town with two wins in a day, Trevor Gray came along and put them right where he wanted them. In the palm of his hand. Gray, a junior right-hander at Cal State Northridge, made long relief look easy in the Matadors' 8-4 win over Oregon State on Sunday afternoon, salvaging a split of the four-game series. The day didn't start well for CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge , which committed two errors in the 10th inning of an 8-4 loss in the completion of Saturday's game that was suspended because of darkness. Then left-hander Darryl Grant Darryl Grant (born November 22, 1959 in San Antonio, Texas) is a former professional American football player who played defensive tackle for eleven seasons for the Washington Redskins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. He played college football for Rice University. , the Matadors' touted transfer from Long Beach State, walked three of the first five Beavers in the regularly scheduled game and was quickly replaced by Gray. Gray's first pitch was whacked up the middle by Josh Carter for a two-run single. But he recovered to get Garrett Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. to hit into a rally-ending double play. OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005. (5-3) got only one unearned run off Gray in the next 6-2/3 innings. With his palmball working well, Gray struck out 10, including the side in the third and fourth innings. ``What the team needed was someone to come in and throw strikes,'' Gray said. ``After the fifth, I had the mindset mind·set or mind-set n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. of a reliever.'' CSUN coach Mike Batesole said: ``You've got to get strikes out of your relievers. If you throw strikes, you give yourself a chance to win.'' The Matadors (8-8) scored five times and chased Beavers starter Craig Hayes in the first inning. The Beavers scored an unearned run in the fifth when third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Eric Horvat misplayed a ground ball, and Oregon State had runners at second and third when Gray got Carter to fly out to center field. Gray ran into serious trouble again in the eighth, when OSU put runners on first and third with two outs. Andy Davidson Andy Davidson may refer to:
Davidson struck out the side in the ninth to pick up his first save. Horvat redeemed his error with a two-run homer in the eighth, his fifth of the season. He knew in this series, in which the teams combined for 54 runs, no lead was safe. ``You have to keep scoring,'' Horvat said. ``(The Beavers) could throw up (six runs) at any time.'' The Matadors are .500 with Washington, a preseason top-20 team, coming to town for a three-game series starting Friday. Note: CSUN starting shortstop J.T. Stotts, independent baseball's reigning freshman of the week, broke his foot running the bases Friday, the same day the Matadors got outfielder Jason Watkins back from a dislocated dis·lo·cate tr.v. dis·lo·cat·ed, dis·lo·cat·ing, dis·lo·cates 1. To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship. 2. finger. GOOD, BAD, UGLY The good: The relief pitchers. CSUN relievers Trevor Gray and Andy Davidson struck out a combined 14 in 8-2/3 innings; Gray allowed only one unearned run in 7-1/3 innings. The bad: The defense. The Matadors committed four errors in the 10-1/2 innings played Sunday, including two in the 10th in the suspended game A suspended game in Major League Baseball occurs when a game has to be stopped before it can be completed. When a game is suspended, the remainder of the game is to be completed at a later date. Major League Baseball Rule 4. from Saturday that keyed Oregon State's 8-4 win. The ugly: The first inning. CSUN starter Darryl Grant was charged with three runs after getting only one out, walking three and hitting a batter. Oregon State's Craig Hays got only two outs and was replaced before getting out of the first. Hays was charged with five runs, all earned. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO Oregon State 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 Corrie Willkie (3) waits to put the tag on CSUN's Matt Synhorst, who safely stole second on the play. John Lazar/Daily News BOX: GOOD, BAD, UGLY (see text) |
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