CSUN WINS HOME-RUN DERBY : NORTHRIDGE 18, USC 17.Byline: Scott Wolf Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Steven Wolf and Susan Enowitch, Wolf was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. He graduated in 1986 from West Orange High School. Daily News Staff Writer The air was dry, hot and windy. Perfect conditions to transform already hitter-friendly Matador matador In bullfighting, the principal performer, who works the capes and attempts to dispatch the bull with a sword thrust between the shoulder blades. Most of the techniques used by modern matadors were established in the 1910s by Juan Belmonte (b. 1894–d. Field into a miniature version of Coors Field • • [ . And after more than four hours, after USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and Cal State Northridge pounded out 46 hits, nine home runs and 13 doubles, it finally ended. Northridge's Adrian Mendoza, the least likely starter to hit a home run, ended a wild contest with a 10th-inning homer that gave the Matadors an 18-17 victory over the Trojans on Tuesday in a nonconference game. ``It's not too often I hit home runs,'' said Mendoza, a freshman who had only one entering the contest. ``I wasn't sure it was gone. I haven't really been swinging the bat well.'' Mendoza's hit easily cleared the right-field fence, and mercifully ended a game that appeared on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of being called because of darkness. How crazy was it? The game swung back and forth more like a football game. Northridge had a 6-3 lead. USC opened up a 10-6 advantage. The Matadors scored 11 runs in the sixth inning to take a 17-10 lead. Then the Trojans scored six runs in the eighth and one in the ninth to tie the game. ``I don't believe we've been in a game where we've had 26 hits and 17 runs and lost,'' USC coach Mike Gillespie There are 3 sports coaches with the name Mike Gillespie:
Northridge's Jose Miranda went 3 for 5 with six 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 . USC's Jeremy Freitas went 4 for 6 with five RBI. The 13th-ranked Trojans (34-17) used six different pitchers, but none of their top four starters after coming off a three-game sweep over Verb 1. sweep over - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli overwhelm, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome devastate - overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died" Arizona last weekend. But relief ace Jack Krawczyk (1-2) allowed Mendoza's homer. Northridge used only four pitchers, but All-American Erasmo Ramirez (9-3) pitched the final 2-2/3 innings, an impressive feat considering he pitched a complete-game victory over San Francisco last Friday. ``He was the end of the line,'' Northridge coach Mike Batesole said. ``We were going to live or die with him. Till the game was over.'' The victory was critical for Northridge (35-17-1), which as an independent is fighting for an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. USC, which is tied for third place in the Pacific-10 Southern Division, is also hoping for an at-large bid. ``We are a bubble team,'' Gillespie said. Notes: USC outfielder Greg Hanoian, the second-leading hitter in the Pac-10, underwent shoulder surgery for a slightly torn rotator cuff rotator cuff n. A set of muscles and tendons that secures the arm to the shoulder joint and permits rotation of the arm. Also called musculotendinous cuff. and will miss the rest of the season. . . . Northridge shortstop Adam Kennedy was named Collegiate Baseball's player of the week after hitting .842 with three home runs and nine RBI in four road games last week. AGAINST THE BEST Cal State Northridge is 3-3-1 against teams ranked in Baseball America's Top 25: Opponent, Rank Result 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 , 2 9-9, T USC, 13 8-7, L Wichita State, 20 2-1, L Long Beach State, 17 12-4, W Oklahoma State, 10 6-4, W Oklahoma State, 10 12-4, L USC, 13 18-17, W CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, Box Photo: (1--color) Northridge's Adrian Mendoza tripped up USC's Wes Rachels on a double play and later decked the Trojans with a home run. (2) USC's Wes Rachels slides around Northridge's Jeremy Sickles to score in the fourth inning. John McCoy / Daily News |
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