CWS: CARDINAL KEEPS THE PAC-10 ALIVE.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 Unlike a certain other 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 team the day before, Stanford displayed the necessary survival skills while on the brink of elimination at the College World Series. The Cardinal, the last remaining Pac-10 team following UCLA's early exit, won with strong pitching and defense in an 11-4 victory Tuesday before 11,000 at Rosenblatt Stadium. ``Stanford's pitching staff and defense are as good as any team in the country,'' Auburn coach Hal Baird said. Those are two qualities the Bruins lacked most during their brief visit, but the Cardinal seems to always have in abundance. After Auburn roughed up Cardinal starter Brent Hoard for four quick runs in 2-2/3 innings, Stanford merely went to reliever Jeff Austin. The skinny sophomore, already rated one of the top-10 prospects in next year's draft, pitched 6-1/3 innings without allowing a run. He had already pitched four shutout innings against Auburn last Friday in the Cardinal's 8-3 victory. ``I think I wasn't that sharp today,'' Austin said. ``I just worked on hitting my spots.'' When Austin wasn't foiling Auburn (50-17), Stanford's infield was vacuuming up nearly everything hit on the ground. The Cardinal (45-19) now have the difficult task of sweeping two games from undefeated Louisiana State, which routed Stanford 10-5 Sunday. LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit hit five home runs in that game and knocked Stanford ace Kyle Peterson out early. ``I think obviously we'll try to keep the ball in the ballpark a little bit better,'' Stanford coach Mark Marquess Mark Marquess (born March 24, 1947) is the baseball coach at Stanford University. He is considered by many to be one of the finest coaches in the game. In his thirty years at Stanford, he has compiled an impressive 1,235-597-5 record. joked. Stanford will start pitcher/quarterback Chad Hutchinson Chad Martin Hutchinson (born February 21, 1977 in San Diego, California) is a former American football quarterback in the NFL who has played for the Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Stanford University. (8-3) in today's 4:30 p.m. contest. Cardinal catcher Jon Schaeffer of Harvard-Westlake continued to struggle at the plate (he's hitting .100 in the series) but made some nice defensive plays, including catching a foul ball on the edge of the Auburn dugout. Alabama 9, Mississippi State 5: The No. 1-seeded Crimson Tide The term "crimson tide" has several meanings.
G.W. Keller had a two-run double and designated hitter designated hitter n. Baseball Abbr. DH A player designated at the start of a game to bat instead of the pitcher in the lineup. Noun 1. Mark Peer hit a two-run homer in the inning to break the game open. Alabama (54-13) also got a three-run homer from Andy Phillips George Andrew "Andy" Phillips (born on April 6, 1977 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama) is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees. Andy was raised in Demopolis, Alabama, where he played baseball for Demopolis Academy and then West Alabama Preparatory Academy. in the fifth inning that gave the Tide a 3-1 lead. Mississippi State (47-21), which eliminated 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 on Monday, was knocked out of the tournament. Alabama plays Miami on Thursday. On the net: The World Series is online for the first time, and can be reached at http://www.ncaabaseball.com. The site, which has updates every 30 seconds, is averaging more than 750,000 ``hits'' a day, according to the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association . Draft notes: Six players from the World Series were taken in the first round of the baseball amateur draft, including No. 1 pick Matt Anderson of Rice, who was selected by Detroit. Other first-round picks were UCLA shortstop Troy Glaus (Angels, No. 3), Peterson (Milwaukee, No. 13), Louisiana State shortstop Brandon Larson (Cincinnati, No. 14), Rice first baseman Lance Berkman (Houston, No. 16) and Mississippi State pitcher Eric Dubose (Oakland, No. 21). CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Auburn assistant coach Steve Renfroe and outfielder Tim Hudson lament the end of the Tigers' season. Associated Press |
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