ROUNDUP: SLIGHT OF FEET AIDS USC VICTORY.Byline: Daily News Two days of facing veteran Long Beach State pitchers Abe Alvarez Abraham Sanderson Alvarez, (born October 17 1982 in Los Angeles, California), is a pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays in the Boston Red Sox organization. He bats and throws left handed. He resides in Long Beach, California. and Jered Weaver Jered David Weaver (born October 4, 1982 in Northridge, California), is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Jered attended college at Long Beach State University where he was the 2004 College Baseball's Golden Spikes Award winner. frustrated the USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. baseball team. But in Sunday's 12-7 victory over the No. 13 49ers in front of 1,232 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. , the Trojans were the ones rattling cages. Or at least baffling baf·fle tr.v. baf·fled, baf·fling, baf·fles 1. To frustrate or check (a person) as by confusing or perplexing; stymie. 2. To impede the force or movement of. n. 1. a talented but young pitcher. Freshman Cesar Ramos was making his first career start after a solid debut in relief the previous week. In a three-run second inning that set the tone, Ramos yielded a leadoff double, two walks, a wild pitch, a run- scoring single to Tyler Haskell and a Billy Hart
William "Billy" Hart (born November 29, 1940) is a jazz drummer and educator who has performed with some of the most important jazz musicians in history. Early on he performed in Washington, D.C. sacrifice fly. But the most demoralizing de·mor·al·ize tr.v. de·mor·al·ized, de·mor·al·iz·ing, de·mor·al·iz·es 1. To undermine the confidence or morale of; dishearten: an inconsistent policy that demoralized the staff. moment was a double steal gimmick play that resulted in Jon Brewster's steal of home to make it 3-0. The play began with Brewster breaking for the plate. The runner at first, Haskell, started for second but conveniently stumbled. Rather than try to retire the lead runner, Ramos flung the ball toward first base. Haskell got up and kept the attention of the 49ers (3-3) long enough to let Brewster score. ``Well ... he tripped,'' said a very unconvincing USC coach Mike Gillespie when asked about the validity of Haskell's fall. ``We took advantage of the inexperience of a freshman. I don't think you'll be able to do that play against that guy, maybe not even next week.'' After 6-0 and 7-1 losses to Long Beach State, the Trojans (2-2) were willing to try anything. Starting pitcher Fraser Dizard (1-0) threw a solid 5 2/3 innings, and eight starters hit safely. USC had 12 total hits and all nine either drove in or scored a run. - Chris Cocoles --Pepperdine 5, UC Santa Barbara 2 Junior Chris Kelly hit a grand slam with one out in the ninth inning for the host Waves (2-1). Kelly, who entered the final at-bat 0 for 10 on the year, sent a 1-1 pitch over the right-center-field fence to give the victory to freshman left-hander Paul Coleman (1-0), who made his college debut in the top of the ninth. --Cal State Northridge 4, Nevada 3 Outfielder Keith Bowman had a two-run home run and the Matadors' (3-3) pitching staff made it stand up, holding the visiting Wolf Pack (2-4) scoreless over the final 5 1/3 innings. --Hawaii 8, 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 3 Brent McMillan and Preston Griffin went 3 for 4, but the Bruins (3-4) dropped the final game of a three-game series in Honolulu. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Cal State Northridge's Keith Bowman is congratulated after hitting a home run Sunday. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer |
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