UCLA PACKS ITS BAGS, ADVANCES BEATS L.B. STATE, GOES TO SUPER REGIONAL UCLA 7, LBSU 4.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer LONG BEACH - Jermaine Curtis was the spark plug spark plug: see ignition. spark plug Device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and carries two electrodes separated by an air gap, across which current from a high-tension ignition system discharges, creating a spark that ignited 12 wins in his first 14 games after joining the 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 baseball team's lineup in late March. When Curtis got the Bruins going again Sunday it earned them a trip to their first Super Regional since 2000. UCLA used a four-run fifth-inning rally to come from behind for a 7-4 victory over Long Beach State in the final of the Long Beach Regional in front of 2.089 at Blair Field Blair Field is a stadium in Long Beach, California. It originally opened in 1956 and is primarily used for baseball. It holds 3,238 people. Located in Recreation Park, Blair Field is one of the few semi-professional baseball facilities in California. . The Bruins, who have never won a Super Regional game, advance to face the winner of the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Regional at a site to be determined. Curtis, who was academically ineligible for the first 24 games of the season, reached base three times Sunday and started the fifth-inning scoring with a solo home run to left, his fourth of the season. He had seven hits in UCLA's three games at the tournament to take MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. honors. Gabe Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , the freshman outfielder out of El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Tim Stewart capped the fifth-inning scoring with a sacrifice fly to score Cody Decker for a 6-4 lead. The Bruins (33-26) added to their cushion in the sixth with an RBI-single by Decker in another rally started by a hit by Curtis. Curtis, Alden Carrithers, Justin Uribe and Brady Dolan each finished with multiple hits for UCLA. The run support was more than enough for Bruins sophomore left-hander Tim Murphy (5-4), who posted UCLA's second consecutive complete game. Of the eight hits he allowed, just three were after the third inning. Murphy retired 10 in a row at one point and finished with eight strikeouts. Long Beach starter Shane Peterson (2-2) lasted just four-plus innings. The sophomore left-hander allowed five runs on seven hits with five strikeouts. Andre Lamontagne was the first of five Dirtbags relievers to follow Peterson and he walked the first batter he faced 7/8Decker-to load the bases with no outs for Cohen. Long Beach (39-19) had led since scoring three runs in the first. A two-run double by Robert Perry brought in the game's first runs, and Steve Tinoco followed with a groundout that drove in another run. UCLA closed within one on the third. Uribe's lead-off double was the Bruins' first hit and ignited a rally that included an RBI-single by Carrithers. Uribe scored UCLA's first run when Dirtbags right fielder Jason Corder dropped a fly ball from Curtis. Long Beach responded with a run in the bottom of the inning Noun 1. bottom of the inning - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat bottom inning, frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat . Brandon Godfrey singled in Peterson after Perry's potential inning-ending, double-play grounder instead hit the second base umpire and loaded the bases with one out. The Dirtbags didn't get another hit until the eighth inning. The victory is the Bruins' first in three meetings with Long Beach this season. Top-seeded Long Beach advanced to the final by defeating fourth-seeded University Illinois-Chicago 4-3 earlier Sunday. Godfrey joined UCLA's Ryan Babineau, Gavin Brooks, Decker and Uribe on the all-tournament team. heather.gripp@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) UCLA's Tim Murphy struck out eight for the win against Long Beach State on Sunday. (2) Members of the UCLA baseball team celebrate Alden Carrithers' 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 single in the third inning. (3) Gabe Cohen hits a double to drive in Brandon Crawford and Alden Carrithers for UCLA, which beat Long Beach State. Danny Moloshok/Associated Press |
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