Sunday, February 24, 2008

Saturday Recap

In Tempe, Brett Wallace hit 2 home runs in Arizona State’s 18-6 rout over Vanderbilt. His grand slam in the fourth was the first of his career and he finished the day with 7 runs batted in. Preseason Player of the Year Pedro Alvarez did not start with a muscle strain and is listed as day to day.

Espinosa stole the show again in Long Beach Saturday in the Dirtbags 3-2 win over Rice. In the bottom of the first he slugged a double to right center and later scored on an error. In his next at bat, he slugged a solo home run to left to put the 49ers up 2-0. With the Owls tying the game up in the seventh, Espinosa gave LBSU the lead again in the bottom of the eighth, driving a single to right and scoring on a hit by Devin Lohman. Rice Senior Cole St. Clair pitched well in only his 3rd career start, throwing 4.0 innings and striking out 3 with no walks.

In San Diego State’s 17-11 win over San Diego, two way player Josh Romanski did it all for the Toreros. On the mound, he threw 5 innings to pick up the win. At the plate, he went 4-5 with 2 home runs and 7 RBI.

The Aztecs beat San Diego in the nightcap, takingthe series with a 15-2 win.

In game one of a doubleheader in Los Angeles, UCLA right fielder Gabe Cohen hit a 2 run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th to beat Oklahoma 7-5. He brought home Brandon Crawford, who got on base with a walk to win it for the Bruins.

In the second game,although UCLA lefthander Tim Murphy allowed just 2 runs, one of which was unearned, in six innings, his team lost 3-2 on a sac fly in the 12th inning.

Sophomore shortstop Grant Green of USC is day to day with a strained back muscle, ending his streak of 57 straight games played. His replacement, Hector Rabago, took the most of his opportunity to play, going 3-4 with 2 home runs and a triple to lead the Trojans to a 9-3 win over FIU. Robert Stock also hit one of 4 home runs for Southern Cal.

In game one of South Carolina’s doubleheader against East Carolina, Reese Havens continued his hot hitting from the Cape, picking up 5 hits, including a home run, and 5 RBI in the Gamecocks’ 22-5 win. Justin Smoak hit a home run as 1 of his 3 hits and James Darnell had 2 hits.

In the second game, Havens belted another home run but USC lost 13-4.

In the Longhorns’ 17-4 win over VCU, Jordan Danks and Kyle Russell each had 2 hits. Russell, the NCAA’s 2007 home run leader, hit his first of the season.

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