University Southern California Trojans
Adams Blanks Harvard in NCAA First Round
June 21, 1999 | Baseball
May 28, 1999
LOS ANGELES - Pepperdine sophomore RHP Jay Adams threw the second shutout of the day as the top-seeded Waves defeated fourth-seeded Harvard, 4-0, in NCAA Baseball Regional first-round play on Friday night at Dedeaux Field.
Adams (11-2) didn't allow a runner past second base as he scattered four hits and gave up only one walk while striking out eight. It was Adams' third shutout of the season.
It sets up a winners' bracket battle between Pepperdine (44-14) and host USC on Saturday at 3 p.m. Trojan senior RHP Justin Lehr had a shutout earlier in the day over VCU, 10-0.
Harvard falls to 28-19 overall and will play VCU at 11 a.m. on Saturday in an elimination game.
Pepperdine senior 3B G.J. Raymundo went 2-for-4 with two RBI, including a run-scoring single in the bottom of the first that gave the Waves a 1-0 lead. The Waves extended the lead to 2-0 on sophomore C Dane Sardinha's solo home run in the fourth inning.
Pepperdine sophomore CF Austin Evans went 3-for-3 with an RBI, while Harvard junior 1B Erik Binkowski had two hits.
HU 000-000-000 - 0-4-1 PEP 100-110-01x - 4-9-1Birtwell, Franey (8) and Keck. Adams and Sardinha.
WP - Adams (11-2); LP - Birtwell (4-5). HR - PEP: Sardinha (15).
