University Southern California Trojans
Baseball Pounds Pepperdine, 8-3
June 21, 1999 | Baseball
April 27, 1999
LOS ANGELES - Behind the strong hitting of senior 2B Dominic Correa, who homered for the fourth consecutive game and was 2-for-3 with two RBI, the No. 15 USC baseball team defeated No. 10 Pepperdine, 8-3, in a non-conference game at Dedeaux Field on Tuesday night.
The Trojans improved to 29-20 on the season while the Waves fell to 34-9.
Senior RHP Steve Immel (1-1) was impressive in his first start of the season, going six strong innings while scattering only two hits and surrendering just one run while striking out two for his first victory of the year. Junior RHP Steve Schenewerk (6-2) started for Pepperdine and took the loss.
USC took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first, then tacked on three more runs in the third inning for a 4-0 lead. Senior LF Jason Lane had an RBI double and Correa blasted his 11th home run of the season, a two-run shot, over the center-field wall.
The Waves finally got on the scoreboard in the seventh on a solo home run by sophomore C Dane Sardinha, his 10th of the season, to close the gap to 4-1.
But USC blew the game open in its half of the seventh, scoring four more runs to make it 8-1. With the bases loaded and one out, freshman C Beau Craig cleared the bases as he sliced a triple down the right-field line. It was Craig's third extra-base hit of the game, with two doubles earlier in the contest. A sacrifice fly by junior DH Carlos Casillas that scored Craig gave USC its final run.
In the top of the ninth, Pepperdine junior RF Chris Spieth hit a two-run home run to finish the scoring.
Craig and senior RF Greg Hanoian each had three hits for the Trojans, while sophomore SS Seth Davidson had one hit to extend his hitting streak to 12 games. Sardinha had two hits for the Waves.
USC, which is tied for first place in the Pacific-10 Conference, hosts UCLA for a key three-game series this weekend at Dedeaux Field.
PEP 000-000-102 --- 3-5-0
USC 103-000-40x --- 8-12-0
Schenewerk, Reed (4), Sundstrom (6), Correa (7), Wersel (7) and Sardinha.
Immel, Smyth (7), Currier (8), Correa (9) and Craig.
WP -- Immel (1-1) LP -- Schenewerk (6-2).
HR -- USC: Correa (11); PEP: Sardinha (10), Spieth (1).
