Sunday, May 20
Los Angeles, CA
12:00 PM
USC
25-25, 12-18
8
vs
0
Oregon State
42-9-1, 18-8-1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Oregon State
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
USC
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
2
X
8
9
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bates, Solomon (5-3)
L: Abel, Kevin (3-1)
Batting:
2B: Rutschman, Adley 1 ; Casey, Joe 1
Base Running:
CS: Kwan, Steven 1
Batting:
2B: Halsema, Trevor 1
HR: Sabol, Blake 2
RBI: Sabol, Blake 5 ; Nootbaar, Lars 2 ; Thomas, John 1
SH: Nootbaar, Lars 1 ; Thomas, John 1
SF: Thomas, John 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sabol, Blake 2 ; Ramirez, Ben 2 ; Halsema, Trevor 2 ; Thomas, John 1 ; Murphy, Kaleb 1
HBP: Ramirez, Ben 1
Game Leaders
c/lf
AB
5
R
2
H
3
RBI
5
AB
4
R
2
H
2
RBI
0
AB
5
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
Players Mentioned
RHP
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Trojans Shut Out No. 2 Oregon State 8-0
May 20, 2018 | Baseball, Features
LOS ANGELES – The USC baseball team got seven scoreless innings from Solomon Bates and two homers from Blake Sabol to hand No. 2 Oregon State its first shutout in two years with an 8-0 win on Sunday at Dedeaux Field.
USC broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning and would score all eight runs over the next four innings. The Trojans move to 25-25 overall and 12-18 in Pac-12 play with the victory, while the Beavers fall to 42-9-1 overall and 18-8-1 in conference action. It was the final Pac-12 game of the season for USC.
Bates was again dominant, going at least seven innings for the third straight start. He struck out eight batters and allowed just four hits and four walks, stranding all eight batters who reached against him.
Sabol finished with five RBI on the day, driving in the first run of the game with a single in the fifth and then breaking the game open with two-run homers in both the sixth and eighth innings. Lars Nootbaar also plated two runs in the fifth to help the Trojans take a 3-0 lead and never look back.
Connor Lunn came in and tossed the final two innings for the Trojans, stranding a runner in both frames to seal the win. He struck out one.
Oregon State had not been shut out since April 30, 2016 in a 6-0 loss to Stanford.
TOP PERFORMERS
COMING UP
The Trojans wrap up the regular season with a game on Tuesday against Cal State Fullerton and then a three-game series against CSUN starting on Thursday.
Quotes below...
USC broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning and would score all eight runs over the next four innings. The Trojans move to 25-25 overall and 12-18 in Pac-12 play with the victory, while the Beavers fall to 42-9-1 overall and 18-8-1 in conference action. It was the final Pac-12 game of the season for USC.
Bates was again dominant, going at least seven innings for the third straight start. He struck out eight batters and allowed just four hits and four walks, stranding all eight batters who reached against him.
Sabol finished with five RBI on the day, driving in the first run of the game with a single in the fifth and then breaking the game open with two-run homers in both the sixth and eighth innings. Lars Nootbaar also plated two runs in the fifth to help the Trojans take a 3-0 lead and never look back.
Connor Lunn came in and tossed the final two innings for the Trojans, stranding a runner in both frames to seal the win. He struck out one.
Oregon State had not been shut out since April 30, 2016 in a 6-0 loss to Stanford.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Bates tossed 7.0 scoreless innings, giving up four hits and four walks, while striking out eight batters.
- Sabol was 3-for-5 with a career-high five RBI. It was the first two home run game of his collegiate career.
- Trevor Halsema had his first two-hit game, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
COMING UP
The Trojans wrap up the regular season with a game on Tuesday against Cal State Fullerton and then a three-game series against CSUN starting on Thursday.
Quotes below...
— USC Baseball (@USC_Baseball) May 20, 2018
Hear from @DanHubbs40 after a big win by the Trojans. pic.twitter.com/f9pd0h3Hw1
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