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Photo by: John McGillen
Trojans One-Hit Utah in 6-0 Win
April 11, 2019 | Baseball, Features
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The USC baseball team was dominant on the mound and at the plate, holding Utah to one hit while scoring six of their own on a season-high 16 hits in a 6-0 series-opening win on Thursday night.
Connor Lunn tossed six full innings and the Trojan bats kept the pressure on all night, moving USC's record to 14-18 overall and 6-7 in Pac-12 play. The Utes fall to 8-19 overall and 1-12 in conference action.
After Lunn had already exited the game, the Trojans were still in a 3-0 dogfight even with the hit total piling up, but USC broke the game open in the top of the eighth with three runs, including a two-run triple from Jamal O'Guinn. Blake Sabol singled home a run earlier in the inning to get things going.
Lunn struck out a career-high nine batters on the day, allowing just two runners past first base all game and none past second. Carson Lambert would toss a scoreless seventh, working around a two-out hit-by-pitch and inducing three groundouts in his lone inning of work. Austin Manning then entered and got a double-play to toss a quick eighth and then stranded a runner on first in the ninth. The trio are the first Trojan pitchers to combine for a one-hitter since 2013 against Arizona State.
USC got on the board in third inning, scoring on an O'Guinn single and a Ben Ramirez sacrifice fly. Ramirez brought home another run in the seventh on a groundout.
TOP PERFORMERS
NOTABLE
COMING UP
The Trojans continue their series at Utah with 11:30/10:30 a.m. MT/PT games on Friday and Saturday. USC then returns home to host Pepperdine on Tuesday.
Connor Lunn tossed six full innings and the Trojan bats kept the pressure on all night, moving USC's record to 14-18 overall and 6-7 in Pac-12 play. The Utes fall to 8-19 overall and 1-12 in conference action.
After Lunn had already exited the game, the Trojans were still in a 3-0 dogfight even with the hit total piling up, but USC broke the game open in the top of the eighth with three runs, including a two-run triple from Jamal O'Guinn. Blake Sabol singled home a run earlier in the inning to get things going.
Lunn struck out a career-high nine batters on the day, allowing just two runners past first base all game and none past second. Carson Lambert would toss a scoreless seventh, working around a two-out hit-by-pitch and inducing three groundouts in his lone inning of work. Austin Manning then entered and got a double-play to toss a quick eighth and then stranded a runner on first in the ninth. The trio are the first Trojan pitchers to combine for a one-hitter since 2013 against Arizona State.
USC got on the board in third inning, scoring on an O'Guinn single and a Ben Ramirez sacrifice fly. Ramirez brought home another run in the seventh on a groundout.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Connor Lunn threw 6.0 innings, giving up one hit and no runs, while striking out a career-best nine batters.
- Jamal O'Guinn went 4-for-5 with three RBI and a run scored. He had a double and triple in the game. It is his second straight game with three RBI.
- Blake Sabol was 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored.
- Ben Ramirez went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a walk.
NOTABLE
- Thursday's win was the first combined one-hitter for USC since 2013 against Arizona State (Sean Silva (6), Brett Wheatley (3) vs. Arizona State - April 12, 2013, USC won, 5-0)
- USC has double-digit hit totals in four of its last five games, including a season high 16 hits on Thursday night.
- The Trojans have won four of their last five.
COMING UP
The Trojans continue their series at Utah with 11:30/10:30 a.m. MT/PT games on Friday and Saturday. USC then returns home to host Pepperdine on Tuesday.
Hear from @ConnorLunn after another strong performance on the mound!#FightOn pic.twitter.com/4tNOOcUfxt
— USC Baseball (@USC_Baseball) April 12, 2019
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Acker, Charles (5-1)
L: Pierce, Riley (1-5)
Batting:
2B: Rodriguez, Miko 1 ; Wanger, Ben 1 ; O'Guinn, Jamal 1
3B: O'Guinn, Jamal 1
RBI: Rodriguez, Miko 1 ; O'Guinn, Jamal 3 ; Ramirez, Ben 2
SF: Ramirez, Ben 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rodriguez, Miko 2 ; Wanger, Ben 1 ; O'Guinn, Jamal 1 ; O'Guinn, Jamal 1 ; Shockey, Brady 1
CS: Beller, John 1
PO: Beller, John 1
Base Running:
SB: Dunn, Oliver 1 ; Thompson, Tyler 1
HBP: Thompson, Tyler 1
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