USC
7-3
Seton Hall
4-5
Trojans Close Out Series Win With Dominant 10-1 Victory Over Pirates
March 01, 2020 | Baseball, Features
The win moves USC to 7-3 on the year and gives the Trojans three series wins in three weekends to start the season. Seton Hall falls to 4-5 with the loss.
Alex Cornwell and Chandler Champlain combined on the mound to hold the Pirate bats in check, while USC posted 10 runs on 14 hits. The Trojans scored in all but three innings on Sunday.
Cornwell struck out six and walked just one in six innings of work, giving up his lone run on a solo-homer by Casey Dana. The lefty stranded two runners in the third inning and didn't allow a runner past second other than the home run. Champlain picked up the save after throwing three scoreless innings to finish the game. He stranded a pair of runners in the seventh and eighth, and then worked around a two-out single in the ninth.
Ben Ramirez opened up the scoring for USC in the first inning, singling home a run, and then the Trojans put up three runs in the second, with Tyler Lozano and Tyresse Turner driving in runs. Jamal O'Guinn and Clay Owens helped USC break the game open in the sixth, when O'Guinn doubled home a run and then Owens singled home two more. Both hits came with two outs and made it an 8-1 game.
Nine different Trojan batters recorded hits in the game and seven different players drove in runs as USC had 19 players appear in the contest. Five players had two-hit days.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Alex Cornwell threw 6.0 innings, giving up five hits and one run, while striking out six batters and walking just one. He moves to 2-0 with the win.
- Chandler Champlain tossed 3.0 scoreless innings, striking out three batters and walking two, while working around three hits.
- Clay Owens was 2-for-4 with two RBI.
- Rhylan Thomas had two hits, two runs scored, one RBI and one stolen base in the leadoff spot.
- Tyler Lozano went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.
UP NEXT
The Trojans host UC Irvine on Tuesday for a non-conference matchup and then will welcome TCU (Friday), Vanderbilt (Friday) and UCLA (Sunday) to Dedeaux Field for the Southern California College Baseball Classic. TCU and Vanderbilt will also play at Dedeaux Field on Sunday morning prior to the Trojans' matchup with the Bruins.
.@USCCoachGill liked what he saw in a total team effort on Sunday. #FightOn pic.twitter.com/58v8FfSLYN
— USC Baseball (@USC_Baseball) March 1, 2020
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cornwell, Alex (2-0)
L: FESTA, David (1-2)
S: Champlain, Chandler (1)
Batting:
2B: DEL CASTILLO, Christ 1 ; HOOD, Connor 1
HR: DANA, Casey 1
RBI: DANA, Casey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DANA, Casey 1
Batting:
2B: O'Guinn, Jamal 1
3B: Thomas, Rhylan 1 ; Wanger, Ben 1
RBI: Thomas, Rhylan 1 ; Turner, Tyresse 1 ; Halsema, Trevor 1 ; O'Guinn, Jamal 2 ; Owens, Clay 2 ; Ramirez, Ben 1 ; Lozano, Tyler 1
SH: Lozano, Tyler 1
SF: Turner, Tyresse 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Thomas, Rhylan 2 ; Turner, Tyresse 1 ; Halsema, Trevor 1 ; O'Guinn, Jamal 1 ; Wanger, Ben 2 ; Lozano, Tyler 2 ; Cirillo, Connor 1
SB: Thomas, Rhylan 1
