USC
26-14
Long Beach State
15-22
USC Baseball Picks Up Dominant 12-2 Win at Long Beach State
April 22, 2025 | Baseball
The Trojans used five-run fourth and ninth innings, as well as dominant pitching to move to 26-14 on the year. Long Beach State falls to 15-22 with the loss.
Five Trojan arms combined to hold the Dirtbags to two runs on four hits in the game. Grant Govel got the start and gave up two runs on two hits in 4.0 innings of work. Andrew Johnson worked a scoreless fifth and sixth inning, before Jackson Baker got the first two outs of the seventh and handed it off to Brodie Purcell for the final out of the inning. Purcell would toss a scoreless eighth inning, setting the side down in order with three strikeouts. Andrew Harbour finished it off with a scoreless ninth inning, giving up just a two-out single.
USC got a run in the first thanks to an Abbrie Covarrubias single, before putting up five in the fourth to take a 6-0 lead. The Trojans loaded the bases and after Brayden Dowd worked a walk to bring the first run home, Ethan Hedges doubled in two and Adrian Lopez single in two more.
Long Beach State scored its two runs in the bottom of the fourth, bringing a run home on a double-play ball and then doubling in the second run with two outs.
Jack Basseer answered with a solo-homer in the seventh and then sparked another five-run inning for USC in the ninth with a sacrifice fly. Richard Tejeda, Maddox Riske and Anthony Perritano also drove in runs in the ninth to secure the win for USC.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Ethan Hedges: 3-for-4, 2 RBI, R, 2B, 3B, BB, HBP
- Jack Basseer: 2-for-2, 2 RBI, R, SF, SB
- Grant Govel: 4.0 IP, 2H, 2R, BB, 5K
COMING UP
USC hits the road for a three-game set at Minnesota starting on Friday. All three game at Minnesota will be broadcast on B1G+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Govel, Grant (3-2)
L: Banda, Cristien (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Hedges, Ethan 1 ; Takeuchi, Kevin 1
3B: Hedges, Ethan 1
HR: Basseer, Jack 1
RBI: Dowd, Brayden 1 ; Hedges, Ethan 2 ; Riske, Maddox 1 ; Lopez, Adrian 2 ; Perritano, Anthony 1 ; Covarrubias, Abbrie 1 ; Basseer, Jack 2 ; Tejeda, Richard 1
SF: Perritano, Anthony 1 ; Basseer, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dowd, Brayden 3 ; Hedges, Ethan 1 ; Covarrubias, Abbrie 1 ; Martinez, Maximo 1 ; Takeuchi, Kevin 1 ; Basseer, Jack 1 ; Carpentier, Dean 2 ; Tejeda, Richard 2
SB: Martin-Grudzielanek, Bryce 1 ; Takeuchi, Kevin 1 ; Basseer, Jack 1
HBP: Dowd, Brayden 1 ; Hedges, Ethan 1 ; Tejeda, Richard 1
Batting:
2B: Taylor, Luke 1
RBI: Taylor, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ashworth, Kyle 1 ; Champagne, Alex 1
HBP: Cadena, Nathan 1 ; Montgomery, Reid 1
