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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
USC blown out by Oregon State, setting up regional final rematch between the teams
USC's Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek walks back to the dugout after taking a called third strike during a 14-1 loss to Oregon State in the NCAA Corvallis Regional on Sunday night. (Shotgun Spratling / For The Times) USC wanted to be aggressive knowing it was entering a hostile environment, playing in front of a sold-out crowd of 4,347 at Goss Stadium. The Trojans tried to set the tone early. Instead, it backfired, costing them early opportunities, early momentum and ultimately Sunday night's matchup in a 14-1 loss to Oregon State in the Corvallis Regional final. Advertisement USC opened with two hard hits. Brayden Dowd singled and Ethan Hedges followed with a rocket to right-center field that came off the bat at 104 mph. It one-hopped the wall for an easy double that could have set the Trojans up with two runners in scoring position and no outs. But USC third base coach Travis Jewett was spinning his arm almost immediately, sending Dowd home. Oregon State pitcher Kellan Oakes celebrates after striking out a batter to leave the bases loaded Sunday. (Shotgun Spratling / For The Times) Shortstop Aiva Arquette, an expected top 10 pick in next month's MLB draft, fired a throw home that brought catcher Wilson Weber into the baseline where he applied the tag to Dowd while his knee collided with the head of the Trojans' outfielder. The play invigorated the home crowd and set the tone for the beatdown to follow that saw the No. 8 national seed Beavers thoroughly outplay the Trojans despite playing its second game of the day facing elimination. Oregon State pummeled Saint Mary's, 20-3, Sunday afternoon to reach the final. Advertisement The next half inning, Oregon State attacked USC with four bunts that helped generate four runs. The Trojans' aggressiveness again bit them. Oregon State's Wilson Weber, left, scores a run as USC third baseman Ethan Hedges misplays a bunt Sunday. (Shotgun Spratling / For The Times) After they took the out at first on an initial sacrifice attempt, the Trojans twice tried to cut down runners at home with ill-fated results. Third baseman Hedges muffed a barehand attempt when the ball bounced with funky spin on a hard bunt that one-hopped. The Beavers bunted again on the next pitch. First baseman Adrian Lopez tried to come home and was too late. A base hit through the middle scored the next run before Oregon State went back to the bunt to score the fourth run, prompting the crowd to start chanting 'Small Ball! Small Ball! Small Ball!' Advertisement Oregon State added two runs in the third inning to take a 6-1 lead. USC had a huge opportunity to get back in the game in the fifth inning, loading the bases with no outs and the heart of the lineup due up. But the Beavers' pitching staff had USC's 3-4-5 hitters in a blender all night. Starter Wyatt Queen struck out Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek for the third time before turning the ball over to reliever Kellan Oakes, who struck out Lopez and Abbrie Covarrubias to escape the jam unscathed. USC coach Andy Stankiewicz walks back to the dugout during a 14-1 loss to Oregon State on Sunday. (Shotgun Spratling / For The Times) Oregon State then piled on runs against the lesser-used arms in USC's bullpen, scoring three runs in the sixth on Trent Caraway's fourth home run in as many games. Advertisement USC has a chance for redemption Monday as Oregon State's win forces a winner-take-all regional final at 3 p.m. PDT (ESPNU). Sign up for more USC news with Times of Troy. In your inbox every Monday morning. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
USA Today
6 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
USC baseball vs TCU live updates, score, highlights at NCAA Tournament
USC baseball vs TCU live updates, score, highlights at NCAA Tournament USC baseball finally gets back to the NCAA Tournament, with TCU standing in the Trojans' way at the Corvallis Regional USC baseball makes its long-awaited return to the NCAA Tournament. The Trojans face the TCU Horned Frogs in Corvallis, Oregon, at the NCAA Corvallis Regional. After USC-TCU, the other game in the regional will take place. Oregon State will host Saint Mary's. The losers and winners will play on Saturday. The regional continues with elimination games on Sunday and a possible conclusion on Monday. This is USC's first trip to the NCAA Baseball Tournament since 2015. Coach Andy Stankiewicz managed to get this team across the finish line in a season when USC was not able to play home games on campus. Dedeaux Field is being renovated, so USC had to use multiple other alternate sites for home games. USC had to become a nomadic team even when playing at home. It's a metaphor for a program trying to return home and regain its old identity as a powerhouse program. That identity has been missing from the program for virtually the entire 21st century. The Trojans, who have the most national titles of any school with 12 -- five more than second-place LSU (7) -- have won only one national title since 1978. The mission is to build back an elite program. This NCAA Tournament is one very real step in the right direction. Let's see what USC can accomplish this weekend in Corvallis. Here's how Game 1 unfolded on Friday afternoon. Scroll down to the bottom to get the continuous live-blog account of this game: USC gets a runner on third with two out after a walk, steal, and groundout. This is the kind of situation good teams turn into runs. USC nine hitter Richard Tejeda delivers a short, measured swing to punch the ball into the opposite field for an RBI single. Championship at-bat right there. LaPour is not especially sharp for TCU, getting behind in counts and not always locating his fastball. 1-0, USC. USC ace Caden Aoki retires the side in order. Exactly what he and USC needed in a game which figures to be low-scoring. 0-0 after one on a gorgeous day in the Pacific Northwest, 71 degrees just after noon local time. USC makes TCU ace Tommy LaPour throw 23 pitches. The Trojans worked some counts and hit two singles to right field, but a 98-mile-per-hour fastball strikes out Andrew Lamb with first and third and two out to end the threat. Time: 3:05 p.m. Eastern time, 12:05 p.m. Pacific Channel: ESPNU Live Stream: FuboTV Live Stream: ESPN Plus
