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Dirtbags Two-Hit Oregon State 10-0
Pitching Staff Records Seventh Shutout
Danny Espinosa's three hits drove in four runs.
May 19, 2008
Box Score
LONG BEACH-- Danny Espinosa drove in four runs and the pitching staff combined on a two-hit shutout as No. 18-ranked Long Beach State (35-18) crushed visiting Oregon State (25-24) 10-0 on Monday evening.
Jordan Casas added three hits, as did Espinosa, who went 3-for-4 with a three-run double and an RBI triple.
Tyler Topp (2-2) and Dustin Rasco combined to retire nine in a row from the second until the fifth as LBSU took a 9-0 lead paced by eight runs in the second and third innings. Rasco went the first 1.2 innings, allowing a single hit, before Topp went the next 4.1 innings for the win, allowing a single hit in the fifth.
Anthony Carrillo (seventh) and Jason Markovitz (eighth) followed with perfect innings, before David Brown walked a batter and closed out the night. It was the team's seventh shutout of the season, one from the school-record, and fourth on a weekday.
The Dirtbags scored three times in the second to lead 3-0. A failed pickoff to first base with the bases loaded plated two, before an RBI groundout by Zach Barger made it 3-0.
A five-run third followed to make it 8-0 as LBSU sent 17 men to plate over the second and third innings.
A three-run double by Espinosa in the third then made it 6-0 as Tanner Robles (3-2) gave up the first six runs (five earned) on eight hits. Barger's sacrifice fly then made it 7-0, before an RBI single by Devin Lohman made it 8-0. An RBI triple by Espinosa made it 9-0. Brandon Godfrey had two hits and two walks, driving in the 10th run in the eighth.
Weekdays have been especially good for Dirtbag "staff nights", as LBSU pitchers have combined on two one-hitters (at San Diego State and against Harvard), a five-hitter (Fresno State) and a six-hitter (LMU).
The regular season ends this weekend with CS Fullerton on Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. Regional site announcements are Sunday at 4 p.m. Pacific, while the full 64-team bracket will be announced on Memorial Day at 9:30 a.m.
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