March 30, 1998
STANFORD, Calif. --- Sophomore Nick Day's (Las Vegas, NV/Green Valley
HS) three-RBI double with one out in the bottom of the ninth ininng
lifted No. 1 Stanford (25-4-1 overall, 10-2 in the Six-Pac) to a
come-from-behind 7-6 win over UCLA (11-21, 5-12) on Monday night at Su
nken Diamond. The win enables the Cardinal to complete a six-game season
sweep of the Bruins.
With the Cardinal down 6-3 entering the bottom of the ninth, John Gall
(Portola Valley, CA/St. Francis HS) singled and moved to second on a
walk to Josh Hochgesang (Fullerton, CA/Sunny Hills HS). One out later,
Joe Borchard (Camarillo, CA/Camarillo HS) reached on an error to load
the bases. After Edmund Muth (Long Beach, CA/St. John Bosco HS) drew a
bases loaded walk to make it 6-4, Day hit the game-ending line drive
into right-center field to clear the bases. The four-run ninth inning
rally gave Stanford freshman reliever Austin Coose (Kokomo, IN/Kokomo
HS) his first career win.
With the Cardinal leading 3-2 after seven innings, the Bruins stormed
back with two in the eighth and two in the ninth. Eric Byrnes (Portola
Valley, CA/St. Francis HS) and Cassidy Olson (Orinda, CA/Miramonte HS)
each hit solo homers in the eighth to give the Bruins a 4-3 lead, and
Jason Green (La Jolla, CA/La Jolla HS) provided some temporary insurance
with a two-run shot in the top of the ninth.
For the Cardinal, Gall led the way by going 4-for-5 with a run scored
and an RBI. Green went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBI to
lead the Bruins.
Stanford returns to action on Friday when it visits No. 2 USC (27-5,
13-2) at 7 p.m. in the first of a three-game weekend set. UCLA next
travels to California for a rain make-up game on Tuedsay at 1 p.m.
Linescore R H E
UCLA 010 100 022 --- 6 11 3
Stanford 000 120 004 --- 7 11 4
Carter, Roe (7) and Green; Hoard, Wayne (5), Coose (9) and Salter,
Alvarado (9). WP - Coose (1-0). LP - Roe (3-2). 2B - Atkins (UCLA),
Green (UCLA), Pecci (STAN), Day (STAN). HR - Olson (UCLA) 8th inning,
none on; Byrnes (UCLA) 8th inning, none on; Green (UCLA) 9th inning, one
on. Records - Stanford 25-4-1 overall (10-2 in the Six-Pac), UCLA 11-21
(5-12).