Pepperdine Surprises USC, 4-2

Pepperdine baseball Coach Frank Sanchez spent the previous 10 seasons as a USC assistant, but he insisted that the Waves’ 4-2 victory over the Trojans on Tuesday in Malibu was special only because his team played well against an opponent ranked No. 7 in the nation.

“We feel good about any win we get,” Sanchez said. “They are a good team, and to put together good pitching, defense and timely hitting, that feels good.”

Left-hander Randy Wolf picked up his first save by getting the last three outs after Jason Brown opened the ninth with a single.

USC scored one run in the first against Will Oman (1-1), who allowed only a home run by Jeremy Freitas thereafter.

Pepperdine scored two runs in the second when a double by Josh Oder and single by Mark Lopez was followed by a run-scoring single by Tyler Ferrer and a squeeze by Damon Katz. The Waves snapped a 2-2 tie in the sixth by capitalizing on two errors.

Pepperdine (9-13), which lost three of four last weekend at Hawaii-Hilo, has won five home games in a row.

In other baseball games:

Cal State Northridge 19, Rhode Island 0--Jose Miranda hit two home runs and drove in five runs to lead the Matadors in the second day of pool play in the Johnny Quik tournament at Fresno State.

It marked the second day in a row the Matadors (19-8-1) defeated an opponent, 19-0. Monday, the victim was Penn, which, like Rhode Island (0-4), began its season Friday.

Northridge set a tournament record with 25 hits, including four each by Miranda and Ryan Hurd. Miranda’s home runs were his 11th and 12th of the season.

Glendale 9, Bakersfield 8--A wild pitch in the 10th inning allowed Raphael Lomeli to score for Glendale (16-6, 5-1) and break an 8-8 tie in a Western State Conference game at Bakersfield.

The Vaqueros rallied for three runs in the ninth inning on a run-scoring single by Brett Niles and a two-run home run by Sheldon Philip-Guide to take an 8-6 lead. Bakersfield scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings.

Reliever Jared Sandler (6-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings, giving up one hit, to earn the victory.

Hancock 4, Moorpark 3--Nate Janowicz and Jarrod Penwarden each had two hits for host Moorpark, which couldn’t hold a 3-0 lead after two innings in a WSC game. The Raiders dropped to 2-4 in conference play.

SOFTBALL

Valley 2, Ventura 0--Kim Scott pitched a two-hitter for the Monarchs (7-9, 2-1) in a WSC game at Valley.

The game was scoreless until the fifth, when a single by Norma Dorado scored Molly Meisen. In the sixth, Jessica Levo hit her second double of the game to score Amber Gutierrez.