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Anteaters get the best of Trojans

USC baseball coach Chad Kreuter was ejected in the Trojans' 7-3 loss to UCI.

Declan Saver

Media Credit: Joel Zink | Daily Trojan Bad night | USC senior rightfielder Roberto Lopez was 1 for 3 with a stolen base in the Trojans' 7-3 loss to the Anteaters Wednesday night. The Trojans could only muster six hits against UC Irvine's pitchers.

The frustration from two straight games of poor offensive output manifested itself Wednesday night as USC head coach Chad Kreuter was ejected in the seventh inning of a 7-3 loss to UC Irvine.

The USC baseball team (3-2) scored two runs and brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth against the Anteaters (4-0, but centerfielder Nick Buss flew out to center on a 1-1 pitch ending an inspired rally that sent eight Trojans to the plate.

Kreuter's ejection came after a controversial base runner interference call against Hector Rabago resulted in a double-play, killing the potential rally in the Trojans' half of the seventh inning.

"There was an issue on how Hector slid into second," senior first baseman Derek Perren said. "The umpires said he didn't slide straight in, and he did, and we all saw it. That's pretty much why Chad was upset. He had a right to be."

The loss was USC's second in as many days, a stretch that was drastically different from a weekend road series against Florida International University. In that three-game series, the Trojans scored 37 runs while managing just four runs in the following games against San Diego State and UCI.

UCI pitchers combined for seven strikeouts Wednesday night while allowing just three walks, six hits and two earned runs.

"They threw a lot of strikes," Perren said. "They were good. They caught a lot of tonight and they made the plays."

USC drew first blood in the top of the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Perren, scoring designated hitter Mike Roskopf.

The Anteaters came right back in the bottom of the fifth with a four-run spurt punctuated by UCI leftfielder Ryan Fisher's two-run double down the left-field line.

USC had just one hit and five base runners in the seven innings that they didn't score in.

"We got practice tomorrow, we have to focus," Perren said. "We have to work on hitting line drives. Our pitchers are pitching well, we got to back them up with run support."

Rabago kept his season-long five-game hitting streak alive, going 2 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored. He was one of only two USC players with a multihit game.

The Trojans' next game is Friday night against Bethune Cookman as a part of the MLB Urban Invitational. The Trojans play Southern University on Saturday and UCLA on Sunday as a part of the Invitational.



- Grant Tunkel contributed to this article

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