April 6, 1997

No. 4 Stanford Completes Three-Game Sweep

LOS ANGELES - No. 4 Stanford scored seven runs in the third inning - including three on a home run by catcher John Schaeffer - and went on to defeat No. 7 USC 10-3 Sunday at Dedeaux Field. The Cardinal swept the three-game series with USC (it was the first time USC has been swept at Dedeaux Field since 1993 against Arizona State).

The Trojans drop to 29-12 (11-10 in Pac-10 Southern Division play) while the Cardinal is 26-8 (13-2).

The Cardinal was led offensively by Luke Quaccia and John Gall, who had three hits apiece.

Sophomore left-hander Brent Hoard went seven innings and struck out six to pick up the victory (7-1). Sophomore right-hander Steve Immel took the loss (6-3) for the Trojans, lasting just 2 1/3 innings.

Stanford 10, USC 3
Stanford    017  000  200  --  10 15  1
USC         000  021  000  --   3 12  0

Hoard, Austin (8) and Schaeffer. Immel, Penney (3), Sanchez (7), Krawczyk (9) and Munson, Brown (5). WP - Hoard (7-1). LP - Immel (6-3). DP - Stanford 1, USC 1. LOB - Stanford 8, USC 9. Time - 3:15 Attendance - 1,020.