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    Trojans Finish Successful Series With 9-0 Shutout At Hawai'i
    Chad Smith strikes out eight in six shutout innings while USC offense records 14 hits.
    Chad Smith had six shutout innings, striking out eight, in Monday's 9-0 shutout at Hawai'i
    Chad Smith had six shutout innings, striking out eight, in Monday's 9-0 shutout at Hawai'i

    March 16, 2010

    Box Score

    HONOLULU - Sophomore Chad Smith threw six shutout innings while striking out eight batters Monday as the USC Trojans shut out the Hawai'i Rainbows, 9-0, in the final game of a four-game series. The Trojans recorded 14 hits to take the series, three games to one, with USC outscoring UH by a 21-2 margin in the last two games.

    Alex Sherrod and Taylor Wrenn had three hits each for USC (9-8) while Matt Hart and Ricky Oropesa had three RBI apiece. USC is now 7-2 on the road this season.

    UH (7-9) put runners at third in the first and second innings, as well as runners at first and second with one out in the third, but could not cash in any runs off Smith, who allowed only two hits.

    The Trojans scored first when Oropesa hit his fourth homer, lifting a two-run shot down the left field line. USC made it a 7-0 lead with four in the fifth, capped by Hart's two-run single to center.

    USC travels to Pacific for a non-conference series next weekend, beginning on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Saturday's game starts at 6:30 p.m. with a 1 p.m. start on Sunday with all three games being broadcast live on usctrojans.com. 

    USC	 000-340-101---9-14-0
UH	 000-000-000---0-3-2

    WP - Smith (1-2)   LP - Gallagher (0-1)
T - 3:14   ATT - 2,910
Records: USC (9-8), Hawai'i (7-9)

    Smith, Garcia (8), Fujiya (9) and Roundtree, Castillo (9).
Gallagher, Walters (4), Little (5), Linsky (8), Kuroda (9) and Freitas.