PAC-12 Baseball Weekend Recap (April 23)

After the weekend Oregon remains atop the standings despite losing 2-of-3 at home against UCLA. Oregon State remains half a game behind after taking a road series at Washington, the Bruins are 2 ½ behind. Stanford has re-emerged in the race with its winning its weekend series against Arizona on the Farm.

Oregon is still on top of the standings after the weekend’s action but Oregon State and UCLA are closing in.

Below are the current conference standings, rankings and midweek games to keep you up to speed on PAC-12 baseball.

Weekend Results April 19-21 (Rankings from last week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Poll):
Friday – #6 Oregon State @ Washington PPD, #12 UCLA 1 @ #7 Oregon 0, Valparaiso 3 @ #14 Arizona State 16, #25 Arizona 3 @ #24 Stanford 4, Southern California 0 @ Utah 10, Washington State 2 @ California 4 (Cal’s head coach David Esquer’s 400^th career win)
Saturday – #6 Oregon State 1 @ Washington 5, #6 Oregon State 3 @ Washington 10 make-up of 4/19 game, #12 UCLA 1 @ #7 Oregon 0, Valparaiso 3 @ #14 Arizona State 15, #25 Arizona 10 @ #24 Stanford 9, Southern California 7 @ Utah 4, Washington State 7 @ California 6
Sunday – #6 Oregon State 8 @ Washington 0, #12 UCLA 3 @ #7 Oregon 5, Valparaiso 8 @ #14 Arizona State 6, #25 Arizona 8 @ #24 Stanford 12, Southern California 15 @ Utah 10 F/10, Washington State 1 @ California 2
Monday – #6 Oregon State 4 @ Seattle 3 F/14

Series Recap – No sweeps this weekend as every series resulted in 2-1 results in each match-up. In milestone news Cal head coach David Esquer won his 400^th career game.

Pac 12 Standings as of April 22:
Oregon (13-5, 29-10)
Oregon State (11-4, 30-8)
UCLA (9-6, 25-11)
Stanford (9-6, 22-12)
Arizona State (8-7, 24-12)
Arizona (9-9, 25-14)
Southern California (8-10, 16-23)
Washington State (6-9, 19-18)
California (7-11, 18-21)
Washington (5-10, 11-26)
Utah (5-13, 16-19)

National Polls:
Baseball America Top 25 – Oregon State 7, Arizona State 8, UCLA 9, Oregon 13 and Stanford 21
National Collegiate Baseball Writers – Oregon State 6, Oregon 7, UCLA 8, Arizona State 16, Stanford 21 and Arizona 27
Perfect Game Top 25 – Oregon State 7, Arizona State 8, UCLA 9, Oregon 13 and Stanford 25
USA Today Baseball Top 25 Coaches Poll – Oregon State 6, Oregon 7, UCLA 8, Arizona State 17, Stanford 22 and dropping out Arizona (Wildcats also received votes)

Non-Conference Midweek Games:
April 23 – Cal Poly @ California, Long Beach State @UCLA, Oregon @ Portland, Stanford @ San Jose State, Utah @ BYU, Washington @ Gonzaga

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