PAC-12 Baseball Weekend Recap (April 29)
By Mike Vamosi
Oregon hosted Stanford this weekend with the Ducks sweeping the Cardinal at PK Park. Also keeping up in the standings was Oregon State who took care of Southern Cal in Corvallis. Arizona State now sits in third place with UCLA after a road sweep at Utah.
Oregon and Oregon State remain on top of the PAC-12 Conference after the weekend. Photo Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Below are the current conference standings, rankings and midweek games to keep you up to speed on PAC-12 baseball.
Weekend Results April 26-28 (Rankings from last week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Poll):
Friday – Alabama State 2 @ #27 Arizona 8, #16 Arizona State 5 @ Utah 4 F/10, California 2 @ Washington 3 F/12, Southern California 4 @ #6 Oregon State 10, #21 Stanford 1 @ #7 Oregon 2, #8 UCLA 7 @ Washington State 6 F/11
Saturday – Alabama State 3 @ #27 Arizona 4 F/10, #16 Arizona State 5 @ Utah 1, California 8 @ Washington 1, Southern California 0 @ #6 Oregon State 3, #21 Stanford 4 @ #7 Oregon 6, #8 UCLA 10 @ Washington State1
Sunday – Alabama State 3 @ #27 Arizona 18, #16 Arizona State 9 @ Utah 6, California 6 @ Washington 5 F/14, Southern California 1 @ #6 Oregon State 6, #21 Stanford 3 @ #7 Oregon 4, #8 UCLA 3 @ Washington State 4
Series Recap – Five games went to extra innings over the weekend, eight games were decided by one run. Oregon swept Stanford by a combined four runs over the weekend series, Arizona stepped outside of PAC-12 play to sweep Alabama State in Tucson.
Pac 12 Standings as of April 29:
Oregon (16-5, 33-10)
Oregon State (14-4, 34-8)
Arizona State (11-7, 28-12)
UCLA (11-7, 27-13)
Arizona (9-9, 28-14)
Stanford (9-9, 23-15)
California (9-12, 20-23)
Washington State (7-11, 20-20)
Southern California (8-13, 16-26)
Washington (6-12, 14-28)
Utah (5-16, 16-23)
National Polls:
Baseball America Top 25 – Oregon State 5, Arizona State 9, Oregon 10 and UCLA 13
National Collegiate Baseball Writers – Oregon State 5, Oregon 6, UCLA 12, Arizona State 14, Arizona 22 and Stanford 27
Perfect Game Top 25 – Oregon State 7, Arizona State 8, UCLA 10, Oregon 13 and Stanford drops out
USA Today Baseball Top 25 Coaches Poll – Oregon State 5, Oregon 6, UCLA 11, Arizona State 16, Stanford 25 and Arizona receiving votes after dropping out of the poll
Non-Conference Midweek Games:
April 30 – Arizona State @ Arizona, California @ Pacific, Oregon @ Seattle, Southern California @ Pepperdine, St. Mary’s @ Stanford, UC Irvine @ UCLA
May 1 – Oregon @ Seattle
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