USC blows a 3-1 lead in the ninth and loses 4-3 to North Carolina. The bullpen faltered as closer Adam Troy struggled in the final inning.
USC wasted a masterpiece from Andrew Johnson, who allowed two runs in 7.2 innings.
If USC had caught a foul ball in the ninth, the game would have gone to extra innings.
The USC bullpen is faltering in the ninth and North Carolina ties the game and still has a runner on first with two outs.
Andrew Johnson has allowed just one run and five hits in six innings.
Andrew Lamb homers to right field and USC extends lead to 3-1 in the 5th inning.
Kevin Takeuchi homers to give USC a 2-1 lead in 4th inning.
North Carolina puts two runners on in the first but Johnson gets a two-out grounder to end the second inning.
Well, at least USC already scored more runs that yesterday.
Adrian Lopez singled and went to third on a double by Augie Lopez. He then scored on a balk.
Andrew Johnson will start for Trojans despite pitching three innings on Friday.
Andy Stankiewicz said after Saturday’s loss that he wasn’t sure who would start today’s game. But he said the staff would be available.
This is it. A trip to the College World Series is at stake. Whoever wins could get a potentiallly favorable schedule in Omaha, because there will be only one other seeded team (West Virginia).
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
KAM: So Trojan baseball goes from a 5-game winning high to a “I surrender” loss
DON: –Such is the elevator ride of a baseball team, more ups-and-downs than in any other sport
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KAM: Feds announce several election-fraud investigations in California while revealing ‘serious structural vulnerabilities’
DON: The D e m o c r a t Steal in the Mayor’s race is almost complete. We will have the choice of a Castro Communist (Karen Bass) or a Maoist Communist ( Nithya Raman).
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DON: -This SC team brought ‘excitement back to Trojan baseball
KAM: -Win or lose
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KAM: Search Assist
California has experienced 1,040 fast food restaurant closures and the loss of 36,000 jobs since the Gov. Mimbo minimum wage increase to $20 per hour took effect on April 1, 2024.
DON: Cowardly Gabby D e m o c r a t s hurt the common man.
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KAM: -Did we fill our sports quota requirements?–I got to ask, I read in the papers that you said, quote, “I’m into my 3rd month [with this Iran War]. You know, VietNam lasted 19 years. I’m into my 3rd month…”
DON: And on top of that everybody keeps asking me “When are you going to win?”
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KAM: California Dethroned: Fortune 500 Crown Goes to Texas. This isn’t “California Derangement Syndrome” as Gov. Mimbo claims.
DON: This is the economic reality by businesses to Gov. Mimbo/One Party D e m o c r a t California’s toxic business climate, and as the Billionaire Tax Proposition threat looms large.
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He can’t win unless Congress gives him the money to buy off every single commander in the Revolutionary Guard.
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Replying to Sparrow above.
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KAM: Let’s not sign off with a negative, got any Sunday ‘wisdom?
DON: However you perceive God work harder at developing a relationship with It
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KAM: SICK! Godless Cowardly Gabby Mainstream Moderate D e m o c r a t s Clash With Police, Reenact C h a r l i e K i r k ’s M ur d e r, Chant “C h a r l i e K i r k Deserved to Die” and “F*ck Erika K i r k” Outside Turning Point USA Women’s Event.
DON: You D e m o c r a t s are evil.
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(1) Since none of the major religions refer to God as as an “It’, I presume Sparrow is speaking of the concept of God rather than God Himself…
(2) Gabby is warm–the dems are marxists laying the foundation for bloody revolution —they changed their philosophy without changing their Party name — voters not paying attention are not gonna like what they are about to get…..
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Pray that Trojan bats get their heat back….Big Time.
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P. S.
Wish Roy Hobbes had fashioned every Trojan a “Wonder Boy” bat.
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DON: The 3rd and final game of a baseball series doesn’t quite carry the magnitude of a 7th game in sports’ Playoffs
KAM Getting to the college World Series or not is magnitude enough
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DON: You can say that again
KAM: I just did
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KAM: Why do I believe SC will lose this game?
DON: Well, getting only 1 run in 13 innings is the first sign of weakness
KAM: Still, wouldn’t it be something if the Trojans did win-
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We haven’t won anything…yet. The team knows that. We need a few more runs to wrap this up.
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Good year, let’s put some $ in the NIL for 2027.
Come on Boone Brothers, Randy Johnson, Justin Dedeaux et al.
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The only time Fredo really laughs is when he and Johnny O are watching the blond w/mule shows in Havana …
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