Portland at Toreros
Start with a popular draft pick and throw in All-Star Game & ‘Hells Bells’
Today:
Records:
Line: 6 p.m., Jenny Craig Pavilion
USD by 12
Streaming: 1⁄2
WCC Network
Series history: USD leads 58-31 and has won 11 of the last 12 meetings. The Toreros won the season’s first game 78-70 behind Josh Parrish’s 20 points.
Pilots update: Portland is 1-42 in its last 43 WCC regularseason games. The Pilots’ average margin of defeat in WCC games this season is 23.5 points. The only loss by fewer than 15 points was the eight-point setback to USD. Magnifying Portland’s challenge is that leading scorer Ahmed Ali (18.0 points) has missed the past two games with foot injuries and is listed as day-to-day. Ali scored a season-high 32 points in the loss to USD.
Toreros update: Out of 340 qualified Division I teams, USD ranks tied for 287th in scoring (66 points) and 296th in shooting percentage (41.2). The Toreros will try to remedy that against a Portland team that ranks 336th in defensive field goal percentage (49.9).
Next up:
Portland 6-14, 0-11; USD 3-9, 2-6
Pepperdine at USD, 1 p.m. Saturday.
April 23, 1990
The Chargers select USC’s Junior Seau, the pride of Oceanside High, with the fifth pick in the 1990 NFL Draft. The future Hall of Fame linebacker becomes one of the city’s most compelling figures and the biggest draw for fans to the stadium.
May 14, 1990
Standing in the outfield hours before the Padres’ 5-1 win over the Phillies, sportswriter Kirk Kenney proposes to Leanne Howard, saying “I know this is coming out of left field, but will you marry me?”
July 25, 1990
Roseanne Barr sings the national anthem between games of a double-header against the Cincinnati Reds, creating a national uproar as much for scratching and spitting after the song as for her off-key screaming during it.
July 14, 1992
The AL beats the NL 13-6 in the 62nd All-Star Game before a crowd of 59,372. Mariners outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. is selected MVP. Hall of Famer Ted Williams throws out the first pitch.
June 25, 1993
Trevor Hoffman is booed in his first appearance for the Padres after allowing four hits and three runs (two earned) in the eighth inning of a 6-2 loss to Cincinnati. Hoffman was acquired from Florida a day earlier in a “Fire Sale” trade that sent Gary Sheffield to the Marlins.
August 6, 1993
Gwynn singles off Colorado left-hander Bruce Ruffin for his 2,00th major league hit. The hit comes on his mother’s birthday. Hit No. 3,000 will come six years later — to the day — in Montreal off right-hander Dan Smith.
Qualcomm pays $18 million for 20-year naming rights to the stadium. The money bridges a financing gap in $80 million stadium expansion.
Jan. 25, 1998
Denver beats Green Bay 31-24 in Super Bowl XXXII before a crowd of 68,912. Broncos running back Terrell Davis, a Lincoln High graduate, earns MVP honors. The stadium becomes the only venue to host both a Super Bowl and World Series in the same year.
July 25, 1998
AC/DC’s “Hells Bells” is played for the first time as Hoffman comes in to save a 6-5 win over the Houston Astros. Hoffman tied an MLB record that night by converting his 41st straight save in the ninth inning, which becomes known as “Trevor Time.”
Oct. 20-21, 1998
The New York Yankees complete a four-game World Series sweep of the Padres with a 5-4 win in Game 3 (att. 64,667) and 3-0 victory in Game 4 (att. 65,427). Yankees third baseman Scott Brosius is selected MVP.
Nov. 3, 1998
San Diego voters pass Proposition C — a downtown ballpark — with 60 percent approval. The Padres’ 45-year stay in Mission Valley ends six years later when the bigleague ballclub opens the 2004 season in $450 million Petco Park.
July 17, 1999
In the Major League Soccer All-Star Game, Preki earns MVP honors with two goals as the MLS West beats the MLS East 6-4 before a crowd of 23,227.