USF’s big inning ruins Santa Clara

Cal basketball assistant leaves for head-coaching job

USF scored nine runs in the eighth inning of a tie game and went on to beat host Santa Clara (14-15, 4-7) 13-4 in a West Coast Conference baseball game on Friday. The Dons (13-18, 7-4) plated the nine runs on seven hits and an error to break open a 3-3 game. Connor Hofmann had a bases-loaded triple in the inning, and Dominic Miroglio and Kyle Norman delivered two-run hits.

nSan Jose State clawed back from a 10-1 deficit, but host Air Force’s four home runs in the first three innings were too much to overcome as the Spartans lost 11-7.

The Spartans (8-22, 2-12 Mountain West) allowed at least one home run in each of the first three innings to the Falcons (13-16, 7-7), who collected 14 hits for the second consecutive day.

Washington State (14n 15, 3-8 Pac-12) scored four first-inning runs, and that was enough for starter Joe Pistorese who went the distance to beat host Cal 4-0. The Bears (20-9, 7-4) managed just four singles.

Loyola Marymount n (18-13, 7-4 WCC) put up six runs in the fifth inning to break open a tight game and go on to beat Saint Mary’s (19-12, 6-5) 12-6 at Louis Guisto Field. Anthony Gonsolin had two RBIs for the Gaels.

Washington (17-12, 4n 7 Pac-12) scored five times in the first and four in the second and went on to rout host Stanford 13-1, keeping the Cardinal (11-16, 0-8) winless in conference.

Softball

Santa Clara (11-25, n 1-2 WCC) split a softball doubleheader with Loyola Marymount (20-22, 2-1), winning 4-3 in the first game and losing 5-3 in the second. Casandra Padilla (3 for 4) knocked in Jenna Krummen with the gamewinning hit in the first game.

Cal (26-9, 4-7 Pac-12) n scored six runs in the first inning highlighted by a Cheyenne Cordes two-run home run, but that wasn’t enough as Utah (26-13, 4-7) used a six-run fifth to rally past the Bears 12-10 in Salt Lake City.

Colorado State (21n 16, 2-3 MW) held San Jose State to five hits in a 1-0 win over the host Spartans (25-14, 5-3). In two games with the Rams, San Jose State has managed just 11 hits and no runs.

Defending conference n champion BYU (22-9) topped host Saint Mary’s (15-22) 7-4 in 10 innings in the WCC opener for both teams. The Cougars scored four runs in the 10th to break open the game.

Men’s basketball

Cal assistant Jon Harris was named head coach at Southern Illinois Universityof the Ohio Valley Conference. Harris, a native of Edwardsville, spent the past seven seasons working on coach Cuonzo Martin’s staff at Cal, Tennessee and Missouri State.

San Jose State has n been selected to participate this winter in the Great Alaska Shootout for the first time Nov. 24-28 at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.