#25 USC 8 -- #9 Oregon St. 9

Beavers beat the No. 25 USC Trojans, 9-8, in a Pac-10 Conference game to win the series, two games to one. The Beavers rallied from a two-run deficit in the eighth with two outs when Mike Lissman tied the game with a two-run homer off the foul pole in left.

Oregon State is now 25-7 on the season while USC is 19-14 overall with both teams now 2-4 in the Pac-10 Conference.

Lennerton hit his second home run of the season off USC closer Paul Koss (2-2), hitting an opposite field shot to left. Eddie Kunz (2-0) had his longest stint in his career with 5 1/3 innings of relief, allowing only one run on two hits with a walk and five strikeouts.

Freshman right-hander Hector Rabago had pitched well in 3 2/3 innings before giving up the two-run homer to Lissman. Freshman Kevin Couture threw 1 1/3 no-hit innings with three strikeouts.

Mitch Canham went 2-for-6 with three RBI for the Beavers while Hector Estrella went 2-for-3 with five RBI for the Trojans.