Rivera provided the last ingredient when he closed out a 3-0 win for Long Beach State in Game 1 of the NCAA super regional Friday at Blair Field. “Nothing’s going to be easy, especially at this time of the year, and especially going through those guys,” Long Beach State coach Troy Buckley said. Taylor Bryant’s two doubles were Long Beach State used its trademark small-ball game to start the scoring. Seabold needed 38 pitches to get through the first inning, nine of which were spent on a leadoff walk of Duran. Vanderhook had seen this movie before from Long Beach State’s offense.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 10, 2017 01:54 UTC