June 4, 2004
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Sean Boatright singled in a run in the bottom ofthe ninth inning to lift Long Beach State to a 4-3 victory over SaintJohn's in the first round of the Stanford regional on Friday.
Boatright had two hits for the 49ers (37-19) to snap a seven-game losingstreak.
PJ Antoniato and Eddie Schultz homered for the Red Storm (36-22), whichlost in its first appearance in the NCAA tournament in seven years. GregThomson had three hits and drove in a run.
Neil Jamison (3-3) recorded two outs in the ninth to get the victory.
Craig Hansen (2-2) took the loss.
St. John's starter Anthony Vargas lasted 6 1-3 innings, allowing threeruns -- one earned -- on two hits. He walked two and struck out seven.
Long Beach State starter Jason Vargas allowed three runs on five hits. Hestruck out five and didn't walk a batter.
Thomson put the Red Storm ahead 1-0 in the second with an RBI double.
Long Beach State scored twice in the fourth. Josh Buhagiar walked and DannyMocny was safe on a fielding error, with Buhagiar taking third. John Bowkergrounded out to score one run and Troy Tulowitzki singled home another.
Antoniato led off the sixth with his sixth homer of the season and Schultzhit a one-out homer in the seventh to put St. John's back on top, 3-2.
Travis Udvarhelyi's pinch-hit single in the seventh tied it at 3.