NCAA baseball: Hedges’ 2 home runs power USC past Saint Mary’s in Corvallis Regional

CORVALLIS Oregon AP Ethan Hedges hit two solo home runs and USC defeated Saint Mary s - on Saturday night to reach the championship round of the Corvallis Regional The Gaels - will play an elimination contest on S unday against Oregon State with the winner needing to defeat USC twice to win the double-elimination regional Hedges gave the Trojans a - lead with a one-out home run in the bottom of the first inning Saint Mary s went ahead on a two-run home run by Diego Castellanos in the second inning The Gaels made it - when Aide Taurek homered to lead off the fourth USC tied it in the bottom of the inning when Augie Lopez blasted a two-run homer to right-center field and Hedges one-out homer in the fifth gave the Trojans the lead for good Richard Tejeda delivered an RBI single in the sixth for a - lead Cody Kashimoto s sacrifice fly in the eighth got the Gaels within - but Maximo Martinez got the run back for USC with an RBI-single in the bottom of the inning Related Articles Saint Mary s Gaels begin road to College World Series vs Oregon State Will this Rockets forward with Bay Area ties get a chance to face the Warriors Todd Golden celebrates Final Four berth with his Saint Mary s mentors Florida s Todd Golden pinching myself in return for NCAA regionals Saint Mary s unable to upset No Alabama for Sweet spot - USC s Caden Hunter pitched a - - ninth for his first save of the season Starter Mason Edwards - got the win allowing three runs in innings John Damozonio - took the loss for Saint Mary s which notched its first NCAA tournament domination in group history on Friday USC - advances to the championship round a win away from the super regionals AP college sports https apnews com hub college-sports