Freshman Brayden Dowd hit his first career home run before finishing with four RBIs, Josh Blum threw two innings of scoreless relief for his 10th save and USC beat California 7-4 on Friday to earn its ninth straight victory and a spot in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game. USC (31-27), which advanced past pool play for the first time in program history on Thursday, will play either Stanford or top-seeded Arizona for the final Pac-12 title on Saturday. California (36-19) had the bases loaded with no outs in the third inning before USC starter Tyler Stromsborg struck out Rodney Green Jr. and got Peyton Schulze to hit into a double play.
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Davis Riley made six birdies in a six-under par 64 on Friday to take a two-shot lead in the US PGA Tour's Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.Hayden Buckley returned from the delay to card the fifth of his five birdies at the sixth -- his 15th hole of the day -- posting a five-under par 65, He was tied for second, two shots back on eight-under 132 alongside Pierceson Coody.