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June 4, 2004

2004 NCAA BASEBALL REGIONALS
POSTGAME NOTES
#2 LONG BEACH STATE vs. #3 ST. JOHN'S

LONG BEACH STATE

* Long Beach State opens up NCAA play with a win for the 10th time in school history.

* LBS wins for the first time since May 15th (at UC Riverside). They snap a seven game losing streak, their longest since 1988.

* The 49ers even their record in Palo Alto at 9-9, spanning 5 NCAA playoff appearances since 1998.

* Long Beach wins for the fourth time this year with 5 or fewer hits. Their overall record in these games is 5-6.

* The 49ers have allowed 11 homeruns in their last 5 games after allowing only 19 in their first 51 games.

ST. JOHN'S

* St. John's falls to 8-6 in one run games.

* The team suffers their 3rd NCAA tournament loss under Head Coach Blankmeyer and fall to 52-50 in NCAA play.

* The loss is only the Red Storm's 9th on the season when outhitting their opponents (31-9 overall in these games).

* This is St. John's third straight game with 3 errors (0-3 in these games).

* The Red Storm drop to 19-4 when their starters go at least six innings.

* Craig Hansen suffers his second blown save of the season.