LOS ANGELES – The No. 12 USC baseball team beat Long Beach State, 6-1, on Tuesday night at Dedeaux Field, moving to 16-0 on the year and setting a program record for the best start to a season in USC history.
 
Andrew Lamb homered early and the Trojan arms took care of business once again as USC surpassed the 1988 Trojan squad for the longest season-opening winning streak in program history. Long Beach State fell to 4-11 with the loss.
 
Lamb got the scoring started for the Trojans with a three-run homer in the second inning and then USC took a 4-0 lead on an RBI-single by Maximo Martinez in the third.
 
The Dirtbags’ lone run came in the fourth inning on an RBI-single to right field, but Chase Herrell limited the damage with a flyout to end the threat. Herrell tossed 5.2 innings, giving up three hits and just the one run, while walking none and striking out seven batters. He moved to 2-0 with the victory.
 
Henry Chabot took over in the sixth, throwing 2.1 scoreless innings without giving up a hit or a walk. Chabot struck out three batters. Gavin Lauridsen worked a scoreless ninth, striking out two, including the final batter of the game.
 
USC’s two insurance runs came in the eighth inning, when Lamb hit a sacrifice fly and Maddox Riske doubled home Isaac Cadena to make it 6-1. Lamb’s four RBI were a career high for the junior.
 
USC’s 16-game winning streak is not only the best start to a season in program history, but matches the second longest winning streak at any point in a season for USC. The program record for consecutive wins in a season is 19, set in 1955. USC teams have had 16-game winning streaks on four other occasions (2000, 1971, 1949, 1948).
 
TOP PERFORMERS


Andrew Lamb: 1-for-2, 4 RBI, R, 3-R HR, SF
Isaac Cadena: 2-for-3, 2R, BB
Chase Herrell: W, 5.2 IP, 3H, R, 0BB, 7K
Henry Chabot: 2.1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K

 
COMING UP
USC hosts San Diego on Wednesday and then hits the road against Northwestern this weekend. All four games will be broadcast on B1G+.
 

Hear from Head Coach Andy Stankiewicz (@turntwo17) as he caught up with @keelyismyname following the Trojans’ record-setting win: pic.twitter.com/4Pq5Jw6SQG

— USC Baseball (@USC_Baseball) March 11, 2026