Covarrubias

He struck out Lopez and Abbrie Covarrubias to escape the jam unscathed.

With two outs and seemingly no momentum in the fourth inning, USC’s Abbrie Covarrubias got on base by beating out a high chopper to shortstop.

Adrian Lopez followed with a run-scoring single, and an Abbrie Covarrubias sacrifice fly made it 6-1.

Infielder Abbrie Covarrubias is hitting .300 as a sophomore after slashing .232 as a freshman, while catcher Andrew Lamb is hitting .344 with an OPS of 1.031, both of which would lead Big Ten catchers if they qualified.

“It’s catastrophic failure,” said Seriina Covarrubias, a west Altadena resident who has been advocating for better public resources and government representation for the town since even before the fire.