College baseball

Washington State hit three home runs and Matt Way pitched a complete game as the Cougars defeated Southern California 8-5 in Pacific-10 baseball Friday at Bailey-Brayton Field in Pullman.

With the game tied at 5 in the bottom of the seventh inning, WSU’s Jim Murphy capped a 4-for-4 night with his 16th home run to put the Cougars (29-25, 7-15 Pac-10) ahead 6-5. It was the senior’s 33rd career home run, tying him with Beau Campbell for fourth on the all-time WSU list. USC is 27-27, 10-12.

•Stanford (32-20-2, 13-9) hit three home runs in support of starter Austin Yount and defeated Washington (32-21, 10-12) 9-4 in a Pac-10 game in Seattle.

NAIA World Series

Ikaika Lester and Kyle Greene both fell one hit shy of the cycle as host Lewis-Clark State College (54-6) routed Embry-Riddle (Fla.) University 19-0 in seven innings in the opening round at Lewiston’s Harris Field.

In other openers, Bellevue (Neb.) defeated Ohio Dominican 15-3 in eight innings; Spring Arbor (Mich.) defeated Jamestown (N.D.) 7-5; and Union College (Ky.) defeated Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 9-8.