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Baseball Belts Four Homers In Win.
May 07, 2000 | Baseball
May 7, 2000
SEATTLE - Freshman Tyler Davidson's third-inning grand slam was one of four Husky home runs that helped the Washington baseball team beat Washington State, 17-6, Sunday in a Pac-10 game at Husky Ballpark.
Davidson, a right fielder from Edmonds, Wash., gave the Huskies a 6-3 lead with his grand slam, a lead the Dawgs would never lose. Freshman catcher Jefferson Thiel followed Davidson's homer with one of his own and later in the game, freshman DH Jay Garthwaite and senior first baseman Ed Erickson each hit their 10th home runs of the season.
With the win, the Huskies move to within one game of a .500 record at 22-23 overall and 6-11 in the Pac- 10. Washington has won all four meeting this year against WSU and its last six home games. With two wins in the three-game series, the Huskies have assured themselves of their first Pac-10 series victory of the year. The Cougars fell to 16-31 overall adn 6-11 in the league.
Erickson, the Huskies' only senior, finished the day 3-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, a homer, a walk and three stolen bases. Entering the game, Erickson had stolen only four bases (one each season) in his four-year UW career. Davidson went 3-for-4 with five runs batted in and Garthwaite also added three hits. Sophomore center fielder Ben Miller, who had only one previous hit this season, went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI.
Sophomore lefty Taylor Grant worked five and one-third innings to get the win and improve to 2-4 on the season. WSU senior Todd Meldahl (2-7) gave up eight earned runs over four innings in the loss.
WSU got four hits from senior catcher Ryan Smith, who posted three singles, a triple and two RBI. Center fielder Jordan Nilsen and third baseman David Perreira each hit homers for the Cougars.
UW and WSU close out the three-game series Monday at 2:00 p.m. The Huskies then play host to Portland Tuesday and Wednesday in a pair of non-conference games before travelling to face Arizona State this weekend.
LINESCORE Pac-10 Conference Game Washington 17, Washington State 6 Washington State 021 110 100 -- 6 11 2 Washington 205 025 30x -- 17 16 0Todd Meldahl, Les McTavish (5), Sean Donlin (6), Donny Davis (6), Reggie Rivard (8) and Ryan Smith. Taylor Grant, Brian Barton (6), Shawn Kohn (7), Cam McCoy (8), Tyler Shepple (9) and Jefferson Thiel, Tim Rice (8). W - Grant (2-4). L - Meldahl (2-7). 2B - UW, Tila Reynolds, Michael Done, Marc Rittenhouse, Ben Miller. 3B - WSU, Smith, Jordan Nilsen. HR - WSU, Nilsen (3), David Perreira (2), UW, Tyler Davidson (5), Thiel (3), Jay Garthwaite (10), Ed Erickson (10). T - 3:28. A - 844.
