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Garthwaite Goes 4-for-4 In Win Over WSU
March 26, 2002 | Baseball
March 26, 2002
LEWISTON, Idaho - Center fielder Jay Garthwaite continued his career-long success against Washington State, going 4-for-4 Tuesday as the Washington baseball team out- slugged WSU, 18-12, to complete a sweep of a two-game, non-conference series at Harris Field.
The loss was the ninth in a row for the Cougars (10-15) while the Huskies improved to 11-8-1.
Garthwaite, a junior from Kent (Kent-Meridian), belted a two-run homer in the second inning, his seventh of the year and his eighth in 11 career games vs. WSU. With five RBI in the game, he has 19 career vs. the Huskies' rival. In Monday's series opener, Garthwaite was 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBI.
Freshman first baseman Kyle Larsen (Redmond/Eastlake) also had a good day at the plate for the UW, going 3-for-6 with a double, three runs scored and four runs batted in. Junior left fielder Brandon Jacobson added a two-run homer, his first of the year. Shortstop Tila Reynolds (Renton/Liberty) went 3-for-3 with four runs and an RBI. Reynolds has hit safely in 19 of 20 games this season.
WSU was led by DH Wes Falkenborg, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI. Center fielder Evan Hecker went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and a double.
Husky freshman reliever Will Fenton (Kingston/North Kitsap) threw two scoreless innings to improve to pick up his first career win (1-1). WSU reliever Lanakila Niles (1-2) worked three innings in the loss.
The teams traded runs throughout the early part of the game. Down 2-1 heading into the bottom of the second, the Cougars got three singles, a Husky error and doubles from Derek Bruce, Evan Hecker and Bookie Gates to post six runs and take a 7-2 lead.
The Huskies, however, tied the game at 7-7 with a five-run third inning before going in front, 10-7, with three more runs in the fourth. But the Cougars came back in the bottom half of the frame to tie the score with three runs.
Washington broke free for good in the sixth when Larsen's double down the left- field line drove in a pair of runs. After Garthwaite was intentionally walked before a single from Michael Done (Littleton, Colo.) sent home a third run in the inning. Freshman catcher Aaron Hathaway (Vancouver/Columbia River) made it 15-10 when his single scored Garthwaite and Done.
Next up for the Huskies is a three-game series at Arizona State this Thursday through Saturday, the first Pac-10 games of the season for Washington. All three UW-ASU games will air live on KKNW AM-1150. Gametime Thursday and Friday is 5:00 p.m. PST while Saturday is a 1:00 p.m. game.
LINESCORE Washington 18, Washington State 12 Washington 025 305 300 -- 18 16 2 Wash. St. 160 300 002 -- 12 19 5 Jeff Petersen, Scott Robertson (2), Will Fenton (5), Josh Conover (7), Greg Colburn (8), Tyler Shepple (9) and Aaron Hathaway, Ben Johnson (8). Josh Bartlome, Jamin Svendsen (3), Lanakila Niles (4), Bryce Chamberlin (7) and Jon Baeder, Brandon Reddigner (8). W - Fenton (1-1). L - Niles (1-2). 2B - UW, Kyle Larsen, Greg Isaacson, WSU, Jeff LaRue, Derek Bruce, Evan Hecker, Bookie Gates, David Eno. HR - UW, Jay Garthwaite (7), Brandon Jacobson (1). T - 3:18. A - 189.
