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Cougars Take Series With 14-8 Win
April 10, 2004 | Baseball
April 10, 2004
SEATTLE - Washington State scored six runs in the seventh, including two on a single from Jay Miller and and three on a pinch-hit home run from Jeremy Farrar, to break a 6-6 tie and cruised the rest of the way to beat No. 25 Washington, 14-8, Saturday in front of an overflow crowd Husky Ballpark.
The Cougars (21-10 overall, 3-3 in the Pac-10) won the three-game, Pac-10 series with two wins. Washington fell to 19-10-1 overall and 5-4 in the conference. The Cougars also won four out of six against the UW this year, their first season series win over Washington since 1999.
Washington State hit four home runs in the game, including the Pac-10-leading 11th of the year from first baseman Grant Richardson.
The standing-room crowd of 1,484 fans was the fifth largest in Husky Ballpark history, 78 more than the 1,406 that watched Friday's UW win over the Cougars.
The Huskies had just tied the game at 6-6 with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. UW junior reliever David Dowling (0-1) hadn't allowed a hit in his three and one-third innings of relief before Justin McClure opened the seventh with an infield single. Keao Rubin followed with a bunt, but Dowling, who fielded the ball, decided to throw to second and his throw was high for an error, putting two runners on base.
After a sacrifice moved runners to second and third, Miller singled to center to drive in two, breaking the tie. Dowling then walked Grant Richardson before Farrar stepped up to drive a home run just inside the foul pole down the left-field line.
The Cougars added another off of UW freshman reliever Richie Lentz when Zach McAngus singled, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a Justin Hart single.
Richardson added his home run, a two-out, two-run blast to center, in the eighth, increasing the WSU lead to eight runs.
WSU reliever Aaron Trolia (4-2) got the win despite retiring only one of the five batters he faced. Starter Garrett Alwert allowed six runs on seven hits over five and two-thirds.
The game got off to a quick start as both teams scored three in the first. WSU got a sacrifice fly from Richardson and a two-run homer from designated hitter Zach Kosturos, his second. In the bottom of the first, Nick Batkoski walked with the bases loaded to force in the UW's first run before Kyle Larsen belted a two-run double to tie the score.
WSU went back on top in the second, scoring two runs on a two-out double from second baseman Jason Freeman. The Cougars made it 6-3 in the third on a two-run homer from McAngus.
Washington cut the WSU lead to 6-4 in the third when Batkoski singled and scored when Larsen tripled off the top of the right-field wall.
In the sixth, the Huskies finally tied the game at 6-6 with two runs. With two aboard and two outs, WSU reliever Aaron Trolia came on to face the top of the Husky order. He walked Brent Lillibridge to load the bases and Greg Isaacson followed with a single to left center, driving home John Otness and Ben Johnson.
Washington scored their seventh run in the eighth when Lillibridge, who finished 3-for-4, singled and eventually scored on an Aaron Hathaway single. In the ninth, Larsen, who finished a single short of hitting for the cycle, led off with his fifth home run of the season. Larsen was 3-for-5 with a double, a triple, a homer and four runs batted in.
Nine different Cougars recorded a hit and seven different WSU players drove in a run.
The Huskies take a respite from Pac-10 action as their next five games will be non-conference. Monday and Tuesday, Oregon State visits Husky Ballpark for a pair non-league games. Monday's game starts at 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday, game time is 2:30 p.m. Next weekend, Washington travels to face Georgia Tech in a three-game series in Atlanta.
LINESCORE Pac-10 Conference Washington State 14, Washington 8 Washington State 321 000 620 -- 14 11 0 Washington 301 002 011 -- 8 15 1 Garrett Alwert, Aaron Trolia (6), Wayne Daman Jr. (6), Brandon Hundt (9) and Brandon Reddinger. Matt Kasser, David Dowling (3), Richie Lentz (7), Jamie Hawkins (8), Will Fenton (8), Jordan Ponzoha (9) and Aaron Hathaway. W - Trolia (4-2). L - Dowling (0-1). 2B - WSU, Jason Freeman, Keao Rubin; UW, Kyle Larsen, Brent Lillibridge, Ben Johnson. 3B - UW, Larsen. HR - UW, Zach Kosturos (2), Zach McAngus (5), Jeremy Farrar (2); UW, Kyle Larsen (5). T - 3:21. A - 1,484. Records: WSU 21-10, 3-3 Pac- 10; UW 19-10-1, 5-4 Pac-10.
