University of Washington
Santa Clara
UW Busts Out For First Win, 13-2
February 20, 2005 | Baseball
Feb. 20, 2005
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Sophomore Kyle Parker threw six shutout innings and the Husky bats finally came to life as the 12th-ranked Washington baseball team broke its four-game, season-opening losing streak with a 13-2 win over Santa Clara Sunday in the second game of a doubleheader at Buck Shaw Stadium.
Parker (1-1), a righy from Yakima, gave up only two hits, both coming in the first inning, and retired the last 11 Broncos he faced in his six-inning outing. He walked three and struck out three. SCU starter Patrick Overholt (0-1) suffered the loss despite allowing only two runs.
Washington had scored only eight runs total in the four season-opening losses. They'd scratched for single tallies in the second, third, fourth and sixth innings before exploding for three in the seventh and six in the eighth.
Senior third baseman Nick Batkoski went 4-for-6 in the game while junior shortstop Brent Lillibridge drove in five runs with two hits in five at bats.
The Huskies took advantage of a pair of Santa Clara errors to score the game's first run in the second inning. After an error put a runner at first with two down, Mike Rundle stole second base. After a walk put runners at first and second, Lillibridge struck out on a pitch in the dirt. The throw to first, however, was high and down the first-base line, allowing Rundle to score.
In the third, Zach Clem singled to lead off and then moved around to score thanks to two balks and a wild pitch. In the fourth, with freshman Mike Stutes on in relief, Andy Lentz reached on a two-out walk. After stealing second and advancing to third on a balk, Lentz scored on a Lillibridge single to increase the Husky lead to 3-0.
In the sixth, the UW tacked on a run thanks to two more Bronco errors. With two out and no one on base, Lillibridge reached on a fielding error by third baseman Michael Thompson. Lillibridge then advanced to third on Stutes' errant pickoff try and then scored on a single from Taylor Johnson.
The Huskies' offense kept going in the seventh. First baseman Kyle Larsen doubled to the wall in right-center to lead off and Matt Lane followed with a single up the middle to drive home Larsen. Nick Batkoski followed with a single to close out Stutes' day. With Scott Lonergan on in relief, Rundle drove in a run with a single and Lillibridge sent home another with a sacrifice fly to give the UW a 7-0 lead.
Santa Clara didn't break through until the seventh. With UW reliever Jordan Ponzoha on to begin the inning, Dustin Realini walked and Kris Watts singled to put two aboard. After a pair of outs, backup catcher Carl Bacon's two-out single to right drove in both runners to reduce the Husky edge to 7-2.
The Huskies contined to roll with six more runs in the eighth, an RBI single from Batkoski and a two-run double from Nick Burnham doing accounting for the first three before a triple from Lillibridge cleared the bases.
Ponzoha earned a save, throwing the final three innings and striking out six.
The Huskies and Broncos will close out the series Monday with a 1:00 p.m. game.
LINESCORE Non-Conference Doubleheader -- Game 2 #12 Washington 13, Santa Clara 2 Washington 011 101 360 -- 13 16 1 Santa Clara 000 000 200 -- 2 4 4 Kyle Parker, Jordan Ponzoha (7) and Matt Lane, Joey Dunn (7). Patrick Overholt, Mike Stutes (4), Scott Lonergan (7), Kyle Jensen (8) and Matt McColgan, Carl Bacon (6). W - Parker (1-1). L - Overholt (0-1). Sv - Ponzoha (1). 2B - UW, Zach Clem, Kyle Larsen 2, Nick Burnham, Nick Batkoski; SCU - Robert Perry. 3B - UW, Brent Lillibridge. T - 3:19.
