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Rindal, Rife Lead UW Past Texas-Arlington, 6-5
March 02, 2006 | Baseball
March 2, 2006
HONOLULU - A pair of two-out, ninth-inning singles from Curt Rindal and Jake Rife drove in the tying and go-ahead runs as the Washington baseball team edged Texas-Arlington, 6-5, in a back-and-forth game at the Rainbow Baseball Tournament Thursday at Les Murikami Stadium.
The win improved the Huskies' record to 11-3 on the season and 2-1 in the Rainbow Baseball Tournament. UTA fell to 4-9 on the season and 1-2 in the tourney.
Texas-Arlington threatened in the ninth, loading the bases on a hit batter and two walks, but Husky lefty Nick Hagadone got a groundout to end the game, earning his second save. Reliever Elliott Cribby (1-1) got the win.
With the score tied at 2-2 in the eighth, the Huskies got a leadoff single from Matt Hague. Clem then reached on a fielder's choice as Hague was forced at second and Curt Rindal singled on a hit-and-run liner through the right side.
After a pop to second base for the second out, Husky junior Matt Lane came on to pinch hit and poked a single to left, sending home Clem with the go-ahead run. Catcher Joey Dunn followed with a single to left that drove in Rindal, staking the Dawgs with a 4-2 lead.
However, UTA came back in the bottom of the eighth. After a leadoff single, UW closer came on in relief of freshman Nick Haughian, who'd retired the last two Mavericks in the seventh. Cribby hit a batter then walked another to load the bases with no outs.
Cribby had a chance to wiggle off the hook when a flyout to shallow left and a popout to the catcher led to the first two outs. However, a bases-loaded walk to Kyle Thomason and a two-run single up the middle from pinch hitter Danny Slinkman put the Mavericks in front, 5-4.
In the ninth, the Huskies were down to their final strike when Rindal belted an 0-2 pitch to right to drive in Bradley Boyer, who walked to open the ninth. Rife, a freshman from Lakewood High, then came off the bench in place of freshman DH Kyle Conley and laced a single up the middle to score Matt Hague with the go-ahead run.
After neither team managed a hit through the first two innings, the Huskies got started in the third. With one out, center fielder Michael Burgher reached on a single. Ryan Anderson followed with a hit-and-run single through the right side and then stole second to put runners at second and third. Matt Hague then came through with a line-drive single to right field, plating both runners to give the UW a 2-0 lead.
UW starter Kyle Parker kept the Mavericks off of the scoreboard until the sixth inning. A walk and a double put runners at second and third with one out for UTA. A wild pitch allowed David McLeod to score the first run and a groundout to second from Ben Burum sent Adam Moore across the plate to tie the game at 2-2.
Friday, the Huskies will take on either Arkansas or Texas-Arlington in a 4:30 p.m. (PST) game. A live audio broadcast of the game will air on gohuskies.com. The UW's opponent will be determined after the conclusion of Thursday night's Arkansas-Hawaii game.
LINESCORE Rainbow Baseball Tournament Washington 6, Texas-Arlington 4 Washington 002 000 022 Texas-Arlington 000 002 03 Kyle Parker, Nick Haughian (7), Elliott Cribby (8), Nick Hagadone (9) and Joey Dunn. Ryan Riddle, Brandon Endsley (7), Erik Cartmill (8), Dillon Gee (9) and Adam Moore. W - Cribby (1-1). L - Gee (1-3). Sv - Hagadone (2). 2B - UTA, Moore. T - 3:18.
