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Stanford Beats Washington, 13-3, In Pac-10 Opener
March 27, 2009 | Baseball
March 27, 2009
STANFORD, Calif. - The Stanford baseball team scored in each of the first four innings and got a strong outing from starter Jeffrey Inman in a 13-3 win over Washington Friday at Sunken Diamond.
The Huskies fell to 9-13 overall and 0-1 in Pac-10 play in their conference opener while the Cardinal improved to 6-10 on the season and 2-2 in league play.
Inman, a preseason All-American who had struggled to this point in the season, worked seven innings, allowing one run on three hits, for the win to improve to 1-3.
UW starter Brian Pearl (0-2) suffered the loss in his second college start. He gave up five runs (four earned) on seven hits over three and one-third innings.
After the Huskies went down in order in the top of the first, Stanford opened the scoring with three runs in the bottom of the inning. After a walk and a wild pitch put a runner at second, a double from Zach Jones drove in one. Jones then scored on a two-out single from Min Moon, giving the Cardinal a 2-0 lead.
In the second, the Cardinal added a third run on an RBI single from Colin Walsh. In the third, Toby Gerhart's two-out double plated another Stanford run to make it a 4-0 game and in the fourth, the Cardinal added a fifth on another RBI from Walsh.
Washington was held without a hit through the first four. In the fifth, the Huskies finally broke through as Troy Scott singled, moved up two bases on wild pitches and scored on a two-out single from Brett Wilcox, cutting the lead to 5-1.
Stanford put the game away with eigth runs in the seventh, an inning that was delayed nearly a half hour when an usher fell over the fence and onto the field near the Stanford dugout and required medical attention. A two-run triple from Jake Schlander and a Joey August grand slam were the big blows in the inning.
In the eighth, Husky freshman Caleb Brown belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer, the first of his college career.
The seires continues with 1:00 p.m. games Saturday and Sunday. Both games will air live on KKNW AM-1150.
LINESCORE Pac-10 Conference Game Stanford 13, Washington 3 Washington 000 010 020 -- 3 6 2 Stanford 211 100 80x -- 13 16 0 Brian Pearl, Geoff Brown (4), Forrest Snow (7), Jacob Clem (7) and Brett Wilcox, Brady McGuire (8). Jeffrey Inman, Carey Schwartz (8), Blake Hancock (9) and Zach Jones, Ben Clowe (9). W - Inman (1-3). L - Pearl (0-2). 2B - STAN, Jones, Toby Gerhart, Adam Gaylord. 3B - STAN, Jake Schlander. HR - UW, Caleb Brown (1); STAN, Joey August (1). T - 2:55. A - 1,597.
