University of Washington
Arizona
Conley Ties Record, But UW Falls, 10-7
May 17, 2009 | Baseball
May 17, 2009
TUCSON, Ariz. - Kyle Conley tied the UW career home runs record in an unexpected fashion Sunday as his inside-the-park homer highlighted a four-run seventh inning, but Arizona scored six runs in the eighth to erase a 7-4 Husky lead and beat the UW, 10-7, Sunday night at Jerry Kindall Field.
Conley, a junior from Richland, tied the school record with his 42nd career home run, equaling the total set by Ed Erickson (1997-2000). It was his 19th of the season.
The Dawgs dropped under .500 with the loss as they're now 25-26 overall and 13-10 in the Pac-10, alone in fourth place. Arizona improved to 26-24 and 9-14.
The Huskies entered the seventh inning trailing 4-3. David Bentrott led off with a single and, after an out, he scored on a triple from Pierce Rankin.
After Rankin gave the UW a 5-4 lead by scoring on a double from Jake Rife, Conley lofted a ball to deep right. Right fielder Brad Glenn was unable to make an over-the-shoulder catch at the fence and ball caromed off of Glenn into the corner, allowing Conley to round the bases for a two-run, inside-the-park homer.
But in the eighth, with two runs already in to close the gap to 7-6, an RBI single from Bryce Ortega drove in Dwight Childs to tie it at 7-7. After the Pac-10's leading hitter, Dillon Baird, was intentionally walked to load the bases, Rafael Valenzuela's pinch-hit single drove in the go-ahead run. Arizona tacked on two more.
UA reliever Bryce Bandilla (3-2) worked an inning for the victory while Husky closer Brian Pearl (1-4) suffered the loss, allowing three earned runs in his inning of work. Jason Stoffel pitched a perfect ninth to earn his ninth save.
Arizona opened the scoring in the second when Glenn and Steve Selsky opened the inning with back-to-back solo homers, giving the Wildcats and early 2-0 lead.
The Huskies got on the board for the first time in the third thanks to a two-out, RBI triple from left fielder Brendan Gardner-Young that cut the lead to 2-1.
In the fourth, Rife singled and scored on a two-out double from third baseman Aaron Russell, tying the score at 2-2.
The UW took its first lead in the sixth when Russell belted a two-out triple and then scored on a single from Brett Wilcox, putting the Huskies on top, 3-2.
However, Arizona answered quickly. Glenn opened the bottom of the sixth with his second leadoff, solo homer of the night to tie it. Then, after a hit batter, a sacrifice bunt and a single, Childs drove in another run with a bunt single, giving the Wildcats a 4-3 edge.
After the Huskies took back the lead with the four-run seventh, Arizona drew closer in the eighth when Selsky led off with a triple and scored on a pinch-hit single from Mike Weldon.
The series ends Monday with a noon game. Subscribers can listen to a live broadcast on the Dawg Channel at gohuskies.com.
LINESCORE Pac-10 Conference Game Arizona 10, Washington 7 Washington 001 101 420 -- 7 11 1 Arizona 020 002 06x -- 10 12 1 Forrest Snow, Ben Guidos (3), Seth Haehl (6), Tyler Cheney (8), Brian Pearl (8) and Brett Wilcox. Kyle Simon, Cory Burns (6), Bryce Bandilla (8), Jason Stoffel (9) and Dwight Childs. W - Bandilla (3-2). L - Pearl (1-4). Sv - Stoffel (9). 2B - UW, Aaron Russell. 3B - UW, Brendan Gardner- Young, Russell, Pierce Rankin; ARIZ, Steve Selsky. HR - ARIZ, Brad Glenn 2 (8), Selsky (6); UW, Kyle Conley (19). T - 3:07. A - 731.
