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Dawgs Drop 2009 Finale At WSU, 10-5
May 24, 2009 | Baseball
May 24, 2009
PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State overcame an early 5-1 lead, scoring three in the sixth and four in the seventh, and handed Washington a 10-5 loss in the final game of the regular season Sunday at Bailey-Brayton Field.
The Cougars wrapped up their first three-game sweep over the Huskies since 1984 and their first sweep of any length over the UW since 1991, when WSU swept a two-game set.
The Huskies finished the year 25-30 overall and 13-14 in the Pac-10 Conference. WSU improved to 31-23 overall and 19-8 in the conference.
Cougar reliever Connor Lambert (2-1), who entered the game in the sixth, picked up the win. He worked two scoreless innings for the victory.
UW freshman starter Andrew Kittredge (4-5) suffered the loss. The right-hander from Spokane worked six and one-third innings, allowing seven runs (six earned) on nine hits, one walk and five strikeouts.
The Huskies got a break to score the game's first run in the top of the first. Doug Cherry belted a one-out triple off the wall in right-center. Jake Rife followed with a popup on the infield, but it was lost in the sun and dropped just behind the bag at second, allowing Cherry to score. After a second out, Troy Scott belted a triple down the right-field line, driving in Rife to give the UW an early 2-0 lead.
In the second, WSU got a run back as Jared Prince led off with a double, moved to third on a balk and scored on a Shea Vucinich ground ball, cutting the UW lead to 2-1.
In the third, with Cherry and Rife aboard, Scott laced a line drive to the corner that dropped in off the glove of left fielder Derek Jones, leading to two more runs. Scott scored on a single from Jacob Clem to make it 5-1.
In the bottom of the third, a two-run homer from Cougar catcher Jay Ponciano cut the Husky advantage to 5-3.
The Cougars went ahead with a three-run, two-out rally in the sixth inning. After two quick outs, a hit batter and a double put runners at second and third. Pinch hitter Patrick Claussen followed with an infield single, but an errant throw from UW second baseman Doug Cherry allowed a second run to score and Claussen to move to second. A single from Garry Kuykendall plated Claussen to put the Cougars on top, 6-5.
Cherry had four hits in five at bats to lead the Huskies while Caleb Brown was 3-for-4 with a walk.
In the seventh, the Cougars put the game out of reach with four more runs. A triple from Shea Vucinich scored two and a pair of groundballs plated two more to make it 10-5.
LINESCORE Pac-10 Conference Game Washington State 10, Washington 5 Washington 203 000 000 -- 5 13 3 Washington State 012 003 40x -- 10 11 1 Andrew Kittredge, Geoff Brown (7), Seth Haehl (7), Jorden Merry (8) and Brett Wilcox. David Stilley, James Wise (3), Paris Shewey (4), Connor Lambert (6), Seth Harvey (9) and Jay Ponciano. W - Lambert (2-1). L - Kittredge (4-5). 2B - WSU, Ponciano, Jared Prince, Garry Kuykendall. 3B - UW, Doug Cherry, Troy Scott; WSU, Shea Vucinich. HR - WSU, Ponciano (4). T - 3:15. A - 1,313.
