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Huskies Rally To Tie In The Ninth, Fall In Extra Innings
April 05, 2011 | Baseball
April 5, 2011
SEATTLE - Washington rallied in the ninth inning with two outs, but Seattle University scored twice in the 10th inning to escape Husky Ballpark with a 6-4 win on Tuesday.
The Huskies tied the game in the ninth off Seattle closer Blaine Jones on a two-out RBI single by UW first baseman Eric Peterson. Pinch runner Will Sparks scored from second on Peterson's clutch base hit. The Huskies looked to end the game with runners on first and third, but instead ran themselves out of the inning when Troy Scott was thrown out at home on an attempted double steal.
Seattle University (11-12) re-took the lead in the 10th inning on an RBI single by catcher Michael Tevlin off UW pitcher Adam Cimber (0-1) and plated one more on a sacrifice fly to left by Jace Sloan.
Washington lead-off hitter Brendan Gardner-Young reached in the 10th on a walk, but was erased on a line-out double play to third base. Jones (1-1) retired Reggie Jones on a foul to first to end the Huskies' final comeback effort of the evening and send Washington (7-19) to its fourth-straight defeat.
Washington got on the board first in the fourth inning when designated hitter Chase Anselment hit an opposite-field RBI double down the left field line. With two outs, UW third base coach Dave Nakama did not hesitate and waved Peterson all the way home from first base and he slid home safely past the late relay throw.
Seattle U answered back in the top of the fifth with an unearned run to tie the game. Sloan hit a two-out double and moved to third when UW pitcher Zach Wright dropped the ball covering first base on a grounder. Marcelino Morales was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Sloan would score on a wild pitch to the next batter Trent Oleszczuk.
Seattle scored three runs in the seventh to take the 4-1 lead. Seattle U catcher Josh Kutz crushed the first pitch of the inning he saw from Jeff Brigham over the left field fence for his first home run of the season. The Redhawks played add-on in the inning with an RBI single by Morales and a sacrifice fly by Nate Roberts.
The Huskies responded in the bottom of the inning with a pair of runs to cut the lead to 4-3. Jacob Lamb plated one run with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to left with nobody out. Scott followed with a fielder's choice in which Seattle U was unable to turn a 5-4-3 double play. An alert Spencer Rogers did not stop running once he reached third and slid under the late relay at home.
Husky starter Geoff Brown kept Seattle U scoreless, allowing just one hit and striking out four batters in three innings of work.
The game was the Huskies' ninth-straight that was decided by two or less runs.
The Huskies resume Pac-10 action this weekend when they travel to face Oregon (14-12, 0-3 Pac-10) in a three-game series.
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