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Huskies, Bremer One-Hit Pepperdine In 5-0 Shutout
March 08, 2015 | Baseball
SEATTLE – For the second week in a row, Husky freshman pitcher Noah Bremer flirted with a no-hitter at Husky Ballpark, but once again he had to settle for a one-hitter and a 5-0 victory Saturday over Pepperdine.
Bremer (2-1) didn't allow a hit until pinch-hitter Ben Rodriguez led off the eighth inning with a clean single through the hole between third and short. That single proved to be the only hit of the afternoon for Pepperdine and chased the reigning Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week from the game. But, by that time, Bremer was already staked to a five run cushion.
The win was the fifth-straight for Washington and improved them to 11-4 on the season. It was the Huskies third combined shutout of the season.
Pepperdine, who advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals last season, falls to 7-8 on the year.
Bremer ended up throwing only 76 pitches and striking out one batter. Besides the single, the only other Waves' batters that reached came on a third-inning walk, a hit-by-pitch in the fourth and an error in the fifth. Only one Pepperdine player reached second base all day.
Last Sunday, Bremer retired the first 19 North Dakota batters in order before allowing a one-out single in the seventh inning. He has now thrown 18-straight scoreless innings over his last three starts and has allowed just three hits in that span.
Bremer credits his pitching coach Jason Kelly for his recent string of success.
“I trust him,” Bremer, who dropped his ERA to 1.21 in 22 and 1/3 innings of work, said. “He's been calling really good games, and I've been just trying to make the pitches. I guess I've been doing that well so far.”
The Huskies offensive hero of the day was Matt Jackson, who was the lead-off batter and made his first career start in left field. Jackson was 2 for 4 with a career-high three RBI, including the winning RBI.
Washington snapped a scoreless deadlock in the fifth with a pair of runs off Pepperdine starter A.J. Puckett (2-2). Levi Jordan led off with a double down the left-field line, and after a balk, he scored on a Jackson RBI single, his first RBI of the year.
Branden Berry made it 2-0 with a two-out single that scored Jackson from second. Berry now has RBI in six-straight games and leads the team with 15 on the year.
The Dawgs cushioned their lead in the seventh with three more runs. Jackson doubled home two runs and Jack Meggs got into the action with a RBI single to score pinch-runner Kyle London.
Brandon Choate and Troy Rallings pitched a perfect eighth and ninth inning, respectively.
Jordan and Jackson each had two of Washington's eight hits on the day.
The Huskies go for the sweep Sunday at Husky Ballpark, with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. Senior Josh Fredendall (2-0, 4.20) takes the hill against left-hander Ryan Wilson (2-0, 0.45).
Washington 5, Pepperdine 0
PEPP 000 000 000 –- 0 1 1
WASH 000 023 00x –- 5 8 1
LOB: PEPP 4, UW 9. Noah Bremer, Brandon Choate (8), Troy Rallings (9) and Joey Morgan. A.J. Puckett, Kiko Garcia (7), Jordan Qsar (8), Jayson Balades (8) and Kolten Yamaguchi. W – Bremer (2-1). L – Puckett (2-2). Sv – none. HR – none. 3B – none. 2B – UW, Alex Schmidt, Matt Jackson, Levi Jordan. Time – 2:31. Attendance – 1,038.
