University of Washington
Arizona State
Davis Strikes Out 11 In Complete Game Loss, 4-3, To ASU
April 19, 2015 | Baseball
SEATTLE – Tyler Davis struck out a career-high 11 batters and threw his second complete game of the season, but it wasn't enough Saturday at Husky Ballpark as No. 7 Arizona State came away with a 4-3 win to even the series at 1-1.
Arizona State (24-11, 12-5 Pac-12) scored an unearned run in the seventh inning that proved to be the difference in the game.
Washington (21-15, 7-10) had the tying run on base in each of the final three innings, but was never able to break through for the go-ahead run. For the Huskies, it was their seventh one-run loss in Pac-12 play this season.
Sun Devils' starter Ryan Kellogg nearly matched Davis' performance, going eight innings, allowing eight hits and three runs, striking out six and walking two in improving to 7-1 on the season.
Ryan Burr struck out the side in the ninth after allowing a lead-off single to Will Sparks to pick up his league-leading 11th save of the season.
Davis (5-4) had pinpoint control for most of the night. He gave up seven hits and walked just one batter and threw 112 pitches, 79 strikes.
The Huskies took the 1-0 lead in the third, thanks to the legs of Braden Bishop. The junior centerfielder hit a line drive off the wall in right field and barely beat the throw from Trever Allen to second base. With a 1-0 count and Jack Meggs at the plate, Bishop stole third and was able to score when the throw from catcher Brian Serven sailed into left field for an error.
The lead did not last long as Arizona State shortstop Colby Woodmansee hit a one-out solo homer in the fourth to tie the game back up at 1-1. He hit the first pitch he saw from Davis over the left field fence for his fourth homer of the season.
ASU tacked on two more runs after two outs and nobody on in the fifth. Christopher Beall reached on an infield single, followed by a triple from No. 9 hitter Andrew Snow and a single by Johnny Sewald that made the score 3-1.
The Huskies had some two-out magic of their own to tie the score back up at 3-3. With two outs and Branden Berry and Alex Schmidt sitting in scoring position after reaching on singles, Josh Cushing hit a 3-2 pitch into left that scored both runners. It was the second late-inning, game-tying hit in two nights by Cushing.
But the Sun Devils scored again in the top of the seventh to re-take the lead. With one out, Trever Allen made it all the way to third when Jack Meggs overran a ball hit near the foul line that bounced in fair territory for a three-base error. Davis struck out Beall for the second out, but Snow came through with his second two-out RBI hit to make it 5-4.
The Huskies outhit the Sun Devils 9-7, but also stranded eight baserunners compared to two by ASU.
Schmidt was 3 for 4 and Berry was 2 for 4 to lead the UW offense. Berry extended his career-high hit streak to 15 games.
The rubber match of the series is Sunday at 1:00 p.m. live on the Pac-12 Networks.
#7 Arizona State 4, Washington 3
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LOB: ASU 2, UW 8. Tyler Davis and Joey Morgan; Ryan Kellogg, Ryan Burr (9) and Brian Serven. W – Kellogg (7-1). L – Davis (5-4). Sv – Burr (11). HR – ASU, Colby Woodmansee (4). 3B – ASU, Andrew Snow. 2B – ASU, Colby Woodmansee, Johnny Sewald; UW, Braden Bishop. Time – 2:27. Attendance – 956.
