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Resilient Huskies Rally For Another Extra-Inning Win, 6-4, Over Minnesota
March 03, 2018 | Baseball
MINNEAPOLIS – For the second-straight night, Washington rallied in regulation and won in 10-innings, this time a 6-4 victory over a very good Minnesota team in day two of the Dairy Queen Baseball Classic at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Levi Jordan doubled home the go-ahead run and scored an insurance tally on a Joe Wainhouse ground-rule double to give the Huskies a two-run cushion in the 10th inning and eventually send the Minnesota partisan crowd of 2,702 home disappointed.
Nick Kahle singled to start the last-inning offensive surge and scored on Jordan's double off of Minnesota freshman Joshua Culliver (1-1). Kahle, who was thrown out at third earlier in the game, took advantage of the ball rolling away from Jordan Kozicky in left field and barrel-rolled across home plate for what proved to be the winning run.
Freshman Stevie Emanuels (2-1), who saved Friday night's 4-3 extra-innings win over Michigan State, retired all four batters he faced to earn his second win of the year.
"It was ugly early, but we hung in there," said Husky Coach Lindsay Meggs, who picked up the 850th win in his 25-year career on Friday.
The Huskies improved to 6-3 on the season and 3-0 in extra-inning games – all on the road. Minnesota dropped to 9-3 on the year.
After scoring the first run of the game, the Huskies trailed for much of the night until tying things up in the eighth inning. Gophers starter Nick Lackney fell behind early, but he quickly settled down and allowed his offense time to spring to life.
The Huskies picked up an unearned run in the second when Wainhouse scored on an error by Lackney. Freshman first baseman Jonathan Schiffer hit a chopper up the third-base line that the Gophers' pitcher fielded, but his throw tailed into Schiffer and Wainhouse was able to wheel home after the ball got away from first baseman Cole McDevitt.
After that inning, Lackey settled into a groove and retired the next 10 Huskies before running into trouble in the sixth inning. The Huskies got their first run on a RBI single by Kahle that scored Kaiser Weiss. Braiden Ward scored later on a wild pitch. The two runs closed the Gophers' lead to one run, 4-3.
How Minnesota got there is that they tied the game in the second on a sacrifice fly and scored three in the third to chase Washington starter Chris Micheles. Terrin Vavra blasted a one-out, solo home run to make the score 2-1. Micheles then issued a four-pitch walk and allowed a RBI double to Toby Hanson, which mark the end of his night after 2 1/3 innings.
Reliever Lucas Knowles was greeted with a RBI triple by third baseman Micah Coffey on the first pitch he threw that made the score 4-1. After that, the redshirt-freshman settled down nicely.
The lefty allowed a fourth inning single before setting down 10-straight Golden Gophers. He exited in the eighth inning after giving up a lead-off single – the third hit he allowed in 4 2/3 scoreless innings of relief.
"You can't underestimate what Lucas did for us tonight," said Meggs. "He came out of the bullpen tonight in a tough role and gave us a chance. That's all you can ask anybody to do."
Knowles' stellar pitching allowed the Huskies to stay in the game before they finally tied things up, 4-4, in the eighth. After Ward was walked by reliever Sam Thoresen, AJ Graffanino ripped a double into the right-field corner. With Ward taking off on the 1-2 pitch to Graffanino, he was able to easily score on the play.
The Huskies were vying for more runs in the eighth, but were turned away when Graffanino was thrown out at home trying to score on a Jordan single. Kahle was also thrown out at third on the play while trying to take an extra base, leaving the game tied at 4-4.
But, the Huskies were able to atone for their mistakes by rallying in extra innings to improve to 2-0 in the tournament. They will conclude the tourney with a final game Sunday against Illinois at 12:00 p.m. PT. The Illini and Huskies are the only undefeated teams left in the DQ Classic.
Levi Jordan doubled home the go-ahead run and scored an insurance tally on a Joe Wainhouse ground-rule double to give the Huskies a two-run cushion in the 10th inning and eventually send the Minnesota partisan crowd of 2,702 home disappointed.
Nick Kahle singled to start the last-inning offensive surge and scored on Jordan's double off of Minnesota freshman Joshua Culliver (1-1). Kahle, who was thrown out at third earlier in the game, took advantage of the ball rolling away from Jordan Kozicky in left field and barrel-rolled across home plate for what proved to be the winning run.
Freshman Stevie Emanuels (2-1), who saved Friday night's 4-3 extra-innings win over Michigan State, retired all four batters he faced to earn his second win of the year.
"It was ugly early, but we hung in there," said Husky Coach Lindsay Meggs, who picked up the 850th win in his 25-year career on Friday.
The Huskies improved to 6-3 on the season and 3-0 in extra-inning games – all on the road. Minnesota dropped to 9-3 on the year.
After scoring the first run of the game, the Huskies trailed for much of the night until tying things up in the eighth inning. Gophers starter Nick Lackney fell behind early, but he quickly settled down and allowed his offense time to spring to life.
The Huskies picked up an unearned run in the second when Wainhouse scored on an error by Lackney. Freshman first baseman Jonathan Schiffer hit a chopper up the third-base line that the Gophers' pitcher fielded, but his throw tailed into Schiffer and Wainhouse was able to wheel home after the ball got away from first baseman Cole McDevitt.
After that inning, Lackey settled into a groove and retired the next 10 Huskies before running into trouble in the sixth inning. The Huskies got their first run on a RBI single by Kahle that scored Kaiser Weiss. Braiden Ward scored later on a wild pitch. The two runs closed the Gophers' lead to one run, 4-3.
How Minnesota got there is that they tied the game in the second on a sacrifice fly and scored three in the third to chase Washington starter Chris Micheles. Terrin Vavra blasted a one-out, solo home run to make the score 2-1. Micheles then issued a four-pitch walk and allowed a RBI double to Toby Hanson, which mark the end of his night after 2 1/3 innings.
Reliever Lucas Knowles was greeted with a RBI triple by third baseman Micah Coffey on the first pitch he threw that made the score 4-1. After that, the redshirt-freshman settled down nicely.
The lefty allowed a fourth inning single before setting down 10-straight Golden Gophers. He exited in the eighth inning after giving up a lead-off single – the third hit he allowed in 4 2/3 scoreless innings of relief.
"You can't underestimate what Lucas did for us tonight," said Meggs. "He came out of the bullpen tonight in a tough role and gave us a chance. That's all you can ask anybody to do."
Knowles' stellar pitching allowed the Huskies to stay in the game before they finally tied things up, 4-4, in the eighth. After Ward was walked by reliever Sam Thoresen, AJ Graffanino ripped a double into the right-field corner. With Ward taking off on the 1-2 pitch to Graffanino, he was able to easily score on the play.
The Huskies were vying for more runs in the eighth, but were turned away when Graffanino was thrown out at home trying to score on a Jordan single. Kahle was also thrown out at third on the play while trying to take an extra base, leaving the game tied at 4-4.
But, the Huskies were able to atone for their mistakes by rallying in extra innings to improve to 2-0 in the tournament. They will conclude the tourney with a final game Sunday against Illinois at 12:00 p.m. PT. The Illini and Huskies are the only undefeated teams left in the DQ Classic.
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