University of Washington
16-15, 0
Oregon
19-14, 0
Huskies Comeback Twice Before Falling 6-4 In 13 Innings To Ducks
April 15, 2018 | Baseball
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Late defensive replacement Braden Stutzman singled with the bases loaded off of UW reliever Dylan Lamb to send a pair of Oregon runners home and give the Ducks (19-14, 6-8 Pac-12) a cushion the Huskies (16-15, 7-4) ultimately couldn't overcome.
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The Huskies came back twice late in the game to prolong what would turn out to be a four-hour, 48 minute affair. Β
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Trailing 3-1 in the eighth, Levi Jordan blasted a home run that eventually force extra innings. He tied the game again in the 11th on a sacrifice fly after the Ducks once again took the lead.
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Jordan was 1-for-4 with three RBI and two runs.
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UW ace Joe DeMers gutted through the first eight innings, but it was not an easy outing for the normally steady junior. Oregon had a runner in scoring position in seven of DeMers' eight innings but could never deliver the knock-out blow. The Ducks jumped ahead in the first inning on a run-scoring single by Jakob Goldfarb and added a second run on a Jonny DeLuca RBI single in the second inning.
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Gabe Matthews capped the scoring for Oregon off DeMers with a solo home run in the fifth inning, the first home run allowed this season by him all season.
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The Huskies scored a run off Oregon starter Yovan Kenyon in the first on a Joe Wainhouse RBI single, but the sophomore settled down from there until finding trouble in the eighth inning. The right-hander had set the Huskies down in order in four-straight innings before issuing a lead-off walk to pinch hitter KJ Brady in the eighth inning. Β Jordan followed by taking a 2-2 pitch the other way over the right field wall for a two-run home run. For Jordan, it was his team-leading fourth blast of the year and more importantly, gave the Huskies new life.
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The Ducks re-took the lead in the 11th inning on a Jonny DeLuca lead-off home run, but Washington was able to claw back and tie the score. Jordan again came up clutch for the Dawgs lifting a fly ball to right field that proved just deep enough to allow Kaiser Weiss to scamper home ahead of the throw from Taylor Travess.
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But, Washington's offense was stymied by the Ducks bullpen from there and were unable to capitalize on several opportunities.
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Ryan Nelson pitched the final three innings for the Ducks to earn his first win of the year.
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Leo Nierenberg (0-3) was saddled with the loss.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nelson, Ryne (1-1)
L: Nierenberg, Leo (0-3)
Batting:
2B: Matthews, Gabe 1 ; Goldfarb, Jakob 1 ; Soderman, Ray 1
HR: DeLuca, Jonny 1 ; Matthews, Gabe 1
RBI: DeLuca, Jonny 2 ; Matthews, Gabe 1 ; Goldfarb, Jakob 1 ; Stutzman, Braden 2
SH: DeLuca, Jonny 1 ; Steer, Spencer 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kasser, Kyle 2 ; DeLuca, Jonny 1 ; Matthews, Gabe 2 ; Nelson, Ryne 1
SB: Kasser, Kyle 1 ; Matthews, Gabe 1 ; Travess, Taylor 1
CS: Nelson, Ryne 1
HBP: Nelson, Ryne 1
Batting:
2B: Kahle, Nick 1 ; Wainhouse, Joe 1
HR: Jordan, Levi 1
RBI: Jordan, Levi 3 ; Wainhouse, Joe 1
SH: Ward, Braiden 1
SF: Jordan, Levi 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jordan, Levi 2 ; Weiss, Kaiser 1 ; Brady, KJ 1
SB: Cerrillo, Mason 1
CS: Ward, Braiden 1
HBP: Schiffer, Jonathan 1
