Huskies Rally In 10 Innings For Huge 4-3 Win

Sunday, April 22

Berkeley, CA

12:05 PM

University of Washington

California

Josh Burgmann threw the final 5 innings to pick up his first career win.

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By: Brian Tom

BERKELEY, Calif. – Nick Kahle drove home the go-ahead run in the 10^th inning and Josh Burgmann slammed the door shut on the mound to help Washington rally from a 3-0 deficit to beat Cal, 4-3, and salvage the final game of the series Sunday afternoon at Evans Diamond.

Levi Jordan got the Huskies' rally in the 10^th inning going with a one-out double off Joey Matulovich (1-1). Kahle fouled away four-straight pitches before finally hammering a hanging pitch into the left-center gap for a single that allowed Jordan to score easily.

Cal (23-14, 9-9 Pac-12) would get the tying run to third base in the 10^th inning, but Burgmann caught Jeffrey Mitchell looking at strike three to end the game and preserve an improbable rally for the Huskies.

"That was a great team win," Husky Coach Lindsay Meggs said. "We were tired, we were frustrated, but we didn't roll over. You get 27 outs, and we needed all of them today."

The victory improved the Huskies (18-17, 9-6) to 5-1 in extra-inning games. It was also just the second time UW has rallied when trailing after eight innings for a victory, improving to 2-16 in those scenarios.

Burgmann (1-1) threw the final five innings of the game to pick up his first career win. He allowed four hits, walked two and struck out five in the longest appearance of his UW career.

Bears' first baseman Andrew Vaughn continued his torment of the Huskies by putting the visitors in an early hole and accounting for all three runs of the game. He hit a RBI double off Jordan Jones in the first inning and later blasted his 18^th home run of the season – a two-run shot that gave his team a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning.

Cal starting pitcher Aaron Shortridge held the Huskies hitless for 6 1/3 innings and things looked bleak until the Dawgs' bats finally woke up in the eighth inning. The first three Huskies reached on singles to centerfield to start the eighth and Mason Cerrillo got UW on the board with a RBI infield single to shortstop that cut the Bears lead to 3-1.

Shortridge was able to wiggle out the jam, though, when he got Levi Jordan to chop into an inning-ending double play. It was the last batter Shortride faced. In eight innings, he ended up allowing five hits, struck out seven, but ultimately did not figure in the decision.

That's because Joe Wainhouse smashed a two-run homer off Cal closer Tanner Dodson to tie the game, 3-3, in the ninth inning. After Kahle worked a walk from Armon Sabouri, Wainhouse took the first pitch he saw from Dodson – a fastball off the plate – over the left-center field wall and off the scoreboard for his team-leading fifth home run.

It was a huge boost of energy for the Dawgs, who were on the verge of getting swept in Berkeley. Instead, they stayed in the thick of the top-half of the Pac-12 standings with cross-state rival Washington State heading to Seattle for a huge three-game series.

Before the Cougars arrive to town, Washington has very little time to enjoy its win as they return home to face UT Rio Grande Valley at Husky Ballpark on Monday. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 p.m.