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Huskies Make NCAA Statement By Sweeping Utes
May 19, 2018 | Baseball
SALT LAKE CITYย โ ย The Huskies entered the weekend knowing that in all likelihood they would need to win their series against the Pac-12's last-place Utah Utes (14-38, 6-21) in order to keep their NCAA post-season hopes alive. Washington clinched the series on Friday and put an exclamation point on the weekend by pounding out a season-high 20 hits and beating Utah, 13-7, to sweep the series.
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The win improved the Huskies to 28-22 overall and 18-9 in Pac-12 play. The Huskies are ensured of ending the weekend no worse than third in the conference standings.
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No Pac-12 team eligible for post-season play has been left out of the tournament with 18 wins on their Conference resume.
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Every UW starter had at least one hit and Nick Kahle led the Huskies' offensive charge with five runs batted in, including his third home run of the season, and a 2-for-5 day.
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Levi Jordan equaled a career high with four hits (4-for-6, 2 RBI) and three other Huskies recorded three hits.
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For the second-straight game, the Huskies scored in the first inning, but this time the Utes answered right back. Jordan got the Huskies on the board with a RBI single off Josh Lapiana that scored Braiden Ward, and AJ Graffanino followed with a single of his own that scored Kahle for a 2-0 lead.
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It was a short-lived lead, though, as the first three Utah batters reached on hits to tie the game, 2-2. After DaShawn Keirsey Jr. and Oliver Dunn opened the inning with back-to-back singles, Rykker Tom hit a double into the gap that scored both of them.
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Washington responded right back with a two-run, second inning to go ahead 4-2. The Huskies loaded the bases with one out and Utah looked like they were going to get out of the inning when Kahle hit a routine ground ball to shortstop for a tailor-made double play. But, Dunn dropped the ball at second base allowing everyone to reach safely and allowing Jonathan Schiffer to score from third.
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Joe Wainhouse followed with a sacrifice fly that scored Mason Cerrillo to pick up his team-high 48th RBI of the season.
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Utah got a run back in the fourth on a triple by Chandler Anderson, followed by a sacrifice fly by Dominic Foscalina to close to within one run, but Washington got a pair of runs in the fifth to extend its lead back to three.
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After Wainhouse walked to start the fifth, Graffanino tripled past a diving Keirsey Jr. in left-center field. One batter later, Willie MacIver hit a sacrifice fly to right that drove home Graffanino and made the score 6-3.
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Utah answered back once again, this time with two runs in the fifth, but the Huskies once again put crooked numbers on the board the next inning to take a four run lead. Kahle provided three runs with one swing of the bat as he was green lighted with a 3-0 count and took Josh Lapiana's pitch onto the grassy berm in left-center field for his third home run of the season. Ward and Schiffer scored ahead of Kahle to give the Huskies a 9-5 lead.
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The Utes scored two more in the seventh to cut the lead to 9-7, but Washington got a run back in the eighth to go back up three. MacIver picked up his second RBI of the game with a two-out infield single that scored Jordan, who earlier picked up his third hit of the game.
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The Dawgs iced the game with three more runs in the ninth for the final 13-7 margin.
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Stevie Emanuels pitched 1 1/3 innings to earn his seventh win of the season and Alex Hardy threw three scoreless innings to finish the game and earn his sixth save.
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The Huskies return home for their final home stand of 2018 with a three-game series against No. 3 Stanford. The series starts Thursday and runs through Saturday, a game in which the Huskies will honor their five seniors.
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The win improved the Huskies to 28-22 overall and 18-9 in Pac-12 play. The Huskies are ensured of ending the weekend no worse than third in the conference standings.
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No Pac-12 team eligible for post-season play has been left out of the tournament with 18 wins on their Conference resume.
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Every UW starter had at least one hit and Nick Kahle led the Huskies' offensive charge with five runs batted in, including his third home run of the season, and a 2-for-5 day.
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Levi Jordan equaled a career high with four hits (4-for-6, 2 RBI) and three other Huskies recorded three hits.
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For the second-straight game, the Huskies scored in the first inning, but this time the Utes answered right back. Jordan got the Huskies on the board with a RBI single off Josh Lapiana that scored Braiden Ward, and AJ Graffanino followed with a single of his own that scored Kahle for a 2-0 lead.
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It was a short-lived lead, though, as the first three Utah batters reached on hits to tie the game, 2-2. After DaShawn Keirsey Jr. and Oliver Dunn opened the inning with back-to-back singles, Rykker Tom hit a double into the gap that scored both of them.
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Washington responded right back with a two-run, second inning to go ahead 4-2. The Huskies loaded the bases with one out and Utah looked like they were going to get out of the inning when Kahle hit a routine ground ball to shortstop for a tailor-made double play. But, Dunn dropped the ball at second base allowing everyone to reach safely and allowing Jonathan Schiffer to score from third.
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Joe Wainhouse followed with a sacrifice fly that scored Mason Cerrillo to pick up his team-high 48th RBI of the season.
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Utah got a run back in the fourth on a triple by Chandler Anderson, followed by a sacrifice fly by Dominic Foscalina to close to within one run, but Washington got a pair of runs in the fifth to extend its lead back to three.
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After Wainhouse walked to start the fifth, Graffanino tripled past a diving Keirsey Jr. in left-center field. One batter later, Willie MacIver hit a sacrifice fly to right that drove home Graffanino and made the score 6-3.
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Utah answered back once again, this time with two runs in the fifth, but the Huskies once again put crooked numbers on the board the next inning to take a four run lead. Kahle provided three runs with one swing of the bat as he was green lighted with a 3-0 count and took Josh Lapiana's pitch onto the grassy berm in left-center field for his third home run of the season. Ward and Schiffer scored ahead of Kahle to give the Huskies a 9-5 lead.
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The Utes scored two more in the seventh to cut the lead to 9-7, but Washington got a run back in the eighth to go back up three. MacIver picked up his second RBI of the game with a two-out infield single that scored Jordan, who earlier picked up his third hit of the game.
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The Dawgs iced the game with three more runs in the ninth for the final 13-7 margin.
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Stevie Emanuels pitched 1 1/3 innings to earn his seventh win of the season and Alex Hardy threw three scoreless innings to finish the game and earn his sixth save.
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The Huskies return home for their final home stand of 2018 with a three-game series against No. 3 Stanford. The series starts Thursday and runs through Saturday, a game in which the Huskies will honor their five seniors.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Emanuels, Stevie (7-2)
L: Lapiana, Josh (2-4)
S: Hardy, Alex (6)
Batting:
2B: Cerrillo, Mason 1 ; Kahle, Nick 1 ; Wainhouse, Joe 1
3B: Graffanino, AJ 1 ; Jones, Christian 1
HR: Kahle, Nick 1
RBI: Kahle, Nick 5 ; Wainhouse, Joe 2 ; Jordan, Levi 2 ; Graffanino, AJ 2 ; MacIver, Willie 2
SH: Ward, Braiden 1 ; Schiffer, Jonathan 1
SF: Wainhouse, Joe 1 ; MacIver, Willie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cerrillo, Mason 2 ; Ward, Braiden 2 ; Kahle, Nick 3 ; Wainhouse, Joe 1 ; Johnson, Jack 1 ; Jordan, Levi 1 ; Graffanino, AJ 1 ; Schiffer, Jonathan 2
CS: Ward, Braiden 1
PO: Ward, Braiden 1
Batting:
2B: Keirsey Jr., DaShawn 1 ; Tom, Rykker 1 ; Migueles, Erick 1
3B: Anderson, Chandler 1
RBI: Tom, Rykker 3 ; Migueles, Erick 1 ; Anderson, Chandler 1 ; Gulden, Wade 1 ; Foscalina, Dominic 1
SF: Foscalina, Dominic 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Keirsey Jr., DaShawn 2 ; Dunn, Oliver 1 ; Tom, Rykker 1 ; Migueles, Erick 1 ; Anderson, Chandler 1 ; Kramer, Shea 1
SB: Keirsey Jr., DaShawn 1
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