Wainhouse Slam Sparks UW To 6-1 Win Over Seattle U

Tuesday, April 30

Seattle, WA

6:05 PM

University of Washington

Seattle

Joe Wainhouse hit a grand slam on Tuesday.

April 30, 2019 | Baseball

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By: Brian Tom

SEATTLE – Joe Wainhouse hit a grand slam to jump start Washington's offense and the Huskies received an outstanding effort on the mound by freshman Diego Barrera and three relievers in a 6-1 win over Seattle University on Tuesday at Husky Ballpark.

Wainhouse's slam in the third was his eighth home run of the season — his third in four games — and broke a scoreless tie. His blast was the 27^th of his career and moved him to 10^th all-time on UW's career list. It was also the first grand slam by a Husky since Nick Kahle hit one against Coastal Carolina at last year's NCAA Conway Regional.

The blast seemingly awoke UW's bats. Nick Kahle followed an inning later with a two-run double to give the Huskies a 6-0 cushion.

"Being at home has been nice obviously and tonight just we really pitched," UW Coach Lindsay Meggs said. "We got two big hits — two timely hits — and pitched and played defense, and that's the recipe for winning right now in our program."

Although Barrera did not qualify for the win, he was sterling in his first collegiate start. He struck out six and allowed just two hits in 4 1/3 innings. The only run he allowed was a lead-off home run by Michael Ciancio in the fifth inning. The left-hander left the game after getting a fly out on his 67^th pitch of the game.

From there, UW's stellar bullpen kept the score at 6-1 over the final 4 2/3 innings. Jack Enger allowed one hit and struck out two in 2 2/3 innings to pick up the win and improve to 3-0. Chris Micheles and Stevie Emanuels mopped up the rest of the game.

The win puts Washington at 21-18 on the season. Seattle U fell to 9-34.

The Huskies head to Pullman for the Boeing Apple Cup Series of baseball this upcoming weekend.