Wildcats Clinch Series With Win Over Huskies

Saturday, April 6

Tucson, AZ

3:00 PM

University of Washington

14-11, 5-6

Arizona

15-14, 4-7

Washington

Arizona

Photo by: Red Box Pictures

April 06, 2019 | Baseball

Box Score

By: Brian Tom

TUCSON – Arizona put up crooked numbers in four of the first five innings and scored 12 times in that span during a 14-2 series-clinching win over Washington on Saturday at Hi Corbett Field.

The Wildcats (15-14, 4-7 Pac-12) scored three in the first inning, four in the third, two in the fourth, three in the fifth and two more in the eighth to send the Huskies (14-11, 5-6) to their sixth-straight defeat.

For a second-consecutive day, the Huskies were put behind the eight-ball early after Arizona scored three runs off of starter Jordan Jones (2-3) in the first inning. They got their first run on an RBI single from Austin Wells and got two more on Dayton Dooney's second home run of the series.

Dooney's homer was one of eight extra-base hits the Wildcats would have among their 14 total. They have now scored 23 runs in two games.

The Huskies happily took advantage of a pair of wild pitches by Arizona starter Quinn Flanagan (4-1) to get their first run of the game in the third inning. Third baseman Nick Roberts singled – part of a two-hit day for the junior – advanced to second on a wild pitch, moved to third on ground out and came around to score when Flanagan spiked a pitch in the dirt. Unfortunately, 3-1, would be the closest the Huskies would get the rest of the way.

Arizona would score the next six runs to break the game open with Cameron Cannon providing the big blow, a three-run double in the third when the game was still a two-run deficit for UW.

Mason Cerrillo singled home Jonathan Schiffer in the fifth to make the score 9-2, but Arizona would add on three runs in their half of the fifth and two more in the eighth.

The Huskies will have to re-group quickly as they try to salvage the final game of the series on Sunday with their ace and Pac-12 strikeout leader, Josh Burgmann (3-0, 1.54 ERA), taking the hill. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. with all the action telecast on Pac-12 Arizona and on the Pac-12 streaming platform.