Friday, March 17
Seattle, WA
6:05 PM
University of Washington
vs
Rhode Island
Dawgs Set for Final Non-Con Series, Play Host to Rhode Island
March 16, 2023 | Baseball
SEATTLE β Coming off of a 2-1 series win over Utah to open Pac-12 play last weekend, Washington finishes up its final non-conference weekend series of the season, welcoming Rhode Island to Seattle March 17-19 for three games at Husky Ballpark.
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All three games of the series will be streamed on Washington Live Stream 2, while links to live stats are available at HuskyStats.com and the GoHuskies.com schedule page.
DAWG BITES
β’ After starting Pac-12 play with a 2-1 series win over Utah, Washington completes its final non-conference series of the season with three games against Rhode Island.
β’ Originally scheduled for four-games, the series has been shifted to a three-game set as Saturday's doubleheader has been changed to a single game at 2:05 p.m. PT.
β’ All three games on the weekend will be streamed on Washington Live Stream 2.
β’ Sunday's series finale loss to the Utes snapped a 16-game winning streak for Washington at Husky Ballpark and ended U Dub's 11-game winning streak.
β’ Washington's 12-3 start to the season is its best through 15 games since 1994, when UW began the season 13-2.
β’ UW allowed eight total runs during the series, with the Huskies 2.33 team ERA in league action leading the Pac-12.
β’ Freshman Sam DeCarlo lifted the Dawgs to a 4-3 win on Sunday with a walk off home run, the first walk off homer of his baseball career.
β’ UW is receiving votes in the most recent USA Today Coaches Poll and the NCBWA Poll. The Dawgs are ranked No. 11 in the West by D1Baseball.
SERIES HISTORY VS. RHODE ISLAND
This weekend's series will be the first ever meetings between Washington and Rhode Island. The Rams are the 160th unique opponent in the history of Husky baseball.
PARTY LIKE IT'S 1994
Washington's 12-3 start is its best through the first 15 games of a season in nearly 30 years. The Huskies last got off to a hotter start in 1994, beginning that campaign 13-2. U Dub has won 24 of its last 27 games during the regular season and has won each of its last four Pac-12 series.
CHIEF KIEF
Through four starts, Kiefer Lord has proven himself more than up to the task of making the jump from Division 3 Carleton College to college baseball's highest level. The junior ranks inside the top-40 in the nation in wins, WHIP, ERA and strikeouts. Throwing six perfect innings with 10 strikeouts against Northern Colorado, Lord was named the Week 3 Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week and Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week.
THAT'S OFFENSIVE
The Dawgs put up astonishing numbers during their four-game series with Northern Colorado. Most notably was the school-record 32 runs scored in the series opener. Those 32 runs are the second most scored by one team in an NCAA Division I game this season (William & Mary, 33 runs). The Huskies outscored the Bears 57-12 for the series, batting .388 as a team with 15 doubles, six home runs, 51 RBIs, 26 walks, 16 HBPs and a .513 team on-base percentage.
ONE-TWO PUNCH
Coming at you from the right and left side, respectively, starters Kiefer Lord and Stu Flesland III pose a daunting task for opposing offenses. Lord ranks third in the Pac-12 with a 1.19 ERA, while the flamethrower's 31 strikeouts are good for the third most in the league. Meanwhile, Flesland is close behind in sixth with a 1.96 ERA and ranks seventh in the conference with 26 strikeouts. Flesland and Lord rank first and third in the Pac-12 in WHIP at 0.74 and 0.79, respectively.
THE PEN IS MIGHTIER
The combination of Josh Emanuels and Case Matter has been a dynamic one at the back end of Washington's bullpen. Matter ranks fourth in the Pac-12 with three saves, also earning a pair of wins while garnering a 0.87 ERA with one earned run allowed in seven appearances. Meanwhile, Emanuels has picked up two saves and has also allowed a single earned run, posting a 0.68 ERA in seven appearances.
RISING TO THE OCCASSION
Husky shortstop Cam Clayton was on fire during UW's first Pac-12 series. Clayton batted .583 during the Dawgs' series with Utah, the third highest average for a player during the conference's opening weekend. Four of Clayton's seven hits went for extra bases, garnering a 1.083 slugging percentage.
THE KID'S CLUTCH
Freshman Sam DeCarlo has made his biggest impact this season in the biggest moments. DeCarlo is batting .455 with runners on base and .462 with runners in scoring position, compared to just .226 with the bases empty.
STARTING STRONG
The Dawgs have gotten off to fast starts to innings, having the leadoff hitter to a frame reach 43.5 percent of the time. six different Huskies are reaching base at least half the time when leading off an inning. The next step will be to capitalize on those opportunities as just 27 of the 57 leadoff baserunners have come around to score.
HOMEGROWN DAWGS
Nearly half of the Husky roster, 19 of 39 players overall, are homegrown talents from the state of Washington. Of those 19 local products, 16 hail from the greater Seattle Metropolitan area. Below is a breakdown of the counties UW's Washington natives call home.
UW Washington Natives by County
King County - 14
Clark County - 2
Pierce County - 1
Snohomish County - 1
Spokane County - 1
HEEEEEEERE'S JOHNNY
After earning All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honors in 2022, Washington catcher Johnny Tincher was named to the Preseason All-Pac-12 team as voted on by the conference's head coaches.
A redshirt junior, Tincher enters his fourth season at UW coming off of a campaign in which he ranked second on the team with a .314 average. He drove in 35 runs and scored 27 more while posting 19 extra-base hits, including 13 doubles, five home runs and a triple. Defensively, Tincher threw out 10 of 31 runners attempting to swipe a bag last season, while garnering a .989 fielding percentage.
RUN IT BACK
Washington returns nearly the entirety of its offense from the 2022 season with seven of eight positional starters returning that started more than 40 games, the Dawgs are poised once again to put up big numbers on the scoreboard.
Percentage Return from 2022
β’ Games Started - 88.5%
β’ Runs - 87.7%
β’ Hits - 91.4%
β’ Doubles - 92.3%
β’ Triples - 87.5%
β’ Home Runs - 93.8%
β’ RBIs - 90.9%
β’ Walks - 82.5%
THE JUCO JUMP
Washington has 10 junior college products on its roster. Four players come from the Washington Community and Technical Colleges system, with four California Community College system products and two players from Arizona's Maricopa County Community College District.
BEST OF THE WEST
Washington entered D1Baseball's West Rankings for the first time this season, coming in at No. 11.
15 GAMES TO AIR ON PAC-12 FAMILY OF NETWORKS
15 Washington baseball games have been selected to air across the Pac-12 family of networks this season. Six home games from Husky Ballpark will air on your television set, while nine road games are set to be broadcasted. Of the 15 TV games for the Dawgs, 10 will air on Pac-12 Washington.
POSITION RANKINGS
Washington has five players listed in D1Baseball.com's position rankings, released ahead of the start of the 2023 season. The full list of UW players ranked is below.
UW in D1Baseball's Position Rankings
Johnny Tincher - No. 22 catcher
AJ Guerrero - No. 52 outfielder
Kiefer Lord - No. 100 starting pitcher
Jared Engman - No. 154 starting pitcher
Stu Flesland III - No. 166 starting pitcher
2018 OMADAWGS
2023 marks the five-year anniversary of Washington's 2018 team that became the first squad in program-history to reach the College World Series. The Huskies ran through the Conway Regional, sweeping three games against UConn and host Coastal Carolina. UW then took a decisive Super Regional Game 3 at Cal State Fullerton, erasing a one-run deficit in the ninth to force extras and walking off the Titans on Kaiser Weiss' sacrifice fly to score Levi Jordan and send the Dawgs to Omaha.
For more information on the UW baseball team, follow @UW_Baseball on Twitter and Instagram.
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All three games of the series will be streamed on Washington Live Stream 2, while links to live stats are available at HuskyStats.com and the GoHuskies.com schedule page.
DAWG BITES
β’ After starting Pac-12 play with a 2-1 series win over Utah, Washington completes its final non-conference series of the season with three games against Rhode Island.
β’ Originally scheduled for four-games, the series has been shifted to a three-game set as Saturday's doubleheader has been changed to a single game at 2:05 p.m. PT.
β’ All three games on the weekend will be streamed on Washington Live Stream 2.
β’ Sunday's series finale loss to the Utes snapped a 16-game winning streak for Washington at Husky Ballpark and ended U Dub's 11-game winning streak.
β’ Washington's 12-3 start to the season is its best through 15 games since 1994, when UW began the season 13-2.
β’ UW allowed eight total runs during the series, with the Huskies 2.33 team ERA in league action leading the Pac-12.
β’ Freshman Sam DeCarlo lifted the Dawgs to a 4-3 win on Sunday with a walk off home run, the first walk off homer of his baseball career.
β’ UW is receiving votes in the most recent USA Today Coaches Poll and the NCBWA Poll. The Dawgs are ranked No. 11 in the West by D1Baseball.
SERIES HISTORY VS. RHODE ISLAND
This weekend's series will be the first ever meetings between Washington and Rhode Island. The Rams are the 160th unique opponent in the history of Husky baseball.
PARTY LIKE IT'S 1994
Washington's 12-3 start is its best through the first 15 games of a season in nearly 30 years. The Huskies last got off to a hotter start in 1994, beginning that campaign 13-2. U Dub has won 24 of its last 27 games during the regular season and has won each of its last four Pac-12 series.
CHIEF KIEF
Through four starts, Kiefer Lord has proven himself more than up to the task of making the jump from Division 3 Carleton College to college baseball's highest level. The junior ranks inside the top-40 in the nation in wins, WHIP, ERA and strikeouts. Throwing six perfect innings with 10 strikeouts against Northern Colorado, Lord was named the Week 3 Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week and Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week.
THAT'S OFFENSIVE
The Dawgs put up astonishing numbers during their four-game series with Northern Colorado. Most notably was the school-record 32 runs scored in the series opener. Those 32 runs are the second most scored by one team in an NCAA Division I game this season (William & Mary, 33 runs). The Huskies outscored the Bears 57-12 for the series, batting .388 as a team with 15 doubles, six home runs, 51 RBIs, 26 walks, 16 HBPs and a .513 team on-base percentage.
ONE-TWO PUNCH
Coming at you from the right and left side, respectively, starters Kiefer Lord and Stu Flesland III pose a daunting task for opposing offenses. Lord ranks third in the Pac-12 with a 1.19 ERA, while the flamethrower's 31 strikeouts are good for the third most in the league. Meanwhile, Flesland is close behind in sixth with a 1.96 ERA and ranks seventh in the conference with 26 strikeouts. Flesland and Lord rank first and third in the Pac-12 in WHIP at 0.74 and 0.79, respectively.
THE PEN IS MIGHTIER
The combination of Josh Emanuels and Case Matter has been a dynamic one at the back end of Washington's bullpen. Matter ranks fourth in the Pac-12 with three saves, also earning a pair of wins while garnering a 0.87 ERA with one earned run allowed in seven appearances. Meanwhile, Emanuels has picked up two saves and has also allowed a single earned run, posting a 0.68 ERA in seven appearances.
RISING TO THE OCCASSION
Husky shortstop Cam Clayton was on fire during UW's first Pac-12 series. Clayton batted .583 during the Dawgs' series with Utah, the third highest average for a player during the conference's opening weekend. Four of Clayton's seven hits went for extra bases, garnering a 1.083 slugging percentage.
THE KID'S CLUTCH
Freshman Sam DeCarlo has made his biggest impact this season in the biggest moments. DeCarlo is batting .455 with runners on base and .462 with runners in scoring position, compared to just .226 with the bases empty.
STARTING STRONG
The Dawgs have gotten off to fast starts to innings, having the leadoff hitter to a frame reach 43.5 percent of the time. six different Huskies are reaching base at least half the time when leading off an inning. The next step will be to capitalize on those opportunities as just 27 of the 57 leadoff baserunners have come around to score.
HOMEGROWN DAWGS
Nearly half of the Husky roster, 19 of 39 players overall, are homegrown talents from the state of Washington. Of those 19 local products, 16 hail from the greater Seattle Metropolitan area. Below is a breakdown of the counties UW's Washington natives call home.
UW Washington Natives by County
King County - 14
Clark County - 2
Pierce County - 1
Snohomish County - 1
Spokane County - 1
HEEEEEEERE'S JOHNNY
After earning All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honors in 2022, Washington catcher Johnny Tincher was named to the Preseason All-Pac-12 team as voted on by the conference's head coaches.
A redshirt junior, Tincher enters his fourth season at UW coming off of a campaign in which he ranked second on the team with a .314 average. He drove in 35 runs and scored 27 more while posting 19 extra-base hits, including 13 doubles, five home runs and a triple. Defensively, Tincher threw out 10 of 31 runners attempting to swipe a bag last season, while garnering a .989 fielding percentage.
RUN IT BACK
Washington returns nearly the entirety of its offense from the 2022 season with seven of eight positional starters returning that started more than 40 games, the Dawgs are poised once again to put up big numbers on the scoreboard.
Percentage Return from 2022
β’ Games Started - 88.5%
β’ Runs - 87.7%
β’ Hits - 91.4%
β’ Doubles - 92.3%
β’ Triples - 87.5%
β’ Home Runs - 93.8%
β’ RBIs - 90.9%
β’ Walks - 82.5%
THE JUCO JUMP
Washington has 10 junior college products on its roster. Four players come from the Washington Community and Technical Colleges system, with four California Community College system products and two players from Arizona's Maricopa County Community College District.
BEST OF THE WEST
Washington entered D1Baseball's West Rankings for the first time this season, coming in at No. 11.
15 GAMES TO AIR ON PAC-12 FAMILY OF NETWORKS
15 Washington baseball games have been selected to air across the Pac-12 family of networks this season. Six home games from Husky Ballpark will air on your television set, while nine road games are set to be broadcasted. Of the 15 TV games for the Dawgs, 10 will air on Pac-12 Washington.
POSITION RANKINGS
Washington has five players listed in D1Baseball.com's position rankings, released ahead of the start of the 2023 season. The full list of UW players ranked is below.
UW in D1Baseball's Position Rankings
Johnny Tincher - No. 22 catcher
AJ Guerrero - No. 52 outfielder
Kiefer Lord - No. 100 starting pitcher
Jared Engman - No. 154 starting pitcher
Stu Flesland III - No. 166 starting pitcher
2018 OMADAWGS
2023 marks the five-year anniversary of Washington's 2018 team that became the first squad in program-history to reach the College World Series. The Huskies ran through the Conway Regional, sweeping three games against UConn and host Coastal Carolina. UW then took a decisive Super Regional Game 3 at Cal State Fullerton, erasing a one-run deficit in the ninth to force extras and walking off the Titans on Kaiser Weiss' sacrifice fly to score Levi Jordan and send the Dawgs to Omaha.
For more information on the UW baseball team, follow @UW_Baseball on Twitter and Instagram.
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