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Diamond Dawgs Hit the Desert, Face Arizona in Tucson
April 05, 2023 | Baseball
TUCSON, Ariz. βΒ Washington continues Pac-12 play on the road, heading to Tucson to take on Arizona Thursday through Saturday at Hi Corbett Field.
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All three games will be available for streaming through Arizona Live Stream 3, while links to live stats are available on the GoHuskies.com schedule page and HuskyStats.com.
DAWG BITES
β’ Washington continues a stretch of 12-straight Pac-12 games, taking on Arizona Thursday through Saturday in Tucson.
β’ Originally scheduled for 1 p.m. PT, Saturday's series finale has been moved up one hour to a Noon PT start time.
β’ In its last action, UW snapped a 13-game losing streak to Oregon State with a 7-2 victory over Oregon State.
β’ Jared Engman earned his second win of the season on Sunday, allowing one earned run over six full frames with a season high five strikeouts.
β’ In the series, the Husky bullpen surrendered just three runs, covering 13.2 innings.
β’ Washington currently sits fifth in the Pac-12 standings with a 5-4 league record.
β’ Coby Morales enters the weekend on a five-game hitting streak, leading the Dawgs with a .417 average during the OSU series.
β’ Jeter Ybarra has started five straight games at designated hitter, posting a hit in four of those games, including multiple knocks three times.
β’ The Huskies continue to receive votes in the USA Today and NCBWA polls.
SERIES HISTORY VS. ARIZONA
Squaring off for the first time in 1992, Washington and Arizona have been competing regularly since 1999. The Wildcats hold a 30-20 advantage in the all-time series and have won each of the last nine meetings. The Huskies will be seeking their first win over Arizona since 2018 and their first victory in Tucson since 2015.
BUCKING THE TREND
Sunday's 7-2 victory was a significant one for Washington, snapping a 13-game losing streak to the Beavers and giving the Huskies their first win over Oregon State since 2018. The seven runs scored were UW's most in its last 10 meetings with OSU.
DAWGS DIG THE LONG BALL
Washington has homered in five straight games and 17 of its last 19 games. The Huskies have hit at least one home run in all but one home game this season and have failed to post a big fly just four times this season.
STOCK UP
The Huskies are the rise in D1Baseball's positional rankings, with several Washington players making big strides:
UW in D1Baseball's Updated Position Rankings
Kiefer Lord - Starting Pitcher - No. 100 to No. 27 (+73)
Stu Flesland III - Starting Pitcher - No. 166 to No. 41 (+125)
Josh Emanuels - Relief Pitcher - Unranked to No. 44
Will Simpson - First Baseman - Unranked to No. 22
Cam Clayton - Shortstop - Unranked to No. 18
WILL HIMPSON
Sending a ball deep into Union Bay on Sunday, Will Simpson pummeled his 12th home run of the season, leading the Pac-12 and ranking 13th in the nation. The 12 dingers is a new career high for the Husky slugger and gives him 30 for his career, seventh most in program history. The Huskies are 8-3 this season when Simpson goes deep.
CASE CLOSED
When righty flamethrower Case Matter is summoned from the Husky bullpen, a Washington victory is nearly a matter of fact. The UW closer has made seven straight appearances without allowing a run, totaling 10 innings. During the stretch, Matter has struck out 15 batters, while issuing just three hits, collecting four saves this season.
EXTRA STRENGTH RELIEF
In his last two appearances, reliever Josh Emanuels has not allowed a single run over six complete innings, allowing just a pair of hits and striking out nine of the 21 batters he's faced.
MAMBA MENTALITY
Entering the weekend on a five-game hitting streak, Coby Morales has been on a tear in recent games. Morales has posted multiple hits over those five games, registering .500 average, raising his season batting average a full 50 points.
KEEPING IT CLEAN
Washington ranks sixth in the nation and leads the Pac-12 with a .984 team fielding percentage. The Huskies have committed no errors in 14 of their 26 games this season and have committed more than one error just three times.
ON THE CLOCK
16 of Washington's games this season have been completed in under three hours, including five games completed in under two and a half hours.
STARTING STRONG
The Dawgs have gotten off to fast starts to innings, having the leadoff hitter to a frame reach 43.6 percent of the time. Eight different Huskies are reaching base at least half the time when leading off an inning. 52 of the 98 leadoff baserunners have come around to score, including 7-of-10 in the Oregon State series.
CHIEF KIEF
Throwing six perfect innings with 10 strikeouts against Northern Colorado, Kiefer Lord was named the Week 3 Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week and Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week. The righty hurler was the first Husky to earn a national pitching award since Joe DeMers in 2018 and the first Husky pitcher to earn a Pac-12 weekly award since Josh Burgmann in 2019.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 will be available for streaming through Arizona Live Stream 3, while links to live stats are available on the GoHuskies.com schedule page and HuskyStats.com.
DAWG BITES
β’ Washington continues a stretch of 12-straight Pac-12 games, taking on Arizona Thursday through Saturday in Tucson.
β’ Originally scheduled for 1 p.m. PT, Saturday's series finale has been moved up one hour to a Noon PT start time.
β’ In its last action, UW snapped a 13-game losing streak to Oregon State with a 7-2 victory over Oregon State.
β’ Jared Engman earned his second win of the season on Sunday, allowing one earned run over six full frames with a season high five strikeouts.
β’ In the series, the Husky bullpen surrendered just three runs, covering 13.2 innings.
β’ Washington currently sits fifth in the Pac-12 standings with a 5-4 league record.
β’ Coby Morales enters the weekend on a five-game hitting streak, leading the Dawgs with a .417 average during the OSU series.
β’ Jeter Ybarra has started five straight games at designated hitter, posting a hit in four of those games, including multiple knocks three times.
β’ The Huskies continue to receive votes in the USA Today and NCBWA polls.
SERIES HISTORY VS. ARIZONA
Squaring off for the first time in 1992, Washington and Arizona have been competing regularly since 1999. The Wildcats hold a 30-20 advantage in the all-time series and have won each of the last nine meetings. The Huskies will be seeking their first win over Arizona since 2018 and their first victory in Tucson since 2015.
BUCKING THE TREND
Sunday's 7-2 victory was a significant one for Washington, snapping a 13-game losing streak to the Beavers and giving the Huskies their first win over Oregon State since 2018. The seven runs scored were UW's most in its last 10 meetings with OSU.
DAWGS DIG THE LONG BALL
Washington has homered in five straight games and 17 of its last 19 games. The Huskies have hit at least one home run in all but one home game this season and have failed to post a big fly just four times this season.
STOCK UP
The Huskies are the rise in D1Baseball's positional rankings, with several Washington players making big strides:
UW in D1Baseball's Updated Position Rankings
Kiefer Lord - Starting Pitcher - No. 100 to No. 27 (+73)
Stu Flesland III - Starting Pitcher - No. 166 to No. 41 (+125)
Josh Emanuels - Relief Pitcher - Unranked to No. 44
Will Simpson - First Baseman - Unranked to No. 22
Cam Clayton - Shortstop - Unranked to No. 18
WILL HIMPSON
Sending a ball deep into Union Bay on Sunday, Will Simpson pummeled his 12th home run of the season, leading the Pac-12 and ranking 13th in the nation. The 12 dingers is a new career high for the Husky slugger and gives him 30 for his career, seventh most in program history. The Huskies are 8-3 this season when Simpson goes deep.
CASE CLOSED
When righty flamethrower Case Matter is summoned from the Husky bullpen, a Washington victory is nearly a matter of fact. The UW closer has made seven straight appearances without allowing a run, totaling 10 innings. During the stretch, Matter has struck out 15 batters, while issuing just three hits, collecting four saves this season.
EXTRA STRENGTH RELIEF
In his last two appearances, reliever Josh Emanuels has not allowed a single run over six complete innings, allowing just a pair of hits and striking out nine of the 21 batters he's faced.
MAMBA MENTALITY
Entering the weekend on a five-game hitting streak, Coby Morales has been on a tear in recent games. Morales has posted multiple hits over those five games, registering .500 average, raising his season batting average a full 50 points.
KEEPING IT CLEAN
Washington ranks sixth in the nation and leads the Pac-12 with a .984 team fielding percentage. The Huskies have committed no errors in 14 of their 26 games this season and have committed more than one error just three times.
ON THE CLOCK
16 of Washington's games this season have been completed in under three hours, including five games completed in under two and a half hours.
STARTING STRONG
The Dawgs have gotten off to fast starts to innings, having the leadoff hitter to a frame reach 43.6 percent of the time. Eight different Huskies are reaching base at least half the time when leading off an inning. 52 of the 98 leadoff baserunners have come around to score, including 7-of-10 in the Oregon State series.
CHIEF KIEF
Throwing six perfect innings with 10 strikeouts against Northern Colorado, Kiefer Lord was named the Week 3 Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week and Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week. The righty hurler was the first Husky to earn a national pitching award since Joe DeMers in 2018 and the first Husky pitcher to earn a Pac-12 weekly award since Josh Burgmann in 2019.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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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