Friday, March 8
Seattle, WA
6:05 PM
University of Washington
vs
Stanford
Huskies Begin Final Pac-12 Season Home Against Stanford
March 07, 2024 | Baseball
SEATTLE βΒ Washington kicks off its final Pac-12 season this weekend, hosting the Stanford Cardinal for three games at Husky Ballpark Friday through Sunday.
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All three games will be broadcasted on Washington Live Stream 2. Links to live coverage are available at GoHuskies.com.
PROMOTIONS
β’ Saturday: Little League Day - kids 8thΒ grade and below can get free admission into Husky Ballpark by wearing their Little League Jersey
β’ Sunday: Bark in the Park - First 50 canines will receiveΒ a free bandana
DAWG BITES
β’ The Huskies have been a member of the Pac-12 (or previous iterations) in baseball since the 1916 season.
β’ While the Cardinal took 2-of-3 games in Palo Alto a season ago, The Huskies won 2-of-3 the last time Stanford visited Seattle.
β’ Washington is coming off of a three-game series at home against Santa Clara, dropping Friday and Saturday's games before salvaging a 5-3 win on Sunday.
β’ It was the first time the Huskies have lost a non-conference home series since 2021, when LMU took two of three games off of Washington in Seattle.
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β’ During the series with the Broncos, UW's starting rotation of Grant Cunningham, Calvin Kirchoff and Spencer Dessart combined to allow three earned runs over 18.1 innings.
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β’ Five of Washington's nine games this season have been decided by one run or fewer.
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β’ The Huskies have left 92 men on base through nine games, with double digit LOB six times.
PAC-12 SWAN SONG
This weekend's series marks the beginning of Washington's final Pac-12 season before joining the Big Ten Conference in 2025. UW was one of the four founding members of what started in December of 1915 as the Pacific Coast Conference, which eventually grew to become the Pac-12. The 2024 season is UW's 107th as a member of the conference.
SERIES HISTORY VS. STANFORD
Stanford leads the all-time series with Washington at 64-30, including a slim 25-20 advantage all-time in games played in Seattle. The Huskies and Cardinal have split the last six games played between the two sides, with Stanford winning 2-of-3 games in Palo Alto a season ago and the Huskies taking 2-of-3 at Husky Ballpark in 2022.
TWO BIRDS, ONE STONE
Washington leads the nation at 1.56 double plays per game, ranking seventh with 14 twin killings turned overall. The Huskies have turned at least one double play in 7-of-9 games in 2024 and have turned multiple double plays four times.
WORKING OVERTIME
Playing into the 17th inning at Long Beach State and completing 16 frames versus Santa Clara, Washington has played in the two longest games in college baseball this season.
GOING LONG
After entering the season with no career outing at UW going longer than 1.2 innings over the past two seasons, Gianluca Shinn has made three relief appearances of 2.0 frames or longer in 2024, including a career-long 4.0 innings versus Long Beach State.
YOU'RE BEING EXTRA
Five of Jeter Ybarra's 11 hits this season have gone for extra bases. Of the 40 base knocks Ybarra recorded in 2023, only eight went for extra bases.
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Washington is in its second season under head coach Jason Kelly after an impressive rookie campaign on Montlake. Not only was Kelly's 35 wins the second-most in program-history by a first year head coach, but the skipper became the first coach at Washington to lead the Huskies to the NCAA Tournament in his first season.
PRE-APPROVED
One year after Johnny Tincher was the lone UW representative on the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team, three Huskies were named to the list ahead of the 2024 season. Turning down a potential MLB Draft selection to return to Montlake, shortstop Cam Clayton earned a spot after batting .325 with 32 extra base hits a season ago. Leading the team with a .345 average in 2023, AJ Guerrero joined Clayton, adding a steady outfield glove to his accomplished bat. Reliever Josh Emanuels rounded out the Dawgs honored, collecting six saves and a 3-2 record on the hill a year ago.
SAFE HANDS
A year after leading the Huskies with six saves, redshirt-junior relief arm Josh Emanuels was named to the 2024 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List. Emanuels was one of five Pac-12 relievers to be named to the watch list.
DRAFT DEPARTURES
Washington had a number of key pieces to replace after six Huskies were drafted in the 2023 MLB Draft, the most in a single class for UW since the Dawgs saw six players drafted in 2019. Kiefer Lord was the first Husky selected, picked in the third round by the Baltimore Orioles. At 86th overall, Lord was UW's highest draftee since Austin Rei was drafted 81st overall in 2015. Case Matter was also drafted on Day 2, going to the Texas Rangers in the 10th round. Stu Flesland III was next off the board to the Colorado Rockies in the 11th round. Johnny Tincher joined Flesland in the 11th round, selected by the Cleveland Guardians, while Will Simpson was picked by the Oakland Athletics in the 15th round. Finishing things off was Coby Morales, who had his rights selected by the New York Yankees in the 18th round.
HAWAIIAN HAMMER
Despite being hampered by injury for much of his rookie season, Hawaii native Aiva Arquette demonstrated easy power in his first collegiate season. In just 45 at-bats in 2023, Arquette walloped five home runs. That was good for one dinger every five ABs, by far the highest rate on the team.
D3 DIAMONDS
For the second straight year, Washington has hit the NCAA Division III ranks to add to its pitching staff through the transfer portal. The Huskies added right-hander Spencer Dessart out of Middlebury College in Vermont, who posted a 4.32 ERA with 63 strikeouts over 50 innings. Last off season, UW brought in D3 transfer Kiefer Lord out of Minnesota's Carleton College, with Lord going on to be a third round draft choice in the 2023 MLB Draft.
DRAFT KINGS
Washington had seven players featured this offseason when D1Baseball released their Pac-12 MLB Prospect Rankings for the 2024 and 2025 draft classes.
D1Baseball Pac-12 MLB Draft Prospect Rankings
Cam Clayton - 2024 - No. 8 (No. 68 nationally)
AJ Guerrero - 2024 - No. 16
Josh Emanuels - 2024 - No. 45
Jeter Ybarra - 2024 - No. 48
Aiva Arquette - 2025 - No. 6 (No. 51 nationally)
Sam Boyle - 2025 - No. 21
Grant Cunningham - 2025 - No. 25
YOUNG BUCKS
The Huskies landed three rookie players on D1Baseball's Pac-12 Impact Freshman Rankings, announced during the preseason.
D1Baseball Pac-12 Impact Freshman Rankings
Blake Wilson - No. 14
Carson Ohland - No. 22
Carston Pearson - No. 23
TOP DAWGS
Washington had two players recognized in D1Baseball's national position rankings. Cam Clayton checked in as the No. 8 shortstop in the country, while AJ Guerrero was tabbed at No. 29 among outfielders.
IT CAN WAIT
For the second year in a row, a Washington commit turned down the opportunity to sign with an MLB team to join the Husky roster after Blake Wilson was drafted in the 20th round of the 2023 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals but still made his way to Montlake. Husky sophomore Aiva Arquette was a 18th round draft choice by the Arizona Diamondbacks before coming to campus.
FAMILIAR FACES
The UW roster features two newcomers with previous Pac-12 ties. Tommy Brandenburg, a junior college graduate of Central Arizona College, spent his true freshman season at Oregon, making eight pitching appearances and four starts. Meanwhile, catcher Colton Bower redshirted the 2023 season at Washington State.
A DECADE ON THE DIAMOND
Opened on March 21, 2014, Washington will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the inaugural game played at Husky Ballpark. The Huskies are 161-105 all-time at the stadium.
PRO PEDIGREE
Jason Ellison, a six-year Major League Baseball player with the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds and Texas Rangers, was added to Jason Kelly's staff as UW's hitting and outfield coordinator during the offseason following the departure of Billy Boyer. Ellison, a native of Port Orchard, Washington, had worked as an MLB scout since 2011 with the Los Angeles Angels and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations.
Kelly also promoted Jake Silverman and Mike Gange to associate head coach and recruiting coordinator, respectively.
WELCOME BACK, JOE
One of the all-time great Huskies, Joe DeMers has returned to Montlake as an undergraduate assistant. An All-Pac-12 standout, DeMers led the Dawgs to their first-ever College World Series in 2018, delivering a 1.80 ERA over four postseason starts. In addition to all-conference laurels, DeMers was awarded the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove. He was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 11th round of the 2018 MLB Draft.
GROWING 'EM LOCAL
Well over half of the Husky roster, 24 of 41 players overall, are homegrown talents from the state of Washington. Of those 24 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 - 15
Clark County - 4
Cowlitz County - 1
Kitsap County - 2
Pierce County - 1
Snohomish County - 1
Spokane County - 1
KEEP DOUBTING
Washington was picked seventh in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll. UW was picked eighth in the 2023 edition of the poll, going on to finish third in the league standings.
For more information on the UW baseball team, follow @UW_Baseball on Twitter and Instagram.
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All three games will be broadcasted on Washington Live Stream 2. Links to live coverage are available at GoHuskies.com.
PROMOTIONS
β’ Saturday: Little League Day - kids 8thΒ grade and below can get free admission into Husky Ballpark by wearing their Little League Jersey
β’ Sunday: Bark in the Park - First 50 canines will receiveΒ a free bandana
DAWG BITES
β’ The Huskies have been a member of the Pac-12 (or previous iterations) in baseball since the 1916 season.
β’ While the Cardinal took 2-of-3 games in Palo Alto a season ago, The Huskies won 2-of-3 the last time Stanford visited Seattle.
β’ Washington is coming off of a three-game series at home against Santa Clara, dropping Friday and Saturday's games before salvaging a 5-3 win on Sunday.
β’ It was the first time the Huskies have lost a non-conference home series since 2021, when LMU took two of three games off of Washington in Seattle.
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β’ During the series with the Broncos, UW's starting rotation of Grant Cunningham, Calvin Kirchoff and Spencer Dessart combined to allow three earned runs over 18.1 innings.
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β’ Five of Washington's nine games this season have been decided by one run or fewer.
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β’ The Huskies have left 92 men on base through nine games, with double digit LOB six times.
PAC-12 SWAN SONG
This weekend's series marks the beginning of Washington's final Pac-12 season before joining the Big Ten Conference in 2025. UW was one of the four founding members of what started in December of 1915 as the Pacific Coast Conference, which eventually grew to become the Pac-12. The 2024 season is UW's 107th as a member of the conference.
SERIES HISTORY VS. STANFORD
Stanford leads the all-time series with Washington at 64-30, including a slim 25-20 advantage all-time in games played in Seattle. The Huskies and Cardinal have split the last six games played between the two sides, with Stanford winning 2-of-3 games in Palo Alto a season ago and the Huskies taking 2-of-3 at Husky Ballpark in 2022.
TWO BIRDS, ONE STONE
Washington leads the nation at 1.56 double plays per game, ranking seventh with 14 twin killings turned overall. The Huskies have turned at least one double play in 7-of-9 games in 2024 and have turned multiple double plays four times.
WORKING OVERTIME
Playing into the 17th inning at Long Beach State and completing 16 frames versus Santa Clara, Washington has played in the two longest games in college baseball this season.
GOING LONG
After entering the season with no career outing at UW going longer than 1.2 innings over the past two seasons, Gianluca Shinn has made three relief appearances of 2.0 frames or longer in 2024, including a career-long 4.0 innings versus Long Beach State.
YOU'RE BEING EXTRA
Five of Jeter Ybarra's 11 hits this season have gone for extra bases. Of the 40 base knocks Ybarra recorded in 2023, only eight went for extra bases.
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Washington is in its second season under head coach Jason Kelly after an impressive rookie campaign on Montlake. Not only was Kelly's 35 wins the second-most in program-history by a first year head coach, but the skipper became the first coach at Washington to lead the Huskies to the NCAA Tournament in his first season.
PRE-APPROVED
One year after Johnny Tincher was the lone UW representative on the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team, three Huskies were named to the list ahead of the 2024 season. Turning down a potential MLB Draft selection to return to Montlake, shortstop Cam Clayton earned a spot after batting .325 with 32 extra base hits a season ago. Leading the team with a .345 average in 2023, AJ Guerrero joined Clayton, adding a steady outfield glove to his accomplished bat. Reliever Josh Emanuels rounded out the Dawgs honored, collecting six saves and a 3-2 record on the hill a year ago.
SAFE HANDS
A year after leading the Huskies with six saves, redshirt-junior relief arm Josh Emanuels was named to the 2024 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List. Emanuels was one of five Pac-12 relievers to be named to the watch list.
DRAFT DEPARTURES
Washington had a number of key pieces to replace after six Huskies were drafted in the 2023 MLB Draft, the most in a single class for UW since the Dawgs saw six players drafted in 2019. Kiefer Lord was the first Husky selected, picked in the third round by the Baltimore Orioles. At 86th overall, Lord was UW's highest draftee since Austin Rei was drafted 81st overall in 2015. Case Matter was also drafted on Day 2, going to the Texas Rangers in the 10th round. Stu Flesland III was next off the board to the Colorado Rockies in the 11th round. Johnny Tincher joined Flesland in the 11th round, selected by the Cleveland Guardians, while Will Simpson was picked by the Oakland Athletics in the 15th round. Finishing things off was Coby Morales, who had his rights selected by the New York Yankees in the 18th round.
HAWAIIAN HAMMER
Despite being hampered by injury for much of his rookie season, Hawaii native Aiva Arquette demonstrated easy power in his first collegiate season. In just 45 at-bats in 2023, Arquette walloped five home runs. That was good for one dinger every five ABs, by far the highest rate on the team.
D3 DIAMONDS
For the second straight year, Washington has hit the NCAA Division III ranks to add to its pitching staff through the transfer portal. The Huskies added right-hander Spencer Dessart out of Middlebury College in Vermont, who posted a 4.32 ERA with 63 strikeouts over 50 innings. Last off season, UW brought in D3 transfer Kiefer Lord out of Minnesota's Carleton College, with Lord going on to be a third round draft choice in the 2023 MLB Draft.
DRAFT KINGS
Washington had seven players featured this offseason when D1Baseball released their Pac-12 MLB Prospect Rankings for the 2024 and 2025 draft classes.
D1Baseball Pac-12 MLB Draft Prospect Rankings
Cam Clayton - 2024 - No. 8 (No. 68 nationally)
AJ Guerrero - 2024 - No. 16
Josh Emanuels - 2024 - No. 45
Jeter Ybarra - 2024 - No. 48
Aiva Arquette - 2025 - No. 6 (No. 51 nationally)
Sam Boyle - 2025 - No. 21
Grant Cunningham - 2025 - No. 25
YOUNG BUCKS
The Huskies landed three rookie players on D1Baseball's Pac-12 Impact Freshman Rankings, announced during the preseason.
D1Baseball Pac-12 Impact Freshman Rankings
Blake Wilson - No. 14
Carson Ohland - No. 22
Carston Pearson - No. 23
TOP DAWGS
Washington had two players recognized in D1Baseball's national position rankings. Cam Clayton checked in as the No. 8 shortstop in the country, while AJ Guerrero was tabbed at No. 29 among outfielders.
IT CAN WAIT
For the second year in a row, a Washington commit turned down the opportunity to sign with an MLB team to join the Husky roster after Blake Wilson was drafted in the 20th round of the 2023 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals but still made his way to Montlake. Husky sophomore Aiva Arquette was a 18th round draft choice by the Arizona Diamondbacks before coming to campus.
FAMILIAR FACES
The UW roster features two newcomers with previous Pac-12 ties. Tommy Brandenburg, a junior college graduate of Central Arizona College, spent his true freshman season at Oregon, making eight pitching appearances and four starts. Meanwhile, catcher Colton Bower redshirted the 2023 season at Washington State.
A DECADE ON THE DIAMOND
Opened on March 21, 2014, Washington will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the inaugural game played at Husky Ballpark. The Huskies are 161-105 all-time at the stadium.
PRO PEDIGREE
Jason Ellison, a six-year Major League Baseball player with the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds and Texas Rangers, was added to Jason Kelly's staff as UW's hitting and outfield coordinator during the offseason following the departure of Billy Boyer. Ellison, a native of Port Orchard, Washington, had worked as an MLB scout since 2011 with the Los Angeles Angels and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations.
Kelly also promoted Jake Silverman and Mike Gange to associate head coach and recruiting coordinator, respectively.
WELCOME BACK, JOE
One of the all-time great Huskies, Joe DeMers has returned to Montlake as an undergraduate assistant. An All-Pac-12 standout, DeMers led the Dawgs to their first-ever College World Series in 2018, delivering a 1.80 ERA over four postseason starts. In addition to all-conference laurels, DeMers was awarded the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove. He was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 11th round of the 2018 MLB Draft.
GROWING 'EM LOCAL
Well over half of the Husky roster, 24 of 41 players overall, are homegrown talents from the state of Washington. Of those 24 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 - 15
Clark County - 4
Cowlitz County - 1
Kitsap County - 2
Pierce County - 1
Snohomish County - 1
Spokane County - 1
KEEP DOUBTING
Washington was picked seventh in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll. UW was picked eighth in the 2023 edition of the poll, going on to finish third in the league standings.
For more information on the UW baseball team, follow @UW_Baseball on Twitter and Instagram.
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