University of Washington
10-17-1, 4-10
UCLA
13-19, 6-11
Huskies Fall To UCLA, Setup Sunday Rubber Match
April 13, 2024 | Baseball
Calvin Kirchoff took the loss, allowing five runs on four hits in 4.1 innings.
The Bruins got on the board right away, tagging Kirchoff for a two-run double off of Mulivai Velu's bat to take a lead they would never surrender.
Three pitches into the home half of the inning, the Huskies had the lead halved as Aiva Arquette ripped the first pitch for a double down the right line before scoring on back-to-back wild pitches.
However, UCLA responded with a solo home run in the second to regain the two-run advantage. The Bruins added a two-run double in the fifth before blowing the game open with a seven-run sixth, making it 12-1.
Cam Clayton brought two runs home with a single to left in the home half of the sixth to cut into the deficit but UCLA answered with another solo homer in the eighth.
AJ Guerrero sent a leadoff bomb 439 feet to left and Sam DeCarlo added a run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth, but it was too little, too late.
The loss sets up a rubber match with the Bruins for Sunday at 1:05 p.m. PT. The game will be available for streaming through Washington Live Stream 2.
DAWG BITES
• Six of Washington's 10 hits in the game came from its 1-4 hitters
• AJ Guerrero's eighth-inning home run was his fifth in the last four games
• Nine of Guerrero's last 17 hits have been home runs
• Jeter Ybarra and Aiva Arquette extended their active hitting streaks to 11 and nine games, respectively
• Cam Clayton posted his first multi-hit game in the last 11 games
• Freshman pitcher Jack Sand made his collegiate debut in the ninth inning, striking out two in a 1-2-3 frame
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Barnett, Michael (3-1)
L: Kirchoff, Calvin (2-3)
Batting:
2B: Gourson, Duce 1 ; Martin, Roman 1 ; Levu, Mulivai 2 ; Brennan, Payton 1
HR: Salgado, AJ 1 ; Martin, Roman 1 ; Holman, Jack 1
RBI: Salgado, AJ 3 ; Gourson, Duce 2 ; Martin, Roman 3 ; Holman, Jack 3 ; Levu, Mulivai 2
SH: Salgado, AJ 1 ; Cholowsky, Roch 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Salgado, AJ 3 ; Landis, Quintt 2 ; Gourson, Duce 2 ; Martin, Roman 1 ; Holman, Jack 1 ; Levu, Mulivai 1 ; Vaughns, JonJon 1 ; Brennan, Payton 2
Batting:
2B: Arquette, Aiva 1 ; Ybarra, Jeter 1
HR: Guerrero, AJ 1
RBI: Guerrero, AJ 1 ; Clayton, Cam 2 ; DeCarlo, Sam 1
SF: DeCarlo, Sam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Arquette, Aiva 1 ; Guerrero, AJ 2 ; Ybarra, Jeter 1 ; Clayton, Cam 1
HBP: Bower, Colton 1
