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
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Calvin Kirchoff took the loss, allowing five runs on four hits in 4.1 innings. Β
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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DAWG BITES
β’ Six of Washington's 10 hits in the game came from its 1-4 hitters
β’ AJ Guerrero's eighth-inning home run was his fifth in the last four games
β’ Nine of Guerrero's last 17 hits have been home runs
β’ Jeter Ybarra and Aiva Arquette extended their active hitting streaks to 11 and nine games, respectively
β’ Cam Clayton posted his first multi-hit game in the last 11 games
β’ 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
