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Guerrero And Whitton Hit First Home Runs Of Season In Close Loss To #15 Texas
February 28, 2025 | Baseball
LAS VEGAS β Washington put up six runs in the seventh inning, including a grand slam from AJ Guerrero as the Huskies fell in a 9-10 battle against No. 15 Texas on Friday evening.
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Washington falls to 3-7 on the season while Texas moves to 7-1.
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The Huskies were down 9-1 at the end of the sixth inning and nearly completed the eight-run comeback. After six runs in the seventh, Washington added two in the eighth to pull within one but couldn't find the game-tying run.
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AJ Guerrero and Cooper Whitton provided six combined RBIs and each hit their first home run of the season. Guerrero's grand slam gave him the first four-RBI game for a Husky this season.
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The senior left fielder's homer also brings his career number to 34, putting him in sole possession of fifth on the Huskies all-time list. He's two home runs away from fourth where Will Simpson (2020-23) sits with 36.
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Eight of Washington's nine batters collected at least one hit on Friday, with three multi-hit games coming from Sam DeCarlo (2), Casen Taggart (2), and Cooper Whitton (3). Malakhi Knight also recorded a hit and an RBI after making his first start since Feb. 17 against Saint Joseph's.
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The nine runs from Washington are the most Texas has given up in a game this season. Before Friday night, the Longhorns were allowing just 2.57 runs per game.
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Max Banks earned the start against the Longhorns fanning eight batters, one shy of his Washington-best mark (9 vs. Kansas State). He allowed seven hits and seven runs during his 5.1 innings of work before he was replaced by Sawyer Parkin in the sixth.
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Parkin finished off the final two-thirds of the sixth before Gunnar Nichols took over in the seventh. Nichols threw 1.0 inning, allowing one hit, one run, and two walks.
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Josh Emanuels closed out the game for the Husky staff, pitching 1.0 inning with one hit and one strikeout.
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The Huskies return to action on Saturday against Illinois at 12 p.m. Reilly McAdams will start against right-handed pitcher Ben Plumley.
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DAWG BITES
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Washington falls to 3-7 on the season while Texas moves to 7-1.
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The Huskies were down 9-1 at the end of the sixth inning and nearly completed the eight-run comeback. After six runs in the seventh, Washington added two in the eighth to pull within one but couldn't find the game-tying run.
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AJ Guerrero and Cooper Whitton provided six combined RBIs and each hit their first home run of the season. Guerrero's grand slam gave him the first four-RBI game for a Husky this season.
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The senior left fielder's homer also brings his career number to 34, putting him in sole possession of fifth on the Huskies all-time list. He's two home runs away from fourth where Will Simpson (2020-23) sits with 36.
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Eight of Washington's nine batters collected at least one hit on Friday, with three multi-hit games coming from Sam DeCarlo (2), Casen Taggart (2), and Cooper Whitton (3). Malakhi Knight also recorded a hit and an RBI after making his first start since Feb. 17 against Saint Joseph's.
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The nine runs from Washington are the most Texas has given up in a game this season. Before Friday night, the Longhorns were allowing just 2.57 runs per game.
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Max Banks earned the start against the Longhorns fanning eight batters, one shy of his Washington-best mark (9 vs. Kansas State). He allowed seven hits and seven runs during his 5.1 innings of work before he was replaced by Sawyer Parkin in the sixth.
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Parkin finished off the final two-thirds of the sixth before Gunnar Nichols took over in the seventh. Nichols threw 1.0 inning, allowing one hit, one run, and two walks.
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Josh Emanuels closed out the game for the Husky staff, pitching 1.0 inning with one hit and one strikeout.
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The Huskies return to action on Saturday against Illinois at 12 p.m. Reilly McAdams will start against right-handed pitcher Ben Plumley.
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DAWG BITES
- Eight Huskies have produced 17 multiple hit games (Kole β 4, Bower β 2, Whitton β 3, Taggart β 3, Guerrero β 3, Knight β 1, Terry β 1)
- AJ Guerrero is on a six-game hitting streak. The senior slugger has recorded at least one hit in every game he's been active for this season
- Guerrero's grand slam against No. 15 Texas moved him into sole possession of fifth place on Washington's all-time home run leaders list (T-1. 42, Kyle Conley,Β 2006-09; T-1. 42,Β Ed Erickson, 1997-00; 3. 41, Zach Clem, 2003-06; 4. 36, Will Simpson, 2020-23)
- Colton Bower and Jackson Hotchkiss have both reached base safely in the last seven games
- Colton Bower has caught eight runners stealing, including three on Monday against Stanford and one on Wednesday against San Francisco
- 19 of Washington's 48 RBIs have come from new transfer players (Casen Taggart - 11, Trevor Kole - 4, Malakhi Knight β 3, Julian Sanders β 1)
- The top four spots of the batting order are responsible for 31 of 54 runs and 37 of 72 hits
- Three Huskies are batting.300 or better β AJ Guerrero (.320), Casen Taggart (.314), and Malakhi Knight (.312)
- 17 Huskies have made their program debuts so far this season (Banks, Bujacich, Crawford, Curran, Denomme, Gilbert, Henning, Hotchkiss, Knight, Kole, Nichols, O'Neal, Taggart, Thomas, Tims, W. Woodward)
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jared Spencer (1-0)
L: Banks, Max (1-2)
S: Max Grubbs (2)
Batting:
HR: Guerrero, AJ 1 ; Whitton, Cooper 1
RBI: Guerrero, AJ 4 ; Taggart, Casen 1 ; Knight, Malakhi 1 ; Whitton, Cooper 2
Base Running:
RUNS: DeCarlo, Sam 1 ; Guerrero, AJ 2 ; Bower, Colton 2 ; Taggart, Casen 1 ; Whitton, Cooper 2 ; Wilson, Blake 1
HBP: Bower, Colton 1 ; Taggart, Casen 1
Batting:
3B: Ethan Mendoza 1
HR: Jalin Flores 2 ; Rylan Galvan 1
RBI: Kimble Schuessler 2 ; Jalin Flores 2 ; Cole Chamberlain 2 ; Rylan Galvan 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Max Belyeu 1 ; Will Gasparino 2 ; Adrian Rodriguez 1 ; Kimble Schuessler 1 ; Jalin Flores 3 ; Cole Chamberlain 1 ; Rylan Galvan 1
HBP: Jalin Flores 1
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