Miscues Costly In UW’s 4-3 Loss to Gonzaga

Friday, March 14

Seattle, WA

5:02 PM

University of Washington

8-10

Gonzaga

3-12

Gonzaga

Washington

March 14, 2025 | Baseball

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SEATTLE – Washington jumped ahead early but couldn't hold the advantage Friday against Gonzaga, falling 4-3 to start the three-game in-state series at Husky Ballpark.

The Huskies committed four errors on the night, resulting in a trio of unearned Gonzaga runs.

UW starter Reilly McAdams took a no decision, surrendering just two unearned runs over six complete, largely scattering five hits. Peysen Sweeney allowed a pair of runs to garner the loss, while Josh Emanuels retired all six batters faced.

After a scoreless first from both sides, Sam DeCarlo got the Huskies on the board in the second, hammering a solo shot off the batter's eye in dead center.

The Zags responded with an unearned run in the third, but DeCarlo avoided further damage for the Dawgs, gobbling up a hard liner deep in the hole at short and delivering a seed to first baseman Julian Sanders to beat the runner.

Two frames later, UW was back on top thanks to the bat of Jackson Hotchkiss as the freshman lined a grounder over the third base bag. DeCarlo and Braeden Terry came home, pushing UW ahead 3-1 heading to the fifth.

A one-out error in the fifth allowed the Bulldogs to close the gap to one before striking for a pair in the seventh to take the lead at 4-3.

Washington loaded the bases in the ninth to put the winning run on second with one out but back-to-back strikeouts thwarted the threat as Gonzaga sealed the series opener.

DAWG BITES
• Sam DeCarlo pummeled his third home run of the season, one shy of his 2024 season total
• Adding a pair in the game, DeCarlo has already scored 16 runs over the first 18 games of 2025, five shy of the 21 across the entire 2024 campaign
• AJ Guerrero saw his saw his 13-game hitting streak snapped, but reached twice on a pair of walks

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