
Huskies Drop Series Against No. 10 UCLA
April 13, 2025 | Baseball
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LOS ANGELES โ Washington fought all the way through the ninth inning but was unable to complete the comeback against No. 10 UCLA on Sunday, falling 13-9 at Jackie Robinson Stadium.
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Washington moves to 18-19 on the season and 9-6 in Big Ten play while UCLA improves to 28-7 and 12-3 in conference games.
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The Huskies struck first in the rubber match, scoring three in the top of the third inning. Malakhi Knight kicked things off with a hard-hit single to center field and the Huskies capitalized on a fielding error which brought home Casen Taggart. Knight advanced to third on the play.
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Sam DeCarlo then brought the boom once again, hitting his second homer in as many days to put Washington up 3-0. DeCarlo now has seven on the season, the most on the team.
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Over the third, fourth, and fifth innings, the Bruins opened a six-run lead with three runs in each inning.
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The Huskies responded with three runs in the seventh, starting with a Braeden Terry two-RBI double to right field. Jackson Hotchkiss came up next and sent Terry home with an RBI single through the left side.
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UCLA chipped in two more in the seventh and one in the eighth before the Huskies battled back once more.
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In the top of the ninth, Carson Crawford singled to center field, scoring Jackson Hotchkiss. AJ Guerrero then used a single of his own to score Crawford and Colton Bower to conclude Washington's scoring.
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Justin Tims made the start on Sunday, tossing 3.0 innings with six hits and three runs allowed. He added one strikeout against two walks as well in his outing.
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Josh Emanuels, Reilly McAdams, Gunnar Nichols, and Will Woodward all pitched in relief on Sunday combining for the remaining five innings.
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The Huskies return to action on Tuesday, facing off against Seattle at Husky Ballpark.
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DAWG BITES
- Sam DeCarlo had his second straight game with a home run, tagging his seventh on Sunday
- AJ Guerrero recorded his fourth three-hit game on Sunday. He now has 14 multi-hit games this season
- Braeden Terry and Casen Taggart are both on 11-game reached base streaks
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Grothues, Chris (1-0)
L: Emanuels, Josh (0-1)

Batting:
2B: Guerrero, AJ 1 ; Terry, Braeden 1
HR: DeCarlo, Sam 1
RBI: Guerrero, AJ 2 ; DeCarlo, Sam 2 ; Terry, Braeden 2 ; Hotchkiss, Jackson 1 ; Crawford, Carson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Taggart, Casen 1 ; Knight, Malakhi 2 ; DeCarlo, Sam 2 ; Terry, Braeden 1 ; Hotchkiss, Jackson 1 ; Bower, Colton 1 ; Crawford, Carson 1
SB: Hotchkiss, Jackson 1 ; Crawford, Carson 1
HBP: Taggart, Casen 1 ; DeCarlo, Sam 1

Batting:
2B: Cholowsky, Roch 3
HR: Cholowsky, Roch 1 ; Martin, Roman 1
RBI: Cholowsky, Roch 5 ; Levu, Mulivai 1 ; Martin, Roman 2 ; Hocking, Jarrod 3 ; Balsz, Blake 1
SF: Levu, Mulivai 1
Base Running:
RUNS: West, Dean 4 ; Cholowsky, Roch 4 ; Martin, Roman 2 ; Salgado, AJ 1 ; Call, Phoenix 1 ; Gray, Grant 1
SB: West, Dean 1 ; Call, Phoenix 1
HBP: Cholowsky, Roch 1 ; Gray, Grant 1