Friday, February 20
Los Angeles, Calif.
6:00 p.m. PT
University of Washington
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Huskies Take The Opener Against LMU
February 20, 2026 | Baseball
LOS ANGELES β Washington earned its first win of the season on Friday, taking down LMU 8-3. The Dawgs improves to 1-4 on the campaign.
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The Huskies capitalized on a dominant first start in the purple and gold by Noah Kenney to secure the victory.
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Kenney built on a strong relief appearance in Puerto Rico last weekend. In just his second appearance for the Diamond Dawgs, he tossed 5.0 scoreless and hitless innings with eight total strikeouts against the Lions.
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Washington also made the most ofΒ a strong offense and poor defending from the Lions. The Huskies tallied six hits and forced three errors by the hosts.
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The scoring began in the second inning when a Braeden Terry bunt single brought home the first run of the game. The Dawgs poured it on the third, tacking on four runs.
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Colton Bower provided two of them on an RBI single through the left side while the bases were loaded.
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Washington added another in the fifth before Daniel Porras launched a two-run homer in the sixth. Porras is the third Husky to hit a home run this season and it's the freshman's first home run of his career.
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Braeden Terry let all Huskies with three hits on the night in four at bats. He also tagged the first triple of the season for Washington.
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Jackson Thomas took over on the bump in the sixth and pitched three innings for Washington. The Lions were able to connect for five hits and three runs, but Thomas fanned four batters during his relief appearance.
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Tommy Brandenburg then took the mound to finish the day. He pitched a clean ninth inning with one strikeout to secure the victory for Washington.
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The Huskies will look to claim game two over the Lions on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Page Field in Los Angeles.
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DAWG BITES
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The Huskies capitalized on a dominant first start in the purple and gold by Noah Kenney to secure the victory.
Β
Kenney built on a strong relief appearance in Puerto Rico last weekend. In just his second appearance for the Diamond Dawgs, he tossed 5.0 scoreless and hitless innings with eight total strikeouts against the Lions.
Β
Washington also made the most ofΒ a strong offense and poor defending from the Lions. The Huskies tallied six hits and forced three errors by the hosts.
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The scoring began in the second inning when a Braeden Terry bunt single brought home the first run of the game. The Dawgs poured it on the third, tacking on four runs.
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Colton Bower provided two of them on an RBI single through the left side while the bases were loaded.
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Washington added another in the fifth before Daniel Porras launched a two-run homer in the sixth. Porras is the third Husky to hit a home run this season and it's the freshman's first home run of his career.
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Braeden Terry let all Huskies with three hits on the night in four at bats. He also tagged the first triple of the season for Washington.
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Jackson Thomas took over on the bump in the sixth and pitched three innings for Washington. The Lions were able to connect for five hits and three runs, but Thomas fanned four batters during his relief appearance.
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Tommy Brandenburg then took the mound to finish the day. He pitched a clean ninth inning with one strikeout to secure the victory for Washington.
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The Huskies will look to claim game two over the Lions on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Page Field in Los Angeles.
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DAWG BITES
- Noah Kenney had the best start of any Husky pitcher this season, throwing five scoreless and hitless innings with eight strikeouts
- Through two appearances, Kenney has a 0.96 ERA. Batters are hitting .103 against him
- Daniel Porras hit the third home run of the season for the Huskies
- Porras also leads the team in batting average through five games at .333
- Braeden Terry went 3-4 on Friday with a triple
- Washington earned 10 walks on Friday while allowing just four walks for the Lions
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kenney, Noah (1-0)
L: Jake Geis (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Bower, Colton 1
3B: Terry, Braeden 1
HR: Porras, Daniel 1
RBI: Porras, Daniel 2 ; Paul, Mic 2 ; Bower, Colton 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Porras, Daniel 2 ; Swidler, Ethan 1 ; Wilson, Blake 1 ; Paul, Mic 1 ; Bower, Colton 1 ; Taggart, Casen 2
CS: Terry, Braeden 1
Batting:
2B: Zion Williams 1 ; Nate Stiveson 1 ; DJ Ghiorso 1
RBI: Nate Stiveson 1 ; Zach Wadas 2
SF: Zach Wadas 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Zion Williams 1 ; Nate Stiveson 1 ; DJ Ghiorso 1
SB: DJ Ghiorso 1
HBP: Travis Friend 1 ; Cooper Whitton 1
Game Leaders
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2
RBI
2
AB
4
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2
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1
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
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RBI
0
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