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LMU Ties Series With Win in Game Two, Rubber Match Set For Sunday
February 21, 2026 | Baseball
LOS ANGELES β Washington dropped game two to LMU on Saturday, 7-1. The Huskies will look to take the series on Sunday afternoon.
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Washington moves to 1-5 on the season.
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Despite the final score, the game was close for eight innings. Gunnar Nichols pitched well in his second start for the Huskies, throwing 4.0 innings while allowing just one run, coming from a solo home run in the first inning.
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Nichols only allowed three hits, one run, two walks and six strikeouts in his four innings of work.
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Carson Boesel took over on the mound in the fifth and threw 2.2 innings, allowing only two hits and one run. Like Nichols, Boesel surrendered a solo shot which extended the Lions' lead to two.
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The Huskies got on the board in the eighth after three consecutive singles. Ethan Swidler drove in the run for the Huskies, cutting the lead to one.
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In the bottom half of the frame, however, LMU plated five runs to run away with the result.
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Swidler and Ty Cowan led the Dawgs offensively, tallying two hits each in four at bats.
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Defensively, the Huskies fanned 12 total batters with six from Nichols, three from Boesel, and three from Hayden Lewis in the ninth.
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Washington returns to action on Sunday afternoon at 1p.m. and will look to take the series.
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DAWG BITES
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Washington moves to 1-5 on the season.
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Despite the final score, the game was close for eight innings. Gunnar Nichols pitched well in his second start for the Huskies, throwing 4.0 innings while allowing just one run, coming from a solo home run in the first inning.
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Nichols only allowed three hits, one run, two walks and six strikeouts in his four innings of work.
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Carson Boesel took over on the mound in the fifth and threw 2.2 innings, allowing only two hits and one run. Like Nichols, Boesel surrendered a solo shot which extended the Lions' lead to two.
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The Huskies got on the board in the eighth after three consecutive singles. Ethan Swidler drove in the run for the Huskies, cutting the lead to one.
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In the bottom half of the frame, however, LMU plated five runs to run away with the result.
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Swidler and Ty Cowan led the Dawgs offensively, tallying two hits each in four at bats.
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Defensively, the Huskies fanned 12 total batters with six from Nichols, three from Boesel, and three from Hayden Lewis in the ninth.
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Washington returns to action on Sunday afternoon at 1p.m. and will look to take the series.
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DAWG BITES
- Ethan Swidler and Colton Bower lead the team with four RBIs each
- Four Huskies are batting over .300. Ian Draper (.333), Ty Cowan (.316), Daniel Porras (.316), and Ethan Swidler (.304)
- On Friday, 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 on Friday in the series opener
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jonah Johnson (1-0)
L: Nichols, Gunnar (0-2)
S: Adam Behrens (1)
Batting:
2B: Cowan, Ty 1
RBI: Swidler, Ethan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DeCarlo, Sam 1
HBP: Bower, Colton 1
Batting:
2B: Andrew Mhoon 2
HR: Zion Williams 2
RBI: Zion Williams 3 ; Andrew Mhoon 1 ; Jake Lyall 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Zion Williams 2 ; DJ Ghiorso 1 ; Andrew Mhoon 1 ; Nate Stiveson 1 ; Cooper Whitton 1 ; Jake Lyall 1
SB: Zion Williams 1 ; Cooper Whitton 1
CS: Travis Friend 1
HBP: DJ Ghiorso 1 ; Travis Friend 1
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RBI
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AB
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RBI
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