Huskies Host Pepperdine At Husky Ballpark
Washington (9-4) continues its nine-game, two week homestand with a three-game series against Pepperdine on Friday-Sunday, and concludes it with their final tune-up before Pac-12 play starts with a Tuesday game vs. cross-town rival Seattle University. The Huskies kick off the weekend with a 5:00 p.m. game against Pepperdine. UW All-American Tyler Davis will take the hill first.
Last week, the Huskies went 4-1 with a 6-0 win over Portland and taking three of four against North Dakota. Freshman Noah Bremer was Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week after retiring the first 17 batters he saw in a one-hit, seven inning performance against UND. Braden Bishop was national player of the week by numerous publications after hitting .467 with 2 HR’s, 8 runs, 6 RBI and 6 stolen bases
GoHuskies.com will carry live video streaming and live stats of all nine games of the homestand. Ryan Hueter will call Friday night’s action, while Gary Hill Jr. or Steve Sandmeyer will call the action on Saturday and Sunday. Live video links can be found at: http://pac-12.com/videos/university-washington-2.
THIS WEEK . . .
Friday, March 6
Pepperdine at Washington
Husky Ballpark
5:00 p.m. PT • Live stats & video
RHP Jackson McClelland (2-0, 0.43) vs. RHP Tyler Davis (2-1, 3.60)
Saturday, March 7
Pepperdine at Washington
Husky Ballpark
2:00 p.m. PT • Live stats & video
RHP A.J. Puckett (2-1, 3.18) vs. RHP Noah Bremer (1-1, 1.76)
Sunday, March 8
Pepperdine at Washington
Husky Ballpark
1:00 p.m. PT • Live stats & video
LHP Ryan Wilson (2-0, 0.45) vs. RHP Josh Fredendall (2-0, 4.20)
NEXT WEEK . . .
Mar. 10 vs. Seattle U (Husky Ballpark)
March 13-15 at UCLA
SERIES HISTORY VS. PEPPERDINE AND SEATTLE U
•Pepperdine: Pepperdine holds the 4-1 advantage in the series. The last time the teams met was a three-game series from April 5-7, 2013. The Huskies won the series opener 6-2, for their only win against the Waves. They lost the second game of the series 1-0 in 11 innings and the final game of the series 4-1. The first time the teams met was on May 24, 1992, which the Huskies lost 11-0 to the eventual national champion Waves at the NCAA West I Regional in Tucson, Ariz.
•Seattle U: UW leads the series 72-50. The last meeting between the teams was May 12, 2014 and the Huskies beat the Redhawks 6-0 at Husky Ballpark, but the Redhawks won the first two games of the series to take the season 2-1. The first meeting between the teams was a two-game series in 1903.
SPOTLIGHTED HUSKIES
• The Huskies next win will be the 150th of Lindsey Meggs’ Husky coaching career. He is 149-143-1 in six years.
• Jack Meggs enters the weekend with a 7 game hit streak. He also leads the team with 5 multi-hit games.
• Branden Berry is the national leader with 6 sacrifice flies this season. He also leads the Pac-12 in defensive chances (118) and putouts (113).
• Brandon Choate has appeared in a Pac-12 high 8 games. He ranks third with a 0.68 ERA and has allowed 1 earned run in 13.1 innings.
• Tyler Davis needs four strikeouts to break into the UW top-10 career list. He sits at 170. Shawn Kohn is 10th with 174.
• UW catchers are hitting a combined .385 (15x39). Joey Morgan is hitting .350 (7x20), while Austin Rei is 7 for 17 and Zach Bonneau is 1 for 2.
• Kyle London and Joey Morgan enter this weekend having reached base in eight-straight games. Braden Bishop started the season reaching base in 10-straight.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT UW
• Tyler Davis started the season 9th all-time on the UW career innings pitched list. He has moved up to 4th on the list with 266.0 IP. He only trails Tim Lincecum (1st, 342.0), Jeff Carlsen (2nd, 283.1) and Jeff Heaverlo (3rd, 270.). He also ranks 7th all-time with 38 starts, is tied for 9th in appearances (64) and is just out of the top-10 for wins and strikeouts.
• Noah Bremer was Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week after tossing 11 innings of scoreless baseball allowing just two hits and picking up his first career win. He was perfect in a 4-1 win over North Dakota on Sunday until giving up a one-out hit in the 7th inning. He struck out a career-best six in that start. He also tossed the first four innings of a 6-0 combined shutout of Portland on Wednesday.
• Braden Bishop was named national player of the week by several publications, including NCAA.com, Louisville Slugger, College Sports Madness and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, after an unbelievable five-game stretch against Portland and North Dakota. He hit .467 (7x15) with 2 HR’s, 8 runs scored, 6 RBI and 6 stolen bases, with a .933 slugging percentage and .571 on-base percentage.
• Washington leads the Pac-12 and are tied for second nationally with 30 doubles. The Huskies are tied for third in the nation with 17 sacrifice bunts.
POSSIBLE STARTERS
Here’s a look at the possible starters at each position, with 2015 stats and notes:
Pos. Player, Year Avg.-HR-RBI Notes
C – Joey Morgan, Fr. .350-0-1 One of two frosh. to make starts in the field; 3 multi-hit games
1B – Branden Berry, Jr. .233-2-13 National leader with 6 sac flies; team high 13 RBI; 7 RBI vs. N. Dakota
2B – Levi Jordan, Fr. .250-0-5 Hit .375 with 3 RBI vs. Pacific; helped Puyallup HS to 28-0 record
3B – Alex Schmidt, Sr. .191-2-8 Co-Captain; has hit safely in 9 of 13 games; team-hi 7 career HRs
SS – Chris Baker, So. .275-0-5 Hit in 8 of 13 games, 4 of last 5; 2nd in Pac-12 with 40 assists
OF – Braden Bishop, Jr. .405-2-10 Hit .467 (7x15) with 8 runs, 6 SB, 2 HR, 6 RBI in 5 games last week
OF – Kyle London, So. .290-0-1 Started 6 of last 7 games, batting lead-off; 3rd on team with 9 runs scored
OF – Jack Meggs, So. .340-0-8 Current 7 game hit streak; hit safely in 11 of 13 games; 5 multi-hit games
OF – Will Sparks, Sr. .270-0-6 Co-Captain; 3rd on team with 5 extra-base hits; 5th year senior
DH – Josh Cushing, So. .265-0-4 Made 9 starts (8 at DH, 1 2B); hits in 6 of 10 games; RS in 2013
RHP – Tyler Davis, Sr. 2-1, 3.60 Won 16th career game last week, struck out 9, 2nd most in his career
RHP – Noah Bremer, Fr. 1-1, 1.76 Has not allowed a run over last 11.0 IP; reigning Pac-12 POW
RHP – Joshua Fredendall, Sr. 2-0, 4.20 Career high 7 strikeouts vs. Kansas State; had 9 saves in 2012
