PULLMAN, Wash. (April 15, 2023) – Washington State collected 16 hits in a series-clinching 11-8 win over Arizona at Bailey-Brayton Field Saturday afternoon.
WSU (21-12, 7-9 Pac-12) tallied a season-high 16 hits in Pac-12 play as five players recorded multiple-hits led by Jacob McKeon’s 4-for-5 day with a triple, two RBI and two runs scored. Sam Brown tallied three hits, finishing a home run shy of the cycle to go along with two RBI and two runs scored. Jonah Advincula collected two hits and scored three runs while Kyle Russell added two hits and Elijah Hainline hit a 454-foot home run.
Five Cougar pitchers worked as Andrew Baughn picked up the win with 1.2 innings for relief to improve to 5-0 while Spencer Jones worked 2.1 innings, Shane Spencer recorded a pair of big outs to start the ninth and Chase Grillo earned his sixth save with a strikeout in the ninth.
Arizona (17-15, 5-12 Pac-12) scored three times in the first but WSU answered with three in their half of the first before scoring five runs in the fourth and added sing runs in the fifth and seventh.
KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
In the first, Arizona used four hits to score three runs but the Cougars came right back with three of their own in the bottom of the inning. McKeon bounced a single up the middle that Arizona knocked down but the speedy Jonah Advincula scored from second on the play. Jake Harvey followed with an…
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