PULLMAN, Wash. (March 22, 2024) – Washington State rallied from a four-run deficit and scored the go-ahead runs in the eighth inning to post an 8-7 comeback victory in the series-opener against Arizona State at Bailey-Brayton Field Friday evening.
WSU (13-8, 3-4 Pac-12) saw four players record two-hit games as Casen Taggart and Jacob Morrow each hit two-run home runs in a six-run fifth inning to erase a 4-0 deficit. Leadoff hitter Max Hartman drove in the go-ahead run after beating out an infield-single to shortstop with two outs and the bases loaded in the eighth inning. The Sun Devils (10-12, 3-4 Pac-12) pushed a run across in the ninth and put the tying run on third but Cougar closer Chase Grillo ended the game with a strikeout.
Senior reliever Duke Brotherton earned the win with 2.2 scoreless innings and has tallied the win in the last three Cougar victories. Senior righthander Chase Grillo recorded his 11th career save, tying Tony Provenzo (1977-79) and Ryan Walker (2015-18) for the eighth-most saves in program history. Hartman, Taggart, first baseman Joey Kramer and Morrow each recorded two hits while centerfielder Nate Swarts had an RBI-double and scored twice.
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Arizona State built a 4-0 lead with a pair of runs in the first inning, one in the second and one more in the third but the Cougars answered in the fifth inning. Swarts put WSU on the…
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