STANFORD, Calif. (April 7, 2024) – Washington State erased a five-run deficit, tied the game with a run in the ninth inning and scored twice in the 11th inning to take the series-finale at Stanford 9-7 in 11 innings at Sunken Diamond Sunday afternoon.
The Cougars (17-13, 7-8 Pac-12) erased a 7-2 deficit with two in the fifth and two in the sixth before tying things up with a squeeze bunt in the ninth and scored twice in the 11th for the win. Max Hartman, Logan Johnstone and Cole Cramer each collected three hits as Johnstone homered and drove in four runs while Cramer scored three times. Reliever Duke Brotherton fired 5.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen for the Cougars who rallied to post their first win at Sunken Diamond since 2016, snapping a 10-game skid.
Will Cresswell delivered the go-ahead RBI-double in the 11th and Hartman followed with an RBI-single for the two-run lead and Kaden Wickersham worked a scoreless 11th as outfielder Ely Kennel made a diving catch near the left field line to seal up the win. WSU beat the Cardinal (13-16, 6-6 Pac-12) for the first time since 2021, snapping an eight-game skid.
KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
Stanford built a 3-0 lead with a run in the first and two in the second inning on four hits. In the third, Jack Weise and Crew Parke each punched singles the other way through the right side and Max Hartman put a bunt single down to load the bases to start the inning. Johnstone made it a one-run game with a two-run single past a diving Stanford second baseman and…
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