STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford (13-16, 6-6 Pac-12) led 7-2 after four innings, but allowed seven unanswered runs in a 9-7 loss to Washington State (17-13, 7-8 Pac-12) in 11 innings on Sunday from Sunken Diamond.
With the victory, Washington State avoided a sweep in the three-game series.
Stanford’s offense came out strong on Sunday afternoon, plating a run in the first and two in each of the second, third and fourth innings, but the Cardinal was held off the board the rest of the way.
Malcolm Moore delivered the game’s first run, plating Owen Cobb who had doubled to start the first inning before coming around to score on productive ground balls from Cort MacDonald and Moore.
Junior Trevor Haskins made it 2-0 Stanford with an RBI-single in the second before Cobb laced his second double in as many plate appearances down the line in left to bring home Temo Becerra and the game’s third run.
After Washington State plated a pair of its own on a two-RBI single from Logan Johnstone in the top of the third, Stanford responded for two runs in the bottom of the third, utilizing an RBI-groundout from Luke Lavin before taking advantage of an error charged to third baseman Cole Cramer to run the tally to 5-2.
Cobb, who finished 4-for-6 with two runs scored and three RBIs to fall a triple shy of the cycle, connected for his sixth home run of the season in the fourth inning. The round-tripper, Cobb’s second in…
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