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Baseball's Streak Ends At Three
March 21, 2000 | Baseball
March 21, 2000
ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Washington baseball team's brief three-game winning streak was broken Tuesday afternoon at Bruce Hurst Field as Jarod Ingersol led Southern Utah to 13-8 win.
The game, which had originally been scheduled to be played in Cedar City, Utah, was moved to St. George due to snow. The original re-scheduling called for a 6:00 p.m. start, but the gsame was finally moved to noon.
Ingersol, who had a single, a double and a grand slam home run, collected eight runs batted in for the Thunderbirds (8-9). SU ace Zach Barnard improved to 6-1 with the victory, working seven and two-thirds innings. UW sophomore Zack Daniels (0-1) allowed five earned runs in four and one-third innings for the loss.
With the scored tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth, Ingersol launched a grand slam over the left field fence to give his team a 5-4 lead. The Huskies cut the margin to 5-3 in the fifth on RBI singles from Marc Rittenhouse and Justin Drake.
The Thunderbirds, however, extended the lead to 12-3 in the bottom of the fifth, scoring seven runs. Ingersol's three-run double highlighted the scoring. In the top of the sixth, Husky senior Ed Erickson led off the inning with a homer to right, his second of the year and Michael Done's double drove in Duggan Moran to make it 12-5.
Freshman catcher Jefferson Thiel hit his first career home run and Rittenhouse hit his third of the year, both in the eighth inning
The Huskies and Thunderbirds continue the three-game series Wednesday at noon MST at St. George. Thursday's game may be played at Cedar City if the weather there improves.
LINESCORE at Bruce Hurst Field, St. George, Utah Southern Utah 13, Washington 8 Washington 010 022 030 -- 8 9 3 Southern Utah 010 470 10x -- 13 12 0 Zack Daniels, Taylor Grant (5), Sean White (5), Brian Barton (8) and Jefferson Thiel, Tim Rice (8). Zach Barnard, Brandon Boyle (8), Steven Stoker (9) and Shane Huegly. W - Barnard (6-1). L - Daniels (0-1). 2B - UW, Michael Done, SU, Keith Dickenson, Amos Bright, Jarod Ingersol, Luke Geddes. HR - UW, Ed Erickson (2), Thiel (1), Marc Rittenhouse (3), SU, Jarod Ingersol (1). T - 2:52. A - 110.
