Saturday, February 24
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Huskies Complete Double-Header Sweep
February 24, 2018 | Baseball
SEATTLE – Game two was not a perfect game, but Washington will take their 5-2 win over UC Riverside to complete a sweep of the visiting Highlanders at Husky Ballpark on Saturday.
Sophomore pitcher Jordan Jones did not allow an earned run over six innings and junior shortstop AJ Graffanino atoned for a pair of first inning errors with a two-run single in a four-run fifth inning to lead the way for the Huskies (4-2).
After having a perfect game thrown at them by Joe DeMers in game one, UC Riverside (2-4) got to Jones in the first inning of game two. Number two hitter Colby Schultz doubled to end any thoughts of back-to-back perfect games for the Huskies and eventually came around to score when AJ Graffanino misplayed a grounder hit by Cade Peters for his second error of the inning.
UC Riverside starter Hazahel Quijada (1-1) was perfect through four innings before running into trouble in the fifth inning. He walked Blake Burton to lead off the inning and gave up a one-out single to Joe Wainhouse to end any thoughts of a perfect game and no-hitter of his own.
Ben Baird singled to load the bases and Nick Roberts walked to force in a run and tie the score, 1-1.
Kaiser Weiss grounded out to score Wainhouse and give the Huskies a 2-1 lead, setting the table for Graffanino to make up for his earlier errors. The Husky shortstop singled sharply into right field to score two runs and give the Huskies a 4-2 advantage.
"In between games, we were all in the locker room dwelling on what Joe did in the first game. How can't you?" said Graffanino. "We needed to do a better job of transitioning to the next game – especially me."
"But, later on, I got a good pitch to hit that third time up and I made the most of it."
The Huskies added an insurance run in the sixth inning on a broken-bat single by Levi Jordan that gave Jones a 5-1 lead when he exited.
Jones (1-1) allowed five hits and the one unearned run, while striking out four. He did not walk a batter.
The Highlanders would cut the Huskies' lead to three with a run in the seventh inning off of Leo Nierenberg, but Stevie Emanuels and Alex Hardy would record the final six outs to ensure the Huskies' win.
Hardy picked up his second save the season.
Each team had seven hits.
The two teams will wrap up the series on Sunday with a 12:00 p.m. game. The game was moved up an hour to combat possible weather issues.
Sophomore pitcher Jordan Jones did not allow an earned run over six innings and junior shortstop AJ Graffanino atoned for a pair of first inning errors with a two-run single in a four-run fifth inning to lead the way for the Huskies (4-2).
After having a perfect game thrown at them by Joe DeMers in game one, UC Riverside (2-4) got to Jones in the first inning of game two. Number two hitter Colby Schultz doubled to end any thoughts of back-to-back perfect games for the Huskies and eventually came around to score when AJ Graffanino misplayed a grounder hit by Cade Peters for his second error of the inning.
UC Riverside starter Hazahel Quijada (1-1) was perfect through four innings before running into trouble in the fifth inning. He walked Blake Burton to lead off the inning and gave up a one-out single to Joe Wainhouse to end any thoughts of a perfect game and no-hitter of his own.
Ben Baird singled to load the bases and Nick Roberts walked to force in a run and tie the score, 1-1.
Kaiser Weiss grounded out to score Wainhouse and give the Huskies a 2-1 lead, setting the table for Graffanino to make up for his earlier errors. The Husky shortstop singled sharply into right field to score two runs and give the Huskies a 4-2 advantage.
"In between games, we were all in the locker room dwelling on what Joe did in the first game. How can't you?" said Graffanino. "We needed to do a better job of transitioning to the next game – especially me."
"But, later on, I got a good pitch to hit that third time up and I made the most of it."
The Huskies added an insurance run in the sixth inning on a broken-bat single by Levi Jordan that gave Jones a 5-1 lead when he exited.
Jones (1-1) allowed five hits and the one unearned run, while striking out four. He did not walk a batter.
The Highlanders would cut the Huskies' lead to three with a run in the seventh inning off of Leo Nierenberg, but Stevie Emanuels and Alex Hardy would record the final six outs to ensure the Huskies' win.
Hardy picked up his second save the season.
Each team had seven hits.
The two teams will wrap up the series on Sunday with a 12:00 p.m. game. The game was moved up an hour to combat possible weather issues.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jones, Jordan (1-1)
L: Quijada, Hazahel (1-1)
S: Hardy, Alex (2)
Batting:
2B: Schultz, Colby 1 ; Cannon, Connor 1
RBI: Gudino, Tony 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Schultz, Colby 1 ; Sporrer, Cody 1
CS: Peters, Cade 1 ; Sporrer, Cody 1
Batting:
2B: Kahle, Nick 1
RBI: Graffanino, AJ 2 ; Jordan, Levi 1 ; Roberts, Nick 1 ; Weiss, Kaiser 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kahle, Nick 1 ; Burton, Blake 1 ; Wainhouse, Joe 1 ; Baird, Ben 1 ; Roberts, Nick 1
SB: Brady, KJ 1
CS: Graffanino, AJ 1
PO: Graffanino, AJ 1
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