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Huskies Drop One Run Game Against Illinois On Day Two Of The Las Vegas Classic
March 01, 2025 | Baseball
LAS VEGAS β Washington put up nine runs for the second consecutive day but ultimately fell 10-9 to Illinois at the Las Vegas Ballpark on Saturday afternoon.
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Washington moves to 3-8 on the season while Illinois improves to 6-3 on the season.
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The Huskies got the bats going early, scoring the first four runs of the game including three in the opening frame.
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Hitting leadoff for the first time this season, AJ Guerrero got his first of three hits in the bottom of the first. Batting second, Colton Bower immediately brought Guerrero home with a double to right field.
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It was one of two doubles and three hits for Bower, who played as the designated hitter while Colin Blanchard suited up as catcher. Bower added a stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored.
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Blake Wilson provided an RBI triple in the fifth inning, sending home Braeden Terry while collecting Washington's first three-bagger of the season. The fifth inning featured two more runs, courtesy of a two-run shot by AJ Guerrero to right field.
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In addition to his first inning single and his home run, Guerrero also collected a double on Saturday. He's now batting a team-high .367 and one home run shy of fourth place on the Washington all-time home run list.
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Casen Taggart had three hits out of his four at bats, two of which brought in a run. Taggart now has four multi-hit games this year, including two with three knocks.
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Sam DeCarlo recorded two hits, getting his second multi-hit game this season.
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Reilly McAdams earned the start for Washington, pitching 4.0 innings to go along with two strikeouts and two runs allowed. Isaac Yeager pitched in relief first, tossing 1.1 innings while allowing five runs and striking out one.
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Bradley Gilbert finished off the sixth inning, pitching 0.2 innings while fanning one batter. Peysen Sweeney took over for the seventh and eighth, striking out three batters while allowing one run before Jase Evangelista pitched the ninth with one walk, one strikeout and no runs allowed.
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Illinois left 14 batters on base in the game, thanks in part to strong play from the Washington infield. The Huskies turned two double plays in the game, both of which ended the inning for the Illini batters.
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Despite the defensive effort, Illinois used a six-run sixth inning to tie the game before taking the 10-9 lead in the seventh, the scoreline that held through the ninth.
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Washington returns to action on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. to face Texas Tech in the final game of the Las Vegas College Baseball Classic.
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DAWG BITES
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Washington moves to 3-8 on the season while Illinois improves to 6-3 on the season.
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The Huskies got the bats going early, scoring the first four runs of the game including three in the opening frame.
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Hitting leadoff for the first time this season, AJ Guerrero got his first of three hits in the bottom of the first. Batting second, Colton Bower immediately brought Guerrero home with a double to right field.
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It was one of two doubles and three hits for Bower, who played as the designated hitter while Colin Blanchard suited up as catcher. Bower added a stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored.
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Blake Wilson provided an RBI triple in the fifth inning, sending home Braeden Terry while collecting Washington's first three-bagger of the season. The fifth inning featured two more runs, courtesy of a two-run shot by AJ Guerrero to right field.
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In addition to his first inning single and his home run, Guerrero also collected a double on Saturday. He's now batting a team-high .367 and one home run shy of fourth place on the Washington all-time home run list.
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Casen Taggart had three hits out of his four at bats, two of which brought in a run. Taggart now has four multi-hit games this year, including two with three knocks.
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Sam DeCarlo recorded two hits, getting his second multi-hit game this season.
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Reilly McAdams earned the start for Washington, pitching 4.0 innings to go along with two strikeouts and two runs allowed. Isaac Yeager pitched in relief first, tossing 1.1 innings while allowing five runs and striking out one.
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Bradley Gilbert finished off the sixth inning, pitching 0.2 innings while fanning one batter. Peysen Sweeney took over for the seventh and eighth, striking out three batters while allowing one run before Jase Evangelista pitched the ninth with one walk, one strikeout and no runs allowed.
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Illinois left 14 batters on base in the game, thanks in part to strong play from the Washington infield. The Huskies turned two double plays in the game, both of which ended the inning for the Illini batters.
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Despite the defensive effort, Illinois used a six-run sixth inning to tie the game before taking the 10-9 lead in the seventh, the scoreline that held through the ninth.
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Washington returns to action on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. to face Texas Tech in the final game of the Las Vegas College Baseball Classic.
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DAWG BITES
- Eight Huskies have produced 21 multiple hit games (Kole β 4, Β Taggart β 4, Bower β 3, Whitton β 3, Guerrero β 3, Knight β 1, Terry β 1)
- Six Huskies have generated 11 multi-RBI games, with Casen Taggart leading the way with five. Guerrero has the team's only four-RBI game, which came against No. 15 Texas
- AJ Guerrero is on a seven-game hitting streak. The senior slugger has recorded at least one hit in every game he's been active for this season and has homered in each of his last two games
- Guerrero's grand slam against No. 15 Texas moved him into sole possession of fifth place on Washington's all-time home run leaders list (T-1. 42, Kyle Conley,Β 2006-09; T-1. 42,Β Ed Erickson, 1997-00; 3. 41, Zach Clem, 2003-06; 4. 36, Will Simpson, 2020-23)
- Colton Bower has reached base safely in the last eight games
- Colton Bower has caught eight runners stealing, including three on Monday against Stanford and one on Wednesday against San Francisco
- The Huskies have turned 12 double plays this season, the second-best mark in the NCAA. Washington turned three against No. 15 Texas and two against Illinois in Las Vegas
- 23 of Washington's 52 RBIs have come from new transfer players (Casen Taggart - 13, Trevor Kole - 6, Malakhi Knight β 3, Julian Sanders β 1)
- The top four spots of the batting order are responsible for 38 of 63 runs and 47 of 87 hits
- Four Huskies are batting .300 or better (Guerrero - .367, Taggart - .359, Bower - .333, and Knight - .313)
- 17 Huskies have made their program debuts (Banks, Bujacich, Crawford, Curran, Denomme, Gilbert, Henning, Hotchkiss, Knight, Kole, Nichols, O'Neal, Taggart, Thomas, Tims, W. Woodward)
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Reed, Sam (1-0)
L: Sweeney, Peysen (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Schupmann, Kyle 1 ; Quagliano, Coltin 1 ; Westcott, Drake 1
HR: Schroeder, Jacob 1
RBI: Valincius, Vytas 3 ; Ross, Grant 3 ; Westcott, Drake 3 ; Schroeder, Jacob 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Groves, Nick 2 ; Schupmann, Kyle 1 ; Valincius, Vytas 1 ; Zebig, Jack 3 ; Quagliano, Coltin 1 ; Ross, Grant 1 ; Schroeder, Jacob 1
SB: Groves, Nick 2 ; Valincius, Vytas 1
HBP: Schroeder, Jacob 1
Batting:
2B: Guerrero, AJ 1 ; Bower, Colton 2 ; Kole, Trevor 1
3B: Wilson, Blake 1
HR: Guerrero, AJ 1
RBI: Guerrero, AJ 2 ; Bower, Colton 1 ; Kole, Trevor 2 ; Taggart, Casen 2 ; Wilson, Blake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Guerrero, AJ 4 ; Bower, Colton 2 ; Taggart, Casen 1 ; Terry, Braeden 1 ; Wilson, Blake 1
SB: Bower, Colton 1
HBP: Terry, Braeden 1
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