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Huskies Homer Three Times To Take Down Portland On The Road
March 11, 2025 | Baseball
PORTLAND, Ore. β Washington earned its eighth win of the season on Tuesday, taking down Portland 11-6 in a midweek Pacific Northwest clash.
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The Huskies improve to 8-9 on the season while the Pilots fall to 5-12.
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Tuesday's game featured more offense than last week's 3-0 bout with the Pilots as Washington had four extra-base hits, including three home runs. The Huskies had 13 hits in total during this go-around with Portland, more than double last week's UW hit total (6).
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Washington's used two homers in the third inning, starting with the first career homer for Jackson Hotchkiss, to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Colton Bower provided the second solo shot of the inning, his team-leading fourth long ball of the season.
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Justin Tims opened the game on the mound in his second career start and threw 3.0 scoreless innings, including a career-high five strikeouts.
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Portland got on the board in the fifth inning, putting up five runs in the bottom of the frame to take the lead. The Pilots held a 5-3 advantage going into the seventh inning until the Husky hitters took over.
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Malakhi Knight started Washington's five-run rally with a sacrifice fly to bring home AJ Guerrero. Then with the bases loaded, Braeden Terry hit a two-RBI single and was followed immediately by a second two-RBI single from Julian Sanders.
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Sanders added another RBI in the ninth, launching his first Husky homer. AJ Guerrero concluded the scoring with an RBI double.
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Gunnar Nichols closed the door on the Pilots, striking out three batters in the final two frames to secure the victory for the Dawgs. Jase Evangelista, Isaac Yeager, and Charlie Denomme also pitched in relief in the victory.
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Washington returns to action in its first home series of the season, taking on Gonzaga beginning with a 5:00 p.m. matchup on Friday, March 14.
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DAWG BITES
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The Huskies improve to 8-9 on the season while the Pilots fall to 5-12.
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Tuesday's game featured more offense than last week's 3-0 bout with the Pilots as Washington had four extra-base hits, including three home runs. The Huskies had 13 hits in total during this go-around with Portland, more than double last week's UW hit total (6).
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Washington's used two homers in the third inning, starting with the first career homer for Jackson Hotchkiss, to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Colton Bower provided the second solo shot of the inning, his team-leading fourth long ball of the season.
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Justin Tims opened the game on the mound in his second career start and threw 3.0 scoreless innings, including a career-high five strikeouts.
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Portland got on the board in the fifth inning, putting up five runs in the bottom of the frame to take the lead. The Pilots held a 5-3 advantage going into the seventh inning until the Husky hitters took over.
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Malakhi Knight started Washington's five-run rally with a sacrifice fly to bring home AJ Guerrero. Then with the bases loaded, Braeden Terry hit a two-RBI single and was followed immediately by a second two-RBI single from Julian Sanders.
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Sanders added another RBI in the ninth, launching his first Husky homer. AJ Guerrero concluded the scoring with an RBI double.
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Gunnar Nichols closed the door on the Pilots, striking out three batters in the final two frames to secure the victory for the Dawgs. Jase Evangelista, Isaac Yeager, and Charlie Denomme also pitched in relief in the victory.
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Washington returns to action in its first home series of the season, taking on Gonzaga beginning with a 5:00 p.m. matchup on Friday, March 14.
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DAWG BITES
- Washington recorded its seventh game with two or more home runs in an 11-6 win over Portland. The Dawgs are 5-2 when hitting at least two home runs and 2-0 when hitting three
- Two Huskies hit their first home runs on Tuesday β Jackson Hotchkiss and Julian Sanders
- Washington earned its first Big Ten sires win over Nebraska, taking two of three in Lincoln
- 10 Huskies have produced 40 multiple hit games (Kole β 7, DeCarlo β 6, Guerrero β 6, Taggart β 5, Bower β 5, Terry β 3, Whitton β 3, Knight β 2, Wilson β 2, Sanders β 1)
- 10 Huskies have generated 23 multi-RBI games, with Casen Taggart leading the way with five (Taggart β 5, Guerrero β 4, Kole β 4, Knight β 3, Bower β 2, Terry β 2, Whitton β 2, DeCarlo β 1,Β Sanders β 1, Wilson β 1). Trevor Kole earned the second 4 RBI game of the season for Washington in the first game of the doubleheader against Nebraska. He tallied four hits in five at bats, including two doubles
- AJ Guerrero is on a 13-game hitting streak. The senior slugger has recorded at least one hit in every game he's been active and has homered three times this season
- Guerrero's home run against Texas Tech moved him into a tie for fourth in the Husky home run record book with 36 career home runs (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)
- The Huskies have turned 16 double plays this season. Washington turned three across the doubleheader against Nebraska
- 44 of Washington's 97 RBIs have come from new transfer players (Casen Taggart - 14, Trevor Kole β 13, Malakhi Knight β 11, Julian Sanders β 6)
- The top four spots of the batting order are responsible for 61 of 108 runs and 75 of 154 hits
- Four Huskies are batting .300 or better (Guerrero - .296, Taggart - .354, Kole - .319, Terry - .302)
- 19 Huskies have made their program debuts (Banks, Brandenburg, Bronzini, Bujacich, Crawford, Curran, Denomme, Gilbert, Henning, Hotchkiss, Knight, Kole, Nichols, O'Neal, Sanders, Taggart, Thomas, Tims, W. Woodward)
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Yeager, Isaac (2-0)
L: UMLANDT, NOLAN (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Guerrero, AJ 1
HR: Bower, Colton 1 ; Sanders, Julian 1 ; Hotchkiss, Jackson 1
RBI: Guerrero, AJ 1 ; Bower, Colton 1 ; Knight, Malakhi 1 ; Terry, Braeden 3 ; Sanders, Julian 3 ; Hotchkiss, Jackson 1
SF: Knight, Malakhi 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Guerrero, AJ 2 ; Bower, Colton 2 ; Kole, Trevor 1 ; Knight, Malakhi 1 ; DeCarlo, Sam 1 ; Terry, Braeden 1 ; Sanders, Julian 1 ; Hotchkiss, Jackson 1 ; Whitton, Cooper 1
SB: Terry, Braeden 1 ; Hotchkiss, Jackson 1 ; Whitton, Cooper 1
CS: Bower, Colton 1
HBP: Bower, Colton 2 ; Kole, Trevor 1
Batting:
2B: BEAN, BRADY 1
RBI: TOGLIA, ZACH 1 ; KATAYAMA-STALL, COLE 1 ; HOWARD, TYLER 1 ; MILLER, NOLAN 2 ; SALK, JONAS 1
SF: SALK, JONAS 1
Base Running:
RUNS: LANDWEHR, JT 1 ; BEAN, BRADY 1 ; TOGLIA, ZACH 2 ; KATAYAMA-STALL, COLE 1 ; MILLER, JACE 1
SB: BEAN, BRADY 1 ; TOGLIA, ZACH 1
HBP: KATAYAMA-STALL, COLE 1 ; HOWARD, TYLER 1
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