University of Washington
25-21
UIC
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Wilson Homers Twice As Huskies Close Road Trip With a Windy City Win
April 28, 2025 | Baseball
CHICAGO β Washington wrapped up its Midwestern road trip with a win on Monday, defeating UIC 15-8. Three home runs for the Huskies, including two from Blake Wilson, powered the offense to its fourth 11+ run game in the last five contests.
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With the win, Washington improves to 25-21 on the season.
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Washington scored in the first, but UIC took a 2-1 lead after plating runs in the second and third innings.
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The Diamond Dawgs responded with 12 unanswered runs between the fourth and eighth innings, jumping out to a 13-2 lead. Blake Wilson provided four RBI from two two-run home runs.
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His pair of homers doubled his home run total. Wilson now has four on the year.
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Braeden Terry also tallied a two-run shot in the fifth inning to put the Huskies up 5-2. It was his fourth home run of the season as well.
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Trevor Kole, Casen Taggart, and Wilson each had three hits in the game to lead the Huskies. Jackson Hotchkiss chipped in two knocks and scored three runs, the most of any player on Monday.
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Tommy Brandenburg earned his third-straight victory, improving his record to 3-4 on the season. It was also his third start in a row tossing 5.0 innings.
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He allowed four hits and two runs while striking out four batters.
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Bradley Gilbert,Β Charlie Denomme, Reilly McAdams, and Isaac Yeager all pitched in relief on Monday.
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The Huskies return to action at home on Friday, welcoming Iowa to Husky Ballpark for a three-game series.
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DAWG BITES
- Blake Wilson launched two home runs on Monday, leading Washington to a 15-8 win over UIC. Wilson doubled his season home run total to four in the win
- Tommy Brandenburg earned his third-straight win in his third-straight start pitching at least 5.0 innings
- Braeden Terry and Casen Taggart extended their on-base streaks to 20 consecutive games
- Four Huskies had multi-hit games on Monday (Taggart β 3, Wilson β 3, Kole β 3, Hotchkiss β 2)
- AJ Guerrero was named Big Ten Player of the Week after his four-home run week, in which he led the Huskies to a 3-1 record and a fifth Big Ten series win
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brandenburg, Tommy (3-4)
L: LYONS (0-3)
Batting:
2B: Taggart, Casen 1 ; Hotchkiss, Jackson 1 ; Kole, Trevor 1
HR: Terry, Braeden 1 ; Wilson, Blake 2
RBI: Taggart, Casen 2 ; Terry, Braeden 2 ; Hotchkiss, Jackson 1 ; Knight, Malakhi 1 ; Kole, Trevor 3 ; Wilson, Blake 4
SF: Hotchkiss, Jackson 1 ; Knight, Malakhi 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Taggart, Casen 1 ; DeCarlo, Sam 2 ; Terry, Braeden 1 ; Bower, Colton 1 ; Crawford, Carson 1 ; Hotchkiss, Jackson 3 ; Knight, Malakhi 1 ; Blanchard, Colin 2 ; Wilson, Blake 3
SB: Taggart, Casen 2 ; DeCarlo, Sam 1 ; Crawford, Carson 1 ; Hotchkiss, Jackson 1 ; Knight, Malakhi 2
HBP: Terry, Braeden 1 ; Knight, Malakhi 1 ; Blanchard, Colin 1
Batting:
2B: SMITH 1 ; TAYLOR 1 ; FLANIGAN 1
RBI: SMITH 1 ; CURRY 2 ; COWANS 2 ; COLON 1 ; FLANIGAN 1 ; COX 1
Base Running:
RUNS: SMITH 2 ; TAYLOR 2 ; COLON 1 ; SNYDER 1 ; NICOLOUDES 1 ; COX 1
SB: TAYLOR 1 ; COLON 2
HBP: SMITH 1 ; CURRY 1 ; BESSETTE 1
