UCLA
24-23, 13-10
Washington State
24-22, 10-13
UCLA Falls at Washington State 7-3
May 13, 2017 | Baseball
PULLMAN, Wash. โ Chase Strumpf drove in a pair of runs, while Michael Toglia went 2-for-4 with a home run as the UCLA baseball team fell to Washington State, 7-3, on Saturday from Bailey-Brayton Field.
Washington State scored quickly with a run in the bottom of the first inning but UCLA tied the game in the top of the fourth inning on a Strumpf sacrifice fly to right field to plate Sean Bouchard who led off the inning with a double.
The Cougars regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning with a two-run frame as James Rudkin drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and Justin Harrer hit a RBI-double for a 3-1 lead.
The Bruins cut the deficit to just one run in the sixth inning as Strumpf hit a two-out double to center field to score Bouchard for the second time, but WSU extended its lead with three runs in the sixth inning for a 6-2 advantage.
After a Cougar home run made it 7-2 in the seventh inning, Toglia would answer with a solo home run of his own in the top of the eighth inning, going to the opposite field over the left-field wall for the final score of 7-3.
Jake Bird (4-3) suffered the loss allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits with one strikeout. WSU's starter Cody Anderson (5-2) earned the win tossing 5.2 innings allowing two runs on four hits with two strikeouts.
UCLA (24-23, 13-10) finished with three runs on six hits and two errors, while Washington State (24-22, 10-13) ended with seven runs on 12 hits and no errors.
UCLA will play the series finale of this three-game Pac-12 series at Washington State on Sunday starting at noon (PT) from Bailey-Brayton Field. The game will be broadcast live on the Pac-12 Network.
Game Notes: Michael Toglia hit his seventh home run of the season โฆ Toglia recorded his sixth multi-hit game of the season โฆ Chase Strumpf collected his eight double of the year and his fourth multi-RBI game of the season โฆ Jake Bird made his first start since Feb. 25 โฆ Nick Scheidler allowed his first run in 11 appearances โฆ Garrett Barker made his second appearance on the mound this season.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Anderson, Cody (5-2)
L: Bird, Jake (4-3)
Batting:
2B: Bouchard, Sean 1 ; Strumpf, Chase 1
HR: Toglia, Michael 1
RBI: Toglia, Michael 1 ; Strumpf, Chase 2
SH: Rosica, Daniel 1
SF: Strumpf, Chase 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bouchard, Sean 2 ; Toglia, Michael 1
SB: Bouchard, Sean 1
CS: Stephens, Brett 1
HBP: Stephens, Brett 1 ; Clarke, Zander 1
Batting:
2B: Hancock, J.J. 1 ; Harrer, Justin 1 ; Clanton, Blake 1
HR: Clanton, Blake 1
RBI: Matheny, Shane 2 ; Rudkin, James 2 ; Hancock, J.J. 1 ; Harrer, Justin 1 ; Clanton, Blake 1
SH: Plew, Dillon 2
SF: Rudkin, James 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Alvarez, Andres 2 ; Plew, Dillon 1 ; Matheny, Shane 2 ; Clanton, Blake 1 ; Waterman, Cal 1
SB: Matheny, Shane 1
HBP: Sinatro, Danny 1 ; Waterman, Cal 1
