UCLA
31-15, 0
Washington
24-21, 0
No. 11 UCLA Drops Game Two at Washington, 13-6
May 12, 2018 | Baseball
SEATTLE โ Michael Toglia hit a three-run home run and Chase Strumpf drove in two runs as the No. 11 UCLA baseball team fell at Washington, 13-6, on Saturday from Husky Ballpark. The three-game series is now tied after the Bruins won the series opener Friday night, 7-3.
Washington jumped to an early lead with four runs in the first inning. Braiden Ward and Joe Wainhouse drove in a run with extra-base hits followed by Willie MacIver and Jonathan Schiffer recording RBI-singles.
UCLA cut into the deficit as Jeremy Ydens and Kevin Kendall led off the inning with back-to-back base hits and came around to score on a single up the middle off the bat of Strumpf to make the score 4-2.
The Huskies made it a five-run game in the fifth inning on a three-run home run by Wainhouse and then scored three more in the sixth inning on home runs by Nick Kahle and Levi Jordan.
The Bruins scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning as Ydens ripped an RBI-single and Toglia hit a three-run home run over the wall in right field.
Joe DeMers (5-3) earned the win tossing 8.0 innings allowing two runs on seven hits with six strikeouts, while Zach Pettway (7-3) suffered the loss allowing seven runs on 10 hits in 4.1 innings of work with one strikeout.
UCLA (31-15, 15-8) scored six runs on 10 hits with no errors, while Washington (24-21, 14-9) finished the game with 13 runs on 18 hits with no errors.
The series finale between UCLA and Washington will take place on Sunday starting at 1 p.m. PT from Husky Ballpark.
Game Notes: Seven of the nine UCLA starters recorded a base hit โฆ Michael Toglia hit his team-best 11th home run of the season and his second of the series โฆ Chase Strumpf leads the team with 13 multi-RBI games this season โฆ Nick Scheidler made his team-high 32nd appearance of the season โฆ Jeremy Ydens tallied his 15th double of the year, while Jack Stronach recorded his seventh โฆ Kevin Kendall registered his 11th multi-hit game of his freshman campaign.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: DeMers, Joe (5-3)
L: Pettway, Zach (7-3)
Batting:
2B: Ydens, Jeremy 1 ; Stronach, Jack 1
HR: Toglia, Michael 1
RBI: Ydens, Jeremy 1 ; Strumpf, Chase 2 ; Toglia, Michael 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Ydens, Jeremy 2 ; Kendall, Kevin 2 ; Toglia, Michael 1 ; Hirabayashi, Jake 1
SB: Kendall, Kevin 1 ; Toglia, Michael 1
HBP: Ydens, Jeremy 1 ; Strumpf, Chase 1
Batting:
2B: Ward, Braiden 1 ; Wainhouse, Joe 1
3B: Ward, Braiden 1
HR: Kahle, Nick 1 ; Wainhouse, Joe 2 ; Jordan, Levi 2
RBI: Cerrillo, Mason 1 ; Ward, Braiden 1 ; Kahle, Nick 1 ; Wainhouse, Joe 5 ; Jordan, Levi 3 ; MacIver, Willie 1 ; Schiffer, Jonathan 1
SH: Roberts, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cerrillo, Mason 1 ; Ward, Braiden 2 ; Kahle, Nick 2 ; Wainhouse, Joe 4 ; Jordan, Levi 3 ; MacIver, Willie 1
SB: Ward, Braiden 1
HBP: Ward, Braiden 1 ; Kahle, Nick 1
