UCLA
36-21
Washington
30-26
UCLA Notches 14-8 Win Over Washington
May 26, 2022 | Baseball
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Sophomore third baseman Kyle Karros and junior right-fielder Michael Curialle combined for nine hits, four doubles, and six RBIs to lead No. 3 seed UCLA to a 14-8 win over No. 7 seed Washington on Thursday afternoon at Scottsdale Stadium.
The result represented the first-ever Pac-12 Tournament win for the Bruins (36-21), who hit a season-high seven doubles as a team.
Washington, which dropped to 30-26 overall, was eliminated from the tourney.
The right-handed duo of Karros and Curialle was crucial for the Bruins, accounting for half of the squad's 18 hits.
Karros went 5-5 with a pair of doubles, setting a new-career high in hits while matching a previous career-best with four runs driven in. Paired with his 3-3 performance in the Pac-12 opener, Karros has reached base in his first nine plate appearances of the tournament.
Curialle meanwhile went 4-6 with two doubles and two RBIs, matching a career-high for hits.
Elsewhere, freshman shortstop Ethan Gourson had three singles and made a highlight-reel play on a liner to end the third inning, and sophomore center fielder Carson Yates went 2-4. Daylen Reyes, Jake Moberg, and Josh Hahn each added a double.
The game was close through the first half, with the teams trading the lead until a three-spot for UW made it 6-6 at the end of the fifth. The Bruins began to pull away from there, however, outscoring the Huskies 8-2 the rest of the way.
UCLA went ahead for good with a single run in the top of the sixth – Reyes pulled a grounder inside the third-base bag for a one-out double before coming across on a solid Curialle base hit – and pulled away with back-to-back crooked numbers in the two proceeding frames.
Hahn had the big hit of a four-run seventh, poking an 0-2 pitch down the left-field line for a two-run double. Graduate first baseman Jake Palmer followed with a bounce-single over the third baseman that scored two more.
A leadoff Curialle double deep into the left-center field gap started a streak of five consecutive batters reaching base for UCLA in the eighth, with three runners ultimately coming across. Karros and Yates collected RBI knocks during the rally.
Redshirt sophomore right-hander Kelly Austin picked up the win for UCLA in relief, allowing just a solo homer over 1 1/3 innings. Freshman closer Alonzo Tredwell finished off the last three frames – yielding just one run – en route to his sixth save of the year.
UCLA returns to action on Friday night at approximately 7:00 p.m. PT, playing an elimination game against the loser of Thursday night's California-Oregon State matchup.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Austin, Kelly (4-2)
L: Matter, Case (2-3)
S: Tredwell, Alonzo (6)
Batting:
2B: Reyes, Daylen 1 ; Curialle, Michael 2 ; Karros, Kyle 2 ; Moberg, Jake 1 ; Hahn, Josh 1
RBI: Palmer, Jake 2 ; Curialle, Michael 2 ; Gourson, Duce 1 ; Karros, Kyle 4 ; Yates, Carson 2 ; Oyama, Kenny 1 ; Hahn, Josh 2
SF: Oyama, Kenny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Palmer, Jake 1 ; Reyes, Daylen 2 ; Curialle, Michael 3 ; Gourson, Duce 2 ; Karros, Kyle 3 ; Yates, Carson 1 ; Oyama, Kenny 1 ; Hahn, Josh 1
SB: Reyes, Daylen 1
HBP: Reyes, Daylen 1 ; Oyama, Kenny 1
Batting:
2B: Miller, Cole 1
HR: Urps, Josh 1 ; Snyder, Michael 1 ; Morales, Coby 1 ; Dicochea, Christian 1
RBI: Clayton, Cam 1 ; Urps, Josh 2 ; Tincher, Johnny 1 ; Snyder, Michael 1 ; Morales, Coby 2 ; Dicochea, Christian 1
SH: Urps, Josh 1
SF: Tincher, Johnny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Clayton, Cam 2 ; Urps, Josh 1 ; Guerrero, A.J. 1 ; Snyder, Michael 1 ; Morales, Coby 1 ; Dicochea, Christian 1 ; Miller, Cole 1
SB: Clayton, Cam 1
