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Cougar Baseball Cruises Past Oregon State

April 24, 2010

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PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State scored eight times in the bottom of the fourth inning and posted a 12-4 victory over No. 22 Oregon State in a Pacific-10 Conference baseball game at Bailey-Brayton Field, Saturday.

It was the second-straight win for the Cougars (21-14, 5-6 Pac-10) over the Beavers (20-13, 3-8 Pac-10). David Stilley (2-1) worked five-plus innings for the victory. Oregon State's Tanner Robles (4-4) was torched for 11 runs, nine earned, in three and two-thirds innings and took the loss.

"David Stilley settled in and gave us his best game of the season," WSU Head Coach Donnie Marbut said. "Our bats came alive and gave us a big inning in the fourth."

The Beavers took a 1-0 lead in the first before the Cougars tallied three times in the third and added the eight-run fourth. In the third, Brett Jacobs doubled in two runs and scored on an error.

Matt Fanelli led off the fourth with his fourth home run of the season to put WSU on top 4-1. With one out, Jay Ponciano was hit by a pitch and Kyle Johnson singled. After Garry Kuykendall struck out, the Cougars put together five-straight RBI-singles by Shea Vucinich, Jacobs, Michael Weber, Matt Argyropoulos and Fanelli. Cody Bartlett capped the rally with a two-run triple to give WSU an 11-1 lead.

Oregon State ended Stilley's day with two runs in the sixth, but Connor Lambert pitched out of second and third, no out situation to prevent further damage. Both teams scored a run in the seventh with the Cougars' tally coming on Bartlett's fourth round-tripper of the season.

The series concludes, Sunday with first pitch scheduled for noon.

WSU NOTES
The eight runs in the fourth inning were the most by the Cougars in a Pac-10 game since May 24, 2003 (eight-run fourth in Pullman) against UCLA...freshman Brett Jacobs was 3-for-3 to raise his batting average to .406.

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Players Mentioned

Matt Argyropoulos

#23 Matt Argyropoulos

3B
6' 3"
Junior
Cody Bartlett

#2 Cody Bartlett

SS
5' 8"
Redshirt Junior
Matt Fanelli

#22 Matt Fanelli

UT
6' 3"
Senior
Brett Jacobs

#15 Brett Jacobs

IF
6' 0"
Freshman
Kyle Johnson

#1 Kyle Johnson

OF
5' 10"
Sophomore
Garry Kuykendall

#24 Garry Kuykendall

OF
5' 10"
Junior
Connor Lambert

#5 Connor Lambert

RHP
6' 0"
Senior
Jay Ponciano

#30 Jay Ponciano

C
5' 8"
Redshirt Junior
David Stilley

#42 David Stilley

LHP
6' 2"
Redshirt Sophomore
Shea Vucinich

#12 Shea Vucinich

SS
6' 0"
Junior
Michael Weber

#10 Michael Weber

IF
6' 0"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Matt Argyropoulos

#23 Matt Argyropoulos

6' 3"
Junior
3B
Cody Bartlett

#2 Cody Bartlett

5' 8"
Redshirt Junior
SS
Matt Fanelli

#22 Matt Fanelli

6' 3"
Senior
UT
Brett Jacobs

#15 Brett Jacobs

6' 0"
Freshman
IF
Kyle Johnson

#1 Kyle Johnson

5' 10"
Sophomore
OF
Garry Kuykendall

#24 Garry Kuykendall

5' 10"
Junior
OF
Connor Lambert

#5 Connor Lambert

6' 0"
Senior
RHP
Jay Ponciano

#30 Jay Ponciano

5' 8"
Redshirt Junior
C
David Stilley

#42 David Stilley

6' 2"
Redshirt Sophomore
LHP
Shea Vucinich

#12 Shea Vucinich

6' 0"
Junior
SS
Michael Weber

#10 Michael Weber

6' 0"
Senior
IF