Cougars Drop Rubber Game at Arizona

Sunday, March 25

Tucson, AZ

12:30 PM

Washington State University

5-14, 0

Arizona

13-10, 0

Washington State

Arizona

March 25, 2018 | Baseball

Box Score

By: Washington State Athletic Communications

TUCSON, Ariz. – Washington State dropped the series rubber game 9-2 to Arizona at Hi Corbett Field Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats won Friday's opener 5-4 and WSU came back with a 5-4 victory Saturday.

The Cougars (5-14, 1-5 Pac-12) received three hits from senior JJ Hancock who also homered. WSU also received a pinch-hit RBI-single from senior pinch-hitter Ryan Ramsower.

Arizona (13-10, 2-4 Pac-12) used four straight two-out hits to push three runs across in the opening frame. The Wildcat bats stayed hot the following inning, scored four more in the second inning to open up a 7-0 lead.

In the fifth inning, Hancock put the Cougars on the board with a long homer to right field, a no-doubter for his first of the season.

In the sixth, Arizona pushed the lead to 8-1 with a single through the left side.

In the seventh, WSU saw James Rudkin hit by a pitch and Hancock followed by driving a ball the other way into the left-centerfield gap for a double. The Cougars called up pinch-hitter and Tucson native Ryan Ramsower who lined an RBI-single back up the middle to score Rudkin.

In the bottom half of the seventh, Arizona again answered with a run to push the lead to 9-2.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Hancock matched a career-high with 3 hits, hit first homer of the season
Cougar start Cody Anderson went 2 IP, 7 ER, 9 H
Reliever Isaac Mullins worked two scoreless innings
Arizona starter Michael Flynn went 6.1 IP, 8 K, 2 ER

NEXT UP
The Cougars return home to open a three-game series Thursday against Arizona State. All three games will be televised by the Pac-12 Network.

TOP MOMENTS

BOOM! Hancock leads off the 5th with a monster homer to right field! His 1st of the year is a solo shot.#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/Hr0Yprjg5a
— WSU Baseball (@Cougbaseball) March 25, 2018

VIDEO - Hancock goes big fly to right field in the 5th#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/jfPhx7fFCA
— WSU Baseball (@Cougbaseball) March 25, 2018

Nice job by pinch-hitter Ryan Ramsower, Tucson native, who delivers an RBI single into centerfield

T7, 8-2 Arizona #GoCougs
— WSU Baseball (@Cougbaseball) March 25, 2018