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White, Leonard Combine For One-Hit Win Santa Clara
February 21, 2019 | Baseball
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White did not allow a hit in 6.1 innings, recorded nine strikeouts and saw just one Santa Clara Bronco reach base after a Cougar fielding error started the sixth. White was dominant in his first career start, needing just 75 pitches to face the minimum to record his first career win. Leonard took over after White retired the first batter he faced in the seventh inning, saw an SCU hitter reach third on a dropped fly ball but recovered to strike out the next two hitters. Leonard worked a perfect eighth and struck out the first batter he faced in the ninth before the next batter pulled a single through the left side for the Broncos first hit. Leonard recorded six strikeouts in 2.2 innings of work.
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Collin Montez led the way offensively, recording his first career three-hit game with a single, double and triple to along with an RBI. Andres Alvarez added two hits and Kodie Kolden scored twice.
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In the first inning, Danny Sinatro pulled a single into right field and Andres Alvarez executed a hit-and-run with a single through the right side to push Sinatro over to third. Collin Montez followed with an RBI-single into centerfield for a 1-0 advantage.
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In the fourth inning, Alvarez led off the inning with a double the other way into the right field corner and later came home on a Kyle Manzardo sacrifice fly. WSU added two more runs on a pair of Santa Clara errors, one run came home after Sinatro drew a bases loaded walk and two more scored on wild pitches for a 7-0 advantage.
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In the eighth inning, Kodie Kolden singled to right centerfield with out and Dillon Plew followed with an opposite field RBI-double that scored Kolden for an 8-0 lead. WSU added two more runs in the ninth inning, Montez tripled off the wall in right center and later scored on wild pitch and Jared Thurber capped the scoring by coming home on a wild pitch for a 10-0 advantage.
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INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Danny Sinatro singled in the 1st inning, extending his hitting streak to 4 straight games
Collin Montez recorded his first career 3-hit game, team-best third multiple-hit game in 2019
Dillon Plew walked and doubled, he has reached base in all 5 games in 2019
SCU's first baserunner in the 6th inning was thrown out trying to steal later in the inning
White and Leonard combined for 15 strikeouts, the most by a WSU team since 2015 at Arizona State (16)
Five Cougar pitchers combined to no-hit Santa Clara last season in Pullman
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NEXT UP
The Cougars continue their series at Santa Clara with a single game Friday at 6 p.m.
TOP MOMENTS
.@Brandon_white3 works a 1-2-3 second inning
— Washington State Baseball (@Cougbaseball) February 22, 2019
T3, 1-0 Cougs#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/qpT1IMrv7e
Another 1-2-3 inning for the big fella @Brandon_white3 who ends the 5th with his 8th strikeout of the night!
— Washington State Baseball (@Cougbaseball) February 22, 2019
T6, 7-0 Cougs#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/JGDI3VXPvW
After firing 6.1 no-hit innings, the big fella @Brandon_white3 gets the Grit Hat!
— Washington State Baseball (@Cougbaseball) February 22, 2019
Dominant!
6.1 IP
0 H
0 BB
9 K
1 base runner reached in error#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/eM9AphrzC1
SCU puts a runner on 3rd after a WSU error but Leonard ends the threat with a pair of strikeouts!
— Washington State Baseball (@Cougbaseball) February 22, 2019
T8, 7-0 Cougs#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/L1tK6Cg14H
.@C_M0nt3z just misses a homer but goes off the wall for a triple and his 3rd hit of the night!
— Washington State Baseball (@Cougbaseball) February 22, 2019
T9, 8-0 Cougs#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/pd1MXx73GK
BALL GAME! Leonard gets the final out on a fly out to left to end it!
— Washington State Baseball (@Cougbaseball) February 22, 2019
Coug pitchers hold Santa Clara to 1 hit and strike out 15 to take series opener 10-0 at Santa Clara!#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/qG22mx9iMo
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: White, Brandon (1-0)
L: HOWARD (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Plew, Dillon 1 ; Alvarez, Andres 1 ; Montez, Collin 1
3B: Montez, Collin 1
RBI: Plew, Dillon 1 ; Sinatro, Danny 1 ; Montez, Collin 1 ; Manzardo, Kyle 1
SF: Manzardo, Kyle 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Plew, Dillon 1 ; Sinatro, Danny 1 ; Alvarez, Andres 1 ; Montez, Collin 1 ; Thurber, Jared 1 ; Teel, Rob 1 ; Barnum, Brody 1 ; Gouldsmith, Garrett 1 ; Kolden, Kodie 2
CS: Barnum, Brody 1
PO: Alvarez, Andres 1
Base Running:
CS: REYES 1
