Washington State University Athletics

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State dropped its series-finale to No. 2 Stanford 14-2 at Bailey-Brayton Field Sunday afternoon.
 
The Cougars received two hits from Danny Sinatro and Garrett Gouldsmith and owned a 1-0 lead after pushing a run across in the first but Stanford erupted for an eight-run third inning and finished the day with 17 hits.
 
In the first, Hayden Rosenkrantz struck out the side and the Cougar offense put runners on second and third before a Collin Montez squibbed a single up the third base line and beat the throw at first to allow a run to score for 1-0 lead.
 
In the third, the Cardinal offense erupted for eight runs on 10 hits for an 8-1 advantage. Stanford added run on a Cougar error in the sixth and pushed three more runs across in the seventh for a 12-1 advantage.
 
NEXT UP
The Cougars return to Bailey-Brayton Field to host a nonconference game against Gonzaga Tuesday at 5:05 p.m.