Cougars Beat Oregon With Walkoff Wild Pitch in 10 Innings

Sunday, April 14

Pullman, WA

12:05 PM

Washington State University

8-25, 1-11

Oregon

21-13, 7-5

Oregon

Washington State

April 14, 2019 | Baseball

Box Score 19WSU-Oregon BOX 3

By: Washington State Athletic Communications

PULLMAN, Wash. – Collin Montez raced home after the ball got away from the Oregon catcher for an 8-7 win in 10 innings at Bailey-Brayton Field Sunday afternoon.

The Cougars received three-hit games from Dillon Plew and Collin Montez, recorded 13 hits and stole five bases, the most since 2017. WSU took a 7-3 into the ninth inning but Oregon tied the game with a two-out grand slam to right field.

In the first, Plew led off with a walk, Danny Sinatro reached on an Oregon error and both moved up a base on a Andres Alvarez sacrifice bunt before Jack Smith doubled to left-centerfield to give WSU a 2-0 lead.

In the second, Garrett Gouldsmith led off the inning with a single back up the middle, was bunted to second and later scored on a Plew RBI-single to left field.

In the fourth, Oregon finally got to Cougar starter Tyson Guerrero with a solo homer to left field to cut the WSU lead to 3-1.

In the fifth, the Cougars put runners on second and third with one out and pushed one run across on an Oregon fielding error and Kolden later drove an 0-2 pitch into right-centerfield for a two-out two-run double and a 6-1 WSU lead. In the sixth, Plew led off the inning with a single to right field, was bunted to second and moved to third on a wild pitch before scoring on an Andres Alvarez RBI-single the other way into right field for a 7-1 advantage.

In the seventh, Oregon took advantage of a pair of walks and a hit-by-pitch to score a pair of runs on two sacrifice flyouts to cut the WSU lead to 7-3.

In the ninth, Oregon loaded the bases after a walk, an infield single and another walk. WSU went to the bullpen for freshman righthander Connor Barison who struck out the first batter he faced and followed with a fly out to left field for the second out but the next batter lofted a ball the other way and just over the right wall for a game-tying grand slam.

In the 10^th, Montez beat out a high-chopper infield single to second base that the Duck second baseman threw away on the play, putting Montez on second base. With Brody Barnum at bat, Montez moved up to third on a wild pitch and two pitches later came home as the ball four pitch to Barnum got away from the Duck catcher, allowing Montez to race home for the game-winner.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Dillon Plew singled in the 2^nd to extend his hitting streak to 7 games
Zane Mills faced 2 hitters in the 4^th, ending the inning with a strikeout
In the middle of the 10^th, the home plate umpire left the game with an injury

NEXT UP
Washington State will head to Los Angeles for a series with USC beginning Thursday.

TOP MOMENTS

The Final Play from today's wild pitch walk-off win over Oregon!#GoCougs | @M_Chaz pic.twitter.com/L8svjVOYzU
— Washington State Baseball (@Cougbaseball) April 15, 2019

The Cougs jump out to an early lead with a @JackSmith365 2-run double!

B1, 2-0 Cougs#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/nNODsD8mjq
— Washington State Baseball (@Cougbaseball) April 14, 2019

The Cougs add another run in the 2nd on a @LilPlewy22 2-out RBI single, extending his hitting streak to 7 games along the way!

B2, 3-0 Cougs#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/MyI5OZqVf6
— Washington State Baseball (@Cougbaseball) April 14, 2019

WOW! The big fella @brody_barnum makes a diving catch in right centerfield!#GoCougs | #Pac12BSB | #SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/uyr1Q7Lrkf
— Washington State Baseball (@Cougbaseball) April 14, 2019

Nice way to end #WSUMomsWeekend. Congrats @Cougbaseball on the 8-7 win over the Ducks. Cougs fought until the last at bat to pull out the W! #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/W5Upp97i2b
— Pat Chun (@pat_chun) April 15, 2019