Washington State University Athletics
Washington State University
2-1
Hawai'i
1-2
Cougars Drop 6-3 Contest at Hawaii
February 20, 2022 | Baseball
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The Cougars (2-1) were led by Bryce Matthews' career-high three hits including a pair of doubles but WSU left nine runners on base throughout the afternoon. Hawaii (1-2) tallied nine hits and used a four-run first inning to hand the Cougars their first loss.
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KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
In the first inning, Hawaii took advantage of two walks, two hit-by-pitch and a pair of singles to push four runs across for the early lead. WSU answered by loading the bases with nobody out in the second but were only able to push one run across on a Will Cresswell RBI-groundout.
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The Cougars added another run in the third on a Van De Brake run-scoring sacrifice fly but the Hawaii bullpen kept the WSU offense off balance and stranded nine runners on base throughout the afternoon.
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Hawaii hit a solo homer in the seventh but WSU answered with an RBI-groundout from Kyle Russell to make it a three-run game.
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INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Kodie Kolden led off the game with a walk to extend his on-base streak to 16 games
Matthews recorded his first career multiple-hit game
WSU starter McKabe Cottrell took the loss after allowing four runs in 3.1 innings
Jacob McKeon went 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter, ending his 10-game hitting streak
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NEXT UP
The series wraps up Monday at 8:35 p.m. (PT).
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Buddy Pindel (1-0)
L: Cottrell, McKabe (0-1)
S: Blaze Koali'i Pontes (1)
Batting:
2B: Matthews, Bryce 2
RBI: Van De Brake, Justin 1 ; Russell, Kyle 1 ; Cresswell, Will 1
SH: Hainline, Elijah 1
SF: Van De Brake, Justin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hall, Hylan 1 ; Van De Brake, Justin 1 ; Matthews, Bryce 1
CS: Kolden, Kodie 1
HBP: Russell, Kyle 1
Batting:
HR: Jacob Igawa 1
RBI: Jacob Igawa 1 ; Nainoa Cardinez 1 ; Aaron Ujimori 2 ; Jordan Donahue 2
SH: Dallas Duarte 1
SF: Jordan Donahue 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Scotty Scott 1 ; Matt Wong 1 ; Jacob Igawa 2 ; Nainoa Cardinez 1 ; Aaron Ujimori 1
SB: Cole Cabrera 1
CS: Scotty Scott 1 ; Aaron Ujimori 1
HBP: Dallas Duarte 1 ; Cole Cabrera 1 ; Matt Wong 1 ; Nainoa Cardinez 1
