Jacob McKeon
14
Winner San Francisco USF 9-4
8
Washington State WSU 13-3
Winner
San Francisco USF
9-4
14
Final
8
Washington State WSU
13-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco USF 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 2 0 14 15 4
Washington State WSU 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 11 2

W: LEPE, Oscar (2-0) L: Spencer, Shane (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Washington State Athletic Communications

Cougars Fall to San Francisco in Midweek Slugfest

PULLMAN, Wash. (March 15, 2023) – Washington State dropped a 14-8 nonconference contest to San Francisco at Bailey-Brayton Field Wednesday afternoon.
 
The Cougars (13-3) collected 11 hits and took an 8-3 lead into the seventh inning before San Francisco erupted for nine runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth to earn the win and improve to 9-4 overall. The Dons finished with 15 hits.
 
Five Cougars collected two hits as Jacob McKeon doubled twice while Sam Brown and Elijah Hainline hit back-to-back home runs. Lefthander Spencer Jones made its first WSU start and was impressive, allowing one earned run on three hits with six strikeouts in five innings.
 
KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
In the first, McKeon drove a 3-0 pitch the other way to right-centerfield for an RBI-double that scored Jonah Advincula from second after his leadoff infield single. USF took a 2-1 lead with a pair of runs on two Cougar errors in the third inning.
 
WSU answered in a big way in their half of the third with five runs after back-to-back home runs from Brown and Hainline, a Nate Swarts RBI-triple and Kyle Russell followed with a squeeze bunt to score Swarts for a 5-2 lead.
 
The Cougars added a run in the fourth after McKeon doubled high off the centerfield wall and later scored on a San Francisco wild pitch. An inning later, Cam Magee beat out an infield single to shortstop with two outs, allowing Greg Fuchs to score for an 8-2 lead.
 
USF added a run in the sixth on a walk and two hits and exploded for nine runs on seven hits, a hit-by-pitch and walk in the seventh inning to take a 12-8 lead. WSU loaded the bases in the bottom of the frame but Brown lined out to right field to end the threat.
 
The Dons pulled away with a two-out two-run single through the right side in the eighth inning to push the lead to 14-8.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Jacob McKeon doubled in the 1st, has reached base in 15 straight games
Sam Brown homered in the 3rd, has reached base in all 16 games, hit safely in last 14 games
Brown and Hainline hit back-to-back homers in the third innings, WSU's first time with back-to-back home runs since Jacob McKeon and Bryce Matthews last season against Long Island in Arizona.
 
NEXT UP
WSU hosts Oregon for a weekend series beginning Friday at 4:05 p.m.
 
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