Cougars Close Homestand with 8-2 Win over Seattle U

Tuesday, March 7

Pullman, WA

2:05 PM

Washington State University

11-1

Seattle

2-8

Seattle U

Washington State

March 07, 2023 | Baseball

Box Score Game Highlights Brian Green Postgame Sam Brown Postgame

By: Washington State Athletic Communications

PULLMAN, Wash. (March 7, 2023) – Washington State recorded its seventh straight win with an 8-2 victory over Seattle U at Bailey-Brayton Field Tuesday afternoon.

The Cougars improved to 11-1 for their best start since 1980 (18-0) and closed out their homestand a perfect 4-0 after sweeping Southern Indiana over the weekend.

Cam Magee collected three hits including a pair of doubles, Sam Brown homered for the fourth straight game, Jonah Advincula tallied two more hits and Elijah Hainline drove in two runs. Starter Shane Spencer retired 10 straight after surrendering a two-run home run in the second inning and picked up his first WSU win after striking out seven in five innings.

Seattle U (2-8) used a two-run home run in the second inning for an early lead but the Cougars answered with a run in the second, four in the fifth, one in the sixth and two more in the eighth.

KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
In the first inning, Advincula led off the Cougar half inning with a triple down the right field line but was stranded after three straight strikeouts. Seattle U took a 2-0 lead with a two-run home run in the second but WSU answered with a run on a Kyle Russell fielder's choice RBI-groundout in the bottom of the inning.

Spencer settled in after the home run, retiring 10 straight at one point before giving way to the bullpen following a scoreless fifth. In the WSU fifth, Brown evened things up with a sacrifice fly to score Advincula and Magee later drove in the go-ahead run with a hustle-double into shallow centerfield that scored Jacob McKeon for a 3-2 lead. Later in the inning, Hainline added an RBI-sacrifice fly to centerfield and Alan Shibley made it 5-2 with an RBI-single back up the middle to cap the five-run inning.

In the sixth, Brown launched a one-out solo homer to straight-away centerfield to push the lead to 6-2.

The Cougar bullpen sealed things up as lefthander Cam Liss recorded the first two outs of the sixth inning, righthander Andrew Baughn recorded the third out and retired the six hitters before Chase Grillo closed things out with a scoreless ninth.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Max Hartman made his collegiate debut, started in right field, went 0-2 with BB and HBP
Jonah Advincula has reached base in all 12 games and hit safely in the last 11 games
Sam Brown has reached base in all 12 games and hit safely in the last 10 games
Jacob McKeon has reached base in the last 11 games
Cam Liss made his season debut
Andrew Baughn his Pac-12 leading 8^th appearance
NEXT UP
WSU heads to Corvallis to open Pac-12 Conference play with a weekend series at No. 15 Oregon State beginning Friday.

TOP SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS

Welcome back KYLE RUSSELL!#GoCougs | @kyle_russell710 pic.twitter.com/hTNNaH5vvb
— Washington State Baseball (@wsucougarbsb) March 7, 2023

WSU takes the lead with 4 runs in the 5th as Cam Magee drives in the go-ahead run with an RBI-hustle double into shallow CF

E5 | 5-2 Cougs#GoCougs | @Cammagee7 pic.twitter.com/YXNJBAStkC
— Washington State Baseball (@wsucougarbsb) March 7, 2023

BOOOMMMM!!

4⃣th straight game with a HOMER for SAM BROWN!

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— Washington State Baseball (@wsucougarbsb) March 7, 2023