Washington State University Athletics
Washington State University
21-28, 9-17
USC
23-27, 13-12
Cougars Fall to USC, Series Even
May 11, 2024 | Baseball
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Washington State (21-28, 9-17 Pac-12) received two-hit games and homers from Max Hartman and Will Cresswell while Cole Cramer singled home a pair of runs. Cougars starting pitcher Connor Wilford worked into the seventh inning, allowing three earned runs on six hits and struck out five.
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USC (23-27, 13-12 Pac-12) collected 15 hits and erased a 3-2 deficit with a five-run seventh inning and added two more in the eighth to even the series.
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KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
USC scored a run in the opening frame and added another in the third before Cramer singled off the USC pitcher with the bases loaded in the third inning, scoring a pair of runs to even the game at two.
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Wilford posted scoreless fourth and fifth innings before Hartman led off the WSU fifth with a 434-foot solo shot to right field for a 3-2 lead.
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In the seventh, USC chased Wilford with a leadoff double and got to the bullpen with five runs on six hits to take a 7-3 lead. The Trojans added to more runs in the eighth before Cresswell hit a long, solo homer in the Cougar half of the eighth.
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INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Joey Kramer singled in the 5th inning to extend his on-base streak to 10 games
Max Hartman homered for the second straight game
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NEXT UP
The series wraps up Sunday at 12:05 p.m. on Pac-12 Los Angeles.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Purcell, Brodie (2-0)
L: Haider, Rylan (2-3)
Batting:
2B: Jackson, Ryan 1 ; Overn, Austin 1 ; Hedges, Ethan 1 ; Dowd, Brayden 1
HR: Grudzielanek, Bryce 1
RBI: Galloway, Jacob 2 ; Takeuchi, Kevin 1 ; Overn, Austin 3 ; Hedges, Ethan 1 ; Grudzielanek, Bryce 2
SH: Takeuchi, Kevin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jackson, Ryan 2 ; Galloway, Jacob 2 ; Hedges, Ethan 1 ; Grudzielanek, Bryce 1 ; Dowd, Brayden 3
CS: Overn, Austin 1
PO: Takeuchi, Kevin 1
Batting:
HR: Hartman, Max 1 ; Cresswell, Will 1
RBI: Hartman, Max 1 ; Cramer, Cole 2 ; Cresswell, Will 1
SH: Hartman, Max 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hartman, Max 1 ; Cresswell, Will 1 ; Shibley, Alan 1 ; Parke, Crew 1
SB: Cramer, Cole 1
