Johnstone Homers Twice as Cougars Beat San Diego State 13-3

Saturday, March 22

Pullman, Wash.

2:05 p.m.

Washington State University

8-14, 3-2

San Diego State

6-17, 2-3

San Diego State

Washington State

March 22, 2025 | Baseball

Box Score GAME HIGHLIGHTS Logan Johnstone Postgame

By: Washington State Athletic Communications

PULLMAN, Wash. (March 22, 2025) – Logan Johnstone hit a pair of home runs as Washington State beat San Diego State 13-3 in a run-ruled eighth innings at Bailey-Brayton Field Saturday afternoon. The Cougars beat the Aztecs by the same score in seven innings Friday. WSU has won three of its last four series.

WSU (8-14, 3-2 Mountain West) hit a season-high four home runs to back starter Nick Lewis who allowed just one run while working into the seventh inning. Eight Cougar hitters collected hits and eight scored runs led by Johnstone who hit two home runs, walked three times, drove in three runs and scored three times. The redshirt-junior rightfielder from Los Gatos, Calif. homered in Friday's series-opener.

Third baseman Luke Thiele and leadoff man Max Hartman also homered as Hartman's two-run shot in the eighth extended his hitting streak to 16 games. Ollie Obenour and Roy each extended their hitting streaks to 11 games while Roy also drove in three runs.

Lewis earned the win after striking out a season-high five and allowed just one fifth-inning run while working into the seventh.

KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
Johnstone put the Cougars out in front with a solo shot to right field in the second while Lewis retired 12 straight after allowing a bloop double to leadoff the game.

Thiele made it 3-0 with a two-run home run to left-centerfield in the fourth, the Cougars scored three in the fifth on a Ricco Longo sacrifice fly and two runs scored on a Roy's infield-single to shortstop.

WSU pulled away with three runs in the seventh inning before Hartman and Johnstone each hit two-run shots to right field in the four-run eighth inning.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Max Hartman was hit by a pitch in the 3^rd to extend his on-base streak to 16 games
Gavin Roy singled in the 4^th to extend his hitting streak to 11 games
Ollie Obenour singled in the 5^th to extend his on-base streak to 17 games and hitting streak to 11
Ricco Longo walked in the 7^th to extend his on-base streak to 8 games
Hartman homered in the 8^th to extend his hitting streak to 16 games
Ricco Longo singled in the 8^th to extend his hitting streak to 7 games

NEXT UP
The series wraps up Sunday at 12:05 p.m.