Cougars Battle Cal Poly, Fall in 10 Innings

Saturday, February 21

San Luis Obispo, CA

3:05 p.m.

Washington State University

1-4

Cal Poly

4-1

Washington State

Cal Poly

February 21, 2026 | Baseball

Box Score

By: Washington State Athletic Communications

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (February 21, 2026) – Washington State took a 2-0 lead into the sixth inning but Cal Poly rallied for two in the sixth and scored the game-winner on a wild pitch in the tenth inning, handing WSU a 3-2 loss Saturday afternoon.

WSU starter Nick Lewis fired five scoreless innings and scattered five hits and six different Cougar hitters tallied hits.

KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
The Cougars played small ball that led to a pair of runs in the third inning. Gavin Roy led off the inning with a double to centerfield and later scored after Cal Poly threw Ollie Obenour's bunt away. Two batters later, Skjonsby pulled an 0-1 pitch through the right side to score Max Hartman for a 2-0 lead.

Lewis was efficient before running into trouble in the fifth inning. Cal Poly loaded the bases with one out but Lewis fielded a comeback and threw to home for the force out and ended the threat with a groundout, preserving the 2-0 lead.

The Mustangs evened things up with two runs in the sixth inning. A leadoff single and a double put runners on second and third with two outs. WSU thought they had ended the inning but didn't get the strike three call and Cal Poly blooped a two-run double down the left field line to tie the game.

WSU loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth but the threat ended with a groundout. In the tenth, Noah Thein pulled a one-out double down the right field corner but was stranded after a strikeout and popout to shortstop in shallow left field.

In the Cal Poly tenth, the Mustangs used a leadoff single to left field and a Cougar throwing error on a bunt put runners on second and third before the winning run came home on wild pitch.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Kaden Wickersham worked a scoreless 6^th inning with 1 K
Cam Macleod's first career hit was a double to left in the 8^th inning
Noah Thein's 9^th-inning double was his 1^st career extra-base-hit

NEXT UP
The series continues Sunday at 1:05 p.m. and Monday's finale is set for 5:05 p.m.