Cougars Drop Opener at San Diego State

Friday, March 13

San Diego, CA

6 p.m.

Washington State University

6-10, 6-10

San Diego State

10-8, 1-0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Washington State	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	7	4
San Diego State	5	0	0	1	2	0	5	1	14	14	1

March 13, 2026 | Baseball

Box Score Nathan Choate Postgame

By: Washington State Athletic Communications

SAN DIEGO (March 13, 2026) – Washington State dropped the series-opener at San Diego State 14-4 Friday evening at Tony Gwynn Stadium.

The Cougars (6-10, 0-1 MWC) received two-hit games from Trevor Smith, Max Hartman and Gavin Roy but San Diego State (10-8, 1-0 MWC) used a pair of five-run innings to take the conference opener.

KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
WSU used a Dustin Robinson RBI-double just inside the left field line and a Mason Pirello RBI-groundout to shortstop for a 2-0 lead. San Diego State answered with a five runs on six hits in their half of the first for a 5-2 advantage

Both teams traded runs in the fourth before Smith and Hartman tripled in the fifth inning. Hartman's triple off the left field wall scored Smith to make it a two-run game but Hartman was stranded after a pair of strikeouts.

SDSU was able to push their lead to 8-4 in the bottom of the inning after a two-out two-strike softly hit chopper snuck over the Cougar reliever and back up the middle for a two-run single. The Aztecs added five more in the seventh after a defensive miscue and four hits.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Gavin Roy recorded his 7^th multiple-hit game of 2026
Trevor Smith tripled in the 5^th to extend his on-base streak to 13 games
Smith recorded his 7^th multiple-hit game of 2026
Dane Chavez walked in the 8^th inning, has reached base in 9 straight games
The game ended in the 8^th inning after an SDSU RBI-single
Luke Meyers starter, allowed five earned runs in 4.2 innings, struck out season-high 5

ON DECK
WSU will look to even the series Saturday at 5 p.m.

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W, 7-2

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Lettow, Rohan (3-0)

L: Meyers, Luke (1-3)

Washington State

Batting:

2B: Roy, Gavin 1 ; Robinson, Dustin 1

3B: Hartman, Max 1 ; Smith, Trevor 1

RBI: Hartman, Max 1 ; Roy, Gavin 1 ; Pirello, Mason 1 ; Robinson, Dustin 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Hartman, Max 1 ; Northrop, Kyler 1 ; Macleod, Cam 1 ; Smith, Trevor 1

SB: Hartman, Max 1 ; Macleod, Cam 1

CS: Roy, Gavin 1

San Diego State

Batting:

2B: Santana, Dawson 1 ; Trosky, Jabin 1

HR: Farrell, Max 1

RBI: Kelly, Zane 2 ; Santana, Dawson 2 ; Magpoc, Adam 1 ; Peterson, Tyce 2 ; Farrell, Max 4 ; Marnell IV, Anthony 3

SH: Santana, Dawson 1

SF: Farrell, Max 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Jackson, Jake 2 ; Kelly, Zane 1 ; Santana, Dawson 1 ; Magpoc, Adam 4 ; Trosky, Jabin 2 ; Farrell, Max 1 ; Marnell IV, Anthony 2 ; Justice, Zach 1