Blatter, Hartman Pace Cougs Past Portland

Monday, April 13

Bailey-Brayton Field

12:05 p.m.

Washington State University

19-17

Portland

20-14

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Portland	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	4	1
Washington State	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	X	9	12	2

April 13, 2026 | Baseball

Box Score Game Highlights Brock Blatter Postgame Donate to NIL

By: Washington State Athletic Communications

PULLMAN, Wash. (April 13, 2026) – Max Hartman homered, doubled twice, drove in three runs and scored four times as Washington State notched its fifth-straight win with a 9-3 victory over Portland at Bailey-Brayton Field Monday afternoon.

Cougar starter Bock Blatter fired four scoreless frames and was backed by the offense who put up four in the first inning and scored in each of the first four innings. Dane Chavez had two hits and scored twice, Mason Pirello doubled twice and drove in two runs while Ryan Skjonsby added two hits with a double and RBI.

Blatter earned his first win as a Coug after striking out three and allowed just one hit over four innings. Lefthander Taber Fast worked three innings and struck out three before Ryan Haider closed the game with a pair of scoreless frames.

WSU (19-17) notched its fifth straight win after beating seventh-ranked Oregon State last Tuesday and sweeping a three-game series against Gardner-Webb over the weekend. Portland dropped to 20-14 overall.

KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
WSU struck for four runs on five hits in the opening frame as Hartman pulled an RBI-double down the right field line, Pirello doubled home two runs over the Portland centerfielder and Macleod punched an RBI-single the other way into right field.

Blatter struck out the first batter of the game before working a scoreless first and used a 6-4-3 double play in a scoreless second inning. Blatter ended his day with a swinging strikeout to close out the fourth inning.

The Cougars scored in each of the first four innings as Hartman launched a 458-foot solo homer over the trees in right-centerfield to lead of the WSU fourth.

Portland pushed a run across in the fifth after a Cougar defensive miscue allowed an unearned run to score. Reliever Taber Fast followed with a scoreless sixth inning before Chavez and Hartman traded back-to-back doubles and Skjonsby poked an RBI-single through the left side for a 9-1 lead.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Brock Cross made his 1^st career start, started at DH, went 0-3 with a walk
Gavin Roy singled in the 1^st to extend his on-base streak to 23 games
Kyler Northrop singled in the 5^th to extend his on-base streak to 18 games
WSU improved to 9-3 at Bailey-Brayton Field

ON DECK
WSU hits the road for four games this week beginning Wednesday at Utah Tech before a weekend series at UNLV.