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Cougars Drop Game to Washington, Rubber Game Set For Saturday

by wsucougars.com
May 28, 2021

PULLMAN, Wash. (May 28, 2021) – Washington State dropped a 14-7 decision to Washington in the second game of the Boeing Apple Cup Series at Bailey-Brayton Field Friday afternoon.
 
The Cougars (25-23, 12-17 Pac-12) won Thursday's series-opener 8-1 and the series rubber game is set for Saturday at 3:05 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks.
 
Washington State received multiple-hit games from five players but Washington (20-29, 6-20 Pac-12) used a six-run fourth inning to even the series.
 
KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
Washington used a first-inning WSU throwing error, a double to leftcenterfield and a groundout to push a run across for the lead.
 
The Cougars answered with a pair of RBI-singles from Manzardo and McKeon in the third inning for a 2-1 advantage but the Huskies came back with a big fourth inning. UW used seven hits to plate six runs for a 7-2 lead. WSU added a run in the fourth but the Huskies again answered with a pair of two-out runs in the fifth for a 9-2 advantage.
 
Both teams traded runs in the seventh as Nate Swarts doubled home a run in the sixth for the Cougars. UW pushed four runs across in the seventh after scoring three on dropped fly ball and WSU added two of their own in the bottom of the frame to make it a 14-6 game.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Cougar starting pitcher Zane Mills upped his season strikeout total to 83, the most by a Cougar since Aaron McKenzie's 95 in 2004
 
NEXT UP
The regular season wraps up Saturday 1:05 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks.
 
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