A day after a pair of late home runs cost the Washington baseball team at the Nashville Regional, sending them into the loser-out game, the Huskies hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning and a two-run blast in the eighth inning to rally from an 8-2 deficit and beat host Vanderbilt, 9-8, and keep their post-season alive.

The Huskies (1-2) are sending junior-college transfer Logan Gerling to the hill for his first D1 start on Tuesday against Long Beach State (6:00 p.m.).

Ramon Bramasco had the go-ahead RBI in the ninth inning and a game-saving catch for the last out to propel Washington to a 4-3 rally over Loyola Marymount and help the Huskies salvage the final game of the series Sunday at Page Field.

The visiting Washington pitching staff held Loyola Marymount to four hits and struck out 13 batters, but the Lions were able to take advantage of eight walks, three UW errors and scored five unearned runs in a 6-3 win at Page Field in Los Angeles on Saturday night.

Loyola Marymount took a five-run lead over the first three innings and two Lions' pitchers kept Washington hitters at bay as the Huskies dropped their season-opener at Page Field in Los Angeles, 7-1, on Friday night.