Jordan Jones and two Washington relievers held No. 25 UC Irvine to just three hits, but the Anteaters made them count in a 2-1 win to earn a double-header split on Saturday with the Huskies.

The Husky Baseball team had to wait an extra day to jump start their 2019 season after rain canceled opening day on Friday, and once game one of their double-header against No. 25 UC Irvine began, they had to wait until the fifth inning to awaken their bats from an off-season slumber. But all the waiting proved to be worth it, as the Huskies erupted for eight runs in the fifth and held on for a 9-5 win over UCI in game one of a double header at Cicerrone Field at Anteater Ballpark on Saturday.

The Husky Baseball team will have to wait another day before they begin their journey to return to Omaha after rain forced the postponement of Friday's season-opening game against UC Irvine. The teams will now play a double header on Saturday.

Suddenly the Washington Huskies find themselves starting the 2019 baseball season on a two-week road trip after weather forced the Huskies to move their opening home series from Husky Ballpark to Phoenix, Ariz. First up, UW heads to Orange County, Calif., to face Baseball America's 25th-ranked team, UC-Irvine, followed by a single game on Monday against D1Baseball.com's No. 25 ranked team, Cal-State Fullerton. The Huskies then travel to Phoenix, Ariz., where they will host Northern Colorado for four games at Grand Canyon University's Brazell Field.

Washington Baseball's opening four-game home series originally scheduled from Feb. 22-24 at Husky Ballpark against Northern Colorado has been moved to Arizona. The series will now be played Feb. 21-23 at Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark on the campus of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix.

Lindsay Meggs might have the deepest and most versatile pitching staff he has had in his 10 years at Washington. He and pitching coach Jason Kelly will lean on this group of arms to continue the UW trend of not only ranking among the Pac-12's best stable of pitchers, but help lead the team to a return trip to Omaha.