Huskies baseball dominates against Seattle U
MIKE MAYNARD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 1 month AGO
The Huskies put together a complete performance and pitched a shutout victory over Seattle U, their fourth of the year.
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SEATTLE — The Huskies baseball team (19-19) was dominant in their game against Seattle University (13-23), pitching a 22-0 shutout, according to a statement by University of Washington Athletics. Their 22-run performance included three home runs and a grand slam and was their fourth shutout of the year.
The Huskies' 22 runs are the most they've scored in a shutout since 1998, when Washington defeated Puget Sound 23-0. The Diamond Dawgs last eclipsed the 20 runs mark in a shutout in 2022, taking down Northern Colorado 20-0 in seven innings.
While the Husky offense was utterly dominant, the pitching was efficient and effective all game long as well. Most notably, Tommy Brandenburg had his best overall start, throwing five scoreless innings while giving up three hits, three walks, and recording two strikeouts.
At the plate, the Huskies wasted no time, opening the game with five runs in the bottom of the first, thanks to three consecutive doubles with runners on base. It would be the second-most productive inning for Washington, trailing its seven-run seventh.
In the bottom of the second, Washington added three more runs thanks to the first home run of the night. Malakhi Knight blasted his fourth home run of the year to give the Huskies an 8-0 advantage.
The Huskies added one run in the fourth, two in the fifth, and another one in the sixth. One run in the fifth came from Carson Crawford, his first homer of the season.
In the seventh, the Huskies plated a pair of runs before Julian Sanders teed up his second long ball of the year and the second Husky grand slam of the season.
Reeve Boyd made his Washington debut in the game and contributed immediately, adding two more runs in the seventh with a two-RBI double.
The Huskies tacked on three more in the eighth to finish the scoring. In all, Washington had 22 runs on 21 hits.
Over the course of the game, Washington batted .500 (21-42), including .615 in advancement opportunities (24-39) and .625 while leading off (5-8).
Six Huskies recorded multi-hit games, and six recorded multi-RBI games. Jackson Hotchkiss led all hitters with four hits (4-5, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K) while Julian Sanders (2-4, 4 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR) and Malakhi Knight (1-3, 4 RBI, 1 HR) led the team in RBIs.
Washington used one pitcher per inning following Brandenburg's start, using Peysen Sweeney in the sixth, Micah Bujacich in the seventh, Charlie Denomme in the eighth, and Bradley Gilbert in the ninth.
Sweeney and Bujacich each allowed one hit while Denomme and Gilbert pitched hitless innings. Bujacich, Denomme, and Gilbert tallied three strikeouts each, with Gilbert using only 13 pitches to strike out the three batters he faced.
The Huskies return to Big Ten play Friday, opening a three-game set against Illinois at Husky Ballpark.
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