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May 29—Washington State left-handed pitcher Nick Lewis crafted a complete game with just one strikeout, Dustin Robinson pushed the winning run across home plate with an eighth-inning double and the Cougars beat the No. 8 Oregon State Beavers 3-2 in the opening round of the Eugene Regional at PK Park in Eugene, Ore.
WSU (31-26) will face the winner of tonight's baseball game between Oregon and Yale at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The Cougars, making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2010 after winning the Mountain West Conference Tournament title Sunday, deployed Lewis, the conference pitcher of the year, to handle the modern college baseball juggernaut known as the Beavers.
Lewis earned his 10th and biggest win of the season with a nine-inning complete game that required just one whiff. He allowed two earned runs on six hits and walked no one, inducing 11 groundouts and 15 flyouts.
The lefty from Corona, Calif., sat the Beavers down in order three times, including in the game-sealing ninth inning, in which third baseman Ollie Obenour scooped a sharp groundball from the left-field line and chucked it across the diamond for the penultimate out.
Five pitches later, Lewis forced Oregon State catcher Joey Galloway, whose RBI double in the second inning put OSU in front 1-0, to pop out to center fielder Trevor Smith and WSU was victorious.
In a true pitchers' duel, OSU ace left-handed pitcher Ethan Kleinschmit took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, striking out nine before permitting three consecutive base runners, including an RBI double by USC transfer Matt Priest that drew the Cougs even with OSU 2-2.
Priest provided two of WSU's five hits that was just enough to take down the Beavers.
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Taylor can be reached at 208-848-2260, [email protected], or on X or Instagram @Sam_C_Taylor.
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WSU (31-26) will face the winner of tonight's baseball game between Oregon and Yale at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The Cougars, making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2010 after winning the Mountain West Conference Tournament title Sunday, deployed Lewis, the conference pitcher of the year, to handle the modern college baseball juggernaut known as the Beavers.
Lewis earned his 10th and biggest win of the season with a nine-inning complete game that required just one whiff. He allowed two earned runs on six hits and walked no one, inducing 11 groundouts and 15 flyouts.
The lefty from Corona, Calif., sat the Beavers down in order three times, including in the game-sealing ninth inning, in which third baseman Ollie Obenour scooped a sharp groundball from the left-field line and chucked it across the diamond for the penultimate out.
Five pitches later, Lewis forced Oregon State catcher Joey Galloway, whose RBI double in the second inning put OSU in front 1-0, to pop out to center fielder Trevor Smith and WSU was victorious.
In a true pitchers' duel, OSU ace left-handed pitcher Ethan Kleinschmit took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, striking out nine before permitting three consecutive base runners, including an RBI double by USC transfer Matt Priest that drew the Cougs even with OSU 2-2.
Priest provided two of WSU's five hits that was just enough to take down the Beavers.
WSU 000 101 010—3 5 0
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OSU 010 010 000—2 6 1
This story will be updated.
Taylor can be reached at 208-848-2260, [email protected], or on X or Instagram @Sam_C_Taylor.
Continue reading...
