Cal edges UW in extra innings to get series win

The California and Washington baseball teams could not get enough of each other this weekend. After splitting the first two games, the teams met Sunday in the rubber match of their three-game set and decided to play some extra baseball. The Golden Bears won 6-5 in 14 innings to take the series from the Huskies in the second extra-innings game of the series. In Sunday’s series finale, the Huskies (14-28, 6-12 Pac-12) jumped on Cal starter Dylan Nelson for five runs in the second inning, the big blow coming from right fielder Jayce Ray’s bases-loaded three-run triple. But the Huskies couldn’t hold the lead. Cal catcher Andrew Knapp drove in two with a single in the third. Chris Paul hit a two-run home run in the fourth, and Knapp doubled home the tying run in the fifth. The game remained tied until the 14th frame, when the Bears finally broke through. After singling and moving around on a walk and a groundout, Brenden Farney raced home when UW pitcher Zach Wright threw a wild pitch to John Soteropulos to bring Cal up 6-5. Catcher Parker Guinn, who entered the game in the ninth inning, hit a single in the 14th but was left on base as the UW’s comeback effort came up short, giving the Bears the series victory . Cal survived in the extra-inning marathon on Sunday, but it was the UW who got Friday’s opening round. The series opener was the definition of a pitcher’s duel, with the Huskies winning 3-2 in 12 innings thanks to some late-inning magic. Cal started the scoring with an unearned run in the third off UW starter Jared Fisher. But the Huskies tied it on three consecutive singles from Trevor Mitsui, Ryan Wiggins, and Joe Meggs with two outs in the sixth. The score remained 1-1 until the top of the 12th inning, when Cal’s Brian Celsi came home on a single from Devin Pearson. The Bears might have had another when the next batter, Farney, also singled, but Mike Reuvekamp was gunned down trying to score on a bullet from Ray. That throw would prove to be crucial. In the bottom of the inning, Cal reliever Logan Scott hit Robert Pehl to lead off and Michael Camporeale singled. Pinch hitter Brian Wolfe attempted a sacrifice, but Knapp threw wide to first, and everybody was safe. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Cal brought in Ryan Wertenberger to face Wiggins in the bottom of the 12th. His first pitch sailed over Knapp, and Guinn slid home just ahead of the throw to tie the game. Wiggins drew a walk to reload the bases and after a force play at home, freshman Braden Bishop hit a soft line drive into right field to plate Wolfe and finish off the UW’s fifth win in six games. The unquestioned stars of Friday’s game were the two starting pitchers. Fisher was fantastic, throwing a career-high nine innings, allowing the only unearned run on three hits. He walked three and struck out five in his best start for the Huskies. “I rolled over from last weekend when I had success against Oregon State,” Fisher said after Friday’s game. “I just pretty much had the same game plan, throwing it in there and pitching to contact. I wasn’t trying to do too much or to be too fine. Our pitching coach called a lot of fastballs outside, and they got themselves out on them.” Saturday looked destined to be another pitchers’ duel between the UW’s Austin Voth and Cal’s Trevor Hildenberger. It was scoreless into the sixth, when Cal took advantage of a pair of costly UW errors, scoring five runs in that inning. The UW scored its only run of the 8-1 loss in the bottom of the same inning on a single from Andrew Ely, but that was all the Huskies could get off Hildenberger. Cal’s sidewinding right-hander struck out five over seven solid innings, giving up four hits and two walks. The Bears added three more in the ninth, with two of the runs charged to Dae Yang Kim and one given to Jacob Coats. The Huskies go on the road this weekend to face Arizona in a three-game series starting Friday at 6 p.m. Reach reporter Daniel Rubens at sports@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @drubens12

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