Huskies aim to get on winning track

Apr 2, 2013, 12:00 AM

After a difficult weekend against a very good team, the Washington baseball team gets a much-needed break from conference play this week. Coming off a sweep at the hands of rival Oregon, the Huskies will play one game with cross-town rival Seattle University on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. as they try to return to winning ways. The game will be a road game for the UW and will be played at Seattle University’s home field in Bellevue, Wash. Last weekend, Oregon dominated the Huskies (6-19, 2-7 Pac-12). Duck pitching shut down the UW offense, as the Huskies had just 12 hits and two runs over the course of the three-game sweep. The series opener was a tight game that the UW lost on a walk-off home run in the 10th inning, followed by shutout losses Friday and Saturday. “I thought we pitched well,” head coach Lindsay Meggs said. “It was disappointing that we couldn’t take advantage of the way we pitched on Thursday and Friday. Hopefully we’ll continue to pitch well and get it going offensively.” On the hill for the Huskies on Tuesday night will be junior Trevor Dunlap. The 6-foot-7 righthander is making his second start of the season, his first coming in a win over USC on March 24. Dunlap has a 1.90 ERA in 10 appearances in his first season at the UW after transferring from Columbia Basin College. “We like the fact that typically Trevor throws strikes, and he throws low strikes,” Meggs said. “He’s a tall kid, and when he throws downhill, he gets groundballs. His job is to throw strikes and let us help him defensively.” Fortunately for the Huskies, they get to face a team that is also struggling this season. The Redhawks are 10-16 on the season, 2-4 in WAC play, and were swept by Texas State over the weekend. In the two teams’ first meeting of the season March 5, the UW withstood a late rally from Seattle to win 4-2. Will Sparks hit his first-career home run for the Huskies, and Jayce Ray added three hits and scored two runs. Five UW pitchers combined to allow 12 Redhawk hits, with Nick Palewicz getting the win after working an inning in relief. Seattle made the game a close one with a two-run rally in the eighth inning, but UW closer Tyler Kane held off the Redhawks to complete the victory. However, since beating the Redhawks, the UW has gone 2-11 and has struggled to score runs. The Huskies have been shut out four times since that game, and they will need to figure out their offensive problems soon if they want to turn it around. “We’ve played with the lineup and the batting order but were limited with how banged up we are,” Meggs said. “Each day we start over, we break it down to the bare basics, and we work from the ground up. Our hope is that a couple guys will start to click at the same time. There’s nothing to do other than stay with it and keep grinding.” Reach reporter Daniel Rubens at sports@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @drubens12

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