Greeny Pitches WSU To Slump-Ending Victory

Area baseball

Junior right-hander Burdette Greeny pitched an eight-hit complete game and struck out nine Sunday as Washington State University snapped a 12-game baseball losing streak by defeating Pac-10 North rival Oregon State 6-4 at Corvallis, Ore.

Greeny (1-4) picked up his first victory of the season while the Cougars (3-26) were collecting 11 hits off five Oregon State (19-7-1) pitchers.

WSU broke a 4-4 tie in the seventh inning when Ray Hattenburg, who had a pair of hits, singled home Scott Randall with the winning run. Later in the inning, Greg Mitchell plated Hattenburg with a groundout.

Greeny was especially tough in the final three innings, retiring the Beavers without a hit.

WSU had taken a 3-0 lead in the first inning, thanks to two walks, a bases-loaded wild pitch, Casey Kelley’s run-scoring grounder and Greg Mitchell’s run-scoring single.

OSU answered quickly in its half of the inning, using an error and two hits. In the third, Ryan McDonald’s two-run home run gave the Beavers a 4-3 lead.

Kelley tied the game with his second homer of the season in the sixth.

Washington St. 6, Oregon St. 4

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OSU 202 000 000 - 4 8 0

Greeny and Hairston; Cook, Bowman (7), Bronson (7), Percell (8), Boire (9) and Bertrand. W-Greeny (1-4). L-Cook (1-1).

HITS: Washington State-Randall 2, Hattenburg 2, Curran, Kelley, Vigeland, Mitchell, Mentink, Hairston, Robinson. Oregon State-Vazquez, Stanberg 2, McDonald 2, Lake 2, Hedges. 2B-Mentink, Vazquez. HR- Kelley (2), McDonald (3).

Pepperdine 9, Gonzaga 6

Tyler Ferrer singled, doubled and homered as Pepperdine University completed a four-game sweep with a 9-6 conquest of Gonzaga in a West Coast Conference game at August/ A.R.T Stadium.

Ferrer’s single helped the Waves score a single run in the second inning and he doubled to clear the bases as Pepperdine took a 5-2 lead in the third. His two-run homer stretched Pepperdine’s advantage to 8-4 in the fifth.

Pepperdine’s Josh Oder and Dominic Prince of Gonzaga also had three hits apiece.

Pepperdine improved its season record to 24-16. The Waves are 11-1 in WCC play. Gonzaga (12-16-1) has a 2-6 conference record.

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Gonzaga 022 000 200 - 6 11 3

Ohman, Chessman (2), Brubaker (3), Workman (8) and Kramer; Stoppa, Siwek (3) and Asan, Canny (7). WP-Chessman (1-1). LP-Stoppa (3-1). SV-Workman (3). HITS: Pepperdine-Reid 2, Matranga, Oder 3, Ferrer 3. Gonzaga- Bowne, Prince 3, Murrell, Hare 2, Uberuaga, Davis, Knight, Canny. 2B-Ferrer, Davis, Hare, Murrell, Prince. HR-Ferrer (2).

UPS 11-10, Whitworth 9-18

Jason Francek’s three hits and four runs batted in enabled Whitworth College to salvage the final game of its weekend series with Puget Sound after the visiting Loggers completed a 10-inning game halted by darkness on Saturday.

Every Whitworth batter had at least one hit as the Pirates collected 17 in the full game.

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Whitworth 003 621 010 1 - 9 13 2

Talmadge, Lindmark (7) and Sakamoto; Flemming, Koder (7), Ayers (7), McDougal (10) and Chimienti, Schuerman (7). WP-Lindmark. LP-Ayers.

HITS: UPSBillings, Morante, Berge, Sakamoto 3, Griffin 2, Mink, Wallace 2, Keller, DeVore. Wh-Ripke 2, Wilson, Arthaud 2, Chimienti 2, Francek 2, Bishop, Saldin, Swan, Andrews. 2B-Billings, Morante, Sakamoto, Griffin, Mink, Ripke, Arthaud, Francek. HR-Chimienti.

UPS 020 311 120 - 10 13 9

Whitworth 123 361 20x - 18 17 2

Lindmark, Culbertson (3) and Sakamoto; Tracy and Chimienti, Schuerman (7). WP-Tracy. LP-Lindmark.

HITS: UPSBillings 2, Morante, Mink, Griffin 2, Halstead, Feeney, Wallace 2, Sakamoto 3. Wh-Saldin 3, Arthaud 2, Wendt 2, Bishop, Chimienti 2, Francek 3, P. Fischer 2, Andrews, McKitterick. 2B-Feeney, Fischer 2, Saldin, Chimienti, McKitterick, Andrews. HR-Sakamoto, Billings, Saldin, Bishop, Francek.