Cougars Win On Wild Pitch

Sat., March 6, 1999

Area baseball

Ray Hattenburg scored the winning run on a bases-loaded wild pitch in the ninth inning Friday to lead Washington State past host Minnesota in the Hormel Foods Classic at Minneapolis.

The Gophers (6-5) scored all of their runs in the first two innings off Cougars ace Wade Parrish.

Today, WSU plays No. 13 Wichita State with No. 1 Florida State on tap Sunday.

“This is a weekend that can really tell us where we are with this team,” said coach Steve Farrington. The Cougars (9-2) are off to their best start in a decade.

Washington 8, Gonzaga 4

Dominic Woody doubled, homered and drove in three runs for the Huskies (8-4) as Jeff Heaverlo improved his record to 3-0 by defeating the Bulldogs (3-5) at Seattle.

Ed Erickson’s two-run home run broke a 4-4 tie in the home half of the fifth inning after Gonzaga had tied the game on Adam Stokey’s run-scoring double and a single by Barry Matthews.

Bo Hart had three singles for Gonzaga, which stopped a 21-game hitting streak for UW designated hitter Nick Stefonick.

Whitworth 2, L-C State 1

The Pirates (1-5) gained their first victory by edging the Warriors (10-4), perennial NAIA title contenders, in the Guardian Plumbing & Heating Tournament at Lewiston.

Whitworth lost right-handed starter Brandon Bogart to an elbow injury in the third inning, but Matt Squires completed a five-hitter for the victory.

The Pirates scored the winning run in the ninth, combining singles by Nate Lynch and Eric Brown with an infield throwing error.

Eastern Oregon thumped Whitworth 12-4 earlier in the day. Miguel Saldin and Jack Arthaud had three hits each for the Bucs.

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