April 10, 1999
SEATTLE - The No. 2 Stanford baseball team scored three runs in the topof the 11th inning to beat No. 25 Washington 7-4, Saturday in a Pac-10game at Husky Ballpark.
The win evened the series at one game apiece. Stanford improved to 24-9 onthe season and 10-1 in the Pac-10, good for first place. Washingtondropped to 19-11 overall and 7-4 in the conference, slipping into athird-place tie with Arizona State.
In the 11th inning, Stanford right fielder Stephen Chan singled to leadoff the inning and moved to second on a sacrifice. A double by BillyJacobson sent Chan home, and a two-run homer by second baseman Jeff Rizzoadded insurance.
Husky reliever Ken Ferguson (1-2) threw three innings of relief, but tookthe loss. Stanford closer Tony Cogan (3-1) picked up a win, allowing onlyone hit in three relief innings.
Washington had a chance to win it in the ninth with runners on second andthird and one out, but Kyle Woods' grounder up the middle was flagged downby Cardinal shortstop Eric Bruntlett, who threw home in time to get pinchrunner Dwight DeMar. The inning ended on a groundout to first by MarcRittenhouse.
Washington broke a 2-2 tie in the fourth when Daniel Jahn launched atwo-run homer, his third of the season, but Stanford tied the game in theseventh on an unusual play. With runners at first and third and two out,John Gall blooped a double to center that fell between three Huskyfielders, none of whom threw the ball back into the infield before bothrunners had come all the way around.
Jacobson had a career-high four hits to lead Stanford as each of the firstsix batters in the Cardinal order had two or more hits. SU starter JustinWayne fanned 10 in seven innings while Husky starter Jeff Carlsen worekdseven and one-third, allowing only two earned runs.
The Huskies and Cardinal close out the three-game series Sunday at 1:00p.m.
LINESCORE
Stanford 7, Washington 4, 11 innings
Stanford 100 100 200 03 -- 7 15 0Washington 101 200 000 00 -- 4 10 1
Justin Wayne, Austin Coose (8), Tony Cogan (9) and Damien Alvarado. JeffCarlsen, Matt Gardner (8), Ken Ferguson (9), Shawn Kohn (11) and DominicWoody. W - Cogan (3-1). L - Ferguson (1-2). 2B - SU, Josh Hochgesang, JohnGall, Billy Jacobson; UW, Woody. 3B - UW, Nick Stefonick. HR - UW, DanielJahn (3). T - 3:32. A - 763.