SEATTLE – Sophomore reliever Andrew Summerville excelled in his hometown debut, but Stanford baseball was held to two hits in a 4-0 Pac-12 Conference road loss to No. 17 Washington at Husky Ballpark on Sunday afternoon.
Quinn Brodey had both of Stanford's hits in the rubber match with the Huskies. The sophomore extended his hitting streak to a career-best 14 games -- the longest of the season for the Cardinal and longest for a Stanford player since Alex Blandino hit safely in 24 straight in 2014.
Washington (31-19, 16-11 Pac-12) capitalized early on some lead off walks. In the first, a leadoff walk came around to score on a double by Chris Baker that was just out of the reach of a leaping Jack Klein in center. Baker later scored on a ground out to make it 2-0.
In the third, another leadoff walk scored after a sacrifice bunt and single. Summerville came on in relief with the bases loaded and one out. The Seattle native got a strikeout and fly out to keep the score at 3-0.
Summerville threw three more scoreless innings in front of his hometown crowd, but Stanford (28-23, 12-15) did not get its first hit until the seventh. In that inning, Tommy Edman walked before Brodey drilled one through the hole on the left side. That brought the tying run to the plate with one out, but a fly out and ground out ended the Cardinal threat.
The Huskies finally added a run against Summerville in the home half of the seventh. They loaded the bases with one out, but Summerville minimized the damage and allowed just one run to score. He threw 103 pitches in 5.2 innings and allowed just one run on four hits while striking out three.
Brodey singled up the middle in the ninth for his sixth hit of the series, but that was all the Cardinal managed in the final inning.
NEXT UP: Its the final home weekend of the season as Stanford hosts Oregon, May 26-28 at Sunken Diamond. First pitch on Thursday is at 7 p.m., as well as on Fireworks night on Friday. Saturday will mark Senior Day for the Cardinal with a 1 p.m. start time. All three games can be seen on the Pac-12 Network.
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