PULLMAN, Wash. – Santa Clara baseball came out on the short end of a wild game that saw all 22 runs scored in the first five frames, losing 12-10 to Washington State in a non-conference game on Friday night.
Every time a team went ahead, the other team had an answer and it was the Cougars (11-20) who answered last with a three run fifth inning to pull ahead 12-10. Each team had its lead off batter reach on base in six of the innings.
After Washington State scored three runs in the bottom of the first against Santa Clara starter Travis Howard, the Broncos came back to tie it up in the top of the second on Ryan McCarthy's three-run homer.