Late-Inning Lead Slips Away at Nevada
RENO, Nev. (March 1, 2019) – Washington State saw a late inning lead slip away in an 8-1 defeat to Nevada Friday afternoon.
The Cougars held a 1-0 advantage with two outs in the sixth but Nevada (7-2) delivered a two-run double in the sixth and added two solo homers in the seventh for a 4-1 lead and added a grand slam in the eighth. WSU (3-7) was led by catcher two-hit game but the Cougar bats left eight men on base.
In the first, WSU loaded the bases with nobody out after a leadoff single from , a walk to and reached on a throwing error but WSU could only push one run across on a fielder's choice RBI-groundout to first.