Late Rally Held Off at Gonzaga

SPOKANE, Wash. – Washington State brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning but the rally was held off by Gonzaga who posted an 8-5 nonconference victory Tuesday evening.

The Cougars collected 10 hits including two-hit games from Andres Alvarez, Dillon Plew and Brody Barnum as Alvarez also homered. Gonzaga broke 5-5 fifth-inning tie with a pair of runs in the sixth and evened the season series with WSU.

In the second, Gonzaga used a pair of hits and a walk to load the bases before a double down the left field line plated two runs and another run came across on a ground out for a 3-0 advantage.

In the third, the Cougars put runners on first and second for Alvarez who pulled a…