College Baseball

This year I will be giving an update on the Washington Huskies and Washington State Cougars baseball teams.

The Washington men's baseball team is now 5-2 after beating Cal Poly on the road Friday, March 1, 9-3. The Huskies want to make the College World Series again this year after making it the first time last season.

Joe Wainhouse who led the Huskies in home runs last year with 19 last night hit his 3rd of the season. Freshmen David Rhodes who was drafted in late rounds by the Seattle Mariners made his second start for the Huskies. He started the season in relief in the Huskies opening game of the season on February 16.  The Huskies will continue their series  Cal Poly Saturday and Sunday then come back to play Seattle U. on Tuesday in Bellevue.

The Huskies have six games remaining this month before facing the Oregon Ducks on March 15 in the opener in Pac-12 play.

The Washington Huskies softball team has gotten off on a good start having a record of 15-2 however they had a tough loss against #3 Florida State losing 1-0 in extra innings on Friday.  The Huskies women are playing in Fullerton, California. They play Fresno State on Saturday followed by Michigan and home team Cal State Fullerton on Sunday.

The Washington State baseball team has started off on the wrong foot having a record of 3-7 with all games on the road. They were swept by St.Mary's in a four-game series than split another series against Santa Clara.  They finished February off beating Nevada 16-2 however to start March Nevada returned the favor winning 8-1. The series against Nevada ends on Friday then the Cougars return home next weekend.

In professional baseball, the Seattle Mariners continue in spring training. They beat Milwaukee Friday 7-3 in Peoria, Arizona on their home field. They play Kansas City Royals on the road on Saturday. They play all next week with a day off on Monday. The last spring training game will take place on March 13 when the Mariners head to Japan. They have two exhibition games in Tokyo before facing the Oakland A's on March 20 and 21 before heading to Seattle to open the season at home on March 28 against the Boston Red Sox.