Diamond Dawgs Even Series, Top Arizona 4-3

SEATTLE – Washington received strong pitching all day in its matchup with Arizona on Saturday and came away with a series-tying victory, topping the Wildcats 4-3 at Husky Ballpark.
 
Calvin Kirchoff earned the win, allowing three runs over 5.2 innings with five strikeouts. Sam Boyle posted a pair of shutout frames, while Grant Cunningham collected four outs to secure his first save of the season.
 
Washington jumped out to a 1-0 lead after the first as Jeter Ybarra's single to left-center cashed in on Braeden Terry's one-out double. However, the Wildcats responded with a run in the second to quickly tie things up.
 
Arizona plated two in the fourth to seize the lead but a 2-out error scored a run and kept the bottom half of the frame alive and Aiva Arquette made the Wildcats pay with a game-tying RBI single dumped into left, knotting the score at three runs apiece.
 
AJ Guerrero led off the next frame with a single up the middle and Cam Clayton came through with a double to the opposite field, putting the Dawgs back on top.
 
Arizona put runners at the corners with 2 outs in the eighth but the Huskies made the call to the pen for their closer and Cunningham got the punchout to end the threat.
 
Andrew Cain led off with a single in the ninth to put the pressure back on Cunningham but the righty flamethrower delivered, retiring the top of Arizona's lineup in order to lock down the win and setup a series showdown for Sunday.
 
The Huskies and Wildcats will play their rubber match at 1:05 p.m. PT. The game will be available for streaming through Washington Live Stream 2.
 
DAWG BITES
• Washington's win snaps an 11-game Pac-12 winning streak for Arizona
• The Huskies improve to 3-6 against ranked opponents in 2024
• UW is now 13-6 when not committing an error
• Aiva Arquette extended his hitting streak to 16 games, matching the longest streak of the season for a Husky
• Cam Clayton extended his own hitting streak to 11 games
• Going 2-for-4, Dylan Osborne has posted multiple hits in two of his last three games
• Grant Cunningham's save was his first of the season and fifth of his career
• With the 1.1 shutout innings, Cunningham's ERA is down to 1.53
• The sophomore has allowed just one earned run over his last 10 appearances

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