Stanford beats UConn 8-2, forces decisive Game 3
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Braden Montgomery and Drew Bowser every hit a house run in Stanford’s six-run second inning and the Cardinal beat UConn 8-2 on Sunday evening to keep away from elimination and power a decisive Sport 3 on the Stanford Tremendous Regional.
Stanford (46-16) and the Huskies play once more Monday with the winner advancing to the Faculty World Sequence in Omaha, Nebraska.
Stanford starter Ty Uber gave up a single, a double and walked two with a wild pitch and allowed a run earlier than being pulled with two outs — each strikeouts — within the backside of the primary. Brandt Pancer struck out Korey Morton swinging to finish the inning earlier than Montgomery hit a three-run homer and Bowser added a solo shot to cap a six-run high of the second that made it 8-1.
T.C. Simmons walked to guide off the underside of the second and scored on a two-out double by David Smith to trim UConn’s deficit to 8-2, however the Huskies had simply six baserunners thereon — none of which superior past second base.
Pancer (3-0) gave up one hit with two walks and struck out three over 3 1/3 innings for the win. Ryan Bruno threw two scoreless innings and Quinn Mathews walked three and had 4 strikeouts over three no-hit innings for his eighth save of the season.
Kody Huff hit the tenth pitch of the at bat up the center for a two-out two-RBI single to make it 2-0 within the high of the primary and Stanford by no means trailed.
UConn (50-15) completed with simply 4 hits after racking up 17 — together with 10 for additional bases — in Sport 1 of the best-of-three collection. The Huskies jumped to a 9-0 lead within the high of the second inning of that recreation however have since been outscored 20-6.
Bowser has hit a minimum of one dwelling run in every of the final 4 video games and 10 of his 18 homers this season have are available Stanford’s 11 postseason video games (together with the Pac-12 Event).
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