Cal Poly Suffers First Loss of 2013 Season, Falling to Washington 2-1

Friday, March 1

Seattle, WA

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Washington

3-6

Cal Poly

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Cal Poly Suffers First Loss of 2013 Season, Falling to Washington 2-1

3/1/2013 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

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SEATTLE, Wash. – Cal Poly's seven-game winning streak to open the 2013 baseball season has come to an end.

Despite outhitting Washington 6-4, the Mustangs dropped a 2-1 decision to Washington in the opening game of a three-game non-conference series Friday night at Husky Ballpark.

Cal Poly, which started a season 7-0 for the first time in its 19-year Division I history and for the first time since 1974 when it was in Division II, falls to 7-1 on the year. The Mustangs were ranked No. 27 this week by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and No. 28 by the National College Baseball Writers Association.

Washington is 3-6 after winning its home opener.

Sophomore right fielder Nick Torres (pictured at right) gave Cal Poly a 1-0 lead with a two-out home run to left field in the fourth inning. Washington answered in the bottom of the fourth on a two-out single by Jayce Ray followed by Robert Pehl's double into the left-field corner.

The Huskies scored the go-ahead run in the seventh on a single up the middle by Michael Camporeale.

Mustang junior left fielder Tim Wise flied out to deep left-center in the eighth inning and pinch-hitter Elliot Stewart hit a long fly ball down the left-field line in the ninth which went foul at the last moment.

Mustang senior right-hander Joey Wagman (2-1) suffered the loss despite striking out seven and issuing no walks. He scattered four hits over 6 2/3 innings.

Junior right-hander Austin Voth (2-1) allowed one run and six hits in 7 1/3 innings for the win with one walk and nine strikeouts. Tyler Kane secured the final four outs for his second save.

With a double and home run, Torres was the lone Mustang with more than one hit. Pehl doubled twice for Washington.

Cal Poly has played in five one-run games already this season, losing for the first time Friday.

Second game of the series will be played Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock with sophomore southpaw Matt Imhof (1-0, 0.00 ERA) on the mound for Cal Poly against Washington junior right-hander Nick Palewicz (1-1, 4.09 ERA).