This week in baseball: UW riding seven game win streak

The Washington baseball team participated in the Jack Gifford Memorial Tournament last weekend in Santa Clara, Calif, winning four games to increase its win streak to seven, and improving its record to 10-4-1 on the season.

Weekend Recap

Game 1: Washington 6, Santa Clara 4- The Huskies had 11 hits and starter Jared Fisher struck out five in six innings as the Huskies opened the tournament with a win against host Santa Clara. Senior Brian Wolfe, junior Alex Schmidt, and sophomore Braden Bishop all had 2 hits for the Huskies. Thursdays victory was the UW's slimmest margin of victory for the tournament.

Game 2: Washington 7, San Jose State 0- Junior Robert Pehl became just the second Husky in the last 19 years  to hit for the cycle in the UW's blowout win over the Spartans. Pehl finished the night 4 for 5 with four RBIs and two runs scored, and the Huskies pounded out a season-high 16 hits. Junior Tyler Davis pitched five innings of shutout ball to improve to 3-1 on the season.

Game 3: Washington 4, Pacific 1- Three Husky relievers pitched 4 2/3 innings of scoreless relief as the UW earned its third victory of the weekend. Junior Alex Schmidt belted his third home run of the season, and solo shot that tied the game 1-1 in the fourth inning. Senior Brian Wolfe's two run single in the eighth inning gave the Huskies some extra insurance. Freshman Henry Baker earned the win, pitching one and 1/3 innings in relief.

Game 4: Washington 9, Santa Clara 1 In a rematch of Thursday's opener, the Huskies finished the tournament with a blowout victory over Santa Clara. Sophomore Braden Bishop led the UW at the plate, finishing 3 for 6 with three runs scored. Junior Jeff Brigham improved to 3-0 on the season after pitching five scoreless innings. Junior Andrew Ely finished 3 for 5 with a double and three RBIs.

Top Performers

Sophomore Braden Bishop put together one of the best weekends at the plate for the Huskies. He finished 10 for 17, scored six times, and stole three bases. Bishop joins Andrew Ely, Robert Pehl, and Trevor Mitsui as the only regular starters to be hitting over .300.

Juniors Tyler Davis and Jeff Brigham are a combined 6-1 for the Huskies through 15 games in 2014. Both starters hold ERAs under 2.00 and have combined to give up just seven  runs on the season.

Coming Up

The Huskies open up Pac-12 play as they travel to Tempe, Ariz. to face the Arizona State Sundevils in a three-game series beginning Friday. The Sundevils currently stand at 8-6 on the season. In 2013, Arizona State finished fourth in the Pac-12 with an overall record of 37-22-1.

USA Today Top 25 Poll

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Prev
1	South Carolina Gamecocks (17)	15-0	733	1
2	Florida St. Seminoles (7)	12-2	713	2
3	Vanderbilt Commodores (2)	15-2	696	4
4	Oregon St. Beavers	14-3	670	6
5	Virginia Cavaliers	11-3	656	3
6	LSU Tigers	14-2	635	7
7	N.C. State Wolfpack	13-2	607	8
8	Cal State Fullerton Titans	8-5	518	5
9	Oregon Ducks	11-4	513	9
10	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	13-2	423	13t
11	Louisville Cardinals	10-4	381	13t
12	Mississippi Rebels	14-2	372	15
13	North Carolina Tar Heels	10-4	335	17
14	Cal Poly Mustangs	11-3	332	16
15	Texas Longhorns	13-4	303	18
16	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	11-4	228	12
17	Tennessee Volunteers	14-1	197	21
18	Clemson Tigers	9-5	178	20
19t	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	12-7	177	10
19t	Rice Owls	10-6	177	19
21	Kentucky Wildcats	13-3	171	22
22	UCLA Bruins	18-7	166	11
23	Texas Tech Red Raiders	14-3	141	NR
24	Miami (FL) Hurricanes	10-5	139	23
25	San Diego Toreros	10-4	94	NR
Others Receiving Votes: Sam Houston St. 89, Florida International 55, Houston 53, Memphis 52, Indiana 31, Texas A&M 31, Fresno St. 27, UC-Santa Barbara 24, Georgia Southern 23, Kansas 23, Virginia Commonwealth 20, Indiana St. 17, California 15, Pepperdine 10, TCU 10, Arizona St. 8, Arkansas 6, Florida 6, UAB 5, Charleston 4, Washington 3, Baylor 2, Maryland 2, Seton Hall 2, Alabama St. 1, UC-Irvine 1

Baseball America Top 25 Poll

Rank	Team	Record	Prev
1	South Carolina Gamecocks	15-0	3
2	Florida St. Seminoles	12-2	2
3	Virginia Cavaliers	11-3	1
4	Oregon St. Beavers	14-3	5
5	N.C. State Wolfpack	13-2	6
6	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	13-2	7
7	Vanderbilt Commodores	15-2	8
8	LSU Tigers	14-2	9
9	Cal State Fullerton Titans	8-5	4
10	Texas Longhorns	13-4	10
11	Cal Poly Mustangs	11-3	11
12	Oregon Ducks	11-4	14
13	Miami (FL) Hurricanes	10-5	16
14	Clemson Tigers	9-5	15
15	Rice Owls	10-6	18
16	Indiana Hoosiers	7-6	17
17	Louisville Cardinals	10-4	19
18	Sam Houston St. Bearkats	13-3	20
19	North Carolina Tar Heels	10-4	21
20	Kentucky Wildcats	13-3	23
21	Mississippi Rebels	14-2	25
22	Tennessee Volunteers	14-1	NR
23	UC Santa Barbara Gauchos	10-2	NR
24	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	12-7	12
25	UCLA Bruins	18-7	13

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