Saturday’s record-breaking crowd at Bailey-Brayton Field. (Photos by Tim Marsh, WSU Today)
PULLMAN – Nine Cougars collected hits as WSU defeated top-ranked Arizona State 9-5 in Pacific-10 Conference baseball at Bailey-Brayton Field on Sunday.
With the victory, the Cougars (17-11, 3-3 Pac-10) took two of three games from the Sun Devils (28-3, 6-3 Pac-10) and won a series against Arizona State for the first time in school history.
“We played great today,” WSU Head Coach Donnie Marbut said. “We were clean on defense and walked one batter. Against good teams like Arizona State, you have to play good defense and cannot afford to walk batters.”
Saturday’s crowd of 3,693 was a single-game record at Bailey-Brayton Field. The field’s attendance record for a baseball doubleheader is 4,666, set on April 21, 1990, against Washington.
The Cougars will play Seattle in Wenatchee at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Read more about Sunday’s game from WSU Athletics here.