2023_Washington_Huskies_baseball_team References

2023 Washington Huskies baseball
2023 Washington Huskies baseball
Stillwater Regional, 1–2
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	35–20 (17–12 Pac-12)
Head coach	Jason Kelly (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Jake Silverman (1st season); Billy Boyer (1st season);
Home stadium	Husky Ballpark
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 4 Stanford ‍†‍‍^y	23	–	7	–	0	.767	38	–	16	–	0	.704
No. 23 Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	39	–	18	–	0	.684
Washington ‍‍‍^y	17	–	12	–	0	.586	35	–	18	–	0	.660
USC ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0	.567	34	–	23	–	1	.595
Arizona State ‍‍‍	16	–	13	–	0	.552	32	–	23	–	0	.582
No. 12 Oregon ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	38	–	20	–	0	.655
UCLA ‍‍‍	12	–	16	–	1	.431	28	–	24	–	1	.538
Arizona ‍‍‍^y	12	–	18	–	0	.400	33	–	24	–	0	.579
California ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0	.400	24	–	28	–	0	.462
Washington State ‍‍‍	10	–	19	–	0	.345	29	–	23	–	0	.558
Utah ‍‍‍	9	–	20	–	1	.317	22	–	32	–	1	.409

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of May 30, 2023^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Washington Huskies baseball team were representing the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington in the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Huskies led by first year head coach Jason Kelly, played their home games at Husky Ballpark and were members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2022 season with a record of 30–26 overall, 14–16 in Pac-12 conference play to finish in a tie for sixth. Due to a tiebreaker with California, they earn a seventh seed in the Pac-12 baseball tournament where they lost in the first round in the double elimination by 2nd seed Oregon State and in the elimination round they lost to 3rd seed UCLA.

Roster

2023 Washington Huskies roster^[2]

Pitchers

0 Isaac Yeager - Freshman
4 Sawyer Parkin - Sophomore
17 Colton McIntosh - Sophomore
18 Stu Flesland III - Junior
20 Jared Engman - Junior
25 Reilly McAdams - Sophomore
27 Gianluca Shinn - Junior
28 Calvin Kirchoff - Junior
31 Grant Cunningham - Freshman
32 Josh Emanuels - Sophomore
34 Kiefer Lord - Junior
35 Peysen Sweeney - Freshman
36 Case Matter - Sophomore
37 Will Woodward - Freshman
39 Kyle Bender - Freshman
40 Sam Boyle - Freshman
44 Boston Warkentin - Freshman

Catchers

2 Johnny Tincher - Junior
3 Jake Leitgeb - Sophomore
23 Colin Blanchard - Freshman

Infielders

6 Michael Snyder - Junior
9 Dalton Chandler - Junior
10 Will Simpson - Junior
11 Christian Dicochea - Junior
12 Cam Clayton - Sophomore
16 Jeter Ybarra - Freshman
21 Nick Hovland - Senior
22 Jarred Mazzaferro - Junior
26 Kyle Fossum - Junior
30 Barron Zamora - Freshman
34 Michael Brown - Junior
41 Cooper Whitton - Freshman
51 Sam DeCarlo - Freshman

Outfielders

1 AJ Guerrero - Sophomore
5 Cole Miller - Junior
7 Luke Rohleder - Junior
15 McKay Barney - Junior
16 Jeter Ybarra - Sophomore
24 Kyle Fossum - Sophomore
36 Blake Burton - Sophomore

Schedule and results

2023 Washington Huskies baseball game log^[3]

Regular season

February (5–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	PAC-12 Record
Feb 18	at Santa Clara*		Mission College • Santa Clara, CA	10–5	Boyle (1–0)	Hales (0–1)	Emanuels (1)	300	1–0
Feb 19	at Santa Clara*		Mission College • Santa Clara, CA	7–13	Hammond (1–0)	McAdams (0–1)		300	1–1
Feb 19	at Santa Clara*		Mission College • Santa Clara, CA	2–4	Pilchard (1–0)	Cunningham (0–1)	Souza (1)	300	1–2
Feb 20	at Santa Clara*		Mission College • Santa Clara, CA	10–7	Matter (1–0)	Souza (0–1)		300	2–2
Feb 23	at San Jose State*		Excite Ballpark • San Jose, CA	7–6	Emanuels (1–0)	White (0–1)	Matter (1)	681	3–2
Feb 25	at San Jose State*		Excite Ballpark • San Jose, CA	3–2	Lord (1–0)	Thompson (0–1)	Emanuels (2)	388	4–2
Feb 26	at San Jose State*		Excite Ballpark • San Jose, CA	2–0	Flesland III (1–0)	Eden (0–1)	Matter (2)	367	5–2

March (12–4)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	PAC-12 Record
Mar 3	Northern Colorado*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	32–7	Bender (1–0)	Tuttle (0–1)		805	6–2
Mar 4	Northern Colorado*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	6–0	Lord (2–0)	Ruiz (0–2)	Cunningham (1)	788	7–2
Mar 4	Northern Colorado*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	9–1	Flesland III (2–0)	Smith (1–2)	Boyle (1)	788	8–2
Mar 5	Northern Colorado*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	10–4	Kirchoff (1–0)	Cruz (0–2)		N/A	9–2
Mar 7	at Portland*		Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OR	6–2	Boyle (2–0)	Hebert (0–1)		307	10–2
Mar 10	Utah		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	5–2	Lord (3–0)	Day (2–2)	Matter (3)	721	11–2	1–0
Mar 11	Utah		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	4–3	Matter (2–0)	Whiting (0–1)		1,001	12–2	2–0
Mar 12	Utah		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	0–3	Jones (1–1)	Engman (1–1)	Ashman (4)	769	12–3	2–1
Mar 17	Rhode Island*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	6–9	Urena (1–0)	Emanuels (1–1)		681	12–4
Mar 18	Rhode Island*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	12–6	Flesland III (3–0)	Levesque (2–2)		1,623	13–4
Mar 19	Rhode Island*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	15–5	Engman (1–1)	Perry (1–2)		794	14–4
Mar 22	Tulane*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	9–14	Wachter (1–2)	Cunningham (0–2)		889	14–5
Mar 24	at No. 7 UCLA		Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	1–5	Brooks (4–2)	Lord (3–1)		811	14–6	2–2
Mar 25	at No. 7 UCLA		Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	3–0 (10)	Emanuels (2–1)	Jewett (0–1)		860	15–6	3–2
Mar 26	at No. 7 UCLA		Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	11–10	Boyle (1–1)	Aldrich (3–1)	Matter (4)	1,010	16–6	4–2
Mar 28	Portland*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	8–3	McAdams (1–1)	Johnson (0–1)	Cunningham (2)	307	17–6
Mar 31	Oregon State		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	POSTPONED

April (8–7)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	PAC-12 Record
Apr 1	Oregon State		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	3–6	Sellers (4–2)	Lord (3–2)	Brown (5)	1,845	17–7	4–3
Apr 1	Oregon State		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	1–5	Kmatz (2–4)	Flesland III (3–1)		1,845	17–8	4–4
Apr 2	Oregon State		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	7–2	Engman (2–1)	Krieg (0–1)	Emanuels (3)	1,730	18–8	5–4
Apr 6	at Arizona		Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ	13–8	Shinn (1–0)	Long (2–3)		2,693	19–8	6–4
Apr 7	at Arizona		Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ	4–12	Zastrow (3–1)	Lord (3–3)	Nichols (1)	3,902	19–9	6–5
Apr 8	at Arizona		Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ	1–13	May (3–2)	Engman (2–2)		2,881	19–10	6–6
Apr 14	No. 22 Arizona State		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	8–3	Flesland III (4–1)	Dunn (4–2)		1,459	20–10	7–6
Apr 15	No. 22 Arizona State		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	6–8	Curtis (4–2)	Engman (2–3)		1,493	20–11	7–7
Apr 16	No. 22 Arizona State		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	CANCELED
Apr 21	at No. 9 Stanford		Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA	1–3	Pancer (1–0)	McAdams (1–2)		1,832	20–12	7–8
Apr 22	at No. 9 Stanford		Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA	9–0	Lord (4–3)	Scott (5–2)		1,643	21–12	8–8
Apr 23	at No. 9 Stanford		Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA	6–8	Dowd (5–2)	Emanuels (2–2)	Pancer (4)	1,960	21–13	8–9
Apr 25	Seattle*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	6–4	McAdams (2–2)	Dayton (2–2)		1,046	22–13
Apr 28	USC		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	14–12 (10)	Emanuels (3–2)	Clarke (2–3)		1,418	23–13	9–9
Apr 29	USC		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	7–6	Cunningham (1–2)	Wisch (0–1)	Emanuels (4)	1,687	24–13	10–9
Apr 30	USC		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	4–1	Engman (3–3)	Sodersten (2–2)	Emanuels (5)	1,753	25–13	11–9

May (8–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	PAC-12 Record
May 2	at Seattle*		Bannerwood Park • Bellevue, WA	9–4	Kirchoff (2–0)	Hogan (0–7)		312	26–13
May 5	at Washington State		Bailey–Brayton Field • Pullman, WA	1–2	Hawkins (4–3)	Flesland III (4–2)	Kaelber (3)	1,441	26–14	11–10
May 6	at Washington State		Bailey–Brayton Field • Pullman, WA	6–2	Lord (5–3)	Taylor (3–3)		1,250	27–14	12–10
May 7	at Washington State		Bailey–Brayton Field • Pullman, WA	8–2	Boyle (4–0)	Kaelber (4–3)		1,463	28–14	13–10
May 9	Seattle*		Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	9–2	Matter (3–0)	Alwood (2–2)		1,114	29–14
May 12	at No. 24 Oregon		PK Park • Eugene, OR	14–5	Flesland III (5–2)	Mercado (4–1)		2,435	30–14	14–10
May 13	at No. 24 Oregon		PK Park • Eugene, OR	18–8	Lord (6–3)	Pace (2–3)	Cunningham (3)	2,660	31–14	15–10
May 14	at No. 24 Oregon		PK Park • Eugene, OR	11–5	Matter (4–0)	Dallas (6–2)	Emanuels (6)	3,060	32–14	16–10
May 18	California	No. 24	Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	12–1	Flesland III (6–2)	Becerra (2–5)	Cunningham (4)	1,583	33–14	17–10
May 19	California	No. 24	Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	7–12	Stamos (3–3)	Lord (6–4)	Stasiowski (3)	2,435	33–15	17–11
May 20	California	No. 24	Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA	11–16	Pasqualott (5–1)	Matter (4–1)		1,634	33–16	17–12

Postseason

2023 Pac–12 tournament (1–2)
Date	Opponent (Seed)	Rank (Seed)	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12 Tournament
May 24	vs. (7) UCLA	(3)	Scottsdale Stadium • Scottsdale, AZ	4–17 (7)	Austin (5–4)	Engman (3–4)		2,012	33–17	0–1
May 25	vs. (4) USC	(3)	Scottsdale Stadium • Scottsdale, AZ	8–3	Flesland III (7–2)	Aoki (4–3)	Matter (5)	2,384	34–17	1–1
May 26	vs. (6) Oregon	(3)	Scottsdale Stadium • Scottsdale, AZ	4–17 (7)	Grinsell (2–1)	Lord (6–5)		2,563	34–18	1–2

NCAA Stillwater Regional (1–2)
Date	Opponent (Seed)	Rank (Seed)	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Regional record
Jun 2	vs. (2) No. 11 Dallas Baptist*	(3)	O'Brate Stadium • Stillwater, OK	9–5	Boyle (5–0)	Johnson (8–4)		4,475	35–18	1–0
Jun 3	vs. (4) Oral Roberts*	(3)	O'Brate Stadium • Stillwater, OK	12–15	Kowalski (2–1)	Cunningham (1–3)	Denton (14)	4,716	35–19	1–1
Jun 4	vs. (2) No. 11 Dallas Baptist*	(3)	O'Brate Stadium • Stillwater, OK	1–9	Bragg (9–2)	Engman (3–5)		4,488	35–20	1–2

Win
Loss
Postponement/Tie
Bold: Washington team member

Rankings from D1 Baseball
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
* indicates a non-conference game.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'^[4]	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV
Baseball America^[5]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	RV
Collegiate Baseball^^[6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV
NCBWA†^[7]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	RV
D1Baseball	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	RV

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

^ "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
^ "2023 Baseball Roster". Washington Huskies. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
^ "2023 Baseball Schedule". Washington Huskies. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
^ USA Today Coaches Poll
^ Baseball America Poll
^ Collegiate Baseball Poll
^ NCBWA Poll

[1] "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

[2] "2023 Baseball Roster". Washington Huskies. Retrieved May 20, 2023.

[3] "2023 Baseball Schedule". Washington Huskies. Retrieved May 20, 2023.

[4] USA Today Coaches Poll

[5] Baseball America Poll

[6] Collegiate Baseball Poll

[7] NCBWA Poll

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