NW Briefs | ASU baseball finishes sweep of Huskies with 13-7 victory

Third-ranked Arizona State wrapped up a series sweep with a 13-7 victory over Washington on Sunday at Packard Stadium in Tempe.

Huskies starter Nick Haughian (6-5), who became the fourth Washington pitcher to record at least 100 strikeouts in a season, suffered the loss. Haughian, who entered the game as the Pac-10 strikeout leader with 99, got five more, but allowed eight runs on nine hits over six innings for the Huskies (31-20 overall, 10-11 Pac-10).

ASU freshman Seth Blair (4-1) earned the win, allowing three runs on six hits over 5-2/3 innings.

Washington took the lead in the second when Jarett Jackson hit his first homer of the season, a solo shot the opposite way to right-center.

ASU (44-9, 15-6) scored five runs in the fourth. With one out, Ike Davis hit a pop to shallow right field. UW second baseman Bradley Boyer lost the ball in the sun and it fell for a double.

Catcher Petey Paramore followed with a single and Kiel Roling laced a double to left to score one. After a walk loaded the bases, the Sun Devils got a bunt single to bring home one runner, and a sacrifice bunt brought in another.

A two-run single from Ryan Sontag drove in two more to put ASU ahead 5-1, and UW never closed the gap.

ASU remained atop the Pac-10 standings.

Washington	010 020 112 -- 7 11 0
Arizona State	000 503 14x -- 13 15 2

Nick Haughian, Paul Dickey (7), Cam Nobles (9) and Joey Dunn. Seth Blair, Stephen Sauer (6), Tommy Rafferty (7), Dustin Brader (9) and Petey Paramore. WP -- Blair (4-1). LP -- Haughian (6-5). 2B -- UW, Troy Scott, Brett Wilcox; ASU, Ike Davis 2, Kiel Roling. 3B -- UW, Bradley Boyer; ASU, Raoul Torrez. HR -- UW, Jarett Jackson (1), Kyle Conley (17), David Bentrott (1); ASU, Brett Wallace (19). A -- 2,215. Records -- UW 31-20 (10-11); ASU 44-9 (15-6).

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UCLA scored a pair of runs in the fifth inning and went on to a 2-1 victory over Washington State at Jackie Robinson Stadium in Los Angeles. The Bruins (29-23, 11-10) swept the Cougars (28-25, 6-15) in the three-game series.

WSU's Paul Gran hit a two-out solo home run, his 11th of the season, in the ninth inning.

In the fifth, Brent Dean and Alden Carrithers had delivered back-to-back RBI singles to give UCLA a 2-0 lead.

Starter Chad Arnold (2-6) allowed six hits in six innings and struck out seven. Neither of UCLA's runs was earned.

• Gonzaga ended its season with an 11-1 loss to Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.

Bryan Winston led the Bulldogs (30-23, 10-10 West Coast Conference), going 2 for 4 with a run batted in. Marcus McKimmy scored the Zags' lone run, on a single by Winston.

Starter Reedy Berg (2-3) suffered the loss for Gonzaga; he allowed 10 runs on 10 hits in 2-2/3 innings. Nate Keadle (2-5) threw a one-run complete game for Loyola Marymount (23-32, 7-14).

The Zags posted a second consecutive season with 30-plus wins.

Note

Lodrick Stewart, 24, a former USC basketball player who attended Rainier Beach High, was arrested and charged with battery early Saturday morning in Lawrence, Kan., according to the Lawrence Journal-World.

An incident occurred shortly after 2 a.m. outside a downtown bar.

Lodrick Stewart allegedly struck a 23-year-old Kansas student in the face after a verbal altercation, Lawrence police said. The student fell and hit his head on the concrete. He was flown to KU Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., where he was in good condition Saturday morning, police said. Lodrick Stewart was booked at the Douglas County Jail and later released on $100 bond.

Stewart is the twin brother of former KU basketball player Rodrick Stewart, who graduated from KU on Sunday.

Compiled from sports-information reports and other sources.