2023 Washington Huskies baseball team

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.

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

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

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball 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.