Sweet sweep

With the score deadlocked at 7-7 in the 11th, UW left fielder Tyler Davidson sent home the go-ahead run with an RBI double that led the way to a 10-7 Washington victory over host California. The Huskies swept the weekend series against the Golden Bears.

The win hands the Huskies (8-4 Pac-10, 20-19-1 overall) sole ownership of second place in the conference, lifting them a half game ahead of Arizona State (9-6, 26-16). USC tops the league with a game-and-a-half lead over the UW nine.

Center fielder Jay Garthwaite, who drew a walk off losing Cal closer Blake Reid (1-2), scored on Davidson's two-bagger off the left-center-field wall. Davidson came in on a single from DH Mike Wagner, who took second on a wild pitch and crossed the plate on a Michael Done single for Washington's third run of the final inning.

Husky sophomore Brian Carter (1-1), who in the 10th fanned the only batter he faced, took home the win. Reliever Tyler Shepple tossed the 11th inning to record his fifth save of the season.

The Bears (8-10, 26-22) pulled ahead early with a single run in the first inning, but the Huskies countered in a two-out second with a pair of runs driven in by a Greg Isaacson single.

Davidson cleared the left-field fence with a runner on base to put the Husky edge at 4-1 in the third, and fourth-inning doubles from Isaacson and freshman Taylor Johnson scored a fifth run.

Washington responded to a two-run Cal fourth with a fifth-inning, two-run Wagner homer.

The Bears closed the gap to 7-6 after UW starter Clay Johnson left the mound in a three-run sixth that included a RBI sacrifice fly and a subsequent two-run home run from Cal shortstop Jeff Dragicevich. Cal pulled even with an additional run in the seventh.

UW lost a potential lead in the last inning of regular play when Cal right fielder Brian Horwitz snagged a Davidson fly that appeared on its way out of the park.

The Huskies, who are 8-4 since snapping a seven-game losing skid, have not swept a three-game matchup since early in the 2001 season at Southern Utah.

Washington came back from a two-run deficit with two down in the bottom of the ninth to secure game two 5-4 Saturday. UW shortstop Tila Reynolds connected for a triple down the right-field line with the Pac-10's premier closer, Matt Brown, on the mound to send home two runners. First baseman Kyle Larsen drove in Reynolds with a single to give Washington the lead.

UW closer Trevor Gibson (0-1) was credited with the win -- the Huskies' first this season after trailing after eight innings.

Freshman Will Fenton picked up his first save of the year after fanning a pair of Bears in a one-out ninth with the bases filled.

Senior ace Shawn Kohn (9-2) pitched a three-hit 2-0 shutout in the series opener Friday to capture his league-leading ninth victory. The righty tossed all nine innings and succeeded in silencing the threatening bat of Cal's Conor Jackson, who began the week leading the Pac-10 in batting (.401), home runs (15) and RBI (55).

Washington put its first run on the board in the second when Tyler Davidson scored from third after catcher Aaron Hathaway reached on a fielder's choice.

A ninth-inning, two-out solo shot from Larsen, who tallied three of Washington's 11 hits, accounted for the Huskies' final run.