SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga baseball went down 9-5 to Washington State on Monday night at Patterson Baseball Complex and Coach Steve Hertz Field.

The Zags (25-20) momentarily took the lead 2-1 in the second inning, but weren't able to keep pace with the Cougars (10-33-1) over the middle innings.

Daniel Fredrickson led the offense with two hits in the game, and Mason Marenco reached twice and knocked in a run.

GU got 3.0 innings out of three pitchers on the night. Nick Trogrlic-Iverson had the strongest outing, finishing the final three innings of the game, allowing just one unearned run on three hits with two strikeouts.

Washington State took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, but GU got two in the inning to take a 2-1 lead. The first came on a single by Brett Harris that was compounded with an outfield error, and then Mason Marenco ripped a triple into the game to score Harris.

WSU scored then scored seven runs over the next four innings to build an 8-4 lead. GU got a run in the third on an RBI single from Nyquist and then one more in the fifth on a sacrifice fly from Harris.

Pinorini added a run for GU with an RBI single on a ground ball to first.

Gonzaga will play its final home series of the weekend against Lamar, starting on Friday at 6 p.m. Links to live coverage will be available at GoZags.com.