PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State tied the game at six late on Tuesday at Bailey-Brayton Field, but Gonzaga pulled ahead in extra innings to earn the 7-6 win and avenge their Apr. 1 extra-inning loss to the Cougars. Max Coupe laid down a suicide squeeze bunt to bring home the go-ahead run, and Gabe Brabec (W, 3-3) threw a perfect 1.2 innings to close out the contest.
 
Gonzaga (20-21) brought the power on Tuesday, as Mikey Bell and Hudson Shupe delivered home runs early in the game to give the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead. Bell clubbed his tenth of the season on a solo shot in the second, then Shupe added a two-run blast in the third, the third of his 2025 campaign.
 
Washington State (15-28) responded with four unanswered runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take a 4-3 lead at the midway point. A two-out bloop double led to three runs in the fourth before a sacrifice fly gave the Cougs the one-run edge in the fifth.
 
The WSU lead didn't last long, as Coupe legged out an infield single with two outs in the top of the sixth, knotting the game at four and beginning a streak of three consecutive innings with a GU run.
 
A Ty Yukumoto sacrifice fly in the seventh and a Jacob Wrubleski RBI double in the eighth put the Bulldogs ahead 6-4, but a two-run response from the Cougars in the eighth brought the score to its third tie.
 
Scoreless frames for both teams pushed the game into extra innings, the second straight extra-inning game for Gonzaga and Washington State. The Cougars rallied late do defeat the Bulldogs 7-6 in Spokane on Apr. 1.
 
Bell reached to lead off the top of the tenth on a dropped fly ball in left field, motoring all the way to third base. Then with one out, he took off for home while Coupe dropped down a perfect suicide squeeze, giving Gonzaga the 7-6 lead.
 
After closing out the ninth inning, Brabec made quick work in the tenth to seal the win. The sophomore transfer needed just 23 pitches to face the minimum in his outing, picking up a strikeout along the way.
 
GU and WSU each recorded nine hits on Tuesday. Bell, Wrubleski, and Tommy Eisenstat each collected two to lead the charge for the Zags. Michael Cunneely (ND) started on the mound, pitching four innings while allowing three runs on six hits and striking out two.
 
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Gonzaga is headed to Los Angeles for another big West Coast Conference series, facing third-place Loyola Marymount as the battle at the top of the WCC standings continues to heat up. All three games will stream on ESPN+, with live stats available at gozags.com.