OMAHA, Neb. (Interstat) — Washington scored eight runs in the third and fourth innings and withstood a late Ohio State surge to win 8-6 on Tuesday at Sapp Fieldhouse.

The Huskies broke the game open in the top of the third. A walk to Bower forced in a run, and a walk to Paul brought home another, making it 8-0. Ohio State answered in the bottom half with a sacrifice fly by Bemis and a double by Kaczmar.

Washington added two more in the fourth on a run-scoring single by Swidler and a sacrifice fly by DeCarlo. The Buckeyes cut the deficit to 8-4 with an Eckelman double and an Ellis sacrifice fly.

Taggart homered in the sixth, driving in two runs for an 8-4 lead. Ohio State scored twice in the eighth on a balk and a Simpson single, but Washington tacked on two unearned runs in the ninth on a Paul triple.

Liam Lierman pitched for Washington; Mason Eckelman caught for Ohio State. The Huskies improved to 23-31, the Buckeyes fell to 29-24. Both teams had six hits.