A Washington offense that scored 25 runs in the past three games managed only two runs last night against BYU, and it wasn’t enough, as the Cougars rolled on to a 4-2 victory over the Huskies at Husky Ballpark.

A good outing from starter Ben Guidos couldn’t erase a poor defensive night and a lack of offense for the Huskies.

“I thought we pitched pretty well,” head coach Ken Knutson said. “[But] we didn’t defend very well. There were three runs that were soft that we gave them either [by] just flat out errors or poor decisions.”

Knutson wasn’t pleased with the Huskies’ approach at the plate, either. The Dawgs managed just six hits after combining for 29 hits in the past three games.

“Our approach at the plate wasn’t very good,” Knutson said. “We didn’t really execute the game plan very well. Our game plan was to use the middle of the field and keep their closer out of the game, but we couldn’t do that because we didn’t have the lead late.”

The Cougars got on the board in the third inning with an RBI groundout that drove in Sean McNaughton, who led off with a triple.

The UW finally put up a run in the bottom of the fifth. Troy Scott hit a blast over the right-center field fence for his ninth home run of the year.

BYU took the lead again in the top of the sixth with an RBI single by Brandon Relf. The Cougars extended their lead by two in the eighth when Michael Bowen scored on a fielding error by Husky third baseman Aaron Russell.

The Huskies answered by loading the bases with no outs in the bottom of the eighth but were only able to pick up one run on a sacrifice fly by Conley.

Conley went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts and one RBI.

“He’s been struggling,” Knutson said. “He is the marksman in our lineup, and every pitcher is trying to get him out on every pitch. They don’t serve him up anything down the middle, and he has been pressing a little bit. He’ll be fine; he’s a streaky guy and he’ll get it going tomorrow.”

Guidos got the start for the Dawgs and gave up just two runs in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out three and is now 1-3.

“Guidos was good,” Knutson said. “I thought it was a good matchup in a lot of ways because they are a power-hitting team, and he’s an off-speed guy with a good change-up. He pitched really well; I thought he was good.”

BYU starter Marc Oslund had a strong outing for the Cougars, giving up two runs and striking out eight in seven innings. The freshman made his third start of the season and improved his record to 6-1.

The Huskies will face BYU again tomorrow and hope to get a split in the series during a crucial time in the season.

“We’ve got to come back, have a better approach, execute the game plan and eliminate mistakes,” Knutson said.

Reach reporter Taylor Soper at sports@dailyuw.com.