Finally, the Washington baseball team has a complete team.

UW head coach Ken Knutson had been talking about how injuries have been a large factor in the Huskies’ less-than-stellar record, but with the home stretch of Pac-10 play officially in full swing, having Pierce Rankin and Aaron Russell back from injury could only mean good things.

Good things for the Huskies, who swept USC at Husky Ballpark this weekend to move to 10-8 in Pac-10 play and sweep a series for the second week in a row.

It was Rankin who led the Huskies to a 9-8 victory Friday with a game-winning two-run single in the eighth inning, and it was pitcher Jason Erickson who threw a gem Saturday to shut out the Trojans 3-0.

And in yesterday’s game, when the Huskies needed a win to secure a winning conference record for the first time this season, Troy Scott delivered an RBI double in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Huskies a 3-2 win.

“That’s how it goes,” Scott said. “Just hit until we win. Shut them down, and hit until we win.”

But there wasn’t much hitting in yesterday’s matchup since both starters, UW’s Andrew Kittredge and USC’s Robert Stock, were engaged in a pitcher’s duel, matching each other frame for frame.

Rankin was able to smack a solo home run in the first inning to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead, but Stock kept the Dawgs at bay until the sixth inning with 10 strikeouts, despite walking five in his seven innings of work.

“I thought he was on thin ice a lot,” said Knutson of Stock. “But he’s very competitive, got a big arm … and I thought they did a good job throwing into the strike zone, did a good job with their command and threw a lot of pitches I thought we couldn’t hit.”

Washington (21-23, 10-8 Pac-10) had their own ace on the hill in Kittredge, who kept the Trojans scoreless until the sixth inning, finally allowing two runs on a walk and a pair of doubles to give USC the 2-1 lead.

Kittredge finished off the sixth and seventh innings, allowing just the two runs and six hits.

“The bar’s set pretty high for him,” Knutson said. “I thought he got a little fatigued late, but he goes out there and gives you a quality start just about every time. You just sort of expect it out of him.”

The Huskies got another run off Stock in the bottom of the sixth when Troy Scott lifted a solo homer over the left field wall to tie the game at two. But the Dawgs wasted a big opportunity to score with two men on and one out as David Bentrott and Brendan Gardner-Young struck out to end the inning.

After the Huskies went into extra innings, tied 2-2 with USC (22-23, 10-11 Pac-10), the Dawgs needed a clutch hit to sweep a series for the second straight time.

Scott delivered with two men on to give the Dawgs a 3-2 win.

“I had to do it, for everyone, the whole team,” Scott said. “We had that feeling that they weren’t going to beat us, and we just had to go get it.”

Now the Huskies have a winning record, momentum and an even bigger series against Oregon State next weekend — a series that could undo any of the UW’s postseason hopes or keep them alive.

“We can compete,” Knutson said. “I’m not saying we’re the best team, but we can compete, and that’s to be expected around here, and you saw it the last couple of weekends.”

Reach reporter Allen Wagner at sports@dailyuw.com.