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Final Score
Baseball
5
vs No. 11 seed Kansas State
9
The University of Utah Athletics
Utes Head to Stockton
6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Baseball
February 9, 1999
UTES TRAVEL
The Utah men's baseball team (4-3) travels to Stockton, Calif., to take on the Pacific Tigers Feb.
12-13. The first game will be held Fri., Feb. 12 at 7:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday's games are
scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Pacific is 5-1 this season, boasting three wins and one loss to Southern
Utah and two victories over San Jose State. Last year, the Utes dropped three games to the Tigers.
UTES TO WATCH
Freshman Ryan Bailey picked up two saves against New Mexico State. He pitched two single innings of
scoreless relief. Bailey has an ERA of 1.59. Freshman Adam Castleton leads the Utes in batting with
a .368 average. The second baseman has started five of his seven games played. He has seven hits
including two doubles and seven RBIs. At New Mexico State, pitcher Troy Beckman (1-1) picked up his
first win of the season in a nine inning game. The senior gave up six hits and struck out seven
batters. Beckman owns a 5.85 ERA and is second on the pitching staff with eight strikeouts. Senior
Ryan Hilts leads the Utes in stolen bases with 5 of 6. At New Mexico State, he tallied three stolen
bases in one game. Hilts has seven hits, including three doubles. His batting average is .241.
Catcher Jared Larsen hit his first home run of the season versus New Mexico State. The senior had seven hits and eight RBIs. Behind the plate, he has 31 putouts and five assists for a .973 fielding average. At New Mexico State, junior Brandon Page (1-0) pitched 7.2 innings of an eight hit game to pick up the victory. He yielded eight hits and struck out a pair of batters. Ryan Johnerson is third on the team in hitting, with a .276 batting average. His eight hits include two doubles and one home run. He is second on the team in stolen bases (4 of 4). In the field, Johnerson leads the Utes with a 1.000 fielding percentage. He has 61 putouts and 3 assists.
RECENT RESULTS
The Utes swept New Mexico State in a four game series going 6-3, 4-2, 7-3 and 10-4. The string
brought Utah's record to 4-3. In the opener, Utah had six runs on eight hits and two errors. In game
two, Utah pummeled the ball as five of the Ute's six hits were doubles. Utah had four runs on six
hits with no errors. In the third game, the Utes had seven runs on nine hits with no errors. In the
last game, Utah dominated at the plate hitting two home runs and four doubles. Overall, Utah had 10
runs on 14 hits with two errors.
COACH TIM ESMAY
"We are excited to play again after taking a week off. If this team rivals the Pacific we played
last season, we will need to go in and play well. It will be interesting to finally play with
aluminum bats, but we are preparing for the adjustment. We've started off the season strong and
we're looking to continue this weekend with some quality wins over Pacific."
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