Utes Head For Sacramento To Battle With Hornets

March 1, 2001

SALT LAKE CITY -

Looking at the Utes

Utah heads for Sacramento with an 8-8 record and a 6-7 record on the road. As a team they are currently hitting .289 with 117 runs scored.

Mike Westfall leads the Utes with his .394 batting average and .591 on-base percentage. Sam Swenson leads the team with six home runs, while Nate Weese is tops with his 19 RBI. Four Utes have a batting average above .300 and 10 have hit homers. Of those 10, five have hit two or more.

Travis Palmer leads the Utah starters with his 4.12 ERA, while Brett Lindsey and Ryan Bailey have each recorded two wins. Matt McAfee leads the team with two saves and an ERA of 0.00.

Scouting Sacramento State

The Hornets are coming off a game with Saint Mary's. Currently the Hornets have a record of 7-6 and are 4-3 at home. They are currently on a three-game winning streak, and have won five of their last six.

Offensively the Hornets are led by Daryl Grant and Aurelio Jackson. Grant is hitting .424 with five doubles and two home runs. He is tied for the team lead with his 10 RBI. Jackson is at .400 and leads the team with 22 hits.

On the mound Jeffery Groeger has a team best 1.04 ERA in four appearances. He has allowed only four earned runs over 27 innings this season on his way to a 2-1 record. Mike Miranda leads the team with three wins and 28 strike outs in 33 innings pitched.

Statistical Breakdown

As of 2/18  UTES    CSUSRecord          8-8 7-6Avg.            .289    .318Runs            117 84Hits            170 146Home Runs   22  15ERA         5.88    3.78Saves           2   2SO          106 101BB          81  53

Last Weekend Rewind

Utah went 1-2 against the Arizona Wildcats, with both losses coming by one-run. Friday Utah allowed the Wildcats four runs in the fifth inning and one in the seventh to take the lead 8-6 before holding on for an 8-7 win. Arizona got a school record three home runs from Shelley Duncan.

Saturday the Utes had a comeback of their own, scoring three times in the ninth to pick up the 6-4 win. Mike Westfall had a two-run single in the ninth that gave Utah the lead.

On Sunday it was again Arizona's turn to rally for a win. After trailing 4-2, the WIldcats crossed the plate three times in the seventh, then shut down the Utes to pick up a 5-4 win. Utah outhit the WIldcats 10-8, but left 10 runners on base and committed two errors.

Utah Tidbits

With a hit in all three games against Arizona, Donnie Saba improved his hitting streak to a team high 11-games. He finished with four hits in the series, including his third home run of the season on Sunday.

Mitch Maio made two appearances against the Wildcats, giving him a team high six. Against Arizona he pitched 3.2 innings while allowing only one hit. He lowered his ERA to 1.15, good for second on the team.

Saturday Matt McAfee picked up his second save of the year. He threw the final inning of the Utes' 6-4 win against Arizona and allowed only one hit and one walk while striking out two. In 6.2 innings of work this season, McAfee hasn't allowed an earned run and has held opposing hitters to a .087 batting average.

Mike Westfall leads the Utes with his .394 batting average and .591 on-base percentage. Westfall has had al least one hit in 14 of the Utes 16 games this season. He currently has a five-game hitting streak and had an eight-game streak earlier this season.

Utes In the Mountain West Conference

TEAM(Through Feb. 26)   MWCBatting Average   .298  3rdSlugging Pct      .498  1stOn Base Pct   .385  1stRuns Scored    119  1stHits               177  1stRuns Batted In     110  1stDoubles            37   1stTriples        8    t-1stHome Runs      22   1stTotal Bases    296  1stWalks              74   1stStolen Bases       14   5thERA            6.01 4thOpp Batting Avg   .279  3rdStrike Outs    101  4thSaves              2    4thHits Allowed       149  3rdRuns Allowed       105  4thWalks Allowed      77   5thHome Runs Allowed  11   4thFielding Pct      .941  4thDouble Plays       9    4th
INDIVIDUALS(Through Feb. 26)       MWCBatting Average    Tommy Maestas   .407    1stSlugging Pct    Sam Swenson   .774    1stOn Base Pct    Tommy Maestas   .475    1stRuns Scored    Sam Swenson   17  t-1stHits    Nate Weese 27  1stRuns Batted In    Mike Westfall   19  2ndDoubles    Mike Westfall   7   t-1stTriples    Sam Swenson   3   t-1stHome Runs    Sam Swenson   6   t-1stEarned Run Average    Travis Palmer   3.97    5thOpposing Batting Average    Travis Palmer   .207    2nd

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