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The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Baseball Notes
2/26/2003 12:00 AM | Baseball
Feb. 26, 2003
SALT LAKE CITY -
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This Week
The Utes (7-5) travel to St. George, Utah, for a three-game series against Southern Utah (2-2). The games, all of which start at noon, will be played at Dixie High School.
Utah Update
The Utes are coming off a 3-3 performance at the Texas A&M Domino's Pizza Aggie Classic last weekend. Utah swept Creighton 2-1 and 6-0, split with then-No. 19 Texas A&M 4-1 and 1-5, and dropped a pair of 0-3 games to UCLA.
Freshman Jason Price, and juniors Wick Udy and Eric Chevalier were named to the 12-member all-tournament team. Price threw a 6-0 shutout against Creighton on Monday, pitching the complete game and posting a 0.00 ERA. He gave up just three hits while striking out two over the seven innings. Udy, who played in five of the six games, posted a .583 batting average with seven hits and one RBI. He also caught one runner attempting to steal. Chevalier started all six games in the outfield, boasting a 1.000 fielding percentage while batting .412. He has seven hits, two doubles and two RBI over the tournament.
On the season, the Utes are led by Udy and senior Jake Jordison. Jordison boasts a .333 batting average with four doubles, three homers and six RBI, while Udy is batting .323. On the mound, Price (2-0) has allowed just three runs in 11 2/3 innings. Sophomore Brady Martinez (1-0) has three saves and six strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings and boasts a 0.00 ERA.
Scouting the Opposition
Southern Utah opened the season with a home split of a four-game series against Air Force on Feb. 14-15. In the first doubleheader, senior lefthander Shane Perkins struck out six and allowed one unearned run on five hits in a seven-inning complete game effort, 3-1, in game one. The Thunderbirds dropped the second game 3-0. In the first game of the second doubleheader, SUU rallied for six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, including the game-winning RBI from junior outfielder Tyler Hunter on a hit-by-pitch to win 6-5. Air Force then pounded out 10 hits to take the series finale, 9-2. Perkins and senior infielder Ty Doezie earned Mid-Continent Conference Pitcher and Player of the Week awards for their play against Air Force. Doezie hit .571 in the series and sparked SUU's 6-5 comeback win in game three with a two-run double in the seventh inning.
Quoting Head Coach Tim Esmay
"This is the first of three times we'll play Southern Utah this season. These games are part of a stretch of nine games in eight days for our guys. It will be a true test for us."
The Series
Utah leads the all-time series with the Thunderbirds 83-49. The Utes won four of five meetings last season.
Westmoreland Named MWC Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 17-23
Righthander Clay Westmoreland, a sophomore from Mesa, Ariz., was named Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 17-23. In Utah's win over No. 19 Texas A&M, Westmoreland pitched five of seven innings as the Utes upset the Aggies 4-1 in College Station, Texas. He struck out four batters and allowed just two hits and one earned run over five innings before teammate Ben Buck closed out the game's final two innings.
MWC Standings
W L Pct.UNLV 9 3 .750UTAH 7 5 .583 Air Force 6 5 .545 New Mexico 7 6 .538 San Diego State 5 8 .385 Brigham Young 2 6 .250
MWC Leaders
As a team, the Utes lead the conference in fielding percentage, ERA, runs allowed, saves, earned runs allowed, hits allowed, walks allowed, home runs allowed and errors, and rank second in stolen bases against, fielding double plays, opponent batting average, wins, triples allowed and runners picked off.
Individually, Mike Basham is tied for first in stolen bases, while Jake Jordison is second in putouts, tied for second in fielding double plays and ninth in total bases. Sophomore Matt Ciaramella is tied for first in fielding percentage and short stop Cort Wilson is tied for fifth in assists. Meanwhile, catcher Wick Udy is tied for second in runners picked off and fifth in putouts, and junior Jared Pena is tied for seventh in fielding double plays.
On the mound, Ben Buck is tied for first in games in relief, appearances, earned runs allowed, walks allowed and doubles allowed, and tied for second in saves. Derek Larsen is tied for first in runs allowed and tied for second in wins. Brady Martinez leads the league in saves, is tied for first in doubles allowed, and tied for second in games finished. Jason Price is tied for first in doubles allowed and tied for second in wins, and reigning MWC Pitcher of the Week Clay Westmoreland is third in opponent batting average. Doug Mackay is tied for second in runners picked off, and sixth in both ERA and strikeouts, while Sean Overholt is tied for fourth in batters struck out looking and eighth in strikeouts. Finally, sophomore Brett Sundberg is tied for first in walks allowed.
On the Road Again
The Utes will play nine more road games before hosting Mesa State for a doubleheader on Tuesday, March 18, at Ute Field.
Franklin Covey Field
Utah plays its home games at state-of-the-art Franklin Covey Field (15,500). The 13,000-seat facility (not including the general admission area), also serves as the home to Salt Lake's AAA baseball team, the Stingers, an affiliate of the reigning major-league champion Anaheim Angels.
Jordison Named MWC Player of the Week for Feb. 10-16
Senior first baseman Jake Jordison was named Mountain West Conference Player of the Week for Feb. 10-16 after posting a .455 batting average as the Utes swept Cal State Northridge, 5-4, 5-4, 7-5.
In three games played, Jordison was 5-for-11 from the plate with a double, two home runs, five RBI and three runs scored. Jordison's ninth-inning, two-run home run in game two gave the Utes a 5-3 lead and they held on for the 5-4 victory. He also had a two-run home run in game one.
On Deck
Utah travels to Tempe, Ariz., for the Arizona State Bob Schaefer Memorial Tournament March 7-9, where it will face two teams -- Cal State Northridge and Southern Utah -- that it will have already played this season. The Utes face Cal State Northridge at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 7, No. 4 Arizona State at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, and Southern Utah at 10 a.m. Sunday, March 9.
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