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Utah Baseball Notes
2/25/2004 12:00 AM | Baseball
Feb. 25, 2004
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Coming Up
The Utah baseball team (1-5) travels to New Orleans, La., for a three-game series this Friday-Sunday, Feb. 27-29, at Tulane (5-1). Friday's game begins at 6 p.m., while Saturday's game starts at 2 p.m. and the teams close out the series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Probable Starters
Pos. Name B/T BA R H 2B 3B HR RBIC Nate Schlieman R/R .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 or Trevor Eastman R/R .200 1 2 0 0 0 0 1B Michael Westfall R/R .333 5 8 0 0 0 0 2B Jared Pena R/R .182 2 4 0 0 0 2 3B Cort Wilson R/R .333 2 6 2 0 1 2 SS Ryan Khoury R/R .280 3 7 0 0 1 1 LF Tyson Olson L/L .235 4 4 1 0 1 4 or TJ Floyd R/R .125 1 1 1 0 0 0 CF Matt Ciaramella S/L .217 3 5 1 0 1 4 RF Eric Chevalier L/L .222 1 4 1 0 1 5 DH Clayne Garrett L/R .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 or Tyler Kay R/R .091 0 1 0 0 0 1
Pitching Match-Up
Friday, Feb. 27 B/T ERA W-L G/GS IP H R ER BB KOJason Price (Utah) L/L 6.10 0-1 2/2 10.1 9 7 7 8 7 Billy Mohl (Tulane) R/R 1.64 2-0 2/2 11.0 12 3 2 0 12
Saturday, Feb. 28 B/T ERA W-L G/GS IP H R ER BB KO Doug Mackay (Utah) R/R 17.05 0-2 2/2 6.1 14 15 12 7 7 J.R. Crowel (Tulane) R/L 1.64 2-0 2/2 11.0 7 2 2 3 13
Sunday, Feb. 29 B/T ERA W-L G/GS IP H R ER BB KO Eric Schaler (Utah) R/R 18.00 0-0 2/2 3.0 7 8 6 3 3 Cory Hahn (Tulane) R/R 0.00 1-0 1/1 5.0 4 0 0 0 7
Utah Update
Utah went 1-2 in a three-game series at the University of Central Florida last weekend. On Friday night, the Utes suffered an 11-1 loss, giving up 13 hits and committing four errors in the game. Saturday afternoon Utah dropped a 7-6 heartbreaker to UCF, stranding the game-tying and game-winning runs in the eighth inning. Sunday Utah needed extra innings to come away with a 3-2 victory over UCF. Freshman designated hitter John Welsh hit a solo homer in the 10th inning to give the Utes their first win of the season.
Scouting the Opposition
No. 9 Tulane (5-1) completed a three-game home sweep of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County last weekend. On Friday, Tulane tallied a season-best 14 hits while handing UMBC an 8-1 defeat. Saturday the Green Waves swiped a season-best nine bases while sophomore J.R. Crowel struck out a career-high 10 batters on route to a 10-2 win. Sunday Tulane gave UMBC their worst loss of the series with a decisive 14-5 win.
MWC Standings
W L T Pct.UNLV 5 4 0 .556 San Diego State 7 10 0 .412 Air Force 2 4 0 .333 BYU 3 11 0 .214Utah 1 5 0 .167 New Mexico 0 2 1 .167
Utes Picked to Finish Fourth in MWC
Utah tied with New Mexico to finish fourth in the Mountain West Conference in the preseason coaches poll. The Utes and the Lobos collected 12 points apiece in the poll. UNLV, last year's regular-season and tournament champion, received four of the six first-place votes and collected 24 points to capture the top spot in the poll, followed by San Diego State with 22 points. Brigham Young earned 15 points to place third. Air Force ranked sixth with five points.
On the Road Again
The Utes will play 12 more road games before hosting Brigham Young for a three-game series Thursday-Saturday, March 25-27, at Franklin Covey Field.
Franklin Covey Field
Utah plays the majority of 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 Anaheim Angels.
On Deck
The Utes travel to Cedar City, Utah, for a pair of 2 p.m. games at Southern Utah next Thursday and Friday, March 4 and 5. The Utes face Central Michigan at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 6.
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