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Utah Baseball Falls to Nebraska, 4-3, Closing Out Pac-12/Big 10 Challenge
2/26/2017 5:13 PM | Baseball
SURPRISE, Ariz. – The Utah baseball team dropped its final game of the Pac-12/Big 10 Challenge on Sunday afternoon, falling to Nebraska, 4-3.
The Utes (5-2) had just three hits on the day with Wade Gulden recording two of those hits. Utah kept the game to within a run despite being out-hit 10-3.
On the mound, Josh Lapiana threw five innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits with seven strikeouts and four walks. He falls to 1-1 with the loss. Tanner Thomas pitched three innings, allowing three hits with three strikeouts, while Hunter Rodriguez and Trenton Stoltz each pitched in the ninth inning.
Nebraska led 4-0 after the top of the fourth, taking a 1-0 lead in the first with the help of two singles and an error, while scoring three runs in the fourth following three hits and two walks.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr., sparked the Utes in the bottom of the fourth with a leadoff triple. Dallas Carroll walked with one out and Hunter Simmons reached base on an error, which allowed Keirsey to score. Josh Rose walked to load the bases and Gulden drove in Utah's second run with an RBI single. Chandler Anderson hit into a sacrifice fly to score Simmons before a ground out ended the inning, cutting Nebraska's lead to 4-3.
Utah's defense held the remainder of the way but the Ute bats struggled to get anything going. Utah stranded two on in the fifth after Ellis Kelly reached first on a dropped third strike and Keirsey walked with no outs. Both runners moved into scoring position on a bunt but a strikeout and fly out ended the threat. Nebraska put two on in the seventh following a pair of one-out singles before a double play ground out got Utah out of the inning. The Huskers stranded two in the ninth following a pair of singles and an attempted squeeze play failed after some heads-up defense from Simmons. Gulden led off the ninth with a single for Utah but a strikeout, fly out and ground out ended the game.
Utah was 3-1 during the Pac-12/Big 10 Challenge, winning two games over Ohio State and splitting a pair of contests against Nebraska.
The Utes return to the diamond next weekend for a four-game series against UTSA beginning on Friday, March 3, at 5:00 p.m. MT.
The Utes (5-2) had just three hits on the day with Wade Gulden recording two of those hits. Utah kept the game to within a run despite being out-hit 10-3.
On the mound, Josh Lapiana threw five innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits with seven strikeouts and four walks. He falls to 1-1 with the loss. Tanner Thomas pitched three innings, allowing three hits with three strikeouts, while Hunter Rodriguez and Trenton Stoltz each pitched in the ninth inning.
Nebraska led 4-0 after the top of the fourth, taking a 1-0 lead in the first with the help of two singles and an error, while scoring three runs in the fourth following three hits and two walks.
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr., sparked the Utes in the bottom of the fourth with a leadoff triple. Dallas Carroll walked with one out and Hunter Simmons reached base on an error, which allowed Keirsey to score. Josh Rose walked to load the bases and Gulden drove in Utah's second run with an RBI single. Chandler Anderson hit into a sacrifice fly to score Simmons before a ground out ended the inning, cutting Nebraska's lead to 4-3.
Utah's defense held the remainder of the way but the Ute bats struggled to get anything going. Utah stranded two on in the fifth after Ellis Kelly reached first on a dropped third strike and Keirsey walked with no outs. Both runners moved into scoring position on a bunt but a strikeout and fly out ended the threat. Nebraska put two on in the seventh following a pair of one-out singles before a double play ground out got Utah out of the inning. The Huskers stranded two in the ninth following a pair of singles and an attempted squeeze play failed after some heads-up defense from Simmons. Gulden led off the ninth with a single for Utah but a strikeout, fly out and ground out ended the game.
Utah was 3-1 during the Pac-12/Big 10 Challenge, winning two games over Ohio State and splitting a pair of contests against Nebraska.
The Utes return to the diamond next weekend for a four-game series against UTSA beginning on Friday, March 3, at 5:00 p.m. MT.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Luensmann, Chad (1-0)
L: Lapiana, Josh (1-1)
S: Alvarado, Luis (1)
Batting:
RBI: Hagge, Mojo 1 ; Schreiber, Scott 1 ; Waldron, Mike 1 ; Raburn, Alex 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hagge, Mojo 1 ; Schreiber, Scott 1 ; Alvarado, Luis 1 ; Roskam, Luke 1
SB: Roskam, Luke 1
Batting:
3B: Keirsey, Jr. , DaShawn 1
RBI: Simmons, Hunter 1 ; Gulden, Wade 1 ; Anderson, Chandler 1
SH: Dunn, Oliver 1
SF: Anderson, Chandler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Keirsey, Jr. , DaShawn 1 ; Carroll, Dallas 1 ; Simmons, Hunter 1
CS: Anderson, Chandler 1
HBP: Simmons, Hunter 1
PO: Anderson, Chandler 1
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