Utah Baseball Heads to San Diego for Tony Gwynn Legacy Tournament

Friday, February 22

San Diego, CA

7:00 PM

University of Utah

San Diego State

Utah Baseball Heads to San Diego for Tony Gwynn Legacy Tournament

2/19/2019 5:38 PM | Baseball

Game Notes (PDF)

Four Games in Four Days

Game 4: Utah (1-2) vs. Fresno State (2-1)
*Game canceled due to threat of inclement weather

Game 5: Utah (1-2) at San Diego State (2-1)
Friday, Feb. 22 | 7 p.m. MT
San Diego, Calif. | Tony Gwynn Stadium
Mountain West Network
Live Stats

Game 6: Utah (1-2) vs. Kansas State (2-2)
Saturday, Feb. 23 | 2 p.m. MT
San Diego, Calif. | Fowler Park
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Game 7: Utah (1-2) vs. San Diego (2-1)
Sunday, Feb. 24 | 3 p.m. MT
San Diego, Calif. | Fowler Park
theW.tv
Live Stats

FIRST PITCH
After originally planning on playing four games in the Tony Gwynn Legacy Tournament, the Utes will now play three beginning with San Diego State on Friday, February 22 because the Fresno State game was canceled due to the threat of inclement weather.

They play San Diego State on Friday night at 7 p.m. in Tony Gwynn Stadium before finishing with Kansas State on Saturday as well as San Diego on Sunday. Other than the game at San Diego State, the rest of the games will be played at Fowler Park.

TEDESCHI COMES UP BIG OUT OF THE BULLPEN
Joshua Tedeschi came in against Nevada in the third inning and pitched five strong innings that kept Utah in the game until their bats came alive in the sixth inning.

He only allowed one run and gave up seven hits. After getting out of a jam in the third inning, he found himself in some trouble in the seventh when the Wolf Pack loaded the bases. Nevada ended up getting one run, but overall they were contained to limit the damage and the Utes lead was preserved.

The senior pitcher got the win and was a key part in securing Utah's first win this season.

NEWCOMERS MAKE FIRST APPEARANCES
Nine players made their debut in a Utah uniform on the opening weekend. Three freshman pitchers came out of the bullpen and didn't allow a run in their first appearances.

In the field, the newcomers also made a difference as five either started or made appearances off the bench. Chase Fernlund hit .667 going 2-3 at the plate getting the start on Saturday at shortstop.

Jayden Kiernan got a start at catcher on Saturday, Christian Almanza and Tyler Thompson each got a start at DH and Briley Knight came off the bench in two games.

FRESHMEN PITCHERS BOOST BULLPEN
Three freshmen came up big out of the bullpen in the first weekend.

Jack Liffrig, Dustyn Schramm and Zac McCleve each hold an ERA of 0.00 after the first weekend. Both Liffrig and Schramm each pitched multiple innings.

Liffrig saw action on Saturday against Missouri State and pitched 3.0 innings and only giving up three hits, two of which came in the first inning he was in. He also had one strikeout and one walk.

Schramm earned his first career save against Nevada on Sunday, pitching two innings only allowing one hit. He also had two strikeouts.

MIGUELES HAS STRONG START
Erick Migueles led the Utes the first weekend at the plate hitting .417 for the weekend going 5-12 with three RBI and scored two runs as well.

He had two hits in the first two games and came up with an RBI in each of the three games. His slash after the first weekend is .417/1.000/.500.

Going back to last season, Migueles has an RBI in 10 straight games. He finished with one RBI in each game against Washington and had 7 RBI against Washington State in a three game series. He also had a couple of RBI in a midweek game against Utah Valley.