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Baseball Earns Split at LeClair Classic
3/2/2019 3:42 PM | Baseball
Utes Shutout Western Carolina
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Utah Baseball earned a split on Saturday, March 2 in the LeClair Classic at East Carolina.
The Utes Friday night game against the host No. 9 East Carolina got suspended due to rain with the score tied at 4. That game was finished following Utah's first scheduled game of the day against Western Carolina.
In Utah's game against Western Carolina they had everything working.
Riley Pierce had his best outing of the season pitching 5.0 innings and not allowing any runs while having five strikeouts. In all, Pierce, Jack Liffrig and Jake Dahle combined for the first shutout of the season for the Utes.
While those three were dealing on the mound, Utah's bats were hot as well as the team scored 14 runs on 12 hits. Three Utes finished with multiple RBI led by Matt Richardson with three.
Utah grabbed the lead in the second inning, scoring two runs on a Richardson single.
After adding another run in the fifth, Utah only led 3-0 heading into the later innings, but that's when Utah pounced scoring two runs in the seventh and then nine runs in the eighth to go up 14-0.
In the big eighth inning, Utah sent 14 batters to the plate and scored the nine runs on four hits.
Shortly after dismantling the Catamounts, Utah was back on the diamond to finish its game with East Carolina.
On Friday, Utah found itself in a hole early trailing 4-0 to the host team, but rallied for one run in the fourth and three runs in the sixth to tie the score. Shortly after ECU got out of the top of the sixth, the rain delayed the game tied at four in the middle of the sixth.
Out of the delay, ECU scored two runs in the seventh, but Utah came right back with a two-run home run from Chandler Anderson to tie up the score once again in the top half of the eighth.
The Utes left two on base in the eighth, but from there couldn't get anything going on offense. East Carolina put pressure on in the ninth and Dustyn Schramm worked his way out of it, but when the Pirates came back in the 10th Utah couldn't hold as ECU went on to win 7-6 in extras.
Utah's 1-1 finish on the day moves its record to 4-5 on the season. They have one game left in the LeClair Classic on Sunday, March 3 against Wright State. First pitch will be at 8 a.m. MT.
The Utes Friday night game against the host No. 9 East Carolina got suspended due to rain with the score tied at 4. That game was finished following Utah's first scheduled game of the day against Western Carolina.
In Utah's game against Western Carolina they had everything working.
Riley Pierce had his best outing of the season pitching 5.0 innings and not allowing any runs while having five strikeouts. In all, Pierce, Jack Liffrig and Jake Dahle combined for the first shutout of the season for the Utes.
While those three were dealing on the mound, Utah's bats were hot as well as the team scored 14 runs on 12 hits. Three Utes finished with multiple RBI led by Matt Richardson with three.
Utah grabbed the lead in the second inning, scoring two runs on a Richardson single.
After adding another run in the fifth, Utah only led 3-0 heading into the later innings, but that's when Utah pounced scoring two runs in the seventh and then nine runs in the eighth to go up 14-0.
In the big eighth inning, Utah sent 14 batters to the plate and scored the nine runs on four hits.
Shortly after dismantling the Catamounts, Utah was back on the diamond to finish its game with East Carolina.
On Friday, Utah found itself in a hole early trailing 4-0 to the host team, but rallied for one run in the fourth and three runs in the sixth to tie the score. Shortly after ECU got out of the top of the sixth, the rain delayed the game tied at four in the middle of the sixth.
Out of the delay, ECU scored two runs in the seventh, but Utah came right back with a two-run home run from Chandler Anderson to tie up the score once again in the top half of the eighth.
The Utes left two on base in the eighth, but from there couldn't get anything going on offense. East Carolina put pressure on in the ninth and Dustyn Schramm worked his way out of it, but when the Pirates came back in the 10th Utah couldn't hold as ECU went on to win 7-6 in extras.
Utah's 1-1 finish on the day moves its record to 4-5 on the season. They have one game left in the LeClair Classic on Sunday, March 3 against Wright State. First pitch will be at 8 a.m. MT.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: VOLIVA, Evan (2-1)
L: Schramm, Dusty (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Fernlund, Chase 1
HR: Anderson, Chandler 1
RBI: Anderson, Chandler 2 ; Kiernan, Jayden 1 ; Thompson, Tyler 1 ; Fernlund, Chase 2
SH: Anderson, Chandler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Migueles, Erick 1 ; Kramer, Shea 1 ; Tom , Rykker 2 ; Anderson, Chandler 1 ; Kiernan, Jayden 1
HBP: Dunn, Oliver 1 ; Moeller, Zack 1
Batting:
2B: BURLESON, Alec 2
RBI: PACKARD, Bryant 1 ; WORRELL, Bryson 1 ; BAKER, Dusty 2 ; BROWN, Turner 1 ; HOOVER, Lane 2
SH: GILES, Ryder 1
Base Running:
RUNS: JAYNE, Christian 1 ; BRICKHOUSE, Spencer 2 ; GILES, Ryder 1 ; WORRELL, Bryson 2 ; BAKER, Dusty 1
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