University of Utah Athletics

PALO ALTO – Utah baseball battled No. 3 Stanford all day after falling down 5-0 early, pushing the Cardinal to extra innings, but Stanford scored a run in the bottom of the 12^th to secure the victory and the series at Sunken Diamond on Saturday, March 23.
 
Erick Migueles had three RBI going 1-4 with a two-run home run and a sacrifice fly.
 
After Utah found themselves in a deficit early, they scored runs in three straight innings to take a 6-5 lead.
 
The offense got going in the third when they scored three runs on three hits. Oliver Dunn singled through the right side scoring Matt Richardson. Next up, Zack Moeller drew a walk and Migueles hit a sacrifice fly to score one and then an errant throw scored Chase Fernlund.
 
Fernlund got an RBI in the fourth, and Migueles hit a two-run home run in the fifth to give the Utes the lead, 6-5.
 
Stanford tied the score up in the bottom half of the fifth with a solo homer to center.
 
Dustyn Schramm started out shaky in his first game starting, but settled in and only gave up one hit after the second inning. His final line was 5.0 innings pitched and gave up six runs on eight hits.
 
Brett Brocoff relieved Schramm and had a great outing pitching 6.2 innings and only giving up one run on seven hits. His pitching helped push the game to extras.
 
Shea Kramer had a single in the 11^th inning to give the Utes their first base runner in extras, but was caught stealing helping the Cardinal get out of the inning tied.

Stanford broke the tie in the bottom of the 12th, scoring one run on two hits to earn the win.
 
The loss drops the Utes to 7-11 overall and 1-4 in Pac-12 play.
 
Stanford and Utah will play the final game of the series on Sunday, March 24. First pitch is at 2 p.m.