Game 23: Utah (7-15) vs. BYU (21-5)
Tuesday, April 2
Salt Lake City | Smith's Ballpark
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FIRST PITCH
Utah has a midweek game against BYU in the Deseret First Duel at home in Smith's Ballpark.
It is the first meeting of three this year between Utah and BYU and only the fifth home game of the season for the Utes.
The game will be broadcasted on Pac-12 Network
SERIES
In all, Utah and BYU have played 362 times and the Utes are 116-244-2.
Utah has won or split the series the last two seasons.
KRAMER GETS THE BAT GOING
Shea Kramer is hitting .375 in Pac-12 play through the first three series. He's started in six of those game and played in eight of the nine games.
He's got four RBI and has scored one run.
BROCOFF COMES OUT OF BULLPEN IN PAC-12 PLAY
Brett Brocoff has made two appearances out of the bullpen in Pac-12 play against Stanford and Oregon and has pitched really well.
He has a 2.31 era in 11.2 innings pitched and only allowing three runs with 10 strikeouts.
Against Stanford, he pitched 6.2 innings allowing the Utes to comeback and force extra innings. Then against Oregon, Brocoff came in after one inning and pitched 5.0 innings and only allowed five hits and two earned runs. he also had a season high in strikeouts with six.
DUNN ALWAYS ON BASE
Second baseman
Oliver Dunn is hitting .367 after a big weekend at the plate against Oregon. He is second in the Pac-12 with 13 doubles and is 10th in the conference in OB% at .463. He's also seventh in the conference with a .622 slugging percentage.
Dunn had a career high six RBI in Friday night's game against Arizona going 3-6 at the plate with two doubles.
He leads the team scoring 27 runs and touched 56 total bases.
Dunn currently has a hit in 13 straight games and has a hit in 20 of the 22 games played this season.
Against Oregon, Dunn hit .429 going 6-14 at the plate with a home run and triple and he scored four runs and knocked in two more runs.
Dunn has also been a warrior on the field through his career, starting in 126 of the 128 games he's seen action in.
NEXT UP
Utah will travel to play No. 6 Oregon State beginning Friday, April 5. First pitch is at 6:35 on Friday.