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Baseball Heads Back to Texas for Series With UT Arlington
2/25/2020 1:13 PM | Baseball
Second weekend in a row in Texas
Game 8-10: Utah (3-4) at UT Arlington (5-2)
Friday, February 28-Sunday, March 1
Game Times: 2 p.m., 1 p.m., 10 a.m.
Arlington, Texas | Clay Gould Ballpark
Live Stats | Stream
FIRST PITCH
Utah heads back to Texas after a weekend where they went 2-1 in the Kleberg Bank College Classic at Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
This weekend, the Utes will be headed to Arlington, Texas to take on UT Arlington in a three-game series. The first game of the series will now start at 2 p.m. MT instead of 5:30 p.m. MT.
UT Arlington has had a good start to the season going 5-2 through the first two weeks. Utah sits at 3-4 with a big second weekend where they went 2-1.
PITCHING STEPS UP
The Utah pitchers were on fire in the Kleberg Bank College Classic. They only gave up five runs in the three games allowing Utah to go 2-1 with wins over Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Kansas State.
For the weekend, the pitching group had an ERA of 1.29 surrendering five runs with only four of them being earned.
In the two wins, the pitching staff held TAMUCC and Kansas State to only one run allowing for late rallies to win the game. Against Missouri, starter David Watson allowed three runs, but had a career high nine strikeouts against the Tigers.
In two starts, Friday night starter Justin Kelly has the second lowest ERA on the team at 1.59. Against UC Davis, he gave up two earned runs and against TAMUCC he gave up zero earned runs.
After a tough first start, redshirt senior Kyle Robeniol bounced back going 6.1 innings and only giving up four hits against Kansas State allowing Utah to win it late.
ONE-HIT WINNERS
The Utes beat Kansas State on Sunday 2-1 and only had one hit in the game and the one hit didn't come until the bottom of the ninth inning.
After great pitching kept Utah in the game, Matt Richardson stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth and started the inning with a single to left field. After a walk and sacrifice bunt, Richardson ended up scoring on a wild pitch. Then, the Utes drew two more walks and Shea Kramer reached base on a fielder's choice beating out a throw trying to turn a double play allowing the winning run to score.
It was the second one-run victory that Utah had for the weekend and first walk-off win of the season.
KELLY RETURNS
Redshirt sophomore Justin Kelly returned after sitting out the 2019 season with an elbow injury. Kelly got the first start of the season on Friday night and pitched 5.1 innings only allowing two runs on seven hits.
He followed that up with an even better performance in his second start, pitching 6.0 innings and only allowing an unearned run on five hits.
His ERA is currently the second best on the team at 1.59 and he has only allowed two earned runs in his two starts.
In his freshman season, he appeared in 12 games out of the bullpen and held a 6.66 ERA. In 24.1 innings pitched, he had 23 strikeouts.
GIFFINS SHUTS IT DOWN
Josh Giffins has been one of Utah's best relievers to start the season. The freshman has allowed only one run in his three appearances over the first two weeks. In the second appearance, he pitched 5.0 innings and only allowed two hits.
Holding the Aggies to only two hits allowed the Utes to get back within the game scoring five runs, but couldn't complete the comeback.
Against Kansas State, he went 2.1 innings allowing one run on two hits.
UP NEXT
Utah will head to Minneapolis, Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers in U.S. Bank Stadium in a three-game series Friday-Sunday.
Friday, February 28-Sunday, March 1
Game Times: 2 p.m., 1 p.m., 10 a.m.
Arlington, Texas | Clay Gould Ballpark
Live Stats | Stream
FIRST PITCH
Utah heads back to Texas after a weekend where they went 2-1 in the Kleberg Bank College Classic at Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
This weekend, the Utes will be headed to Arlington, Texas to take on UT Arlington in a three-game series. The first game of the series will now start at 2 p.m. MT instead of 5:30 p.m. MT.
UT Arlington has had a good start to the season going 5-2 through the first two weeks. Utah sits at 3-4 with a big second weekend where they went 2-1.
PITCHING STEPS UP
The Utah pitchers were on fire in the Kleberg Bank College Classic. They only gave up five runs in the three games allowing Utah to go 2-1 with wins over Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Kansas State.
For the weekend, the pitching group had an ERA of 1.29 surrendering five runs with only four of them being earned.
In the two wins, the pitching staff held TAMUCC and Kansas State to only one run allowing for late rallies to win the game. Against Missouri, starter David Watson allowed three runs, but had a career high nine strikeouts against the Tigers.
In two starts, Friday night starter Justin Kelly has the second lowest ERA on the team at 1.59. Against UC Davis, he gave up two earned runs and against TAMUCC he gave up zero earned runs.
After a tough first start, redshirt senior Kyle Robeniol bounced back going 6.1 innings and only giving up four hits against Kansas State allowing Utah to win it late.
ONE-HIT WINNERS
The Utes beat Kansas State on Sunday 2-1 and only had one hit in the game and the one hit didn't come until the bottom of the ninth inning.
After great pitching kept Utah in the game, Matt Richardson stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth and started the inning with a single to left field. After a walk and sacrifice bunt, Richardson ended up scoring on a wild pitch. Then, the Utes drew two more walks and Shea Kramer reached base on a fielder's choice beating out a throw trying to turn a double play allowing the winning run to score.
It was the second one-run victory that Utah had for the weekend and first walk-off win of the season.
KELLY RETURNS
Redshirt sophomore Justin Kelly returned after sitting out the 2019 season with an elbow injury. Kelly got the first start of the season on Friday night and pitched 5.1 innings only allowing two runs on seven hits.
He followed that up with an even better performance in his second start, pitching 6.0 innings and only allowing an unearned run on five hits.
His ERA is currently the second best on the team at 1.59 and he has only allowed two earned runs in his two starts.
In his freshman season, he appeared in 12 games out of the bullpen and held a 6.66 ERA. In 24.1 innings pitched, he had 23 strikeouts.
GIFFINS SHUTS IT DOWN
Josh Giffins has been one of Utah's best relievers to start the season. The freshman has allowed only one run in his three appearances over the first two weeks. In the second appearance, he pitched 5.0 innings and only allowed two hits.
Holding the Aggies to only two hits allowed the Utes to get back within the game scoring five runs, but couldn't complete the comeback.
Against Kansas State, he went 2.1 innings allowing one run on two hits.
UP NEXT
Utah will head to Minneapolis, Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers in U.S. Bank Stadium in a three-game series Friday-Sunday.
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