University of Utah
17-33, 7-23
USC
25-26, 13-17
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 3 |
| Utah | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
Baseball Falls in Kinneberg's Final Game to USC
5/29/2021 4:28 PM | Baseball
Kinneberg to retire after coaching for 37 years with 18 of those being head coach at Utah
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It was head coach Bill Kinneberg's final game with the Utes as he announced his retirement on Monday. He was honored before the game for his 18 seasons as a head coach at Utah.
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Utah got off to as good of a start as they could've scoring five in the first inning on five hits. After Matt Richardson reached on an error, Kai Roberts smashed a double to score him from first. Christopher Rowan, Jr. followed that up with a hit to score Roberts quickly putting Utah up 2-0. After a couple of singles from Rykker Tom and Shea Kramer, Vinny Zavolta got a single with the bases loaded to score Rowan from third. The next two runs were scored on a wild pitch and a dropped popup by the pitcher making the score 5-0.
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The Utes pushed their lead out to 7-1 after the third inning, but that's when the Trojans got hot. They plated eight runs in the fourth inning on seven hits and two errors to take a 9-7 lead.
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Utah did claw back and ended up taking the lead at 10-9 after scoring one run in the fourth and two in the fifth.
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USC wasn't finished though as they got going again in the seventh scoring seven more runs to go up 16-10. The Utes couldn't come back from that deficit eventually falling 17-11 in their final game of the 2021 season.
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Roberts led Utah by going 2-5 with a triple and a double. Tom, Kramer and Zavolta all had two hits in the game as well. Rowan and Chase Fernlund led the team with two RBI in the game.
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The loss drops Utah's final record to 17-33 on the season and 7-23 in Pac-12 play.
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Players Mentioned
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Spach, Toby (3-0)
L: Sox, Matthew (5-2)
Batting:
2B: Pritchard, Tyler 2
3B: Pritchard, Tyler 1
HR: Ramirez, Ben 1 ; Owens, Clay 1
RBI: Rodriguez, Miko 2 ; Shockey, Brady 1 ; Ramirez, Ben 3 ; Guillemette, Garret 2 ; West, Bart 1 ; Pritchard, Tyler 3 ; Owens, Clay 1 ; Thomas, John 1 ; Cirillo, Connor 1
SH: Cirillo, Connor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Thomas, Rhylan 1 ; Rodriguez, Miko 2 ; Shockey, Brady 1 ; Ramirez, Ben 2 ; Guillemette, Garret 2 ; West, Bart 1 ; Pritchard, Tyler 3 ; Owens, Clay 2 ; Thomas, John 2 ; Cirillo, Connor 1
HBP: Ramirez, Ben 1
PO: Thomas, Rhylan 1
Batting:
2B: Roberts, Kai 1 ; Kramer, Shea 1 ; Rudy, Brock 1 ; Fernlund, Chase 1
3B: Roberts, Kai 1
RBI: McLaughlin, Jaylon 1 ; Roberts, Kai 1 ; Rowan, Jr. , Christopher 2 ; Zavolta, Vinny 1 ; Fernlund, Chase 2
SH: Rudy, Brock 1 ; Fernlund, Chase 1
SF: McLaughlin, Jaylon 1 ; Rowan, Jr. , Christopher 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Richardson, Matt 1 ; Roberts, Kai 2 ; Rowan, Jr. , Christopher 1 ; Tom , Rykker 1 ; Kramer, Shea 2 ; Zavolta, Vinny 3 ; Rudy, Brock 1
HBP: Zavolta, Vinny 1 ; Rudy, Brock 1
