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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
OGDEN – The Utah baseball team dropped its final game of the season 17-11 the USC Trojans at Lindquist Field in Ogden, 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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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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