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Utes Knock Off No. 20 Arizona in Middle Game, 9-5
4/15/2022 5:15 PM | Baseball
Seven Utes combined for 13 hits to force rubber game Saturday
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah baseball team recorded 13 hits for the second straight game on Friday and picked up a 9-5 win over No. 20 nationally-ranked Arizona at Smith's Ballpark. The victory sets up a rubber game matchup on Saturday, April 16 beginning at 11 a.m. MT.
Catcher Davis Cop had his first home run as a Ute—a solo shot—among his career-high four hits. Cop finished with three RBI and a pair of runs scored, both tying his most at Utah. Designated hitter Jayden Kiernan contributed a double to highlight his three-hit day, and shortstop Matt Richardson logged a pair of hits in the victory. First baseman Alex Baeza and right fielder Kai Roberts had two RBI apiece.
Dusty Schramm (4-0) entered the game on the mound with two outs in the fifth inning and went 1.1 innings with just a hit allowed, ultimately earning the win. Blake Whiting pitched the final 2.2 innings of the ballgame and allowed just a pair of walks, striking out two batters to earn his fifth save. Whiting is the first Utah pitcher since 2019 to earn five saves in a season.
Both Schramm and Whiting inherited bases-loaded situations at their respective entrances to the game. Schramm came on with just a 4-3 lead and two outs, inducing a ground ball to get out of the jam. Then in the top of the seventh, Whiting came on with an 8-5 lead and bases juiced, before getting a three-pitch strikeout and inning-ending groundout. For Schramm, it was his second time this season inheriting the bases loaded and escaping unharmed.
For the fifth time in the last six games, Utah scored first, this time by plating three runs in the second inning. Left fielder TJ Clarkson drew an eight-pitch walk to leadoff the frame, later scoring on an RBI groundout by Baeza. Following two singles and a hit batsman, the lineup turned over to Roberts, who laced a two-run base knock which scored Cop and Richardson for a 3-0 Utes lead.
Arizona got back within one in the Wildcats' half of the third, using a two-run homer off the bat of center fielder Mac Bingham.
In the bottom of the fourth, Utah got one back on Cop's leadoff solo shot, swinging away on the first pitch and depositing the baseball over the left-center field fence. Arizona would counter with an RBI single in the fifth that scored Bingham, though Utah still held a 4-3 lead.
Things broke open a little bit in the last of the fifth, as the Utes sent eight men to bat. Third baseman Chase Anderson was hit by a pitch with one out and moved up to third on Clarkson's double into the right field corner. Anderson would score when Kiernan hit a chopper to second base—Kiernan reached with nobody covering first base.
That set the stage for Baeza to lace a double that dribbled down the right field line to score Clarkson and put Kiernan on third. Cop singled to bring in Kiernan, then Baeza hustled down the line when Richardson laid down a safety squeeze. Sliding in head-first, Baeza beat the throw to the plate to cap the four-run frame and give Utah the 8-3 lead.
Arizona's Tanner O'Tremba clubbed a two-run homer in the seventh inning, but the Utes bounced back with another RBI single for Cop in the bottom half, scoring Kiernan for the second time.
Jaden Harris went 4.2 innings in a no-decision in Harris' third Pac-12 start. He allowed three runs on six hits and four walks, tallying three strikeouts.
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Catcher Davis Cop had his first home run as a Ute—a solo shot—among his career-high four hits. Cop finished with three RBI and a pair of runs scored, both tying his most at Utah. Designated hitter Jayden Kiernan contributed a double to highlight his three-hit day, and shortstop Matt Richardson logged a pair of hits in the victory. First baseman Alex Baeza and right fielder Kai Roberts had two RBI apiece.
Dusty Schramm (4-0) entered the game on the mound with two outs in the fifth inning and went 1.1 innings with just a hit allowed, ultimately earning the win. Blake Whiting pitched the final 2.2 innings of the ballgame and allowed just a pair of walks, striking out two batters to earn his fifth save. Whiting is the first Utah pitcher since 2019 to earn five saves in a season.
Both Schramm and Whiting inherited bases-loaded situations at their respective entrances to the game. Schramm came on with just a 4-3 lead and two outs, inducing a ground ball to get out of the jam. Then in the top of the seventh, Whiting came on with an 8-5 lead and bases juiced, before getting a three-pitch strikeout and inning-ending groundout. For Schramm, it was his second time this season inheriting the bases loaded and escaping unharmed.
For the fifth time in the last six games, Utah scored first, this time by plating three runs in the second inning. Left fielder TJ Clarkson drew an eight-pitch walk to leadoff the frame, later scoring on an RBI groundout by Baeza. Following two singles and a hit batsman, the lineup turned over to Roberts, who laced a two-run base knock which scored Cop and Richardson for a 3-0 Utes lead.
Arizona got back within one in the Wildcats' half of the third, using a two-run homer off the bat of center fielder Mac Bingham.
In the bottom of the fourth, Utah got one back on Cop's leadoff solo shot, swinging away on the first pitch and depositing the baseball over the left-center field fence. Arizona would counter with an RBI single in the fifth that scored Bingham, though Utah still held a 4-3 lead.
Things broke open a little bit in the last of the fifth, as the Utes sent eight men to bat. Third baseman Chase Anderson was hit by a pitch with one out and moved up to third on Clarkson's double into the right field corner. Anderson would score when Kiernan hit a chopper to second base—Kiernan reached with nobody covering first base.
That set the stage for Baeza to lace a double that dribbled down the right field line to score Clarkson and put Kiernan on third. Cop singled to bring in Kiernan, then Baeza hustled down the line when Richardson laid down a safety squeeze. Sliding in head-first, Baeza beat the throw to the plate to cap the four-run frame and give Utah the 8-3 lead.
Arizona's Tanner O'Tremba clubbed a two-run homer in the seventh inning, but the Utes bounced back with another RBI single for Cop in the bottom half, scoring Kiernan for the second time.
Jaden Harris went 4.2 innings in a no-decision in Harris' third Pac-12 start. He allowed three runs on six hits and four walks, tallying three strikeouts.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Schramm, Dusty (4-0)
L: Irvin, Garrett (3-2)
S: Whiting, Blake (5)
Batting:
2B: McClaughry, Nik 1
HR: Bingham, Mac 1 ; O'Tremba, Tanner 1
RBI: Bingham, Mac 2 ; O'Tremba, Tanner 2 ; Susac, Daniel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bingham, Mac 3 ; O'Tremba, Tanner 1 ; McClaughry, Nik 1
SB: Bingham, Mac 1 ; O'Tremba, Tanner 1 ; Davis, Chase 1
CS: Caulfield, Garen 1
Batting:
2B: Clarkson, TJ 1 ; Kiernan, Jayden 1 ; Baeza, Alex 1
HR: Cop, Davis 1
RBI: Roberts, Kai 2 ; Kiernan, Jayden 1 ; Baeza, Alex 2 ; Cop, Davis 3 ; Richardson, Matt 1
SH: Richardson, Matt 1 ; Booth, Carter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Anderson, Chase 1 ; Clarkson, TJ 2 ; Kiernan, Jayden 2 ; Baeza, Alex 1 ; Cop, Davis 2 ; Richardson, Matt 1
CS: Duffalo, Dakota 1
HBP: Anderson, Chase 1 ; Richardson, Matt 1 ; Duffalo, Dakota 1
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