SAN FRANCISCO – The Utah baseball team fell by a 3-0 score to San Francisco on Monday at Benedetti Diamond.
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Utah (1-3) now turns its attention to the 2023 Kleberg Bank College Classic, hosted by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The tournament begins on Friday, Feb. 24 with a 1 p.m. MT game against Houston and played at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Center fielder
Karson Bodily contributed his first double as a Ute in the loss, while catcher
Davis Cop, third baseman
Jake Gish and designated hitter
Cameron Gurney each singled.
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Southpaw
Bryson Van Sickle (0-1) got the start, working five innings of two-run ball, striking out five Dons against two walks.
Merit Jones and
Micah Ashman also pitched out of the bullpen for Utah.
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USF got on the board in the opening inning with a walk followed by back-to-back doubles, the last driving in two runs. But Van Sickle quickly put that sequence behind him, coming back with a strikeout and a successful pickoff move to second base, getting out of the inning without further damage.
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The 2-0 lead for the Dons remained until the sixth inning, when the home club added another run on a wild pitch.
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The Utes had runners in scoring position in five different innings, but San Francisco countered with a lockdown effort on the mound and defensively and didn't allow Utah to get across the plate.
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