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Photo by: Bryan Byerly/Utah Athletics
Utes Outlast Washington State 12-11 for Series Sweep
4/30/2023 6:27 PM | Baseball
Kiernan’s fifth-inning homer put Utah ahead for good, McCleve earns 12th career save
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah baseball team defeated Washington State on Sunday by a 12-11 score, completing a three-game sweep over the Cougars at Smith's Ballpark. It is Utah's first sweep over the Cougars in the Pac-12 era and the team's first sweep of a Pac-12 opponent since the 2017 season.
In a back-and-forth game with an edge-of-your-seat feel throughout the contest, Jayden Kiernan broke a 10-10 tie in the fifth inning with a leadoff homer that snuck inside the right field foul pole for his third big fly of the year. Later in the fifth, Matt Flaharty sped around the bases for his first triple as a Ute, driving in Karson Bodily for what proved to be the game-deciding run.
Washington State cut the Utes' lead in half on a sac fly during the sixth inning, but from there Jaden Harris, Micah Ashman and Zac McCleve closed the door. McCleve logged his third save of the season and 12th as a Ute, the latter tying McCleve with Robert Chimpky (2008-09) for third-most in recorded program history.
Randon Hostert (2-2) earned the win, entering the game during a crucial stretch in the middle innings. Harris struck out three during his 1.2-inning outing, Ashman fired a scoreless inning of work, before McCleve entered with one out in the ninth and the tying run at second. Unfazed, the submariner from nearby West Valley struck out both batters he faced on three pitches each. It finished off a day that saw both teams work deep into their bullpens with eight pitchers working for each club.
Kiernan's homer highlighted a three-hit day with a pair of RBI and three runs scored. Bodily and Landon Frei contributed two hits apiece, and TJ Clarkson and Bodily scored twice. Kai Roberts returned to the lineup and walked four times, one short of tying the single-game program record.
It was an all-out run parade for the first five innings, with the bottom of the third going as the only zero for either team in that span. Utah led 7-3 after two innings, only for the Cougars to tie things up at seven-all during the fourth inning. Two bases-loaded walks for Utah in the home half of the fourth put the Utes ahead 9-7 before Davis Cop grounded out to bring in Flaharty from third and swell the Utah lead to 10-7.
But the momentum took yet another swing in the top of the fifth with a WSU three-spot, capped with a sac fly that scored Jonah Advincula from second base with the tying run. In the bottom of the fifth, Bodily followed up Kiernan's leadoff dinger with a double into the left field corner before scoring on Flaharty's triple for a 12-10 lead.
Harris relieved Ernesto Lugo-Canchola with two outs in the sixth and got a fly ball to get out of the inning with the score at 12-11. Then the Cougars retired Utah 1-2-3 in the bottom half, the first time all day that either team was retired in order.
Harris was back out for the seventh and fanned the side in order, including an 11-pitch duel with Kyle Russell that saw Harris fall behind 2-0 before battling back and keeping his poise through six foul balls.
The tying run got into scoring position for the Cougars in both the eighth and ninth, but as has been the case all weekend, Ashman and McCleve powered through on the mound and closed out the sweep.
Kiernan reached base safely for the 24th straight game played, a career-long for Kiernan and the longest streak this season by a Ute.
Utah is idle this week while the team takes care of final exams. The Utes are back in action on Friday night, May 5, beginning a three-game set at Oregon State with first pitch set for 6:35 p.m. MT in Corvallis, Oregon, at Goss Stadium.
Follow Utah baseball on social media (@utahbaseball).
In a back-and-forth game with an edge-of-your-seat feel throughout the contest, Jayden Kiernan broke a 10-10 tie in the fifth inning with a leadoff homer that snuck inside the right field foul pole for his third big fly of the year. Later in the fifth, Matt Flaharty sped around the bases for his first triple as a Ute, driving in Karson Bodily for what proved to be the game-deciding run.
Washington State cut the Utes' lead in half on a sac fly during the sixth inning, but from there Jaden Harris, Micah Ashman and Zac McCleve closed the door. McCleve logged his third save of the season and 12th as a Ute, the latter tying McCleve with Robert Chimpky (2008-09) for third-most in recorded program history.
Randon Hostert (2-2) earned the win, entering the game during a crucial stretch in the middle innings. Harris struck out three during his 1.2-inning outing, Ashman fired a scoreless inning of work, before McCleve entered with one out in the ninth and the tying run at second. Unfazed, the submariner from nearby West Valley struck out both batters he faced on three pitches each. It finished off a day that saw both teams work deep into their bullpens with eight pitchers working for each club.
Kiernan's homer highlighted a three-hit day with a pair of RBI and three runs scored. Bodily and Landon Frei contributed two hits apiece, and TJ Clarkson and Bodily scored twice. Kai Roberts returned to the lineup and walked four times, one short of tying the single-game program record.
It was an all-out run parade for the first five innings, with the bottom of the third going as the only zero for either team in that span. Utah led 7-3 after two innings, only for the Cougars to tie things up at seven-all during the fourth inning. Two bases-loaded walks for Utah in the home half of the fourth put the Utes ahead 9-7 before Davis Cop grounded out to bring in Flaharty from third and swell the Utah lead to 10-7.
But the momentum took yet another swing in the top of the fifth with a WSU three-spot, capped with a sac fly that scored Jonah Advincula from second base with the tying run. In the bottom of the fifth, Bodily followed up Kiernan's leadoff dinger with a double into the left field corner before scoring on Flaharty's triple for a 12-10 lead.
Harris relieved Ernesto Lugo-Canchola with two outs in the sixth and got a fly ball to get out of the inning with the score at 12-11. Then the Cougars retired Utah 1-2-3 in the bottom half, the first time all day that either team was retired in order.
Harris was back out for the seventh and fanned the side in order, including an 11-pitch duel with Kyle Russell that saw Harris fall behind 2-0 before battling back and keeping his poise through six foul balls.
The tying run got into scoring position for the Cougars in both the eighth and ninth, but as has been the case all weekend, Ashman and McCleve powered through on the mound and closed out the sweep.
Kiernan reached base safely for the 24th straight game played, a career-long for Kiernan and the longest streak this season by a Ute.
Utah is idle this week while the team takes care of final exams. The Utes are back in action on Friday night, May 5, beginning a three-game set at Oregon State with first pitch set for 6:35 p.m. MT in Corvallis, Oregon, at Goss Stadium.
Follow Utah baseball on social media (@utahbaseball).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hostert, Randon (2-2)
L: Orr, Ryan (1-2)
S: McCleve, Zac (3)
Batting:
2B: Advincula, Jonah 1 ; Hainline, Elijah 1
RBI: McKeon, Jacob 2 ; Brown, Sam 1 ; Magee, Cam 1 ; Harvey, Jake 2 ; Hainline, Elijah 2 ; Matthews, Bryce 2
SF: Brown, Sam 1 ; Harvey, Jake 1 ; Matthews, Bryce 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Advincula, Jonah 2 ; McKeon, Jacob 1 ; Brown, Sam 1 ; Magee, Cam 1 ; Harvey, Jake 1 ; Hainline, Elijah 2 ; Cresswell, Will 1 ; Matthews, Bryce 2
SB: Advincula, Jonah 2 ; Hainline, Elijah 1
HBP: Advincula, Jonah 1 ; Brown, Sam 2 ; Magee, Cam 1
Batting:
2B: Kiernan, Jayden 2 ; Bodily, Karson 1
3B: Flaharty, Matt 1
HR: Kiernan, Jayden 1
RBI: Roberts, Kai 1 ; Cop, Davis 2 ; Kiernan, Jayden 2 ; Bodily, Karson 2 ; Gurney, Cameron 1 ; Frei, Landon 1 ; Flaharty, Matt 1 ; Webster, Bruer 1
SH: Roberts, Kai 1
SF: Gurney, Cameron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Roberts, Kai 1 ; Cop, Davis 1 ; Clarkson, TJ 2 ; Kiernan, Jayden 3 ; Bodily, Karson 2 ; Frei, Landon 1 ; Flaharty, Matt 1 ; Webster, Bruer 1
HBP: Clarkson, TJ 1 ; Frei, Landon 1 ; Flaharty, Matt 1
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