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Photo by: Sophia Kuder
Six-Run Seventh Keys 12-5 Series-Opening Win Over Oregon
5/18/2023 11:02 PM | Baseball
Van Sickle struck out a career-high 10 in his start
SALT LAKE CITY – A six-run bottom of the seventh inning put the Utah baseball team in front for good and the Utes added another insurance run in the eighth to take a 12-5 victory over Oregon in the teams' series opener on Thursday night at Smith's Ballpark.
TJ Clarkson and Jayden Kiernan hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning on the way to erasing an early 5-2 deficit for the Utes. It brought Clarkson to 13 home runs on the season and five for Kiernan. Kaden Carpenter had his third double of the season and Kai Roberts registered his first triple of the year.
Kiernan also extended his team-leading hitting and on-base streaks to 14 and 34 games, respectively.
Bryson Van Sickle went six innings in his start, striking out a career-high 10 batters on the night despite a no-decision. Randon Hostert picked up the win during his inning of relief, then Ernesto Lugo-Canchola and Zac McCleve wrapped it up, with McCleve striking out two Ducks in the ninth.
Utah was first to the scoreboard with a pair of runs. Kiernan laced a single into right field that allowed Roberts to come home after an earlier error, then a rare triple steal with Kiernan and Davis Cop at the corners resulted in Cop sliding in safely at home plate—he was originally called out but a replay review reversed the call.
Clarkson led off the bottom of the third with a solo shot onto the walkway underneath the scoreboard in right field, measuring out to 443 feet. Three pitches later, Kiernan went opposite field for a 380-foot shot that suddenly had Utah trailing only 5-4. Carpenter's double then set up an RBI single for Landon Frei to level the score at five-all.
Van Sickle struck out the side in order in the fourth and fanned two more in the fifth, before surrendering only a walk in the sixth to bring his outing to a close.
Utah pulled back in front with six runs in the seventh as a result of three hits, two hit batsmen, a walk and two Oregon errors. Frei worked a bases-loaded walk to bring in Kiernan after a Ducks miscue, then the Utes added tallies via singles for Matt Flaharty and Cop, a fielder's choice that Bruer Webster grounded into followed up by a second error.
Frei would score an insurance run for Utah in the eighth to bring the game to its final score. Then McCleve bounced back from a leadoff walk in the ninth with a strikeout, pop up and a strikeout.
It's a quick turnaround for Utah and Oregon with the middle game of the three-game series coming at 11 a.m. MT on Friday inside Smith's Ballpark.
Follow Utah baseball on social media (@utahbaseball).
TJ Clarkson and Jayden Kiernan hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning on the way to erasing an early 5-2 deficit for the Utes. It brought Clarkson to 13 home runs on the season and five for Kiernan. Kaden Carpenter had his third double of the season and Kai Roberts registered his first triple of the year.
Kiernan also extended his team-leading hitting and on-base streaks to 14 and 34 games, respectively.
Bryson Van Sickle went six innings in his start, striking out a career-high 10 batters on the night despite a no-decision. Randon Hostert picked up the win during his inning of relief, then Ernesto Lugo-Canchola and Zac McCleve wrapped it up, with McCleve striking out two Ducks in the ninth.
Utah was first to the scoreboard with a pair of runs. Kiernan laced a single into right field that allowed Roberts to come home after an earlier error, then a rare triple steal with Kiernan and Davis Cop at the corners resulted in Cop sliding in safely at home plate—he was originally called out but a replay review reversed the call.
Clarkson led off the bottom of the third with a solo shot onto the walkway underneath the scoreboard in right field, measuring out to 443 feet. Three pitches later, Kiernan went opposite field for a 380-foot shot that suddenly had Utah trailing only 5-4. Carpenter's double then set up an RBI single for Landon Frei to level the score at five-all.
Van Sickle struck out the side in order in the fourth and fanned two more in the fifth, before surrendering only a walk in the sixth to bring his outing to a close.
Utah pulled back in front with six runs in the seventh as a result of three hits, two hit batsmen, a walk and two Oregon errors. Frei worked a bases-loaded walk to bring in Kiernan after a Ducks miscue, then the Utes added tallies via singles for Matt Flaharty and Cop, a fielder's choice that Bruer Webster grounded into followed up by a second error.
Frei would score an insurance run for Utah in the eighth to bring the game to its final score. Then McCleve bounced back from a leadoff walk in the ninth with a strikeout, pop up and a strikeout.
It's a quick turnaround for Utah and Oregon with the middle game of the three-game series coming at 11 a.m. MT on Friday inside Smith's Ballpark.
Follow Utah baseball on social media (@utahbaseball).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hostert, Randon (3-2)
L: McShane, Dylan (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Cowley, Drew 1
HR: Smith, Drew 1
RBI: Cowley, Drew 1 ; Smith, Drew 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Shade, Colby 1 ; Cowley, Drew 1 ; Ceballos, Sabin 1 ; Smith, Tanner 1 ; Smith, Drew 1
SB: Cowley, Drew 1 ; Smith, Drew 1
Batting:
2B: Carpenter, Kaden 1
3B: Roberts, Kai 1
HR: Clarkson, TJ 1 ; Kiernan, Jayden 1
RBI: Cop, Davis 2 ; Clarkson, TJ 1 ; Kiernan, Jayden 2 ; Frei, Landon 2 ; Flaharty, Matt 1 ; Webster, Bruer 1
SH: Hammill, Elijha 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Roberts, Kai 2 ; Cop, Davis 1 ; Clarkson, TJ 1 ; Kiernan, Jayden 2 ; Hammill, Elijha 1 ; Carpenter, Kaden 2 ; Frei, Landon 1 ; Flaharty, Matt 1 ; Webster, Bruer 1
SB: Cop, Davis 1 ; Kiernan, Jayden 2 ; Frei, Landon 1
CS: Cop, Davis 1
HBP: Kiernan, Jayden 2 ; Carpenter, Kaden 1
PO: Cop, Davis 1
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