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Drake Digiorno (center) hit his first home run as a Ute during Saturday's comeback win over Loyola Marymount.
Late Homers Lift Utah Over Loyola Marymount, 9-5
2/24/2024 9:37 PM | Baseball
Six-spot in the seventh inning swung momentum into the Utah dugout
SAN DIEGO – A six-run seventh inning with home runs by Drake Digiorno and Karson Bodily eliminated a three-run deficit for the Utah Baseball team as the Utes went on to defeat Loyola Marymount, 9-5, on Saturday afternoon at Tony Gwynn Stadium. The game was part of the Tony Gwynn Legacy series, the annual event hosted by San Diego State University.
With the win, the Utes are now 5-1 on the season and victorious in five straight games.
Michael Davinni sparked the momentum-swinging seventh inning for the Utes, sending a two-run single to left field that scored Tyler Quinn and Kai Roberts, the latter of whom made his 150th start as a Ute in Saturday's contest. It cut the Utah deficit to 5-4 before Digiorno stepped up and clubbed his first homer with the team, a three-run shot that went over the wall in left-center.
Two batters later, Bodily took the 1-0 pitch to right field and over the fence for a solo shot, his first of the year. It gave the Utes an 8-5 lead at the time, with Roberts adding a no-doubter in the eighth for some insurance and bringing the ballgame to its final score.
Payton Riske dealt two solid innings of relief with three strikeouts, setting up for his first collegiate win. His first batter singled off of Riske but LMU never hit the ball out of the infield after that—thanks in part to a leaping catch in the eighth inning by shortstop Bruer Webster. Though it wasn't a save situation, Micah Ashman came on for the ninth and struck out the side to finish off the victory for Utah.
Lefty Bryson Van Sickle went five innings in his start with four strikeouts, no walks and three runs allowed on four hits.
At the plate, nine different Utes combined for a season-best 13 hits for the team, with two apiece for Roberts, Davinni, Digiorno and Bodily. Digiorno's three RBI were his first with the program on a day where he began the game playing first base and moved to second later on. Roberts, TJ Clarkson and Davinni each scored two runs in the win as well.
Utah answered a Lions home run in the second inning with a pair of tallies in the bottom half. Clarkson scored on a wild pitch, then Davinni came in when Colter McAnelly doubled in his first collegiate at bat; it was a gapper in right center and gave McAnelly his first RBI as a Ute.
The 2-1 Utah advantage remained until the middle innings as the Lions plated a pair of runs both in the fifth and sixth to take a 5-2 lead.
Digiorno and Bodily's homers in the seventh marked the first multi-homer inning for Utah since May 18, 2023 against Oregon. It was the first six-run inning since that game as well.
The Utes will look to keep the momentum rolling on Sunday as the team plays its final two games of the Tony Gwynn Legacy series. Utah will begin the day with a 1 p.m. MT matchup against CSU Bakersfield in La Jolla, California, at Triton Ballpark. Once that game concludes, the Utes will return to Tony Gwynn Stadium to face San Diego State at 7 p.m. MT. The nightcap was originally scheduled for Monday afternoon, but moved up to Sunday in anticipation of inclement weather.
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With the win, the Utes are now 5-1 on the season and victorious in five straight games.
Michael Davinni sparked the momentum-swinging seventh inning for the Utes, sending a two-run single to left field that scored Tyler Quinn and Kai Roberts, the latter of whom made his 150th start as a Ute in Saturday's contest. It cut the Utah deficit to 5-4 before Digiorno stepped up and clubbed his first homer with the team, a three-run shot that went over the wall in left-center.
Two batters later, Bodily took the 1-0 pitch to right field and over the fence for a solo shot, his first of the year. It gave the Utes an 8-5 lead at the time, with Roberts adding a no-doubter in the eighth for some insurance and bringing the ballgame to its final score.
Payton Riske dealt two solid innings of relief with three strikeouts, setting up for his first collegiate win. His first batter singled off of Riske but LMU never hit the ball out of the infield after that—thanks in part to a leaping catch in the eighth inning by shortstop Bruer Webster. Though it wasn't a save situation, Micah Ashman came on for the ninth and struck out the side to finish off the victory for Utah.
Lefty Bryson Van Sickle went five innings in his start with four strikeouts, no walks and three runs allowed on four hits.
At the plate, nine different Utes combined for a season-best 13 hits for the team, with two apiece for Roberts, Davinni, Digiorno and Bodily. Digiorno's three RBI were his first with the program on a day where he began the game playing first base and moved to second later on. Roberts, TJ Clarkson and Davinni each scored two runs in the win as well.
Utah answered a Lions home run in the second inning with a pair of tallies in the bottom half. Clarkson scored on a wild pitch, then Davinni came in when Colter McAnelly doubled in his first collegiate at bat; it was a gapper in right center and gave McAnelly his first RBI as a Ute.
The 2-1 Utah advantage remained until the middle innings as the Lions plated a pair of runs both in the fifth and sixth to take a 5-2 lead.
Digiorno and Bodily's homers in the seventh marked the first multi-homer inning for Utah since May 18, 2023 against Oregon. It was the first six-run inning since that game as well.
The Utes will look to keep the momentum rolling on Sunday as the team plays its final two games of the Tony Gwynn Legacy series. Utah will begin the day with a 1 p.m. MT matchup against CSU Bakersfield in La Jolla, California, at Triton Ballpark. Once that game concludes, the Utes will return to Tony Gwynn Stadium to face San Diego State at 7 p.m. MT. The nightcap was originally scheduled for Monday afternoon, but moved up to Sunday in anticipation of inclement weather.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Riske, Payton (1-0)
L: Seamus Barrett (0-1)
Batting:
HR: Sam Biller 1 ; Robbie Ayers 1
RBI: Sam Biller 2 ; Robbie Ayers 1 ; Benny Casillas 1 ; Trey Becker 1
SF: Benny Casillas 1 ; Trey Becker 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Khadim Diaw 1 ; Sam Biller 1 ; Robbie Ayers 2 ; Connor Blough 1
SB: Sam Biller 1 ; Brendan Bobo 1
CS: Khadim Diaw 1
HBP: Khadim Diaw 1 ; Brendan Bobo 1
Batting:
2B: McAnelly, Colter 1
HR: Roberts, Kai 1 ; Digiorno, Drake 1 ; Bodily, Karson 1
RBI: Roberts, Kai 1 ; Davinni, Michael 2 ; Digiorno, Drake 3 ; McAnelly, Colter 1 ; Bodily, Karson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Roberts, Kai 2 ; Quinn, Tyler 1 ; Clarkson, TJ 2 ; Davinni, Michael 2 ; Digiorno, Drake 1 ; Bodily, Karson 1
SB: Jackson, Core 1 ; Digiorno, Drake 1
CS: Jackson, Core 1 ; Webster, Bruer 1
HBP: Jackson, Core 1 ; Clarkson, TJ 1
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RBI
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R
1
H
2
RBI
1
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