Utes Host Northern Colorado for Two-Game Midweek Series

Tuesday, March 19

Salt Lake City, UT

6:00 PM

University of Utah

Northern Colorado

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Utes Host Northern Colorado for Two-Game Midweek Series

3/18/2024 2:00 PM | Baseball

Utah concludes five-game home stand against the Bears on Tuesday and Wednesday

2024 Utah Baseball Game Notes
Games 19-20 Date // Time (MT)	Utah (12-6 overall) vs. Northern Colorado (0-19 overall) Tuesday, March 19 // 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 20 // 4 p.m.
Location	Salt Lake City, Utah (Smith's Ballpark)
Tickets	Click here Tuesday: $2 ticket special Students are always free with a valid UCard
Getting to Smith's	Parking: Free parking available on 13th South, in the lot directly North of home plate TRAX: Take the Red, Blue or Green Lines to Ballpark Station (free fare with a game ticket or valid UCard)
Live Statistics	StatBroadcast Tuesday // Wednesday
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This Week's Fan Experience Rundown

Once again throughout the 2024 season, parking on Utah Baseball gamedays is free. Park in the lot on 13^th South, directly North of home plate. Fans can also ride TRAX for free with a valid game ticket or University of Utah UCard—just hop on the Red, Blue or Green Lines to Ballpark Station.
University of Utah students are always admitted to baseball games free of charge—just show your UCard at the gate.
Fans can take advantage of a special deal at Tuesday's game as tickets are on sale for just $2. Also, the first 200 fans to enter the ballpark can pick up a free Under Armour tech beanie.
Wednesday will mark Wins-Day; fans will be eligible to win a variety of prizes throughout the game.

The First Pitch: Things to Know
A five-game home stand wraps up for the Utah Baseball team this week as the Utes host Northern Colorado for a pair of midweek contests inside Smith's Ballpark.

Utah is coming off of a three-game set against then-No. 3 Oregon State. The Utes capped off the weekend with a 14-11 victory on Sunday; the come-from-behind win saw Utah erase a 9-0 deficit, its largest comeback win since joining the Pac-12 Conference.
Though Gary Henderson's club fell to the Beavers in the first two games, Utah battled into the late innings both on Friday and Saturday. The Utes carried a 5-2 lead into the ninth inning of game one before OSU rallied for a 7-5 win, before the teams were scoreless through seven innings on Saturday in what became an 8-1 decision for the visitors.
Center fielder Kai Roberts (Lehi, Utah) continues to show incredible strides from his junior season, entering this midweek series with a team-best .366 batting average—exactly 100 points above where Roberts finished the 2023 campaign. It's the highest average Roberts has posted as a Ute and includes nine doubles, which rank second in the Pac-12 and in the top-25 nationally.
Roberts slashed .545 / .615 / 1.455 during the Washington State series, going 6-for-11 with a double, a homer in each of the three games, five RBI and a stolen base. Four of his six hits that weekend went for extra bases.
Entering the week, second baseman Bruer Webster is the only Power Conference player (meeting NCAA minimums) to have not yet struck out this season. Webster has had 44 at bats to date; Cameron Gurney had a similar run in 2023, going 49 at bats before his first strikeout.
NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List member Micah Ashman (Sandy, Utah) closed out the series finale vs. Oregon State this past Sunday for his Pac-12-leading fifth save of the season. The season total also ranks third in the country, while Ashman's 14 career saves tie him with Dylan Drachler (2014-17) for second-most in recorded program history. Tyler Wagner holds the program record with 17 from 2010-12.
Utah's pitching staff continues to rank among the league's best as the home schedule gets underway. At 4.32, the team's ERA ranks third in the Pac-12, while 3.44 walks allowed per nine innings checks in at second-best in the conference and 28th across college baseball.
The Utes have been more aggressive on the basepaths this season and the numbers show: Utah's 32 stolen bases lead the league and are already past the halfway mark of last year's total (62 stolen bases).
Following the two-game series with Northern Colorado, Utah heads out to the Bay Area to resume Pac-12 play with a three-game set at California from Friday through Sunday.