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Saturday, March 2
San Luis Obispo, CA
5:00 PM
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Eight Straight Wins as Utes Defeat Cal Poly, 12-2
3/2/2024 10:36 PM | Baseball
It’s Utah’s longest winning streak since 1997
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – The Utah Baseball team scored a season-high 12 runs and the pitching staff struck out a season-best 13 as the Utes extended their winning streak to eight straight games with a 12-2 win over Cal Poly on Saturday at Baggett Stadium.
The winning streak is the longest for the Utes since the 1997 season, when the club rattled off nine straight victories from April 9-25. That year, the Utes won a program-record 36 games and the WAC North Division title.
Randon Hostert (1-1) earned the victory on the mound after dealing 4.1 innings in relief. The Mustangs reached only on a hit batsman among Hostert's first eight batters faced before two singles to begin the bottom of the eighth inning. He struck out five and walked none, before lefty Carter Wall came on for his collegiate debut and struck out the final batter of the ballgame.
Starting pitcher Merit Jones had a career-high seven strikeouts in his outing and allowed just two runs, but was lifted after 4.1 innings. He walked two Mustangs on the night, scattering six hits.
At the plate, three different Utes had three RBI apiece. Drake Digiorno led the way with a 3-for-5 night including a bases-loaded double, while leadoff man Core Jackson was 2-for-3 with three runs scored. Kai Roberts doubled in a pair of runs as well as part of a three-RBI night.
Roberts extended his team-leading hitting streak to eight games. Tyler Quinn singled and scored, pushing his reached-base streak to nine games.
Utah needed little time to get on the board, plating a pair of runs in the opening inning. Jackson led off the game with a walk and made it to third on Roberts' sac bunt and a stolen base. Jackson then scored on a throwing error when a back-pick from the catcher hit off of Jackson's back and sailed into left field. Quinn took second base on the play and scored two batters later when TJ Clarkson lofted a single into left center—giving Utah the early 2-0 lead.
Cal Poly would get one back in the home half of the first, scoring a run on a two-out single just over a leaping Jackson into left field.
In the fourth the Utes sent eight men to bat and netted three runs in the frame. Jackson laid down a sac bunt that scored Bruer Webster, then after an error allowed Jackson to reach base, Roberts slapped a two-run double that brought in two more runs.
The home club scored another run in its half of the fifth, but the Utes got right back at it with the bats and scored three more. Jackson singled to lead off the inning, then after two walks Digiorno doubled off the left field wall to empty the bases and swell the Utah lead to 8-2.
Webster scored on a Jackson single in the seventh, then Roberts added a sac fly to plate Hunter Antillon, moving the score to 10-2 at stretch time. Antillon was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the eighth, then Jackson had a sac fly of his own to bring the ballgame to its final score.
Hostert gave up two singles to begin the home half of the eighth, but bounced back with a strikeout and double play ball to end the frame.
Wall came on with two outs in the ninth after Hostert put a runner on base but fanned two in the inning. Wall fooled the only batter he saw for a strikeout looking to give Utah its eighth straight win.
Next Up
Utah and the Mustangs will return to Baggett Stadium on Sunday for a doubleheader. Game one is set for first pitch at 2 p.m. MT.
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The winning streak is the longest for the Utes since the 1997 season, when the club rattled off nine straight victories from April 9-25. That year, the Utes won a program-record 36 games and the WAC North Division title.
Randon Hostert (1-1) earned the victory on the mound after dealing 4.1 innings in relief. The Mustangs reached only on a hit batsman among Hostert's first eight batters faced before two singles to begin the bottom of the eighth inning. He struck out five and walked none, before lefty Carter Wall came on for his collegiate debut and struck out the final batter of the ballgame.
Starting pitcher Merit Jones had a career-high seven strikeouts in his outing and allowed just two runs, but was lifted after 4.1 innings. He walked two Mustangs on the night, scattering six hits.
At the plate, three different Utes had three RBI apiece. Drake Digiorno led the way with a 3-for-5 night including a bases-loaded double, while leadoff man Core Jackson was 2-for-3 with three runs scored. Kai Roberts doubled in a pair of runs as well as part of a three-RBI night.
Roberts extended his team-leading hitting streak to eight games. Tyler Quinn singled and scored, pushing his reached-base streak to nine games.
Utah needed little time to get on the board, plating a pair of runs in the opening inning. Jackson led off the game with a walk and made it to third on Roberts' sac bunt and a stolen base. Jackson then scored on a throwing error when a back-pick from the catcher hit off of Jackson's back and sailed into left field. Quinn took second base on the play and scored two batters later when TJ Clarkson lofted a single into left center—giving Utah the early 2-0 lead.
Cal Poly would get one back in the home half of the first, scoring a run on a two-out single just over a leaping Jackson into left field.
In the fourth the Utes sent eight men to bat and netted three runs in the frame. Jackson laid down a sac bunt that scored Bruer Webster, then after an error allowed Jackson to reach base, Roberts slapped a two-run double that brought in two more runs.
The home club scored another run in its half of the fifth, but the Utes got right back at it with the bats and scored three more. Jackson singled to lead off the inning, then after two walks Digiorno doubled off the left field wall to empty the bases and swell the Utah lead to 8-2.
Webster scored on a Jackson single in the seventh, then Roberts added a sac fly to plate Hunter Antillon, moving the score to 10-2 at stretch time. Antillon was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the eighth, then Jackson had a sac fly of his own to bring the ballgame to its final score.
Hostert gave up two singles to begin the home half of the eighth, but bounced back with a strikeout and double play ball to end the frame.
Wall came on with two outs in the ninth after Hostert put a runner on base but fanned two in the inning. Wall fooled the only batter he saw for a strikeout looking to give Utah its eighth straight win.
Next Up
Utah and the Mustangs will return to Baggett Stadium on Sunday for a doubleheader. Game one is set for first pitch at 2 p.m. MT.
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Follow the Utes on social media (@utahbaseball).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hostert, Randon (1-1)
L: Wright, Jakob (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Roberts, Kai 1 ; Digiorno, Drake 1
RBI: Jackson, Core 3 ; Roberts, Kai 3 ; Davinni, Michael 1 ; Digiorno, Drake 3 ; Antillon, Hunter 1
SH: Jackson, Core 1 ; Roberts, Kai 2 ; Webster, Bruer 1
SF: Jackson, Core 1 ; Roberts, Kai 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jackson, Core 3 ; Quinn, Tyler 1 ; Clarkson, TJ 1 ; Davinni, Michael 2 ; Digiorno, Drake 1 ; Webster, Bruer 2 ; Antillon, Hunter 2
SB: Jackson, Core 1 ; Digiorno, Drake 1
CS: Digiorno, Drake 1
HBP: Quinn, Tyler 1 ; Duffalo, Dakota 1 ; Webster, Bruer 1 ; Antillon, Hunter 1
PO: Roberts, Kai 1 ; Digiorno, Drake 1
Batting:
2B: Kordic, Dylan 1 ; Murray, Casey 1
RBI: Yorke, Joe 1 ; Casillas, Aaron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Steels, Jake 1 ; Stafford, Ryan 1
HBP: Steels, Jake 1 ; Yorke, Joe 1 ; Daudet, Zach 1
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1
H
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