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5/18/2024 5:32 PM | Baseball
Carpenter hit his fifth homer of the season
IRVINE, Calif. – Core Jackson and Hunter Antillon each had two hits, but the Utah Baseball team was unable to complete a rally from a five-run deficit and dropped a 5-3 contest in the regular season finale on Saturday at Great Park.
With the regular season now complete, the Utes (32-21, 16-14 Pac-12) will head straight to Scottsdale, Arizona, for the 2024 Pac-12 Baseball Tournament at Scottsdale Stadium. The Pool Play stage of the tournament runs from May 21-23, with the Semifinals on May 24 and Championship on May 25.
Seedings and the schedule for Pool Play will be announced once all of today's Pac-12 games are finished. Click here to visit Pac-12 Tournament Central for complete details.
Jackson hit safely for the eighth straight game and reached base for the 27th straight contest.
USC used five straight hits in the third inning to take a 3-0 lead. The Utah defense did save another run from coming in, however; when Jacob Galloway's double was played off the wall by TJ Clarkson in right field, Clarkson hit Jackson in position for the cutoff, who then fired on target to Antillon for an out at home plate.
In the sixth inning Utah got a pair of runs back. Clarkson's sac fly brought Jackson home on the heels of a Trojans error, then Antillon put a base hit into left field scoring Kai Roberts and moving the score to 5-2.
Kaden Carpenter clubbed a solo home run during the seventh inning, sending a 1-0 pitch to the berm in right field for his fifth big fly of the season.
On the mound, Colter McAnelly (5-4) went 4.1 innings in his start before Jackson Elder came on from the bullpen. Elder tossed 3.2 innings of three-hit, shutout ball with a strikeout and no walks allowed.
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With the regular season now complete, the Utes (32-21, 16-14 Pac-12) will head straight to Scottsdale, Arizona, for the 2024 Pac-12 Baseball Tournament at Scottsdale Stadium. The Pool Play stage of the tournament runs from May 21-23, with the Semifinals on May 24 and Championship on May 25.
Seedings and the schedule for Pool Play will be announced once all of today's Pac-12 games are finished. Click here to visit Pac-12 Tournament Central for complete details.
Jackson hit safely for the eighth straight game and reached base for the 27th straight contest.
USC used five straight hits in the third inning to take a 3-0 lead. The Utah defense did save another run from coming in, however; when Jacob Galloway's double was played off the wall by TJ Clarkson in right field, Clarkson hit Jackson in position for the cutoff, who then fired on target to Antillon for an out at home plate.
In the sixth inning Utah got a pair of runs back. Clarkson's sac fly brought Jackson home on the heels of a Trojans error, then Antillon put a base hit into left field scoring Kai Roberts and moving the score to 5-2.
Kaden Carpenter clubbed a solo home run during the seventh inning, sending a 1-0 pitch to the berm in right field for his fifth big fly of the season.
On the mound, Colter McAnelly (5-4) went 4.1 innings in his start before Jackson Elder came on from the bullpen. Elder tossed 3.2 innings of three-hit, shutout ball with a strikeout and no walks allowed.
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