Completed Event: Baseball versus TCU on May 17, 2025 , Loss , 6, to, 8 , (11 inn.)
Final Score
Baseball
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Friday, February 28
Riverside, Calif.
3 p.m.
University of Utah
8-1
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California Baptist
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California Baptist
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Utes Belt Out Eight Doubles in 13-5 win at California Baptist
2/28/2025 7:02 PM | Baseball
Top three spots in lineup combine for 10 hits, 11 RBI and six doubles
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Utah baseball team racked up a season-high 13 runs and tied its most hits of the year (16) as the Utes opened the weekend with a 13-5 win over California Baptist on Friday at Totman Stadium.
Doubles were the theme for Utah (8-1) in the game, setting a season-high with eight as a team. The team put the leadoff batter aboard six times (including four doubles) and was retired 1-2-3 only once all day.
It was a team win, but the top of the order was key in sparking the Utah bats. Leadoff man Matt Flaharty went 2-for-3 with two doubles, an RBI and four runs scored. Right behind him in the two-hole, Core Jackson went 4-for-5 with three doubles and five RBI, the latter a career-high. Tyler Quinn contributed a 4-for-6 day in the No. 3 spot with one double and five RBI.
With Austen Roellig (3-for-4) chipping in a pair of doubles himself, it marked the first time since 2022 that three Utah players each had multiple two-baggers in a game.
Flaharty has hit safely in all nine contests this season, while Santino Panaro extended his on-base streak to seven straight games. Quinn's five RBI were his most at Utah and tied his collegiate career-high.
Utah quickly broke the ice in the first inning—the fifth time this season the Utes have scored in the opening frame. Flaharty led off the game with a double off the right field wall, tagged up on a fly ball from Jackson and came home on a base hit from Quinn.
The Lancers answered in the bottom of the first with two runs but the Utah bats heated up to take the lead back. Helped by six doubles in a four-inning span, the visitors scored four unanswered runs to eventually lead 6-3 after six innings.
Roellig led off the third with a double, scoring two batters later on Jackson's first two-bagger of the game. Then in the fourth, Jackson put a laser through the left side that rolled to the left field wall for a two-run double. Flaharty would score thanks to a groundout from Quinn, giving Utah a 5-2 advantage through four innings.
One run went back to the Lancers in the fifth inning, but Utah washed it out in the top of the sixth. Back-to-back doubles from Flaharty and Jackson brought the Utes' lead back to three runs at 6-3.
Utah spotted a pair of runs to CBU in the seventh before getting some breathing room with a two-spot in the eighth and five more runs in the ninth.
In the top of the eighth, Roellig turned the lineup over by hitting his second leadoff double, taking third on a sac bunt from Flaharty. Then Quinn ripped a 3-0 pitch off the first base bag and into right field for an RBI single. Pinch hitter Cal Kilgore laid down a safety squeeze as Jackson would come in with a key insurance run to give Utah an 8-5 lead.
Easton Jones worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth inning to cap off a three-inning relief appearance for Jones with four strikeouts.
With Utah back to the bats for the ninth, Jake Long led off with a single as the Utes eventually batted around. Flaharty was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, before Jackson and Quinn ripped back-to-back RBI singles. Long came up for a second time in the inning and worked a bases-loaded walk to bring the game to its final score.
Two-way player Demitri Diamant made his first pitching appearance at Utah in the ninth inning, working around a leadoff walk at closing out the game in a non-save situation. His battery mate for the inning, catcher Jack Kleveno, made an appearance in the game in his hometown of Riverside, California, and just down the road from where Kleveno played high school baseball.
Cameron Nielson (2-0) received the win on the mound for Utah after entering the game in the fifth inning. It was a pressure situation in what was then a 5-3 game with the bases loaded and one out, but Nielson induced a double play ball on his first batter to get the Utes out of the inning without further damage.
Next Up
The Utes will play a pair of games tomorrow as the calendar turns to March. Utah will begin the day with a 1 p.m. MT game at UC Riverside from the Riverside Sports Complex, before returning to Totman Stadium for a 7 p.m. MT rematch against California Baptist.
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Doubles were the theme for Utah (8-1) in the game, setting a season-high with eight as a team. The team put the leadoff batter aboard six times (including four doubles) and was retired 1-2-3 only once all day.
It was a team win, but the top of the order was key in sparking the Utah bats. Leadoff man Matt Flaharty went 2-for-3 with two doubles, an RBI and four runs scored. Right behind him in the two-hole, Core Jackson went 4-for-5 with three doubles and five RBI, the latter a career-high. Tyler Quinn contributed a 4-for-6 day in the No. 3 spot with one double and five RBI.
With Austen Roellig (3-for-4) chipping in a pair of doubles himself, it marked the first time since 2022 that three Utah players each had multiple two-baggers in a game.
Flaharty has hit safely in all nine contests this season, while Santino Panaro extended his on-base streak to seven straight games. Quinn's five RBI were his most at Utah and tied his collegiate career-high.
Utah quickly broke the ice in the first inning—the fifth time this season the Utes have scored in the opening frame. Flaharty led off the game with a double off the right field wall, tagged up on a fly ball from Jackson and came home on a base hit from Quinn.
The Lancers answered in the bottom of the first with two runs but the Utah bats heated up to take the lead back. Helped by six doubles in a four-inning span, the visitors scored four unanswered runs to eventually lead 6-3 after six innings.
Roellig led off the third with a double, scoring two batters later on Jackson's first two-bagger of the game. Then in the fourth, Jackson put a laser through the left side that rolled to the left field wall for a two-run double. Flaharty would score thanks to a groundout from Quinn, giving Utah a 5-2 advantage through four innings.
One run went back to the Lancers in the fifth inning, but Utah washed it out in the top of the sixth. Back-to-back doubles from Flaharty and Jackson brought the Utes' lead back to three runs at 6-3.
Utah spotted a pair of runs to CBU in the seventh before getting some breathing room with a two-spot in the eighth and five more runs in the ninth.
In the top of the eighth, Roellig turned the lineup over by hitting his second leadoff double, taking third on a sac bunt from Flaharty. Then Quinn ripped a 3-0 pitch off the first base bag and into right field for an RBI single. Pinch hitter Cal Kilgore laid down a safety squeeze as Jackson would come in with a key insurance run to give Utah an 8-5 lead.
Easton Jones worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth inning to cap off a three-inning relief appearance for Jones with four strikeouts.
With Utah back to the bats for the ninth, Jake Long led off with a single as the Utes eventually batted around. Flaharty was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, before Jackson and Quinn ripped back-to-back RBI singles. Long came up for a second time in the inning and worked a bases-loaded walk to bring the game to its final score.
Two-way player Demitri Diamant made his first pitching appearance at Utah in the ninth inning, working around a leadoff walk at closing out the game in a non-save situation. His battery mate for the inning, catcher Jack Kleveno, made an appearance in the game in his hometown of Riverside, California, and just down the road from where Kleveno played high school baseball.
Cameron Nielson (2-0) received the win on the mound for Utah after entering the game in the fifth inning. It was a pressure situation in what was then a 5-3 game with the bases loaded and one out, but Nielson induced a double play ball on his first batter to get the Utes out of the inning without further damage.
Next Up
The Utes will play a pair of games tomorrow as the calendar turns to March. Utah will begin the day with a 1 p.m. MT game at UC Riverside from the Riverside Sports Complex, before returning to Totman Stadium for a 7 p.m. MT rematch against California Baptist.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nielson, Cameron (2-0)
L: J. Orozco (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Flaharty, Matt 2 ; Jackson, Core 3 ; Quinn, Tyler 1 ; Roellig, Austen 2
RBI: Flaharty, Matt 1 ; Jackson, Core 5 ; Quinn, Tyler 5 ; Kilgore, Cal 1 ; Long, Jake 1
SH: Flaharty, Matt 1 ; Kilgore, Cal 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Flaharty, Matt 4 ; Jackson, Core 2 ; Long, Jake 1 ; Panaro, Santino 2 ; Roellig, Austen 4
HBP: Flaharty, Matt 1 ; Carpenter, Kaden 1 ; Smith, Derek 1 ; Panaro, Santino 2
Batting:
2B: N. Dumesnil 1 ; J. Brown 1 ; C. Howarth 1
RBI: N. Dumesnil 1 ; J. Brown 1 ; C. Howarth 3
SF: C. Howarth 1
Base Running:
RUNS: A. Walters 1 ; N. Dumesnil 1 ; R. Kim 1 ; J. Brown 1 ; C. Ramirez 1
HBP: A. Walters 2
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