Clutch Two-Out Hitting Leads Utah Past Wolverines

Tuesday, April 21

Salt Lake City, Utah

6 p.m.

University of Utah

21-15

Utah Valley

15-25

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Utah Valley	4	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	9	12	2
Utah	0	6	3	0	0	0	6	1	X	16	17	2

Photo by: Jolie Harris/Utah Athletics

Clutch Two-Out Hitting Leads Utah Past Wolverines

4/21/2026 10:54 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Utes tally 12 two-out RBIs and hit 11-for-19 with two outs

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah baseball team was 11-for-19 at the plate in two-out situations and tallied a season-high 12 two-out RBIs, on the way to a 16-9 victory over Utah Valley Tuesday night on Charlie Monfort Field at America First Ballpark.

The Utes faced an early 4-0 deficit but responded with nine unanswered runs, then put the game away with a six-spot in the seventh inning to break a nine-all tie.

Every Utah player in the lineup had at least one hit as the team combined for 17, while six players had multi-hit performances. Luke Jacobs and Cameron Gurney had three hits apiece, while the quartet of Jake Long, Daniel Arambula, Zakye Hawkins and Jack Kleveno had a pair each. Hawkins hit his second home run of the season and four different players had a double.

Long extended his hitting streak to nine straight games and Matt Flaharty hit safely for the eighth straight contest.

It was a team effort on the mound that saw seven different Utah pitchers contribute. Easton Jones (1-0) picked up the win with 1.1 crucial innings of scoreless relief, allowing just a hit and striking out one. Cameron Nielson returned to game action and tossed 2.2 innings out of the bullpen.

Hawkins jump-started a Utah rally in a six-run second inning, clubbing a two-out, two-run homer to left before Jake Long, Daniel Arambula and Cameron Gurney each delivered RBI hits to cap a five-hit frame that flipped the score in Utah's favor, 6-4.

Utah continued to apply pressure in the third, adding three more runs behind extra-base power. Kleveno lined an RBI double to right-center and Long followed with a two-bagger that drove in two and extended the lead.

The Wolverines scattered five runs over the next five innings, leveling the score at nine by seventh inning stretch. But the Utes delivered the decisive blow in the seventh, stringing together five hits and jumping on two UVU errors. Utah plated six runs in the home half of the seventh, highlighted by RBI singles from Hawkins, a double from Jacobs, then base hits from Gurney and Cal Miller to break the game open for good.

Next Up
Big 12 Conference play resumes for the Utes on Friday, welcoming UCF to America First Ballpark for a three-game series. First pitch in Friday's series opener is at 6 p.m. MT.

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