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Utes Drop Two of Three to San Francisco
6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Baseball
February 28, 1999
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah baseball team was 1-2 versus San Francisco over the weekend. The Utes lost 7-4 in the first game, came back to win the second 13-12 and lost the last game 14-11. Utah is 10-7 following the series.
In the first match-up, the Utes had four runs on eight hits with no errors. Four of Utah's eight hits slammed into the outfield. Mike Goff hit a double, Jed Chrisman hit a triple and Eric Wallace and Mike Wood each slammed homeruns. Pitcher Jim Bolser (0-2) recorded the loss for Utah.
In the second game, Utah team struggled to defeat San Francisco 13-12 in a 10 inning contest. The Utes hit four doubles and blasted four homeruns. Overall, they had 13 runs on 14 hits with one error.
The Utes battled the Dons to a 12-12 tie following nine innings of play. Ute shortstop Jake Shortino won the game for Utah when he slammed a solo homerun in the top of the 10th inning. Shortino was 1-3 scoring two runs and one RBI.
Freshman Adam Castleton hit his second home run of the season going 2-6 with two RBI. First baseman Ryan Johnerson had one double and one homerun, his third homerun of the season. Johnerson was 2-3 with two runs and four RBI. Chrisman was 3-5 with four RBI. The rightfielder hit one double and one homerun and scored two runs.
Jared Cavaness (1-0) pitched his first win of the season. In three innings, he allowed one hit and struck out one batter. Brett McDermaid opened the game playing 6.1 innings. The senior faced 30 batters yielding 11 hits and striking out five batters.
In the final, Utah jumped to an early lead scoring eight runs in the first inning. Castleton brought in three runs on his third homerun of the season. Johnerson was 3-5 hitting three solo homeruns, to bring the senior's season tally to six. Shortino, Wallace, Chrisman and Jared Larsen also hit homeruns. Overall, the Utes scored 11 runs on 14 hits with three errors. Utah slammed six homeruns and one triple.
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