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Baseball
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Sunday, April 9
Colorado Springs, Colo.
12:00 PM MT
University of Utah
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Air Force
Late Inning Surge Boosts Utes Over Falcons
4/9/2000 12:00 AM | Baseball
April 9, 2000
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Utah baseball team (15-21, 6-9 MWC) scored 10 runs in the last three innings to break open a 6-4 ball game and take two of three games from Air Force (17-18, 3-9 MWC), winning this one 16-4.
Utah got on the board early, scoring three runs in the first inning on three consecutive RBI singles by Nate Weese, Mike Goff, and Jed Chrisman. Rob Stuart hit a run scoring triple and scored on a single by Donnie Saba to spot the Utes a 5-0 lead going into the bottom of the fourth, where the Falcons posted two runs. Air Force put up a run in each of the next two innings, but only up 6-4, Utah buried the hatchet.
In the seventh, Adam Castleton walked to lead off the inning and advanced on a bunt hit down third base line by Sam Swenson. Weese drove them in with a triple to right. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Goff. Chrisman then crushed a solo home run to left. Brit Pannier and Stuart reached on consecutive singles, and Pannier scored on a wild pitch to conclude the five run rally. The Utes scored one in the eight. Weese doubled and scored on a single by Goff.
The Utes poured it on in the ninth with four more runs. Saba and Castleton laced RBI singles and Swenson drove in two runs with a double.
Three Ute pitchers held Air Force bats at bay. Brett Lindsey picked up the win on the mound throwing three-and-one-third innings of relief, striking out four and walking no Falcon batters. Brandon Page started on the hill and threw four-and-two-thirds with four strikeouts and two earned runs. Mitch Maio closed out the game with two strike outs in the final frame.
Weese led a 21 hit afternoon going 4-for-6 with three RBI's. Stuart and Chrisman each went 3-for-5 and had two RBI's, while Swenson also rapped out three hits. Goff, Saba, and Pannier each had two hits, while Donald Hawes and Castleton had one safety each.
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