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vs Vanderbilt
Sunday, April 28
San Diego, Calif.
1:00 PM
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27-20, 11-10
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Utes Drop Game Three To Aztecs, 6-5
4/28/2002 12:00 AM | Baseball
April 28, 2002
SAN DIEGO--Game three of Utah's series against San Diego State proved to be another nail biter, but this time the outcome favored the Aztecs as they beat the Utes, 6-5 on Sunday afternoon. The loss drops the Utes to 27-20 on the season, 11-10 in league play. San Diego State improves to 34-16 overall and extends their lead over the Utes to five games with a 16-5 record.
Utah seemed to be cruising to a victory in game three after taking a 5-0 lead over the Aztecs. The Utes began the offensive outpour by loading the bases in the first inning. Donnie Saba crossed the plate first for Utah after Adam Castleton singled to center field. The Utes followed up with another RBI single, this time by Mike Westfall, and a fielder's choice to make it a 3-0 game. Westfall helped the Utes again in the third, by banging out a two-run homer, 5-0.
The lead began to slowly diminish for Utah as the Aztecs scored two runs in the fourth off an Ute error and a bases loaded walk, 5-2. San Diego State used a sac fly and a single to drive in a pair of runs in the fifth and make it a one run game, 5-4. The Aztecs stuck with what worked, by hitting a sac fly in the seventh to tie it, 5-5, and another in the bottom of the ninth to score the winning run, 6-5.
For Utah, Westfall knocked in three runs off three hits, including the homer. Castleton finished 2-of-3 with two RBI in the loss. Mitch Maio started on the mound for Utah, but was pulled after allowing three runs (two earned) off five hits in 4.0 innings. Doug Mackay picks up the loss for the Utes to drop him to 2-3 on the year.
Box score (NCAA)
The Automated ScoreBook Utah at San Diego State Apr 28, 2002 at San Diego, Calif. (Tony Gwynn Stadium)
Utah 5 (27-20,11-10 MWC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB------------------------------------------------------CIARAMELLA, MATT cf...... 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0SABA, Donnie lf.......... 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0WEESE, Nate 1b........... 5 1 2 0 0 1 11 2 2PANNIER, Brit rf......... 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0CASTLETON, Adam 2b....... 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 8 0WESTFALL, Mike 3b........ 5 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0BASHAM, Mike dh.......... 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1HAWES, Donald c.......... 4 0 2 0 0 1 4 1 2BALDWIN, Brett ss........ 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 3MAIO, Mitch p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 OVERHOLT, Sean p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MARTINEZ, Brady p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 MACKAY, Doug p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SNYDER, Jared p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals................... 36 5 14 5 5 4 25 15 10
San Diego State 6 (34-16,16-5 MWC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB------------------------------------------------------GWYNN cf................. 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 2COTA 2b.................. 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 6 0WILSON lf................ 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 HILL lf................. 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0EMBREY dh................ 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2STEPHENS 1b.............. 4 3 4 1 0 0 8 1 0CORONA 3b................ 4 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0LEE ss................... 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1MANFRED c................ 1 0 1 2 2 0 5 2 0REDFERN rf............... 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 MCLINTOCK ph/rf......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4CARQUE p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 HUMAN p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 RING p.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals................... 30 6 12 6 7 4 27 13 13
Score by Innings R H E-------------------------------------------Utah................ 302 000 000 - 5 14 1San Diego State..... 000 220 101 - 6 12 0-------------------------------------------
Note: 1 out, 2 runners LOB when the game ended.
E - CASTLETON, A. DP - UT 2. LOB - UT 10; SDSU 13. 2B - HAWES, D; MANFRED.HR - WESTFALL, M. HBP - WILSON. SH - CASTLETON, A; EMBREY; CORONA; LEE. SF -STEPHENS; MANFRED 2. SB - CIARAMELLA; BASHAM, M. CS - PANNIER, B.
Utah IP H R ER BB SO AB BF-----------------------------------------------MAIO, Mitch......... 4.0 5 3 2 4 4 15 20OVERHOLT, Sean...... 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 2 5MARTINEZ, Brady..... 2.1 3 1 1 1 0 8 11MACKAY, Doug........ 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 5 6SNYDER, Jared....... 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
San Diego State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF-----------------------------------------------CARQUE.............. 3.1 8 5 5 2 1 17 19HUMAN............... 4.0 5 0 0 2 2 16 18RING................ 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 3 5
Win - RING (3-1). Loss - MACKAY, D (2-3). Save - None.HBP - by OVERHOLT, S (WILSON).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: RING (3-1)
L: Mackay, Doug (2-3)
Batting:
2B: Hawes, Donald 1
HR: Westfall, Mike 1
RBI: Castleton, Adam 1 ; Westfall, Mike 3 ; Basham, Mike 1
SH: Castleton, Adam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Saba, Donnie 1 ; Weese, Nate 1 ; Pannier, Brit 2 ; Westfall, Mike 1
SB: Ciaramella, Matt 1 ; Basham, Mike 1
CS: Pannier, Brit 1
PO: Weese, Nate 1 ; Baldwin, Bret 1
Batting:
2B: MANFRED 1
RBI: STEPHENS 1 ; CORONA 1 ; LEE 1 ; MANFRED 2 ; REDFERN 1
SH: EMBREY 1 ; CORONA 1 ; LEE 1
SF: STEPHENS 1 ; MANFRED 2
Base Running:
RUNS: COTA 1 ; WILSON 1 ; EMBREY 1 ; STEPHENS 3
HBP: WILSON 1
Game Leaders
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