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5/13/2004 12:00 AM | Baseball
May 13, 2004
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Coming Up
Utah (20-28, 10-13) travels to Las Vegas, Nev., for a four-game series at league-leader UNLV (29-19, 16-7) this Friday-Sunday, May 14-16. Friday's game starts at 6:30 p.m. (PDT), while the doubleheader on Saturday will begin at 2 p.m. (PDT). Sunday's series finale is set for 1 p.m. (PDT).
Utah Probable Starters
Pos. Name B/T BA R H 2B 3B HR RBIC Trevor Eastman R/R .289 29 35 11 0 3 29 1B Michael Westfall, Jr. R/R .283 24 41 6 0 3 22 2B Jared Pena R/R .342 37 67 20 2 5 39 3B Jay Brossman R/R .390 31 48 8 2 2 19 SS Ryan Khoury R/R .323 34 61 11 0 5 22 LF John Welsh R/R .284 16 29 5 3 4 20 CF Matt Ciaramella S/L .343 42 69 24 1 11 53 RF Eric Chevalier L/L .335 39 56 10 6 6 32 DH Tyson Olson L/L .281 31 43 12 4 5 32
Probable Pitching Match-Ups
Friday, May 14 B/T ERA W-L G/GS IP H R ER BB KOJason Price (Utah) L/L 5.97 3-7 18/14 86.0 99 73 57 39 85 David Seccombe (UNLV) R/R 5.48 7-2 12/11 70.2 75 47 43 19 72 Saturday, May 15 B/T ERA W-L G/GS IP H R ER BB KO Doug Mackay (Utah) R/R 5.85 4-6 15/13 75.1 85 59 49 39 72 Jake Vose (UNLV) L/L 4.54 8-3 15/14 85.1 101 55 43 28 57 Saturday, May 15 B/T ERA W-L G/GS IP H R ER BB KO Ben Buck (Utah) R/R 4.19 5-2 30/7 73.0 101 45 34 17 41 Matt Minor (UNLV) R/R 7.24 3-1 21/2 41.0 57 34 33 20 39 Sunday, May 16 B/T ERA W-L G/GS IP H R ER BB KO Shad McCord (Utah) R/R 5.85 3-0 19/5 52.1 61 42 34 21 36 Matt Luca (UNLV) R/R 6.93 5-5 15/13 62.1 72 62 48 37 76
Utah Update
The Utes split a pair of games with Utah Valley State on Tuesday and Wednesday. Utah earned its 20th win of the season and seventh in a row with a 7-4 victory on Wednesday. Junior reliever Clay Westmoreland earned his eighth save of the year, tying the Utah single-season record. He struck out three in a row in the bottom of the ninth to seal the victory. Westmoreland is also now tied for the Utah career saves record with nine. Junior Doug Mackay (4-6) earned the win on the mound, giving up just one hit in two innings. He struck out two and walked one. Junior Trevor Eastman led the Utes at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two homers. He scored two runs and had four RBI.
In the final meeting between the teams on Wednesday, Utah fell 14-5. Freshman John Welsh (0-1) suffered the loss on the mound in his first appearance of the season. He threw one inning, giving up three runs on three hits, while striking out two and walking two. Junior TJ Floyd led the Utes at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one run scored. Freshman Jake Basham was 2-for-4, while Matt Ciaramella was 2-for-5 with one RBI.
Scouting the Opposition
UNLV went 1-2 in a three-game series against San Diego State last weekend. In the series opener, the Aztecs scored five unearned runs on four UNLV errors, as they defeated the Rebels 13-9. David Seccombe (7-2) was charged with the loss for the Rebels. Seccombe allowed 10 runs on 11 hits in 2.2 innings, while walking one and striking out three. In game two, UNLV used a seven-run fifth inning as they cruised to a 18-11 victory over the Aztecs. Jake Vose (8-3) got the win, throwing six innings, giving up five earned runs on 11 hits while walking one and striking out four. UNLV stranded 14 runners in the series finale, falling 14-8 to San Diego State. Rebel starter Matt Luca (5-5), who was charged with the loss, got off to a rocky start as he allowed seven runs on six hits in 4.1 innings on the mound, striking out four and walking three.
MWC Standings
MWC Overall W L Pct. W L T Pct.UNLV 16 7 .696 29 19 0 .604 New Mexico 15 9 .625 19 25 1 .433 SDSU 14 9 .609 28 27 0 .509 BYU 12 10 .545 22 26 0 .458Utah 10 13 .435 20 28 0 .417 Air Force 0 19 .000 5 38 0 .116
Ciaramella Named Academic All-District
Center fielder Matt Ciaramella, a junior from Skyline High School in Salt Lake City, has been named to the Academic All-District VIII Baseball Team. He now advances to the national ballot, the results of which will be announced on Tuesday, June 1. Ciaramella boasts a 3.52 grade-point average as a business major. He was a 2003 first-team Academic All-District pick.
Ciaramella is a two-time MWC Scholar Athlete and has twice been named to the MWC All-Academic team. Ciaramella has also been named to Athletics Department Honor Roll every semester.
Record Watch
Senior Ben Buck has the new single-season record for appearances with 30, surpassing the previous record of 28 set by Brandon Page in 1997.
Earlier in the season, sophomore Jason Price set the single game record for strikeouts with 12 on March 4 at Southern Utah. Price now has 85 on the season, nine away from the record of 94, set by Mitch Maio in 2002. Price also has 14 starts this season, three away from tying the record of 17, set by Jared Cavaness in 2000.
Junior reliever Clay Westmoreland now has eight saves on the season, which ties the single-season record, set by Page in 1997. Westmoreland has nine on his career, which is also tied for the career record, held by both Page and Maio.
Junior outfielder Matt Ciaramella now has 24 doubles on the season, two away from the record of 26, which was set by Brit Pannier in 2002. He also has 57 on his career, just three away from the all-time career record of 60, also held by Pannier.
Senior Eric Chevalier has six triples on the year, one away from the single-season record of seven, held by Sam Swenson (2000).
Ranking Nationally
In NCAA statistics through May 9, Ute center fielder Matt Ciaramella ranks sixth in the nation in doubles per game with a 0.48 per game average. Senior Jared Pena is currently 24th in doubles per game with a 0.41 average. Senior Eric Chevalier currently ranks 18th nationally in triples per game with an average of 0.14.
Ciaramella MWC Player of the Week for April 19-25
Junior Matt Ciaramella was named Mountain West Conference Player of the Week for April 19-25 after helping Utah take two of three games at San Diego State as he belted five doubles and a home run vs. the Aztecs. Ciaramella started the week with a home run, a run scored and two RBI vs. Utah Valley State. In a one-run loss to SDSU in the series opener, he was 2-for-2 with a home run, a double and two RBI. In game two, he hit a pair of doubles, drove in two runs and scored another as Utah won 7-6. In the series finale, Ciaramella hit two more doubles, drove in another two runs and scored twice in a 9-4 victory. For the week, he hit .438 (7-for-16) with eight RBI, five runs scored, five doubles and two home runs.
Buck MWC Pitcher of the Week for April 5-11
Ben Buck was the MWC Pitcher of the Week for April 5-11. Buck, a senior from Thornton, Colo., went 1-0 in three appearances. In a doubleheader against Southern Utah, he pitched 2.0 innings of relief, giving up just two hits, while striking out three. He pitched one inning of relief in the second game of the series against the Lobos, giving up one hit. The following day, he threw a complete-game win, pitching all nine innings, giving up two runs, only one of which was earned, on six hits. For the week, Buck pitched 12.0 innings, giving up just one earned run on nine hits for 0.75 ERA.
Pena MWC Player of the Week for March 1-7
Senior shortstop Jared Pena was the MWC Player of the Week for March 1-7 after leading the Utes to a 3-0 record on the week. Pena hit .571 with two doubles, a home run and six RBI on the week. He also had a stolen base on his only attempt. In the first game against Southern Utah, he went 2-for-5 with two runs scored. In the second game vs. the Thunderbirds, Pena was 1-for-4 with one run and one RBI. On Saturday, Pena was a perfect 5-for-5 at the plate, with four runs scored and five RBI.
Franklin Covey Field
Utah plays the majority of its conference home games at state-of-the-art Franklin Covey Field (15,500). The 13,000-seat facility (not including the general admission area) also serves as the home to Salt Lake's AAA baseball team, the Stingers, an affiliate of the Anaheim Angels.
On Deck
Utah closes out regular-season play with a three-game series against San Diego State next Thursday-Saturday, May 20-22, at Franklin Covey Field. Thursday and Friday's games start at 6 p.m., while the Saturday series finale begins at noon.
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