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Tuesday, April 21
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Kuroczko Leads Utes in 13-8 Loss to Washington State
4/21/2009 12:00 AM | Baseball
April 21, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY - Nick Kuroczko led the Utah baseball team with a 2-for-3 performance, including three RBI, as the Utes lost to Washington State, 13-8 on Tuesday evening.
The scoring went back-and-forth early in the contest as both teams had multiple run innings to put the score tied, 7-7, by the fifth.
Washington State took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, but the Utes took advantage of a pair of Cougar errors to score two runs and take a 2-1 lead. Corey Shimada and Tyler Yagi each reached on errors before Nick Kurozcko drove in Shimada with a single to left center. Yagi would score on Austin Jones' ground out.
A five-run, three-hit third inning put Washington State on top again before the Utes tied it at 4-4 with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Shimada walked to lead off the inning and scored with Yagi's first triple of the season, hit to right field. Yagi scored with Kuroczko grounding out.
Each team scored three runs in the fourth inning to leave the score tied, 7-7. Greg Lagreid had a two-RBI double in the inning for the Cougars. Kevin Hussey led off the bottom of the inning with a home run to left center. Zach Jones and Shimada each singled while Yagi walked to load the bases. Kurozcko flied out to center field with Zach Jones tagging up on the play. C.J. Cron drove in Shimada with a single to right field.
Washington State broke the game open with a six run seventh inning to go up 13-7. Although Utah rallied in the ninth to score a run behind hits from pinch hitters Gavin Green and Kyle Myers, as well as a single from Michael Beltran, the Utes left two on base as the game ended.
Starting pitcher Joe Pond pitched four innings with a pair of strikeouts. Bennett Askew struck out six of the 12 batters that he faced, but earned the loss to go to 0-3 on the year. Tyler Andersen did not allow a hit in his 2.2 innings.
Utah and Washington State play the second game of the series on Wednesday, April 22, at Spring Mobile Ballpark at 6:00 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lambert, Connor (1-0)
L: Askew, Bennett (0-3)
S: Wise, James (1)
Batting:
2B: Lagreid, Greg 2 ; Weber, Michael 1 ; Bartlett, Cody 1
3B: Claussen, Patrick 1
RBI: Burg, Alex 3 ; Lagreid, Greg 5 ; Weber, Michael 2 ; Claussen, Patrick 2 ; Bartlett, Cody 1
SH: Vucinich, Shea 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Vucinich, Shea 2 ; Burg, Alex 3 ; Jones, Derek 1 ; Lagreid, Greg 2 ; Argyropoulos, Matt 1 ; Claussen, Patrick 1 ; Bartlett, Cody 1 ; Kuykendall, Garry 2
CS: Kuykendall, Garry 1
PO: Kuykendall, Garry 1
Batting:
2B: Kuroczko, Nick 1
3B: Yagi, Tyler 1
HR: Hussey, Kevin 1
RBI: Yagi, Tyler 1 ; Kuroczko, Nick 3 ; Cron, C.J. 1 ; Jones, Austin 1 ; Hussey, Kevin 1 ; Myers, Kyle 1
SH: Yagi, Tyler 1
SF: Kuroczko, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Shimada, Corey 3 ; Yagi, Tyler 2 ; Green, Gavin 1 ; Hussey, Kevin 1 ; Jones, Zach 1
SB: Shimada, Corey 1
PO: Yagi, Tyler 1
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