Utah Baseball Defeats Sixth-Ranked Arizona State, 6-5

Friday, April 3

Salt Lake City, Utah (Smith's Ballpark)

6:00 PM

University of Utah

10-18, 4-7

Arizona State

20-8, 8-3

Arizona State

Utah

Utah Baseball Defeats Sixth-Ranked Arizona State, 6-5

4/3/2015 12:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

April 3, 2015

Box Score

SALT LAKE CITY - A three-run seventh inning lifted the Utah baseball team to a 6-5 win over sixth-ranked Arizona State on Friday evening, evening the three-game series at 1-1.

Utah broke a 2-2 tie with three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Kody Davis led off the inning with his first career home run to give Utah the lead. The Utes kept it going as Hunter Simmons doubled down the right field line, and Dallas Carroll reached on an error on a bunt to put runners at the corners. Wyler Smith hit an RBI single and AJ Young sent a run home with a sacrifice fly, giving Utah a 5-2 lead.

Utah added an insurance run in the eighth inning. Josh Rose hit a one-out single and after a walk, a pair of hit batters loaded the bases and sent home a run, giving Utah a 6-3 lead. ¬¬ The Sun Devils made things interesting in the ninth inning, scoring three runs on four hits. ASU had the game-tying run on third base before reliever Bret Helton got a fly out to end the inning.

Helton entered in the seventh inning, surrendering three runs on six hits with three strikeouts. He earned the win to go to 2-4 on the season. Starter Dalton Carroll pitched six innings, allowing two runs on three hits and striking out five. After walking three batters in the first inning, he would walk just one more throughout his remaining five innings.

"Dalton really did a nice job after the first inning," Utah head coach Bill Kinneberg said. "He came back and got it together and really did a nice job for the next five innings. We held on and we'll take it and go on to tomorrow."

Five players each had two hits for the Utes. Dallas Carroll went 2-for-2 with a walk and an RBI, scoring two runs. Young had two RBI. Davis, Simmons, Rose and Smith also all had two hits.

Arizona State got a quick run up in the first inning following a leadoff single and three-straight walks.

The Utes got on the board in the second inning. Cole Taylor singled through the left side with one out, and after moving to second on a wild pitch, scored on a double to deep center by Andre Jackson, tying the game at 1-1.

The Utes left two runners on in the third and left the bases loaded in the fourth. Dallas Carroll started off the top of the fifth with a single up the middle. He moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a single up the middle from Young, giving Utah a 2-1 lead.

ASU came back with a two-out solo home run in the top of the sixth to tie the game at 2-2.

Utah and Arizona State play the rubber match on Saturday, April 4, at 5:00 p.m. MT. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks.