OREM, Utah – Utah dropped its midweek game to Utah Valley in Orem, Utah 6-3 on Tuesday night.
Jayden Kiernan got the start at catcher and came up big at the plate going 2-3 with all three of the team's RBI.
After UVU plated the first run of the game, Utah came right back in the second inning scoring two runs on two hits all with two outs in the inning. After a
Chase Fernlund single and a
Briley Knight walk, Kiernan came through with a double to put Utah on top, 2-1.
The Wolverines hit a two-run homer to go back in front in the sixth, but it didn't last long as Kiernan struck again with a single down the right field line to score Moeller to tie things back up.
In front of their home crowd, Utah Valley took the lead once again scoring three runs on four hits in the eighth. The Utes brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning, but couldn't come back a third time.
Utah's starter Dustin Schramm pitched 3.0 innings and only gave up the one run that was unearned.
In all, four pitchers threw for Utah and
Nick Caviglia took the loss on the night.
The Utes had nine hits on the night.
Chandler Anderson went 2-4 at the plate joining Kiernan with two hits.
Utah and Utah Valley split the series this season as each team won on their home field.
Utah will stay on the road as they travel to Los Angeles, California this weekend to take on No. 1 UCLA starting Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. MT.