Utes Return to California for Tony Gwynn Legacy Tournament

Friday, February 25

San Diego, CA

2:00 PM

University of Utah

Fresno State

Utah at Loyola Marymount - Los Angeles, Calif. (Page Stadium) - Feb. 18, 2022

Utes Return to California for Tony Gwynn Legacy Tournament

2/24/2022 8:30 AM | Baseball

Utah headed for San Diego State for weekend vs. Fresno State and host Aztecs

2022 Utah Baseball Game Notes
Games 4-6 Date // Time (MT)	Utah (2-0-1 overall, 0-0 Pac-12) vs. Fresno State (3-1 overall, 0-0 MWC) Friday, Feb. 25 // 2 p.m. MT Utah at San Diego State (1-3 overall, 0-0 MWC) Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-27 // 7 p.m. MT - 3 p.m. MT
Location	San Diego, Calif. (Tony Gwynn Stadium)
Live Statistics	StatBroadcast Friday // Saturday // Sunday
Streaming	Streaming unavailable during this series Follow @utahbaseball on social media for in-game coverage
Game Notes	Utah Game Notes // Pac-12 Weekly Release
@UtahBaseball Social Media	Twitter // Instagram // Facebook // #GoUtes
Season Outlook	New Look Utes Ready for 2022 Baseball Season

The First Pitch: Things to Know

A California flavor continues this weekend for Utah baseball, with the Utes returning to the Golden State for the Tony Gwynn Legacy tournament hosted by San Diego State. Utah will open the event facing Fresno State on Friday, Feb. 25, then take on the host Aztecs on both Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-27.
The Utes are 2-0-1 after the opening weekend of the season, coming off of a three-game set at Loyola Marymount. Utah won its first two games under head coach Gary Henderson, and the series finale ended in a 9-9 tie after 10 innings, a game called due to the timing of Utah's return travel.
On Tuesday, Feb. 22 the ballclub was scheduled to visit in-state foe Utah Valley, but that matchup was postponed due to inclement weather and rescheduled for Wednesday, April 27.
It's been a while since Utah has crossed paths with Fresno State, the last meeting of the clubs coming in March 2008. The Utes' last win over the Bulldogs came in a 1999 meeting of the former WAC rivals—the '99 campaign was Utah's last baseball season in the WAC before departing for the Mountain West.
The theme of former conference foes continues against the Aztecs, previously a league opponent when Utah was in the Mountain West. San Diego State edged the Utes 3-2 in 2019, and Utah last knocked off the Aztecs on the opening day of the 2011 Mountain West Tournament.

Recap in a Minute

The bats were hot for Utah in the season-opening series at LMU. Both Chase Anderson (.462) and Kai Roberts (.400) hit at .400 or above in the weekend set, with Roberts' opening night including a second-inning grand slam that clanked off the right field light tower at LMU's Page Stadium.
The long ball wasn't limited to Roberts, either. In the series finale, true freshman Landon Frei made his collegiate debut with a bang, clubbing a solo homer in his first at bat.
Anderson, making his Utah debut, started all three games at third base and hit three-hole for the weekend. Two of his at bats in Saturday's game were particularly crucial. In the first inning of the tilt, Anderson's two-out single kept the inning alive before scoring Utah's first run. Then in the eighth, Anderson powered through a 10-pitch AB en route to a leadoff single and eventual insurance run. He was error-free at the hot corner as well.
Utah had 12 hits in the middle game, then logged 16 in the 10-inning finale.
The Utes' relievers had some noteworthy performances along the way at LMU, among them Bryson Van Sickle's first appearance. Called upon in the second inning with men on first and second base, Van Sickle got out of the inning unharmed and ultimately worked four innings with four strikeouts. He was awarded the win, his first as a Ute.
Zac McCleve closed out the final 2.2 innings of the season opener, fanning three. A hit batsman in the ninth was the only batter that reached on McCleve's watch during that appearance.