Completed Event: Baseball versus TCU on May 17, 2025 , Loss , 6, to, 8 , (11 inn.)
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Friday, April 11
Salt Lake City, Utah
6 p.m.
University of Utah
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Photo by: Sophia Kuder/Utah Athletics
Late Heroics Lift Utah to Series-Evening win vs. BYU
4/11/2025 11:48 PM | Baseball
Digiorno’s pinch hit double brings in the game-winning run in 6-4 victory
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah baseball team bounced back on Friday night, taking down BYU 6-4 at Smith's Ballpark in the middle game of a three-game series. The Utes have now evened up the series with the rubber match ahead on Saturday at 2 p.m.
A crowd of 2,419 were on hand for what was easily the best weather night of Utah's home schedule so far—the temperature was 81 degrees at first pitch.
It was a back-and-forth ballgame but Utah took the lead for good in the bottom of the eighth inning. With the score tied 4-4 and runners on first and second, Drake Digiorno came up in a pinch-hit situation and hit a double to the warning track in left field. It drove in Tyler Quinn, while Santino Panaro scored later in the inning after getting around a throw from the BYU third baseman to the plate.
Utah belted out 11 hits in the game led by three-hit performances from both Matt Flaharty and Quinn. Flaharty went 3-for-5 on the night, posting two doubles and one RBI while crossing the plate three times. Core Jackson doubled twice as well and Quinn had one two-bagger in the game.
Though he received a no-decision, Merit Jones was effective in his start, putting up a season-high eight strikeouts in six innings with three earned runs allowed. Lucas Boesen (3-1) tossed two scoreless innings out of the bullpen, then local product Cameron Nielson made his rivalry debut with two strikeouts in the ninth inning for the save.
The Utes weren't the first on the board, but they were the last. After two scoreless innings to begin the ballgame, BYU found the scoring first with a two-out RBI triple.
Utah responded in the bottom of the third, pushing a pair across. Flaharty led off and laced the first pitch for a single, taking third on one of Jackson's two doubles in the game. Back-to-back sac flies from Cameron Gurney and Austen Roellig gave Utah a 2-1 edge on the Cougars.
A back and forth battle, BYU crossed the plate in the top of the fourth and fifth inning, putting the Cougars at a 3-2 advantage going into the bottom of the fifth. Flaharty created momentum for the Utes with his second double of the night, then took third on a groundout from Jackson. Roellig would follow with an RBI single up the middle to score Flaharty and even things up at three.
BYU pulled back in front with a two-out rally in the sixth, stringing together a base hit, wild pitch and another single for the one-run margin at 4-3.
Boesen came on for the seventh inning, working around a single and walk with one out. He responded with a strikeout looking then induced a line drive to Jackson at short for the third out.
In the home half of the seventh, Flaharty beat out a would-be double play ball on a bang-bang play to keep the inning alive. With Flaharty on first, Jackson hit his second double of the night to bring him around and even the score at four.
Utah's defense showed out in the eighth inning, as Boesen retired the leadoff batter for his second strikeout of the night. Kaden Carpenter shut down the next two batters, making two big time plays on the warning track to give BYU a three up, three down inning.
Quinn got the Utes' bats going in the eighth with an infield single that took a weird hop over the third baseman—then Panaro was grazed by the first pitch to give Utah two men on. Digiorno then came up as a pinch hitter, sending the 1-0 pitch over the left fielder and bouncing off the wall for an RBI double.
Now with Utah leading 5-4 and Panaro on third, Flaharty sent a grounder to the third baseman. On a tough play, the throw home to try and get Panaro was offline as he danced around the catcher and scored a crucial insurance run.
Nielson relieved Boesen in the ninth, retiring the first two batters on back-to-back strikeouts. Though the Cougars put the tying run on base with a pair of walks, Panaro grabbed a fly ball out in center field to clinch game two of the series.
The victory put the Utes back on track and snapped the team out of an eight-game losing streak.
Next Up
The rubber match of the Utah-BYU series will take place on Saturday at 2 p.m. MT inside Smith's Ballpark.
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A crowd of 2,419 were on hand for what was easily the best weather night of Utah's home schedule so far—the temperature was 81 degrees at first pitch.
It was a back-and-forth ballgame but Utah took the lead for good in the bottom of the eighth inning. With the score tied 4-4 and runners on first and second, Drake Digiorno came up in a pinch-hit situation and hit a double to the warning track in left field. It drove in Tyler Quinn, while Santino Panaro scored later in the inning after getting around a throw from the BYU third baseman to the plate.
Utah belted out 11 hits in the game led by three-hit performances from both Matt Flaharty and Quinn. Flaharty went 3-for-5 on the night, posting two doubles and one RBI while crossing the plate three times. Core Jackson doubled twice as well and Quinn had one two-bagger in the game.
Though he received a no-decision, Merit Jones was effective in his start, putting up a season-high eight strikeouts in six innings with three earned runs allowed. Lucas Boesen (3-1) tossed two scoreless innings out of the bullpen, then local product Cameron Nielson made his rivalry debut with two strikeouts in the ninth inning for the save.
The Utes weren't the first on the board, but they were the last. After two scoreless innings to begin the ballgame, BYU found the scoring first with a two-out RBI triple.
Utah responded in the bottom of the third, pushing a pair across. Flaharty led off and laced the first pitch for a single, taking third on one of Jackson's two doubles in the game. Back-to-back sac flies from Cameron Gurney and Austen Roellig gave Utah a 2-1 edge on the Cougars.
A back and forth battle, BYU crossed the plate in the top of the fourth and fifth inning, putting the Cougars at a 3-2 advantage going into the bottom of the fifth. Flaharty created momentum for the Utes with his second double of the night, then took third on a groundout from Jackson. Roellig would follow with an RBI single up the middle to score Flaharty and even things up at three.
BYU pulled back in front with a two-out rally in the sixth, stringing together a base hit, wild pitch and another single for the one-run margin at 4-3.
Boesen came on for the seventh inning, working around a single and walk with one out. He responded with a strikeout looking then induced a line drive to Jackson at short for the third out.
In the home half of the seventh, Flaharty beat out a would-be double play ball on a bang-bang play to keep the inning alive. With Flaharty on first, Jackson hit his second double of the night to bring him around and even the score at four.
Utah's defense showed out in the eighth inning, as Boesen retired the leadoff batter for his second strikeout of the night. Kaden Carpenter shut down the next two batters, making two big time plays on the warning track to give BYU a three up, three down inning.
Quinn got the Utes' bats going in the eighth with an infield single that took a weird hop over the third baseman—then Panaro was grazed by the first pitch to give Utah two men on. Digiorno then came up as a pinch hitter, sending the 1-0 pitch over the left fielder and bouncing off the wall for an RBI double.
Now with Utah leading 5-4 and Panaro on third, Flaharty sent a grounder to the third baseman. On a tough play, the throw home to try and get Panaro was offline as he danced around the catcher and scored a crucial insurance run.
Nielson relieved Boesen in the ninth, retiring the first two batters on back-to-back strikeouts. Though the Cougars put the tying run on base with a pair of walks, Panaro grabbed a fly ball out in center field to clinch game two of the series.
The victory put the Utes back on track and snapped the team out of an eight-game losing streak.
Next Up
The rubber match of the Utah-BYU series will take place on Saturday at 2 p.m. MT inside Smith's Ballpark.
Buy Your Tickets! | Click Here
Season and single-game tickets are on sale for the entirety of Utah's 2025 home schedule at Smith's Ballpark. Priced at $30, season tickets offer fans the best bargain breaking down to less than $2 per game, while single-game tickets are available at $10 for adults and $5 for youth.
Fans can contact the Utah Athletics Ticket Office via phone with questions at (801) 581-8849.
Follow Utah Baseball
Follow Utah baseball on social media (@utahbaseball).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Boesen, Lucas (3-1)
L: Marx, Brayden (0-3)
S: Nielson, Cameron (3)
Batting:
2B: Vest, Cooper 1
3B: Hurdsman, Bryker 1
RBI: McChesney, Crew 1 ; Anderson, Luke 1 ; Hurdsman, Bryker 1 ; Beck, Chipper 1
SF: McChesney, Crew 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Robinson, Ryder 1 ; Vest, Cooper 1 ; Hurdsman, Bryker 1 ; Gambill, Tate 1
SB: Gambill, Tate 1 ; Jones, Easton 1
HBP: Gambill, Tate 1
Batting:
2B: Flaharty, Matt 2 ; Jackson, Core 2 ; Quinn, Tyler 1 ; Digiorno, Drake 1
RBI: Flaharty, Matt 1 ; Jackson, Core 1 ; Roellig, Austen 2 ; Gurney, Cameron 1 ; Digiorno, Drake 1
SF: Roellig, Austen 1 ; Gurney, Cameron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Flaharty, Matt 3 ; Jackson, Core 1 ; Quinn, Tyler 1 ; Panaro, Santino 1
SB: Flaharty, Matt 1
HBP: Roellig, Austen 1 ; Panaro, Santino 1
PO: Digiorno, Drake 1
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