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Utes Take Down Utah Valley in Midweek Contest
4/22/2025 10:29 PM | Baseball
Conoway carries Utes on the mound with 5.2 innings of one-hit relief
OREM, Utah – Nine different members of the Utah baseball team had a hit and Mateus Conaway was solid out of the bullpen as the Utes defeated Utah Valley 13-5 on Tuesday night at UCCU Ballpark.
Conaway (3-0) came on in the fourth inning at a rather crucial point in the game. UVU had two runners on, nobody out and was threatening after already posting a five-spot just two innings earlier. Conaway answered the bell with three straight outs and went on to deal 5.2 innings of shutout ball with one hit and one walk allowed, striking out six Wolverines along the way. It was his longest outing at Utah and his six strikeouts doubled his season total entering the evening.
It was a collective effort on the mound as Lucas Boesen, Ian Culver, Conaway and Dillon Fine all chipped in.
The group-wide contributions came offensively too, led by a 3-for-4 effort from Jake Long including his first home run at Utah and three runs scored on the night. Core Jackson, Cameron Gurney and Kaden Carpenter had two hits apiece as well.
Carpenter and Jackson homered, with the latter's long ball tracking at 495 feet. There is not an official record of the furthest home run at UCCU Ballpark, but some longtime staff in the venue noted Jackson's dinger as one of the furthest hit since it opened in 2005. It was one of three times that Jackson scored in the ballgame.
That same duo, plus Santino Panaro, also doubled. All told, Utah had six extra-base hits.
The Utes took command of the game early with two big innings—scoring three runs in the opening frame and hanging a six-spot in the second.
In the first inning, Jackson walked and stole second before moving to third on a groundout from Austen Roellig. He scored when Gurney skipped a base hit up the middle, setting the stage for a two-run homer by Carpenter—just a few miles down the road from his hometown of American Fork. It capped off a two-out rally and gave the visitors a 3-0 lead after half an inning.
After Boesen tossed a 1-2-3 bottom of the first, the Utes strung together six runs on six hits in the second inning. Matt Flaharty and Roellig each singled to drive in runs with one out, then after a delayed steal of home Jackson brought in Utah's seventh run of the young ballgame. The scoring would wrap with Roellig on third and Gurney on second base; a wild pitch allowed Roellig to score easily but the ball took a weird carom off the top of the backstop and bought Gurney the time to hustle home.
But UVU came roaring back in its half of the second inning, scoring five runs via a two-run triple, a base hit and two-run homer. Suddenly, the Utes' lead was just 9-5.
Jackson answered the Wolvervines' big inning with his tape measure shot in the third inning; it came on the first pitch with two outs as the Utes brought the advantage to 10-5.
Culver got three quick groundouts in the home half of the third before passing the baton to Conaway in the fourth. The game moved along pretty quickly the next few innings, though both teams had scoring opportunities in the sixth inning.
The Utes got back into the run column in the top of the seventh; again thanks to clutch two-out hitting. Long worked a four-pitch walk and would score when Panaro went the other way for a double that bounced off the left field wall. Drake Digiorno then entered the game as a pinch hitter, scoring Panaro on a base hit.
Conaway retired the side on 11 pitches in the seventh inning and went 1-2-3 again in the eighth, pumping his fist after two strikeouts to end the frame.
Long's leadoff dinger in the ninth came on the first pitch to give the Utes an exclamation point on the victory. In the bottom half of the inning, Fine came to the mound for the final out and closed out the victory with a strikeout.
Six of Utah's 13 runs were scored with two outs.
Next Up
Utah is back at Smith's Ballpark this weekend for an important Big 12 Conference series against No. 23 Kansas. The three-game set runs from Friday-Sunday, April 25-27, with first pitch in Friday's opener set for 6 p.m. MT.
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Conaway (3-0) came on in the fourth inning at a rather crucial point in the game. UVU had two runners on, nobody out and was threatening after already posting a five-spot just two innings earlier. Conaway answered the bell with three straight outs and went on to deal 5.2 innings of shutout ball with one hit and one walk allowed, striking out six Wolverines along the way. It was his longest outing at Utah and his six strikeouts doubled his season total entering the evening.
It was a collective effort on the mound as Lucas Boesen, Ian Culver, Conaway and Dillon Fine all chipped in.
The group-wide contributions came offensively too, led by a 3-for-4 effort from Jake Long including his first home run at Utah and three runs scored on the night. Core Jackson, Cameron Gurney and Kaden Carpenter had two hits apiece as well.
Carpenter and Jackson homered, with the latter's long ball tracking at 495 feet. There is not an official record of the furthest home run at UCCU Ballpark, but some longtime staff in the venue noted Jackson's dinger as one of the furthest hit since it opened in 2005. It was one of three times that Jackson scored in the ballgame.
That same duo, plus Santino Panaro, also doubled. All told, Utah had six extra-base hits.
The Utes took command of the game early with two big innings—scoring three runs in the opening frame and hanging a six-spot in the second.
In the first inning, Jackson walked and stole second before moving to third on a groundout from Austen Roellig. He scored when Gurney skipped a base hit up the middle, setting the stage for a two-run homer by Carpenter—just a few miles down the road from his hometown of American Fork. It capped off a two-out rally and gave the visitors a 3-0 lead after half an inning.
After Boesen tossed a 1-2-3 bottom of the first, the Utes strung together six runs on six hits in the second inning. Matt Flaharty and Roellig each singled to drive in runs with one out, then after a delayed steal of home Jackson brought in Utah's seventh run of the young ballgame. The scoring would wrap with Roellig on third and Gurney on second base; a wild pitch allowed Roellig to score easily but the ball took a weird carom off the top of the backstop and bought Gurney the time to hustle home.
But UVU came roaring back in its half of the second inning, scoring five runs via a two-run triple, a base hit and two-run homer. Suddenly, the Utes' lead was just 9-5.
Jackson answered the Wolvervines' big inning with his tape measure shot in the third inning; it came on the first pitch with two outs as the Utes brought the advantage to 10-5.
Culver got three quick groundouts in the home half of the third before passing the baton to Conaway in the fourth. The game moved along pretty quickly the next few innings, though both teams had scoring opportunities in the sixth inning.
The Utes got back into the run column in the top of the seventh; again thanks to clutch two-out hitting. Long worked a four-pitch walk and would score when Panaro went the other way for a double that bounced off the left field wall. Drake Digiorno then entered the game as a pinch hitter, scoring Panaro on a base hit.
Conaway retired the side on 11 pitches in the seventh inning and went 1-2-3 again in the eighth, pumping his fist after two strikeouts to end the frame.
Long's leadoff dinger in the ninth came on the first pitch to give the Utes an exclamation point on the victory. In the bottom half of the inning, Fine came to the mound for the final out and closed out the victory with a strikeout.
Six of Utah's 13 runs were scored with two outs.
Next Up
Utah is back at Smith's Ballpark this weekend for an important Big 12 Conference series against No. 23 Kansas. The three-game set runs from Friday-Sunday, April 25-27, with first pitch in Friday's opener set for 6 p.m. MT.
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, 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
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Conaway, Mateus (3-0)
L: Rice, A (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Jackson, Core 1 ; Carpenter, Kaden 1 ; Panaro, Santino 1
HR: Jackson, Core 1 ; Carpenter, Kaden 1 ; Long, Jake 1
RBI: Flaharty, Matt 1 ; Jackson, Core 1 ; Roellig, Austen 2 ; Gurney, Cameron 1 ; Carpenter, Kaden 2 ; Long, Jake 1 ; Panaro, Santino 1 ; Digiorno, Drake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Flaharty, Matt 1 ; Jackson, Core 3 ; Roellig, Austen 1 ; Gurney, Cameron 2 ; Carpenter, Kaden 1 ; Long, Jake 3 ; Panaro, Santino 2
SB: Jackson, Core 2 ; Roellig, Austen 1 ; Panaro, Santino 1 ; Digiorno, Drake 1
HBP: Panaro, Santino 2
Batting:
2B: De Anda, J 1 ; Colyer, CJ 2
3B: Colyer, CJ 1
HR: Iverson, L 1
RBI: Iverson, L 2 ; Colyer, CJ 2 ; Massey, DJ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Iverson, L 1 ; Block, B 1 ; De Anda, J 1 ; Colyer, CJ 1 ; Massey, DJ 1
HBP: Cooke, C 1
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