Completed Event: Baseball versus TCU on May 17, 2025 , Loss , 6, to, 8 , (11 inn.)
Final Score
Baseball
(11 inn.)
6
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8
Saturday, May 17
Salt Lake City, Utah
2 p.m.
University of Utah
21-29, 8-22
6
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8
TCU
37-17, 19-11
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8
15
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Utah
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3
0
1
1
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6
11
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Photo by: Anna Fuder/Utah Athletics
Utes Outlasted by TCU in Smith’s Ballpark Finale
5/17/2025 7:52 PM | Baseball
Late heroics from Utah forced the game into 11 innings
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah baseball team battled for 11 innings, but were outlasted by TCU by an 8-6 score on Saturday in the regular season finale for the Utes and the last scheduled game at Smith's Ballpark.
Utah has called Smith's Ballpark its primary home since 1996 and will open its new on-campus facility—Charlie Monfort Field at America First Ballpark—next season.
The Utes forced extra innings with an RBI single from Tyler Quinn in the ninth inning, and weren't done when trailing again in the 10th. Jake Long poked a base hit to score Drake Digiorno and send the game to the 11th inning. Though the Utes brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the 11th, a walk-off win to end the program's time in downtown SLC just wasn't in the cards.
It was very close to a perfect sendoff for a place in Salt Lake City that has hosted college and professional baseball, among other events, dating back nearly 100 years. Smith's Ballpark hosted its first game in 1994, but Derks Field opened in 1947 and Community Park was built on the site in 1928.
In addition to paying tribute to the ballpark, Utah also recognized its eight-man Class of 2025 prior to the game. It included Mateus Conaway, Drake Digiorno, Jackson Elder, Core Jackson, Brady Joyner, Bransen Kuehl, Santino Panaro and Tyler Quinn.
Seven Utah players had a hit and the trio of Austen Roellig, Core Jackson and Kaden Carpenter contributed multi-hit performances. Jackson, playing in his 100th and final game as a Utah Ute, was 3-for-6 with an RBI—including a two-out single to keep the rally alive in the ninth inning. Roellig scored the tying run in the ninth among three for the day.
Carpenter, Drake Digiorno and Matt Flaharty each had a double.
Utah used eight pitchers in the game, including seniors Brady Joyner and Mateus Conaway. Easton Jones made his first collegiate start--going two innings--and Lucas Boesen tossed three innings on a staff day for the Utes.
After TCU jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, Roellig led off the bottom of the first inning with a double. He scored three batters later when Carpenter put a two-bagger of his own down the left field line.
Facing a 5-1 deficit at seventh inning stretch, the first two Utah batters were retired but the team continued to battle at the plate. Cal Kilgore walked, Santino Panaro was hit by a pitch then Roellig and Jackson rolled back-to-back two-out RBI singles. A double steal put Jackson and Roellig into scoring position then a wild pitch scored Roellig and cut the Utes' deficit to 5-4.
Still trailing by a run in the ninth, Dylan Gazaway spotted a one-out single but Flaharty kick-started a nice 4-6-3 double play to give the Utes one more shot to equalize.
The speedy Roellig reached on a fielder's choice and hustled to third when Jackson poked another two-out single through the right side. With an 0-2 count, Quinn lifted a single into right and pumped his fist on arrival at first base after Roellig came in with the tying run. Jackson now carried the winning run at third base but was stranded there as the game headed for extra innings.
Facing another one-run deficit in the bottom of the 10th, Digiorno sent the first pitch to right center field for a double. Jake Long came up in another two-out situation and snuck a single through the 5-6 hole as Digiorno hustled in and scored to level the score at six.
Jackson singled in the bottom of the 11th as Utah sought some more magic trailing 8-6, but that would be all as a historic chapter for baseball in the state of Utah came to a close.
The majority of the 2,599 fans in attendance stuck around postgame to come down on the field, thank the Utah student-athletes for the season and walk one final lap around a place that has brought people together in this city for nearly 100 years. Family photos were taken, memories shared, more than likely a couple tears shed.
Nostalgic elements were aplenty around the ballpark in tribute to the site's history. Home plate today was in the same place as it was in Derks Field. It also lined up squarely with Mount Olympus when looking past center field. And imprinted on every aisle seat in the ballpark was the logo for Franklin Quest Field (now known as Smith's Ballpark). The ballpark logo back then was shaped like a baseball diamond and had the numeral for three on top. Alongside each numeral was the year that each ballpark opened on this site: 1928 for Community Park, 1947 for Derks Field and 1994 for the current grounds.
A final nod to the baseball legacy here? Fans who came out today went home with a commemorative ticket, designed specially for the last game.
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Utah has called Smith's Ballpark its primary home since 1996 and will open its new on-campus facility—Charlie Monfort Field at America First Ballpark—next season.
The Utes forced extra innings with an RBI single from Tyler Quinn in the ninth inning, and weren't done when trailing again in the 10th. Jake Long poked a base hit to score Drake Digiorno and send the game to the 11th inning. Though the Utes brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the 11th, a walk-off win to end the program's time in downtown SLC just wasn't in the cards.
It was very close to a perfect sendoff for a place in Salt Lake City that has hosted college and professional baseball, among other events, dating back nearly 100 years. Smith's Ballpark hosted its first game in 1994, but Derks Field opened in 1947 and Community Park was built on the site in 1928.
In addition to paying tribute to the ballpark, Utah also recognized its eight-man Class of 2025 prior to the game. It included Mateus Conaway, Drake Digiorno, Jackson Elder, Core Jackson, Brady Joyner, Bransen Kuehl, Santino Panaro and Tyler Quinn.
Seven Utah players had a hit and the trio of Austen Roellig, Core Jackson and Kaden Carpenter contributed multi-hit performances. Jackson, playing in his 100th and final game as a Utah Ute, was 3-for-6 with an RBI—including a two-out single to keep the rally alive in the ninth inning. Roellig scored the tying run in the ninth among three for the day.
Carpenter, Drake Digiorno and Matt Flaharty each had a double.
Utah used eight pitchers in the game, including seniors Brady Joyner and Mateus Conaway. Easton Jones made his first collegiate start--going two innings--and Lucas Boesen tossed three innings on a staff day for the Utes.
After TCU jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, Roellig led off the bottom of the first inning with a double. He scored three batters later when Carpenter put a two-bagger of his own down the left field line.
Facing a 5-1 deficit at seventh inning stretch, the first two Utah batters were retired but the team continued to battle at the plate. Cal Kilgore walked, Santino Panaro was hit by a pitch then Roellig and Jackson rolled back-to-back two-out RBI singles. A double steal put Jackson and Roellig into scoring position then a wild pitch scored Roellig and cut the Utes' deficit to 5-4.
Still trailing by a run in the ninth, Dylan Gazaway spotted a one-out single but Flaharty kick-started a nice 4-6-3 double play to give the Utes one more shot to equalize.
The speedy Roellig reached on a fielder's choice and hustled to third when Jackson poked another two-out single through the right side. With an 0-2 count, Quinn lifted a single into right and pumped his fist on arrival at first base after Roellig came in with the tying run. Jackson now carried the winning run at third base but was stranded there as the game headed for extra innings.
Facing another one-run deficit in the bottom of the 10th, Digiorno sent the first pitch to right center field for a double. Jake Long came up in another two-out situation and snuck a single through the 5-6 hole as Digiorno hustled in and scored to level the score at six.
Jackson singled in the bottom of the 11th as Utah sought some more magic trailing 8-6, but that would be all as a historic chapter for baseball in the state of Utah came to a close.
The majority of the 2,599 fans in attendance stuck around postgame to come down on the field, thank the Utah student-athletes for the season and walk one final lap around a place that has brought people together in this city for nearly 100 years. Family photos were taken, memories shared, more than likely a couple tears shed.
Nostalgic elements were aplenty around the ballpark in tribute to the site's history. Home plate today was in the same place as it was in Derks Field. It also lined up squarely with Mount Olympus when looking past center field. And imprinted on every aisle seat in the ballpark was the logo for Franklin Quest Field (now known as Smith's Ballpark). The ballpark logo back then was shaped like a baseball diamond and had the numeral for three on top. Alongside each numeral was the year that each ballpark opened on this site: 1928 for Community Park, 1947 for Derks Field and 1994 for the current grounds.
A final nod to the baseball legacy here? Fans who came out today went home with a commemorative ticket, designed specially for the last game.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stern, Nate (3-1)
L: Conaway, Mateus (3-1)
Batting:
2B: Strosnider, Sawyer 1 ; Brunson, Chase 2
3B: Cramer, Cole 1
HR: Franco, Noah 1
RBI: Griffin, Colton 1 ; Strosnider, Sawyer 1 ; Franco, Noah 2 ; Cadena, Isaac 1 ; Bell, Jack 2
SF: Strosnider, Sawyer 1 ; Bell, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cramer, Cole 1 ; Franco, Noah 1 ; Brunson, Chase 1 ; Traeger, Nolan 1 ; Silva, Anthony 1 ; Cadena, Isaac 1 ; Bell, Jack 2
SB: Traeger, Nolan 1 ; Silva, Anthony 1 ; Cadena, Isaac 2
Batting:
2B: Carpenter, Kaden 1 ; Digiorno, Drake 1 ; Flaharty, Matt 1
RBI: Roellig, Austen 1 ; Jackson, Core 1 ; Quinn, Tyler 1 ; Carpenter, Kaden 1 ; Long, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Roellig, Austen 3 ; Digiorno, Drake 1 ; Kilgore, Cal 1 ; Panaro, Santino 1
SB: Roellig, Austen 2 ; Jackson, Core 1
HBP: Panaro, Santino 2
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