Upcoming Event: Baseball at Kansas on April 3, 2026 at 10 a.m.
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The University of Utah Athletics
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Photo by: Jason Glassberg
Utah Falls in Back-and-Forth Ballgame at Kansas
4/2/2026 10:09 PM | Baseball
Gilliam goes 5-for-5 with two homers, Jacobs finishes triple short of cycle
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Utah baseball team fell in a wild series opener at Kansas on Thursday night by a 14-12 score at Hoglund Ballpark.
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Friday's middle game of this series has been moved up to a 10 a.m. MT first pitch (11 a.m. in Lawrence). It was originally scheduled for the evening, but thunderstorms are expected in the area late Friday.
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Utah had a 12-9 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth inning but the Jayhawks belted four home runs in the frame to take the contest.
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Batting out of the six-hole, Jet Gilliam's five hits were a career-best as Gilliam went 5-for-5 with two home runs, four RBIs and four runs scored. Luke Jacobs had two doubles and homered for the third time this season as part of Jacobs' first four-hit game with the Utah program. He finished a triple short of the cycle. Matt Flaharty doubled in a 3-for-5 night, driving in a run and scoring twice.
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It was the third straight conference game that a Utah player had a multi-home run game. Gilliam accomplished the feat tonight in the footsteps of Jake Long (Sunday) and Derek Smith (Saturday).
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Each team had 16 hits in the game and the sides combined for 16 extra-base hits on the night.
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Jacobs set the table by leading off the game with a solo homer to right field before Gilliam followed in the second inning with a shot that landed in the left field trees. The game continued back-and-forth and reached the sixth inning before neither team scored for the first time.
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Trailing 9-7 in the top of the seventh, Gilliam came through with his second home run of the night—tying the score on the heels of a Cal Miller walk. Three batters later, Blake Eckerle drove Flaharty home with the go-ahead run on a single that skipped up the middle.
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Gilliam earned another RBI in the eighth inning, on a ball that was knocked down by the Kansas pitcher but skipped past the mound. The throw to first base on the play got away, allowing Utah to plate a second run on the play.
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Jake Long had his hitting streak come to a close tonight; it reached 21 games and was the longest by a Utah player since 2011.
Next Up
Utah and Kansas will play the middle game of this series on Friday morning at 10 a.m. MT (11 a.m. in Kansas).
Follow Utah Baseball
Keep up with the Utes by following @utahbaseball and by visiting www.UtahUtes.com. Download the Utah 360 app here.
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Friday's middle game of this series has been moved up to a 10 a.m. MT first pitch (11 a.m. in Lawrence). It was originally scheduled for the evening, but thunderstorms are expected in the area late Friday.
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Utah had a 12-9 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth inning but the Jayhawks belted four home runs in the frame to take the contest.
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Batting out of the six-hole, Jet Gilliam's five hits were a career-best as Gilliam went 5-for-5 with two home runs, four RBIs and four runs scored. Luke Jacobs had two doubles and homered for the third time this season as part of Jacobs' first four-hit game with the Utah program. He finished a triple short of the cycle. Matt Flaharty doubled in a 3-for-5 night, driving in a run and scoring twice.
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It was the third straight conference game that a Utah player had a multi-home run game. Gilliam accomplished the feat tonight in the footsteps of Jake Long (Sunday) and Derek Smith (Saturday).
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Each team had 16 hits in the game and the sides combined for 16 extra-base hits on the night.
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Jacobs set the table by leading off the game with a solo homer to right field before Gilliam followed in the second inning with a shot that landed in the left field trees. The game continued back-and-forth and reached the sixth inning before neither team scored for the first time.
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Trailing 9-7 in the top of the seventh, Gilliam came through with his second home run of the night—tying the score on the heels of a Cal Miller walk. Three batters later, Blake Eckerle drove Flaharty home with the go-ahead run on a single that skipped up the middle.
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Gilliam earned another RBI in the eighth inning, on a ball that was knocked down by the Kansas pitcher but skipped past the mound. The throw to first base on the play got away, allowing Utah to plate a second run on the play.
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Jake Long had his hitting streak come to a close tonight; it reached 21 games and was the longest by a Utah player since 2011.
Next Up
Utah and Kansas will play the middle game of this series on Friday morning at 10 a.m. MT (11 a.m. in Kansas).
Follow Utah Baseball
Keep up with the Utes by following @utahbaseball and by visiting www.UtahUtes.com. Download the Utah 360 app here.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Scheidt, Toby (1-1)
L: Lenius, Ian (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Hawkins, Zakye 1 ; Flaharty, Matt 1 ; Jacobs, Luke 2
HR: Jacobs, Luke 1 ; Gilliam, Jet 2
RBI: Hawkins, Zakye 1 ; Flaharty, Matt 1 ; Eckerle, Blake 2 ; Jacobs, Luke 2 ; Gilliam, Jet 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Gurney, Cameron 1 ; Hawkins, Zakye 1 ; Flaharty, Matt 2 ; Jacobs, Luke 2 ; Miller, Cal 2 ; Gilliam, Jet 4
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Batting:
2B: LeBlanc, Tyson 1 ; Owens, Tyson 1 ; Bach, Jordan 2
HR: Soliz Jr, Max 1 ; LeBlanc, Tyson 1 ; Owens, Tyson 1 ; Schlotterback, Dylan 1 ; Mungarrieta, Augusto 1
RBI: Ballinger, Brady 1 ; Soliz Jr, Max 1 ; LeBlanc, Tyson 4 ; Owens, Tyson 1 ; Schlotterback, Dylan 1 ; Baldridge, Cade 2 ; Dykhoff, Josh 1 ; Mungarrieta, Augusto 2 ; Bach, Jordan 1
SF: Ballinger, Brady 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ballinger, Brady 1 ; Soliz Jr, Max 2 ; LeBlanc, Tyson 1 ; Owens, Tyson 2 ; Schlotterback, Dylan 3 ; Baldridge, Cade 1 ; Dykhoff, Josh 2 ; Mungarrieta, Augusto 1 ; Bach, Jordan 1
Game Leaders
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5
R
4
H
5
RBI
4
AB
6
R
2
H
4
RBI
2
AB
5
R
2
H
3
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
2
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