Utah at Stanford

[EutawStUtesFan]

Utah takes on Stanford this weekend.

Probables:
Friday - Utah's Mitch Watrous (So./RHP) vs. Stanford's Mark Appel (Sr./RHP)
Saturday - Utah's Joe Pond (Sr./RHP) vs. Stanford's John Hochstatter (So./LHP)
Sunday - Utah's Dalton Carroll (Fr./RHP) vs. Stanford's Bobby Zarubin (Fr./RHP)

Mark Appel was picked 8th in last year's draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Big challenge for the Utes, offense has struggled, especially in PAC 12 play.

[EutawStUtesFan]

Link to video feed for the game tonight.
http://pac-12.com/live/gostanford.aspx

[Jarid in Cedar]

I wish Banks and Duke could get healthy :(

[EutawStUtesFan]

Utes hanging in there, top of the 3rd, Davis with an RBI double, Utes trail 3-2.

[EutawStUtesFan]

AJ Young with another hit in the top of the 4th, 2nd hit of the day, had a solo HR in the 2nd off of Appel, 2-2 on the night. Kid is batting 0.368.

[EutawStUtesFan]

Watrous with 2 Ks in the 4th, now has 6 on the night. Utes still trail 3-2, top of the 5th.

[EutawStUtesFan]

Chapman has struggled in PAC12 play, gave up 2 runs on 4 hits tonight in 1.2.

Chapman vs PAC12


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Chapman vs non-conference


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10.2
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Utes trail 6-2 top of the 8th.

[EutawStUtesFan]

Carroll with an 2 RBI single, Utes trail 6-4, runners on the corners, 2 out, top of the 9th.

[EutawStUtesFan]

TJ Bennet Ks to end the game, Utes lose 6-4.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Bennett 0-5 and Nielson 0-4 in the middle of the lineup. Both came up on a few occasions with RISP. That was the difference in the game.

[EutawStUtesFan]

Bennett 0-5 and Nielson 0-4 in the middle of the lineup. Both came up on a few occasions with RISP. That was the difference in the game.

I was surprised to see AJ Young batting 6th, he's your best hitter at 0.350 with a slg% of 0.600, might of made a difference if he was batting higher up.



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Young, AJ (http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/utah/sports/m-basebl/mtt/aj_young_821787.html)
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16-12
40
7
14
1
0
3
7
24
.600
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2
13
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.469
0
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58
10
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.971



Watching the live feed it looked like Bennett's plate discipline was horrible, swinging at pitches he had no business swinging at.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Up 2-0 after 3. No hits so far:blink:. Pond is dealing only 3 hits, 5 K's.

[Jarid in Cedar]

So up 2-0 after 5. Anderson finally got our first hit. Stanford has 5 singles. Pond has 6 K's. And finally watching the feed, he is very good today. He has painted the corners well, and has induced alot of check swings on the strike outs.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Pond with 7 K's. Still 2-0 after the 6th. Would love to see the offense break out here.

[Scorcho]

2-1 Utah

[Scorcho]

2-2

[EutawStUtesFan]

Just tuned in to see Nielsen K and AJ Young and Eppard with 2 out singles. Hope Yagi can get the runs in.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Tied 2-2 after 8. 8-9-1 coming up in the top half.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Extra innings. 3-4-5 up in the top half. Sadly, we pinch run for Young in the 8th inning.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Big double for Nielsen to drive in Carroll with no outs.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Up 3-2 going into the bottom of the tenth. 3-4-5 up for Stanford.

[Jarid in Cedar]

4-6-3 gdp to finish the game. Great play by Nielsen to apply the tag at first after a high throw. Utes win 3-2.

[EutawStUtesFan]

Utah leads in the rubber match 3-0 B3.

[EutawStUtesFan]

Nielsen with a 3 run HR, 6-0 Utah. T5.

[EutawStUtesFan]

B6, Utah leads 6-1.

[EutawStUtesFan]

Dalton Carroll pitching a good game, after 6 Utes lead 6-1.

[EutawStUtesFan]

7th inning stretch Utes lead 7-1.

[EutawStUtesFan]

Rezac in for Green in the bottom of the 8th, gives up a lead off double and walks the next. Runners on 1st and 2nd no outs. Utes lead 7-1.

[EutawStUtesFan]

Rezac getting worked, put on first 4 batters, Stanford scores 2, no out bottom of the 8th. Chapman now in with runners on 1st and 2nd, no out. 7-3 Utes.

[EutawStUtesFan]

All four runners Rezac put on score, 7-5 Utah after 8.

[EutawStUtesFan]

3 outs away from the win and the series. Come on Utes get this done! 7-5 bottom of the 9th.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Rezac getting worked, put on first 4 batters, Stanford scores 2, no out bottom of the 8th. Chapman now in with runners on 1st and 2nd, no out. 7-3 Utes.


All four runners Rezac put on score, 7-5 Utah after 8.


My post from last week:


I don't know why we keep walking Rezac out there when the game is on the line. I get that the the runs were unearned, but sometimes you just got to get an out. 10 batters faced, 4 hits, 2 hbp, 6 baserunners that were his responsibility

This is where not having Banks or Duke hurts. It keeps making us go to him.

[EutawStUtesFan]

2 outs away, lead off lines out to 2nd.

[Jarid in Cedar]

One down

[Jarid in Cedar]

Strike out! Come on Chap!

[EutawStUtesFan]

Chapman Ks the next batter, 1 out away. Go Utes!

[Jarid in Cedar]

Flyout after giving up a single. Utes Win!

[EutawStUtesFan]

Great outing by Dalton Carroll, gets the win, 6.1ip, 5h, 1r, 1er, 5Ks, pretty impressive for the freshman against a good Stanford team.

[Jarid in Cedar]

This was a big series for this team. After getting swept at home by Cal last weekend, it is nice to see them bounce back to win the series. The hitting is going to have to scrape through the year, it appears. But, the seeds of a Pac-12 competitive team are laid. Davis, Carroll x2, AJ Taylor, are all freshman, and account for arguably 3 of our best 4 hitters. Nielsen, Anderson, Yagi are solid upperclassmen that are capable Pac-12 players. If this coming recruiting class can add as much as this class has, man, we can make some real noise heading forward.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Interesting note from this weekend, is how little power Stanford displayed. Lots of grounders up the middle and line drives that didn't go deep down the field.

For the weekend:

33 hits- 30 singles, 2 doubles, and a triple.

Utah, on the other hand:

25 hits-19 singles, 4 doubles, and 2 home runs.

[EutawStUtesFan]

Offense finally showed up, Anderson, Davis and Carroll went 10-12 scoring 5 of our 7 runs. Great game all-around for the Utes.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Offense finally showed up, Anderson, Davis and Carroll went 10-12 scoring 5 of our 7 runs. Great game all-around for the Utes.


Anderson's average jumped from .237 to .286 in one game.

Davis went from .286 to .333

[EutawStUtesFan]

Interesting note from this weekend, is how little power Stanford displayed. Lots of grounders up the middle and line drives that didn't go deep down the field.

For the weekend:

33 hits- 30 singles, 2 doubles, and a triple.

Utah, on the other hand:

25 hits-19 singles, 4 doubles, and 2 home runs.

Utah pitching has only given up 4HR all season, two of those vs Cal.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Utah pitching has only given up 4HR all season, two of those vs Cal.


If our defense improves through the season, our pitching has a chance to be lights out.