Late Rally Falls Short as Utah Baseball Falls to Arizona State, 13-8

Late Rally Falls Short as Utah Baseball Falls to Arizona State, 13-8

TEMPE, Ariz. – A late rally by Utah baseball fell short as the Utes lost to Arizona State, 13-8, to close out the three-game series.

Utah trailed 8-0 before getting on the board in the fifth, and a five-run seventh inning was part of a late Ute rally.

Chandler Anderson led Utah at the plate with three hits while Rykker Tom and Matt Richardson each had a pair of hits.

Brett Brocoff pitched two innings in the loss, allowing six runs on six hits with two walks. Kyle Robeniol pitched one scoreless inning, Austin Moore surrendered five runs (four earned) on four hits with two strikeouts over two innings while Trenton Stoltz allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits with a strikeout over three innings.

The teams combined for five errors.

Arizona State took an 8-0 lead after a four-run first inning with two runs in the third and fourth innings before Utah scored two runs in the fifth. Richardson hit a one-out single and DaShawn Keirsey, Jr., drove in a run with a triple. Anderson send in Keirsey with an RBI single.

Trailing 11-2, the Utes began a rally with a five-run seventh inning, buoyed by back-to-back one-out doubles by Richardson and Chris Rowan. After Keirsey walked, Anderson hit a bunt single to load the bases, leading to Oliver Dunn sending home a run with a walk. Keirsey scored on a passed ball and two more runs scored on ground outs before ASU got a strikeout to end the inning with Utah cutting the deficit to 11-7.

ASU added an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh and the Utes rallied back for a run in the eighth after Dominic Foscalina reached on an error to lead off the inning. The Sun Devils added to their lead in the bottom of the eighth with a run on three hits. Utah put two on base in the ninth inning as Tom singled and Erick Migueles walked before a ground out double play ended the game.

Utah travels to Provo, Utah, on Tuesday, April 24, to face BYU at 6:00 p.m. MT. The Utes return home on Friday, April 27, to host Arizona in a three-game Pac-12 series.