Utah Baseball Closes Regular Season at Home vs. ASU

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah baseball team closes out the regular season at home with a three-game series against Arizona State beginning on Friday, May 26, at 11:30 a.m. MT.

The series continues on Saturday, May 27, and Sunday, May 28, with all three games at 11:30 a.m. MT.

All three games will be aired on the Pac-12 Network with Daron Sutton and Kevin Stocker on the call. Sunday’s game will be available on ESPN 700.

Saturday is senior day, with eight seniors being honored: Max Schuman, Ellis Kelly, Hunter Simmons, Hunter Rodriguez, Josh Rose, Dylan Drachler, Dallas Carroll and manager Dustin Hughes.

Utah continues its season-long baseball card promotion with Jake Portaro on Friday, Josh Rose on Saturday and Matt Poulin and Spencer Johnson on Sunday. Sunday will feature a ‘nine innings of winnings’ with various prizes given away throughout the game.

Utah ranks third in the Pac-12 in on-base percentage (.374) and fourth in batting average (.286). The Utes are second in the league in RBI (262) and runs scored (291) while ranking fourth in total hits (483).

On the mound, Utah is sixth in the conference with a 4.16 ERA. Utah leads the league in pickoffs (12) and is second in the conference in fewest home runs allowed (21).

Dallas Carroll and DaShawn Keirsey, Jr., are two of the best hitters in the league. Carroll is fourth in the league in batting average (.365), while ranking second in on-base percentage (.461) and slugging percentage (.577). Keirsey is third in the conference in hits per game (1.49) and ranks ninth in batting average (.335). He is tied for second in the conference with five triples.

Jayson Rose is seventh in the Pac-12 with 76 strikeouts, and is tied for fourth in the league with seven victories (7-3).

Arizona State is 23-29 on the season and 8-19 in the Pac-12. The Sun Devils have dropped five of their last seven games.

Projected Starters
Friday: Utah’s Jayson Rose (Jr./RHP) vs. Arizona State TBA
Saturday: Utah’s Riley Ottesen (So./RHP) vs. Arizona State TBA
Sunday: Utah’s Josh Lapiana (Jr./LHP) vs. Arizona State TBA