SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Utah’s baseball team evened up the series against USC with a 5-4 win at Smith’s Ballpark in Salt Lake City, Utah.

With the score tied in the bottom of the sixth and runners on first and third, Oliver Dunn got down a successful squeeze play to score Briley Knight and give the Utes the lead back. Zack Moeller added one more crucial run in the next at bat with a single to score Matt Richardson, putting the Utes up 5-3.

Brett Brocoff had a strong outing on the mound going 6.2 innings and giving up four runs. USC didn’t get a run across the plate until the fifth inning.

Utah started the game manufacturing a run with two outs in the first inning. Erick Migueles singled and after a Rykker Tom walk, Shea Kramer singled to left field to bring Migueles home.

The Utes added to their lead in the fourth as Richardson singled to knock in Chase Fernlund from second.

USC scored their runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings and tied up the score in the fifth and the sixth, but Utah took the lead back each time to get Brocoff the win.

The Utes totaled 11 hits on the afternoon with five doubles. They also came up clutch when they needed to scoring three of the team’s five runs with two outs.

As USC tried to tie the score up once again, Zac McCleve came in to preserve the lead pitching 2.1 innings and getting his second save of the season.

The win moves Utah to 9-18 on the season and 2-12 in the Pac-12.

They’ll go for the series win against USC on Saturday, April 13 at 11:30 a.m. in Smith’s Ballpark.