Aggie baseball goes 2-1 in weekend series against Boise State

The Utah State baseball team went 2-1 in a weekend series at home against Boise State. The Aggies came out on top in both games of a Saturday doubleheader, but lost their single game on Sunday.

“Overall I think the weekend went well,” said Utah State freshman pitcher Jack DeSpain following the conclusion of the series on Sunday. “We won both games last night. Today we didn’t win which was a little disappointing, but we won the series so that was a good thing.”

The first game on Saturday ended 4-3. The Aggies were down 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning, but a walk-off single to first by senior David Clayton brought in two runs and ended the first game with a win.

The second game on Saturday ended in a blow-out victory for USU with a final score of 10-1 to close out the first day of the series. The team scored four runs in the fifth inning, while DeSpain brought the Aggies the crown by going five innings and allowing one run on three hits and striking out six batters.

Sunday’s game was the only thing that held Utah State back from sweeping the series. During the seventh inning, Boise State put up six runs to launch them ahead of the Aggies and end the game 10-8.

“I don’t think there is any one thing that made us lose that game,” DeSpain said. “We put up eight runs, and when you score eight runs you should always win that game.

“A lot of their hits were weak almost, where they kind of got lucky on some, cause on the whole our pitchers did great. We made a few errors in the field, which, ultimately when it comes down to it, that’s probably what lost the game for us.”

The next series for USU will be in Twin Falls, Idaho, April 13-14 where the team will take on College of Southern Idaho.