Baseball team wins, loses over the weekend
After a couple weeks of postponement games, the Utah State Aggie baseball team was finally excited to get in a weekend series for the first time in a while as they went up against the Boise State Broncos.
Due to Mother Nature being unfriendly in the Logan area, the weekend series that was supposed to be played at Providence Field this past Saturday and Sunday was moved to Storey Park in Boise, Idaho.
Coming into the series, the Aggies faced a must win situation as they trailed the Broncos in the Northern Pacific league standings. They kicked things off Saturday morning as they looked to make an impression right away sending out one of their aces in Ryan Doyle.
The Aggies got off to a quick start as they posted up a quick run in the top of the first inning. Unfortunately, that’s about all the Aggies got from their offense as they didn’t hit home again until the top of the eighth inning, with the Broncos winning 5-2.
Doyle pitched a solid outing as he went the complete game and only allowed one unearned. He allowed six hits and had a very impressive 12 strikeouts. He also had two hit by pitches. Doyle has struck out a total of 27 batters so far during the season with a 3.41 ERA.
Brad Singer was the lone bright spot on the offensive side as he went 2-4 with a double and a RBI, as the Saturday game concluded.
Sunday’s double header started off very bright for the Aggies as they woke up and stole a quick one from the Broncos, winning solidly 6-2.
Casey Jorgensen picked up the win, improving his record to 2-1.
In the second game of the double header the Aggies looked like they had things in the bag, with their offense clicking on all cylinders, as they surmounted an impressive lead of 12-0, or so they thought. As fast as a snap of the wrist, Boise State came bucking back and rallied all the way, fighting and clawing, and eventually ending up winning in dramatic fashion 14-13.
“It was definitely a shocker,” said third baseman Alex Davis.
Jesse Kunz picked up the loss, putting him with a record now of 1-3.
Aggies look to bounce back next weekend, starting with a double header Saturday, April 11, against the University of Montana starting at noon and a morning game April 12 starting at 11 a.m.
–jare.ro@aggiemail.usu.edu