Club baseball defeats rivals

By Jared Romero

Not only was the weekend good for the Aggie football team, but the USU baseball team picked up it’s first series win of the season as they won two games against rival Weber State at Morgan High School on Saturday afternoon.

In the first game of the double-header the Aggies were led by the stellar pitching of Zach Gunn. Gunn threw his first complete game of the season and managed to win a nailbiter 3-2. He gave up 6 hits with 4 strikeouts and was solid throughout.

The game started off with a quick run in the first inning for Weber State, then there were no runs until the sixth inning when the Aggies finally connected with a two-run double by Gavin Johnson to take the lead, 2-1. Gregg Palmer came up with an insurance run in the seventh to put the Ags up 3-1. Weber State came up with another run in the next inning, but then Gunn (1-0) shut the Wildcats down and sealed the deal.

In the final game of the double-header, the Aggies had another great pitching performance. This time led by Casey Jorgensen, the Aggies sailed to an 8-0 win. This was Jorgensen’s second start of the season, and his second complete game shutout of the season. He recorded 8 strikeouts and allowed six hits. Jorgensen (2-0) is already at an astounding 18 strikeouts in the very young season. USU’s Brad Singer played well connecting on his first home run of the season and finished with two RBIs, while four other players had at least one RBI.

The first game of the series on Friday featured numerous errors by the Aggies, as Weber State went on to win 7-4. The loss went to pitcher Ryan Doyle (0-2).

The Aggies are now 3-3 on the season, and return home to play next Saturday against the College of Eastern Utah.

–jare.ro@aggiemail.usu.edu