By: Kirk Haney – USU Eastern Athletics
Photo courtesy of Jeff Barrett
The USU Eastern baseball squad welcomed the Colorado Northwestern Spartans to Price over the weekend for a four game series. The Eagles were coming off a 3-1 weekend performance in Redlands, California where they faced Community Christian last weekend. Against the Spartans the Eagle started with a split of the first two but would rally to win the last two and collected three conference wins.
Below in a recap of all the contests.
Game 1
Ky Decker threw a shutout to lead USU Eastern past Colorado Northwestern Spartans 10-0 on Thursday.
USU Eastern put up five runs in the third inning. Eastern big bats in the inning were led by singles by Duke Kirby and Gabe Childs and a sac fly by Ethan Hixson.
Decker pitched for USU Eastern Baseball. Decker allowed two hits and zero runs over five innings, striking out six and walking zero.
The Eagles launched one home run on the day. Eastern tallied ten hits. Bubba Deming, Childs, and Bahde all managed multiple hits for USU Eastern Baseball. Bahde, Childs, and Deming all had two hits to lead USU Eastern. Eastern didn’t commit a single error in the field. Dylan Hawkes had the most chances in the field with eight.
Game 2
Friday’s game against the Colorado Northwestern Spartans was a heartbreaker for USU Eastern baseball , as they lost the lead late in a 6-3 defeat. The game was tied at three with Colorado Northwestern Spartans batting in the top of the eighth when Cassidy Watt singled on a 3-1 count, scoring two runs.
The Eagles knotted the game up at three in the bottom of the seventh inning, when Gabe Childs hit a solo homer.
Jordan Brown took the loss for Eastern. The pitcher allowed two hits and three runs over one inning, striking out one and walking one. Hayden Brock started the game for USU Eastern as the right hander surrendered three runs on four hits over seven innings, striking out 12
Childs, Ty Barker, Scott Bahde, and Bubba Deming each managed one hit to lead USU Eastern baseball.
Game 3
The Eagles had all cylinders firing on offense on Friday, winning big over Colorado Northwestern Spartans 15-2. USU Eastern opened up scoring in the first inning, when Scott Bahde singled on a 0-1 count, scoring two runs.
Kody Nelson was the winning pitcher for Eastern. Nelson lasted five innings, allowing three hits and two runs while striking out four.
Berk Barnes took the loss for the Colorado Northwestern Spartans. Barnes surrendered five runs on one hit over one-third of an inning.
USU Eastern hit two home runs on the day. Duke Kirby put one out in the first inning. Dylan Hawkes went deep in the third inning. The Eagles tallied nine hits in the game. Jake Mortensen, Bahde, and Kaden Kunz all had multiple hits for Eastern. Kunz, Bahde, and Mortensen each collected two hits to lead Utah State Eastern.
Game 4
The Utah State Eastern baseball team opened up scoring in the second inning on Friday. Duke Kirby grounded out, scoring one run. The Eagles scored three runs in the third inning. Eastern’s offense in the inning was led by Dylan Hawkes and Ty Barker, who each had RBIs in the inning.
Carson Hawkes pitched USU Eastern to victory surrendering only one run on one hit over four innings, striking out seven. Nate Rhineer and Tyler Fitch entered the game out of the bullpen and helped to close out the game in relief. Rhineer recorded the last nine outs to earn the save for the Eagles.
USU Eastern collected ten hits. Jake Mortensen, Barker, and Hawkes had mulitple hits for the Eagles squad. Hawkes, Barker, and Mortensen each managed two hits to lead the team.