BYU baseball snaps winning streak in 12-7 loss to Utah – The Daily Universe

Baseball could be a humorous sport.

BYU baseball got here into its rivalry showdown in opposition to Utah Tuesday evening driving an electrical nine-game successful streak, whereas the lowly Utes stumbled into Provo having misplaced their previous 9 outings. 9 innings later, each streaks had ended, with the Cougars falling 12-7 to Utah as BYU’s bullpen was unable to include a red-hot Ute offense.

To cite baseball corridor of famer Yogi Berra, “who woulda thunk it?”

In entrance of a file 3,192 followers at Miller Park, Utah sprang to an early four-run lead, just for BYU to rally and pull forward 5-4 on a Cole Gambill two-run blast within the backside of the sixth.

BYU turned to the bullpen within the seventh, the place Peyton Cole gave up three runs with out recording an out as Utah took again the lead for good.

The Cougars threatened once more within the seventh to attain twice and put the tying run on base, however there can be no such comeback luck.

BYU trotted eight completely different pitchers to the mound, surrendering six walks and permitting eight earned runs (12 complete). A sometimes crisp BYU defensive unit was uncharacteristically sloppy, committing two pricey errors and searching removed from its commonplace kind other than a pair of gold glove caliber performs from Mitch McIntyre in heart area.

Gambill and Ryan Sepede drove in two runs every for the Cougars with Ozzie Pratt knocking a pair of base hits. BYU’s offense posted seven runs on 10 hits, however left eight runners on base and simply didn’t have sufficient within the tank to maintain up with the Utes.

BYU falls to 31-19 with the loss, welcoming LMU to Provo for a weekend sequence starting Thursday to shut out the common season.