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Box Score 3 Game 2 W 3-1
Hayden Brock had a great outing on the mound giving up just four hits and throwing a complete game. Hayden only allowed one run scored in his seven innings. The Eastern team played well behind him as well with multiple great plays by Gabe Childs in Center field.
At the plate Child's led the Utah State Easteen as well, collecting three of the eagles six hits in the game and getting one RBI. Duke Kirby, Jake Mortensen and Scott Bahde collected the three other hits in the game. "Both teams pitching was on, it was great for us to see our guys get the little things done right. We are slowly getting better, " state head Coach Kirk Haney.
Game 3 L 2-9
Vaughn Deming had three hits in the contest and allowed for some spark for the Eastern. They have had chances in every games this year. The biggest thing has been finding the players who will capitalize when needed.
Kody Nelson, Tyler Fitch, and Jordan Brown all threw in the contest and did their best to keep Eastern in the game. "The nice thing of this group is we saw Kody didn't have his best stuff, so we went right to Fitch who kept us in the game and allowed our hitters to have a chance," said Haney.
Game 4 L 0-9
Utah State Eastern fell short in this contest. There were many chances for Eastern to capitalize on but could get it done. Carson Hawkes threw great getting out of many big situations. Dakari Armendariz had two hits in the contest.
"This was a tough day from the beginning. We were missing a couple players. The weather had some effect on some balls in play, but we still worked hard. We will look to bounce back next week while at home against CCC," concluded Haney.