SACRAMENTO – Freshman on the right Hunter Colin tied for a career peak with nine goals in 6.1 innings and eight of Sacramento State’s nine starting games completed with at least one on target of the day, lifting the Hornets to a 5-2 victory. against Utah Valley to win the Western Athletic Conference series. Saturday at John Smith Field.
Sacramento State improved to 27-23 overall and 16-13 in the conference game, winning its fourth in six encounters with the Wolverines to win both series between the two this year. Utah Valley fell 16-34 overall and 9-17 in the game with a loss.
Also, history was made on Saturday as Steven Moretto went on to become the show’s all-time lead game with its 234th career appearance, breaking Scotty Burcham’s 233 mark from 2012-15. Moretto, who started his career for the 230th time, is second only to Burcham’s career record in this category.
Hunter (3-4) repulsed the first nine hitters he faced before Mitch Moralez led the fourth game with a brace, but was stuck in the scoring position after the freshman caused one balloon, hit another, and end the round with an outside landing. All told, Hunter retired 18 of the first 20 hitters he faced before heading out in game six, finishing the day with two runs on four hits while walking just one. .
Kevin Haynes finish the sixth round and beat one of his two thirds, while Max Petty stuck a pair in the eighth, getting a shot to finish the frame. Children on the right Jack Zalasky then showed up and made his 10th save of the year, spinning a shot on target for an attack and a foul to end the game.
Zalasky’s 10 saves are the most since Tanner Dalton finished with 10 in 2018, while his 14 career saves are trailed only by Dalton and Michael Penbera (1999-01) in third place. school career listings. Zalasky has now saved seven of his last nine appearances.
After the Utah Valley offense got the jump over Sacramento State in Friday’s opening game, the Hornets returned the favor on Saturday, with three first-place bottom-run runs for a quick lead they won’t. give up.
Double the difference Dawsen Bacho book a table for Martin Vincelli-Simard, who scored a brace down the left touchline on the first pitch he saw from Coop Rust (2-7) to lead 1-0. Moretto followed with a first throw to the right making it 2-0 and after a Jeffery Heard single to the right takes runners into corners, Nick Iwasa hit a single in the field scoring Moretto’s goal to make it 3-0.
Keep Martin Hot! Hornets hit the top with a Vincelli-Simard double to score Dawsen Bacho leading 1-0 in the first… #StingersUp @WACsports pic.twitter.com/Q69YlIAUKZ
– Sac State Baseball (@SacStBaseball) May 14, 2022
The Hornets’ advantage increased to Vincelli-Simard’s four sacrificial runs in the third and Moretto put a cherry on top in the fifth with another sacrificial flyby to take a 5-0 lead.
Utah Valley rallied to break the game in the sixth inning, scoring a pair of runs on a field-base shot and a foul, but Sacramento State basketball settled when Haynes had a strike and the ball hit the ground to stop the bleeding as the Wolverines have been out of action since that time.
Jorge BojorquezBacho and Vincelli-Simard each finished with two hits each, while Vincelli-Simard and Moretto each ran a pair.
Get WAY up Josh Rolling #StingersUp @WACsports pic.twitter.com/TtvgtUTBkX
– Sac State Baseball (@SacStBaseball) May 14, 2022
The Hornets join the first WAC series of the year on “Senior Day” Sunday (May 15) at Noon, with the second player on the right Noah Takacs Occupy mounds for Sacramento State. The Hornets’ senior class will be recognized in a ceremony after the game’s final.
