Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SLCC Baseball Sweeps Home-Opening Doubleheader with Colorado Northwestern

Bruins move to 8-2 in SWAC play, extend streak to six wins

Game 1 – 1 p.m.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
CNCC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
SLCC	2	1	0	0	0	2	X	5

Game 2 – 3 p.m.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
CNCC	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
SLCC	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	X	7

Salt Lake City, UT—The SLCC baseball team (16-8, 8-2 SWAC) won both games of a doubleheader with Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) opponent Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) (7-20, 2-8 SWAC) on Friday in the 2014 home openers for the Bruins at Cate Field.

The Bruins defeated the Spartans 5-2 in the day's first game and won a 7-4 decision over CNCC in the day's second contest. The pair of victories extends SLCC's win streak to six games.

Game 1 Recap: The Bruins opened up a 3-0 lead and held off a two-run rally from the Spartans in the sixth inning by adding a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth frame to build a 5-2 lead. Salt Lake retired the Spartan side in order in the seventh inning to win its first SWAC home game of the season.

The Bruins out-hit the Spartans 9-5 with one error committed by SLCC. CNCC was error-free for the contest.

Game 1 Stats vs. CNCC: Freshman pitcher Jason Jourdan (Syracuse, UT) struck out six Spartan batters with no walks to pick up the win in game one. He allowed five hits and two runs, none earned, in six innings of work. Sophomore pitcher Eric Carter (Santa Clara, UT) earned the save with two strikeouts and no hits, runs or walks allowed in one inning on the mound.

Sophomore infielder Robert Grilli (Mississauga, Ontario) was 2-for-4 at the plate with a double, a stolen base and two runs batted in (RBI). Sophomore infielder Derrick Whitney (South Jordan, UT) was 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI and freshman catcher Zach Willis (Lindon, UT) was 0-for-3 with a sacrifice grounder for one RBI.

Game 2 Recap: Salt Lake scored at least one run in each of the first five innings of play to build a 6-3 lead over the Spartans, with each side tallying one more run in the late stages of the contest. For the second consecutive game, SLCC did not need to use its final at-bats. The Bruins now lead the season series with CNCC 2-1.

Game 2 Stats vs. CNCC: Sophomore catcher Colton Barkdull (Erda, UT) was 3-for-4 at the plate with a double, a triple, a walk, a run scored and two RBI. Grilli was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk and a run scored and freshman outfielder Caleb Summerhays (Las Vegas, NV) was 1-for-4 with a solo home run.

Sophomore outfielder Zach Watts (West Jordan, UT) went 3-for-4 with one RBI and freshman infielder Taylor Snyder (Elk Ridge, UT) was 1-for-4 with a run scored and one RBI.

Bruin sophomore pitcher Anthony Dixon (West Valley City, UT) struck out two Spartans with seven hits, two walks and three runs (two earned) allowed to earn up the game two win in 5.1 innings of work.

Sophomore pitcher Jordan Hager (Farmington, UT) had three strikeouts with two walks, three hits and one unearned run allowed in three complete innings.

Next up for Head Coach DG Nelson and the Bruins is a doubleheader vs. CNCC on Saturday, Mar. 15 at Cate Field. First pitch for game one is slated for Noon with the day's second contest beginning approximately 30 minutes following the conclusion of the first matchup.

Game Coverage: Live stats for the SLCC vs. CNCC games on Saturday will be available on the SLCC Athletics home page, slccbruins.com, under the 'Live Stats and Video Streaming' tab.