SLCC Baseball and Softball This Week:

Baseball:

SLCC Baseball Preps for Home and Away Series with USU-Eastern

Bruins are winners of 11 of last 12 games, first in SWAC standings

Salt Lake City, UT—The SLCC baseball team (21-9, 13-3 SWAC) will play four games against in-state opponent USU-Eastern (11-13) this week in non-conference action. Each team will play two of the four games in the weekend series on its home field.

The Bruins will head to Price, UT for a pair of games against the Golden Eagles on Thursday, Mar. 27 with first pitch for game one slated for Noon. Game two will begin 30 minutes following the conclusion of the first contest.

SLCC will then host USU-Eastern for a pair of games on Saturday, Mar. 29 at Cate Field in West Jordan, UT. First pitch for the day's first game is set for 1 p.m. and game two will begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first match-up.

Game Coverage: Live stats for the SLCC vs. USU-Eastern games at Cate Field will be available on the SLCC Athletics home page at slccbruins.com under the 'Live Stats and Video Streaming' tab.

Leading the SWAC: The Bruins currently lead the Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) standings ahead of second place Western Nevada College (WNC) (22-10, 7-5 SWAC).  SLCC split four games with WNC to open the SWAC regular season in Carson City, NV and the two teams will next meet in a four game series at Cate Field on April 4-5.  

Bruins by the Numbers: SLCC is batting .266 as a team, led by sophomore infielder Derrick Whitney (South Jordan, UT) with a .333 batting average. The Bingham High School graduate is tied for the team lead with sophomore infielder Robert Grilli (Mississauga, ONT) in base hits at 35. Whitney has seven doubles, three triples and 15 runs batted in (RBI) this season.

Grilli owns the team lead in RBI with 20 and has eight doubles, three triples and one home run with a batting average of .321 in 109 total at-bats. Bruin sophomore outfielder Zach Watts (West Jordan, UT) leads the team in home runs with three and has a total of 13 extra-base hits this year.

The Bruin pitching staff has a combined earned run average (ERA) of 3.25 through 30 games. Among its starters, SLCC is led by sophomore pitcher Brady Corless (Spanish Fork, UT) with an ERA of 1.93 to go with 12 strikeouts in four total appearances (two starts).

Freshman pitcher Chris Bradford (Las Vegas, NV) has a team-best win/loss record of 4-0 in nine total appearances (six starts). He has a team-high 32 strikeouts this season with an ERA of 3.34. Seven different pitchers have made starts for Salt Lake, with freshman Jason Jourdan (Syracuse, UT) and sophomore Anthony Dixon (South Jordan, UT) tied for the team lead in starts with seven each. Jourdan has an ERA of 2.63 in seven appearances, all starts, with 24 strikeouts on the season and Dixon has struck out 18 opposing batters in eight total appearances with an ERA of 2.91.

Salt Lake is scoring an average of 5.3 runs per game and is allowing an average of 3.8 runs per contest to its opposition.

SLCC is unbeaten at home with a record of 4-0 at Cate Field. The Bruins are 12-3 in away games and are at 5-6 in neutral-site matchups.

Softball:

Bruin Softball Readies for Four-Game Set with North Idaho College

After a 13-9 start to the season, SLCC has won seven of last 10 outings

Salt Lake City, UT—The SLCC softball team (20-12, 18-9 SWAC) has four home games on tap this week against Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) opponent North Idaho College (NIC) (20-13, 5-9 SWAC) on Friday and Saturday, Mar 28-29 at Bruin Softball Field.

Friday's first game will begin at 1 p.m. with the day's second contest getting underway 30 minutes following the conclusion of the first matchup. First pitch for game one on Saturday is slated for Noon with game two beginning 30 minutes following the end of the first contest.

SLCC split four games with the NIC Cardinals on Feb. 7-8 in St. George, UT. The regular season series is even at 2-2.

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

Bruins by the Numbers: The Bruins have a team batting average of .350, led by freshman catcher Riana Splinter (Las Vegas, NV) with a .447 average. Splinter leads the team in runs batted in (RBI) at 49, doubles with 12, triples with two and home runs with 10 round-trippers. She has struck out just seven times in 103 at-bats and has a .893 slugging percentage.

Freshman catcher KyRae Kogianes (Riverton, UT) has nine home runs with eight doubles and one triple. The Riverton High School graduate has 31 RBI this season. Freshman infielder Megan Reed (Pocatello, ID) is second on the team with a .426 batting average and has nine doubles and one home run with 26 RBI on the year.

The SLCC pitching staff has a combined earned run average (ERA) of 4.53, led by freshman Baylee Reeves (Brigham City, UT) with a 4.10 ERA. The Box Elder High School graduate has a win/loss record of 7-4 with 30 strikeouts in 20 total appearances. She has thrown a team-high five complete games this season.

Freshman Paige Reimann (South Jordan, UT) leads the team in strikeouts with 47 on the year. Her win/loss record stands at 6-1 in eight starts with an ERA of 5.13. Freshman pitcher Courtney Platt (Riverton, UT) has 31 strikeouts with an ERA of 4.30 and a win/loss mark of 6-5 and freshman Chelsa Baca (Las Vegas, NV) has struck out 18 opposing batters with an ERA of 4.72.

SLCC is averaging 7.4 runs scored per game and is allowing an average of 4.5 runs per contest to its opposition.
The Bruins are 5-3 in home games, 8-3 in away contests and 7-6 in neutral-site matchups.