TAYLORVILLE, Utah (April 1, 2022) – The No. 16 Salt Lake Community College Baseball earned a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader sweep on Saturday.
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SLCC picked up victories of 6-0 and 21-1 to move to 3-0 in a series with Community Christian College. The victories lifted the Bruins to 24-5 overall and 18-1 in Scenic West games.
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Salt Lake and Community Christian will play the series finale on Saturday.
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Salt Lake 6, Community Christian 0: Strong hitting made the difference in a SLCC win to open the doubleheader.
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Kaleb Bodily hit an RBI double in the first inning, followed up by a
Colton Easton two-run double in the second.
Hunter Swapp also added an RBI double in the second inning to up the lead to 4-0.Â
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Bruer Webster and
Braden Winget going 2-of-3 at the plate, with Bodily going 2-of-4.
Daxton Purser earned the pitching win, throwing four scoreless innings while posting six strikeouts.Â
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Salt Lake 21, Community Christian 1:Â Â An eleven-run inning in the third inning lifted the Bruins to a run-rule victory.
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Zachary Blaszak hit an RBI double in the second inning, with
Jaxon Weatherly hitting an RBI double later in the inning.
Travis Johnson hit a two-run double in the third inning, followed up by
Hunter Swapp hitting a grand-slam home run to lift the Bruins to an 18-0 win.
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Swapp went 4-of-4 in the game, finishing with six RBI's.
Spencer Jones threw four scoreless innings to earn the win.Â
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