TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (March 13, 2023) – A pair of impressive victories lifted the Salt Lake Community College Baseball team to a series sweep Monday.
 
Hosting Colorado Northwestern at Cate Field, the Bruins earned wins of 7-1 and 11-1 to move to 4-0 in the series against the Spartans. Salt Lake is now 8-8 overall and 7-1 in Scenic West Athletic Conference play after the wins.
 
The Bruins will travel to Twin Falls this weekend, playing longtime Scenic West rival Southern Idaho. 
 
Salt Lake 7, Colorado Northwestern 1: A pair of big innings lifted the Bruins to the win. 
 
Jalen Seward hit a two-run double in the fourth inning to give Salt Lake a 4-0 lead, with Trey Gambill then adding an RBI single for SLCC. Preston Winget also had a pair of RBI singles in the game.
 
Winget went 3-of-3 at the plate, finishing with a pair of RBI's. Jaxon Weatherly also went 2-of-4, scoring a run. Dalton Smith earned the pitching win, throwing a complete game and finishing with two strikeouts. 
 
Salt Lake 11, Colorado Northwestern 1: SLCC started fast and never looked back in the run-rule win. 
 
The Bruins took a 7-0 lead after the first inning, utilizing a Daniel Gonzalez RBI single and a Preston Winget RBI single to take an early lead. Taylor Ayala added a pinch-hit, two-run single in the fifth inning, with Trey Gambill hitting an RBI single to walk-off the game in a Salt Lake win.
 
Gonzalez led SLCC, going 2-of-3 and scoring a run. Blake Stanger earned the pitching win, finishing with three strikeouts.