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Box Score 2 TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (March 28, 2023) - The Salt Lake Community College Baseball team utilized one of the rare 'good' weather days on the Wasatch Front Tuesday, posting a sweep in Scenic West Athletic Conference play.
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SLCC capped off a four-game sweep of in-state rival USU Eastern, posting wins of 3-2 and 10-5 at Cate Field. The Bruins are now 15-9 overall and 13-3 in Scenic West Athletic Conference play.
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Salt Lake will travel to Southern California for a four-game series with Community Christian Friday.Â
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Salt Lake 3, USU Eastern 2: SLCC posted a dramatic, come-from-behind win in the day's opening game.
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Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning,
Daniel Gonzalez tied the game on an RBI bunt single. Gonzalez scored the winning run on a
Jaxon Weatherly line-out to right field. USU Eastern held an early 2-0 lead, prior to
Chip Beck hitting an RBI single in the fourth inning.Â
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Gonzalez was 2-of-3 in the game to lead Salt Lake.
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Salt Lake 10, USU Eastern 5: A pair of multi-run innings lifted the Bruins to the series sweep.
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SLCC scored four runs in the sixth inning and five runs in the eighth inning to earn the win, utilizing nine hits and ten walks.
Taylor Ayala was 3-of-5 in the win.
Chip Beck was 2-of-4 in the victory.Â
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