TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (Tuesday, February 6, 2024) – No. 12 Salt Lake rallied to win three straight after dropping the first game of the Zinger Bats JUCO Invitational.
SLCC improved to 6-3 this season, with the bullpen showing signs of dominance. Bruin relievers combined to throw 21.1 of the 34 innings this weekend. Salt Lake relievers allowed one unearned run and six hits while striking out 18 and walking four.
Freshman pitcher Austin Taylor (1-0) hasn't allowed a run in 7.1 relief innings. Taylor earned SWAC Pitcher of the Week after throwing 6.1 hitless innings in an SLCC win over Yavapai College on Saturday, February 4.
Freshman outfielder Luke Jacobs leads the Bruins with a .423 average and has scored seven times while knocking in five runs. Sophomore outfielder Trey Gambill is hitting .409. He has scored eight runs and is tied with Jacobs with five RBI.
Game One
SLCC 1 | Central Arizona CC 4
Three Central Arizona extra-base hits, bad baserunning, and bad luck handed the Bruins their second loss of 2024.
Last week's SWAC Pitcher of the Week, Garrison Sumner (1-1), pitched four innings and gave up three runs (two earned) and five hits. The sophomore struck out seven and walked two to earn the loss.
Salt Lake scratched out seven hits but had two runners picked off and hit into five double-plays, scuttling any rally chance. Jalen Seward's two hits led the Bruins.
Game Two
SLCC 5 | Central Arizona CC 0
Shay Timmer came out of the pen and dazzled in 5.1 innings. The redshirt sophomore allowed two hits and struck out seven against two walks for his second win of the season.
Jaxon Pfeil and Luke Jacobs both hit doubles in the win. Shortstop Jake Olsen finished the afternoon 2-for-2 at the plate with a run scored.
Game Three
SLCC 7 | Yavapai College 4
Austin Taylor (1-0) picked up the win, throwing 6.1 hitless innings in relief.
Former Cottonwood Colt Jaxon Pfeil went 1-for-3, doubling home a pair of runs with his only hit. Freshman DH Chett Wilson and outfielder Luke Jacobs had four of the Bruins' nine hits.
Game Four
SLCC 9 | Gateway CC 1
Redshirt sophomore Traton Staheli (1-0) won, pitching four innings of four-hit baseball. Six Bruins relievers combined to allow just one base-runner over the final five innings.
Trey Gambill was 2-for-2 and walked twice while scoring three times. Chett Wilson went 1-for-3 with two RBI. Sophomore Taylor Ayala tripled for the Bruins' only extra-base hit of the afternoon.
Notables
Luke Jacobs : 5-14, 4R, 2B, 2RBI, 3BB, 3SB
Chett Wilson: 3-6, R, 3RBI, 3BB
Kyle Keyes: 4IP, 4H, 0R, 3K
Shay Timmer: W, 5.1 IP, 2H, 7K, 2BB
Austin Taylor: 6.1 IP, W, 0H, 0R, 2K, BB
Up Next
SLCC travels to Grand Junction, CO, for doubleheaders against Trinidad State JC on Sunday, February 25, and Monday, February 26.
The No. 12 Bruins open their home schedule at Cate Field against the College of Southern Idaho with doubleheaders on Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9.
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