Utah Valley State (16-13) vs. University of Utah (12-23) 
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Date: April 27 
Times: 2:00 pm (MST)
Site: Ute Field (On the U of U campus)
Radio: None
Internet Broadcast: None
Series Record: Utah Valley State leads series 1-0 

April 26, 2004

OREM, Utah – The Utah Valley State baseball team will travel to the University of Utah to play the Utes at 2:00 pm on Tuesday. The game will be played at Ute Field on the U of U campus. This will be the second of six meetings between the two teams this season. The Wolverines defeated Utah 4-2 in the first ever meeting between the two teams on Tuesday, April 20th. 

Wolverine Update:
UVSC swept Weber State University in a doubleheader last Saturday in Kaysville, Utah. Brady Drake and Jed Jensen both earned wins on the mound in games where they were given good run support from the Wolverine offense. In game one, Dan Bulow went 4-for-4 with 2 HR, 2B and 6 RBI. His two-run first inning blast gave UVSC an early 5-0 lead. It came after the Wolverines lead off the game with four straight singles before getting an out. The Wolverines hit back-to-back homeruns in the fifth inning when Jed Jensen followed Bulow's second homerun with a homerun of his own. UVSC won 16-5. 

In game two, Adam Hutchinson broke the game wide-open 6-0 in the top of the fourth inning with a grand slam to left centerfield. Hutchinson's round tripper came after three consecutive singles by Todd Bateman, Jeff Broadhead and Pepe Jones. Reno Mendenhall hit his first homerun of the year, a solo blast, in the sixth. UVSC won the nightcap 9-4.

With the sweep the Wolverines improve to 16-13 on the season. After a 2-9 start, UVSC has won 14 of its last 18 games, and is currently riding an eight-game winning streak, their longest winning streak of the year.

After losing to the Wolverines last Tuesday, Utah traveled to San Diego State over the weekend and took 2-of-3 from the Aztecs. SDSU squeaked by the Utah 3-2 on Friday night, but Utah battled back to take games two and three, 7-6, and 9-4, respectively. 

Wolverine Probable Starters:
Catcher: Jeff Broadhead (.407, 9 RBI) or Dan Bulow (.359, 8 2B, 3 HR, 16 RBI)
First Base: Trent Perry (.275, 6 HR, 20 RBI)
Second Base: Pepe Jones (.291, 3 2B, 10 RBI)
Shortstop: Jeremy Harris (.206, 1 3B, 9 RBI) 
Third Base: Reno Mendenhall (.330, 9 2B, 11 RBI, 11 SB) 
Left Field: Todd Bateman (.368, 3 2B, 1 RBI) or Kevin Hashimoto (.235, 3 2B, 6 RBI) 
Center Field: Canyon Vance (.272, 3 3B, 20 RBI)
Right Field: Jed Jensen (.286, 4 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI) or Todd Bateman (.368, 3 2B, 1 RBI) 
Designated Hitter: Josh Hinckley (.400, 7 2B, 2 HR, 13 RBI) or Dan Bulow (.359, 8 2B, 3 HR 16 RBI)

Probable Pitching Rotation:
Tuesday's Starter: Aaron Tash, RHP (5-3, 2.93)

Home Away From Home:
The Wolverines will play all their home games at Brigham Young University's Larry H. Miller Field due to the construction of Parkway Crossing Stadium.

Parkway Crossing Stadium:
The future home of Wolverine Baseball will be a long awaited 3.5 million dollar stadium to be built and ready for the 2005 campaign. Parkway Crossing Stadium will have primary grandstand area seating of 2,500. An additional 2,500 fans can throw down blankets on the grass berming down the left field line extending behind the left field wall. The unique design will follow the trend of several of the major league fields that have been constructed recently with different angles and corners down the lines and in the gaps around the outfield wall. The field dimensions will challenge opposing hitters in the gaps expanding to 449 feet in left-center and 413 feet to right-center. The center field wall will be 435 feet away. Directly down the left field line will be 325 feet with a 16-foot wall to contend with, and the short porch directly down the right field line is 307 feet, but immediately gets deeper toward the right-center field gap. The convenient location just off the I-15 will allow baseball fans to enter and exit the stadium quickly. The stadium will also be host to future high school state tournaments and Division I college tournaments and post-season play. 

On Deck:
The Wolverines will travel to Greeley, Colorado to play the University of Northern Colorado in a three-game series on Saturday, May 1 and Sunday May 2. The Wolverines and Bears will play a doubleheader starting at 12:00 pm (MST) on Saturday and a single game starting at 12:00 pm (MST) on Sunday. UVSC and UNC split a two-game series on April 2-3 in Provo.