OREM, Utah – Utah Valley baseball returns to the Beehive State with a game on Tuesday, Apr. 16, at 11:00 a.m. MT against the University of Utah. The game will be played in the morning because the Salt Lake Bees play at home in the evening. The Utes won both matchups earlier this season.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
The game will be streamed on Pac-12 Live Stream, produced by the University of Utah. UVU will provide an audio-only stream on gouvu.com with Jordan Bianucci and Brice Larson on the call.
LAST TIME OUT
The Wolverines won their series over the weekend at UT Rio Grande Valley. They bounced back with wins on both Saturday and Sunday after falling in the series opener.
Daniel Dickinson finished the weekend hitting .429 with one home run and scoring three runs.
Burke Camper,
Matthew Schwarz, and
Nate Bach all finished the weekend hitting over .300.
Utah Valley's pitching staff held the Vaqueros to just a .212 average during the series. UTRGV entered the weekend as the No. 2 hitting team in the WAC with a .289 batting average.
Mitch Mueller,
Braden Boisvert, and
Jackson Thomas all went at least six innings on the weekend, with Boisvert holding the opposing offense to just a .087 batting average.
SMASHING RECORDS
Utah Valley enters the game on the verge of breaking multiple records. As a team, Utah Valley has hit 76 homers this season and needs four to break the program record for home runs by a team. The 2010 edition of UVU baseball set the previous record of 79.
Dickinson is nearing the career stolen base record. He broke UVU's single-season record on Saturday with his 22nd swiped bag of the season and now sits two shy of Chris Benson's record of 34, set in 2011.
UP NEXT
Utah Valley hosts UT Arlington for a three-game series at UCCU Ballpark this weekend. The series begins on Friday, Apr. 19 at 6:05 p.m. MT and will continue with games on Apr. 20 at 2:05 p.m. MT and will wrap up on Apr. 21 at 12:05 p.m. MT.