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Wichita State
2
Utah Valley UVU 0-2
16
Winner Wichita State WSU 2-0
Utah Valley UVU
0-2
2
Final
16
Wichita State WSU
2-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Utah Valley UVU 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 2
Wichita State WSU 0 6 2 3 5 0 0 0 X 16 14 2

W: Tyler, Cody (1-0) L: Mayer,Jake (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Shockers Take Down Utah Valley, 16-2

WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State won the opening series of the season with a 16-2 win over Utah Valley in game two of the series.

Travis Young went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a double, while Jordan Boyer went 2-for-3 with three RBI and Gunnar Troutwine went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double.

Starter Cody Tyler went five innings and gave up one earned run on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts.

The Shockers used a two-out rally in the bottom of the second to go in front of the Wolverines. With two outs, Trey Vickers and Travis Young both singled. Boyer was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Josh DeBacker singled to left field to drive in both Vickers and Young for a 2-0 lead. After the Wolverines dropped a foul ball, Greyson Jenista walked to load the bases and Dayton Dugas followed with a bases clearing double to put the Shockers up 5-0. Alec Bohm doubled to right field to score Dugas and make the score 6-0.

WSU added to the lead in the third inning. Vickers hit the Shockers' first home run of the season and Young followed with a double. Boyer's single to right field drove in Young for an 8-0 lead.

Zac Willis' solo home run in the top of the fourth broke up Tyler's no-hitter and made the score 8-1.

The Shockers added on three more runs in the fourth on a Troutwine RBI single, a Young bases loaded walk and a Boyer sacrifice fly.

UVU scored an unearned run in the fifth to make the score 11-2, but the Shockers added five in the bottom of the fifth to push the lead to 16-2.

The Shockers and Wolverines wrap up the series on Sun., Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. at Eck Stadium.

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