Ryan Rodriguez (Folsom, Calif./Vista Del Lago HS) homered twice and drove in a career-high five RBI to lead a potent Trailblazer offensive attack as No. 13 Dixie State blanked Concordia (OR), 17-0, Thursday night at Bruce Hurst Field.

Dixie State (6-3) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning thanks to consecutive RBI singles from Bryce Feist (Emmett, Idaho/Rocky Mountain HS) and Drew McLaughlin (Scottsdale, Ariz./Desert Mountain HS), before breaking the game open in the third with five runs to extend to a 7-0 advantage. Rodriguez kick-started the rally with a two-run blast to right field to cash in a lead-off single from Miles Bice (Henderson, Nev./Coronado HS). Feist tacked on another run with a sacrifice fly, while Tyler Mildenberg (Huntington Beach, Calif./Marina HS) tripled home McLaughlin with the fourth run of the frame, and Trey Kamachi (Kapolei, Hawai'i/Kapolei HS) capped the rally with a single through the right side to plate Mildenberg.

DSU then put the game on ice with a seven-run fifth inning, which included a two-run double from Rodriguez and RBI from Feist, McLaughlin and Mildenberg, as the Trailblazers sent 11 batters to plate. Dixie State would tack on two more runs in the sixth on a lead-off homer from Reece Lucero (Albuquerque, N.M./La Cueva HS) and a Kamachi sacrifice fly, and Rodriguez capped the night with an opposite-field home run to right field in the seventh.

The season-high 17 runs scored were more than enough for the Trailblazer pitching staff as three hurlers combined to limit Concordia (1-7) to just four hits en route to the team's first shutout of the year. Junior lefthander Matt Mosca (Las Vegas, Nev./Cimarron Memorial HS) (3-0) struck out five and allowed just two hits over five solid innings to pick up his third win in as many starts to open the season.

Rodriguez, who reached base safely in all six plate appearances on the night, finished a triple shy of the cycle as he went 4-for-4 with a career-best four runs scored. In addition, McLaughlin and Tyler Baker (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman HS) each collected three hits and three runs scored, while Feist finished with two hits and three RBI. All nine starters in the DSU line-up finished with at least one hit, while eight of the nine had at least two safeties, as Dixie State finished with a season-high 23 hits for the game.

Dixie State will next host Saint Martin's for two games this weekend, starting with a date Friday afternoon at 4 p.m., and again Saturday night at 7 p.m., at Bruce Hurst Field.