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Stan Plewe/Utah Tech Athletics
5
Hawai'i Hilo UHH-BB18 11-14, 7-10 PacWest
9
Winner Dixie State DX-BASE 13-18, 9-12 PacWest
Hawai'i Hilo UHH-BB18
11-14, 7-10 PacWest
5
Final
9
Dixie State DX-BASE
13-18, 9-12 PacWest
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hawai'i Hilo UHH-BB18 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 11 2
Dixie State DX-BASE 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 3 X 9 13 3

W: Borzone, Jimmy (1-0) L: Lee-Lehano, Brandyn (0-4) S: Bonner, Brayden (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | by DSU Athletic Media Relations

Trailblazers 'Squeeze' Past Hawai'i Hilo in Series Opener


Dixie State used a little "small ball" to break a sixth-inning tie on its way to a 9-5 victory over Hawai'i Hilo Thursday night at Bruce Hurst Field. The Trailblazers have now won seven of their last nine to move to 13-18 overall, 9-12 in Pacific West Conference play.

DSU got off to a rocky start defensively as the Trailblazers committed two first-inning errors, which led to three unearned Vulcan runs. However Dixie State would rally with a run in the home second on a Tyler Hollow (Boise, Idaho/Rocky Mountain HS) RBI-single and tied the game an inning later with a Joe Raymond (Foresthill, Calif./Del Oro HS) run-scoring double and a Logan Porter (Surprise, Ariz./Valley Vista HS) sacrifice fly.

Tied at 4-4 in the sixth, the Trailblazers had two runners in scoring position and one out after a Hollow lead-off single and Kyle Hoffman (Taylorsville, Utah/Taylorsville HS) base hit and stolen base. With the infield drawn in, freshman Jagun Leavitt (St. George, Utah/Pine View HS) laid down a perfect suicide-squeeze bunt to the first base side of the mound to drive in both runs and give DSU its first lead of the night at 6-4. Hollow scored easily from third base on the play, while Hoffman got a running start from second on the pitch and never broke stride as he hit the third base bag as Hilo pitcher Brandyn Lee-Lehano (L, 0-4) picked up the ball to throw to first for the out.

The Vulcans (11-14/7-10 PacWest) would make it a 6-5 game with a run in the seventh, but Dixie State answered with three more runs in the home eighth to put the game away.

The Trailblazers outhit UHH 13-11, including a 4-for-4 effort from Hollow, which was the first collegiate four-hit game for the freshman, and Hoffman finished with three hits. Freshman hurler Jimmy Borzone (Vancouver, Wash./Union HS) (W, 1-0) worked 3.1 innings of one-run, four-hit relief with three strikeouts to earn his first collegiate victory, while senior Tanner Howell (Boulder City, Nev./Boulder City HS) (S, 2) fanned three over 1.2 hitless innings to pick up his second save of the year.

The two teams will meet again in game two of the series Friday night at 6 p.m.
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