Finnegan Stewart's walk-off, two-run home run with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted Utah Tech to an 8-7 victory over visiting Fresno State on Friday night at Bruce Hurst Field.
 
With the win, the Trailblazers swept the two-game home series to improve to 15-8 on the season, while the Bulldogs dropped their 10^th-straight to fall to 7-14 overall. 
 
After both team traded first inning runs, Utah Tech plated three runs in the third to jump out to a 4-1 advantage.
 
Ryan Kroepel broke the tie a double to right center that chased home Hudson Manwaring, who walked and stole second ahead of the Kroepel two-bagger.
 
Kace Naone then reached on a throwing error on a sacrifice bunt attempt, which allowed Kroepel to score from second base. Naone moved to second on the play and was moved to third on a ground out before scoring on a Ty Johnsen RBI-flyout. 
 
Fresno State clapped right back an inning later with a two-out, two-run Marcus Nolen homer that pared the Blazer lead down to 4-3.
 
Utah Tech maintained that slim advantage until the FSU eighth, when the Bulldogs struck for three runs, including an Ethan Payne two-RBI single with two outs that gave his side a 6-4 cushion.
 
The Trailblazers answered that rally with two runs of their own to tie the game at 6-6. Andrew Pyle reached on the Bulldogs' third error of the night, while Petey Soto Jr. followed with a sharp single to left field.
 
That brought up lead-off hitter Kyle McDaniel, who laced an opposite-field double down the left field line to drive in Pyle and advance Soto Jr. to third. Soto Jr. later tied the game tied on a wild pitch, while McDaniel moved up 90 feet with no outs in the frame.
 
However FSU reliever Will Page-Allen managed to escape the inning and strand McDaniel at third after he struck out the next three Blazer hitters he faced.
 
Fresno State took the lead again in the 10^th thanks to a one-out Zach Plasschaert solo homer. 
 
Then in the Trailblazer 10^th, McDaniel reached on a one-out walk ahead of Stewart, who ambushed a 1-1 Page-Allen (L, 2-1) fast ball and drove high over the hitter's eye in straight-away center field to end the game.
 
McDaniel posted his second-straight, three-hit game as he double twice as part of a 3-for-5 night to go with his RBI and run scored. The junior second baseman wound up going 6-for-11 in the series with three extra base hits, six RBI and three runs.
 
Kroepel and Johnsen (two doubles) also collected two hits apiece as Utah Tech finished with 10 safeties on the night. 
 
Junior righthander Jackson Price struck out a season-high five over 5.1 innings in his third start of the season, though he did not in the decision. 
 
Senior southpaw Brock Roundy fanned three in two innings of relief, and Talan Kelly (W, 4-0) surrendered one run and two hits over the final 2.2 innings to earn his team leading fourth win of the season. 
 
Utah Tech will now head out on a six-game road swing, which starts with a brief two-game series at UNLV to wrap up the weekend. Game one of the series will take place on Saturday night starting at 7:05 p.m. (MT), followed by a Sunday matinee at 1:05 p.m. (MT), at Earl E. Wilson Stadium in Las Vegas.