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Show USU Hands CSU Three Defeats in Four Game Series j The College of Southern Utah baseball team scrapped for a 1 to 0 shutout over Utah State University Friday afternoon but could not continue the pattern as they suffered three successive defeats. USU came back Friday arter-noon arter-noon with a 3 to 0 no-hit shutout shut-out over the T-Birds and Saturday Satur-day came back in another dou-bleheader dou-bleheader to sweep two, 3 to 0 and 6 to 5 in an extra inning affair. af-fair. Owing to weather conditions in Cedar City the four games were played at the municipal diamond in St. George. Hank Halversen got credit for the shutout victory in the opener open-er as he held th. Aggies to four hits. It was the bat of Roger Hal-laday Hal-laday that provided the only run of the game. It caine in the fifth when Son Sudbury singled to start the inning. Sudbury came on to score on a double by Halla-day, Halla-day, the only extra base hit for the Thunderbirds. Tony Macias threw the no-hit shutout at the T Blrds Friday af- ternoon in the second game over seven innings. In posting the victory vic-tory he compiled 10 strikeouts. Dennis Osgood, CSUs wlnningest pitcher, sufferd the loss. He gave up a walk and a home run to the first two men he faced, then a walk, single and double in the second produced the third USU score. Steve Judd saved the T-Birds from suffering a second no-hitter Saturday afternoon in the first game. He belted a single in the fifth Inning for the only hit. He did not, however, save the shutout shut-out as Culligan of the Aggies collected the second 3 to 0 victory for the visitors. Son Sudbury went the distance for CSU, giving giv-ing up seven hits in seven innings. in-nings. USU scored one in the fourth and added a pair of insurance runs in the top of the seventh. Son Sudbury went the distance for CSU giving up seven hits in seven Innings. CSU came fighting back in the fourth and final game, but USU still posted a 6 to 5 victory in an extra inning. Both teams scored single runs in the first Inning. In the third CSU took the lead when John Johnson singled, moved to second on a sacrifice by Steve Judd and scored on a single by Reed Backus. USU came back in the sixth to tie the score at 2 all. Neither team scored in the seventh but USU garnered four runs In the eighth with Gorrel, the second sacker taking a two strike pitch and belting it out of the park with two men on base. Two men were away at the time. CSU came back with four hits, a sacri flee and three runs In the bottom of the frame but it was not quite enough. Jensen went the dis-tance dis-tance and picked up the win for USU and Larry Gittins suffered the loss. |
