Utah Baseball will play against Washington State on March 17 at America First Ballpark in Salt Lake City. The matchup marks Game 18 of the season, with Utah holding an 11-6 record and Washington State at 7-11.
The game is notable as Utah continues its first season at the new Charlie Monfort Field at America First Ballpark, where the team has achieved a strong home record of 6-1 so far. Earlier this season, Utah swept a four-game series against Grand Canyon University, shutting out GCU in the first three games. The Utes also secured a series victory over Arizona to open Big 12 Conference play, with both teams scoring exactly 21 runs across three games.
In Saturday’s contest against Arizona, Utah’s pitching staff recorded 17 strikeouts—the most for the team since March 5, 2022. Payton Riske led with a career-high nine strikeouts over five innings, while Dylan Gazaway added five more in two innings of relief. Utah won that game in extra innings by a score of 7-6 after Jet Gilliam hit a two-run single to secure the walk-off victory.
Cameron Gurney has been leading Utah’s offense this season with a .371 batting average, .500 on-base percentage, and a team-best 19 RBIs. He has also made just one error defensively for a .992 fielding percentage. Jake Long enters the upcoming series riding a team-best twelve-game hitting streak.
The tightly contested series against Arizona saw each of the first two games go into extra innings—a feat not seen for Utah since April 2023 against UCLA. As Utah prepares to host Washington State, fans can follow live statistics via StatBroadcast or watch on ESPN+.
