PROVO, Utah – The USF baseball team fell into a hole right off the bat and couldn't dig themselves out as they suffered a 19-6 loss in the series opener at BYU's Miller Field on Thursday evening.
Nico Giarratano and Dan James each collected a pair of hits for the Dons, who struck first with Allen Smoot's RBI single in the top of the first that scored Giarratano after he reached on a throwing error by BYU catcher Bronson Larsen on a dropped third strike.
But the lead would be short-lived as the Dons (22-21, 7-12 WCC) trailed 6-1 after a big first inning for BYU in which the Cougars touched up USF starter Grant Goodman (3-4) for six runs on six hits while taking advantage of a pair of throwing errors by Michael Perri and Allen Smoot in the opening frame.