Utah’s baseball team evened up its weekend series against USC with a 5-4 win Friday at Smith’s Ballpark.
With the score tied in the bottom of the sixth and runners on first and third, Oliver Dunn got down a successful squeeze play to score Briley Knight and give the Utes a 4-3 lead. Zack Moeller singled on the next at-bat to score Matt Richardson, putting the Utes up 5-3. The Utes (9-18, 2-12 Pac-12) had 11 hits, including five doubles.
BYU 4, Pepperdine 2 • In Provo, sophomore Easton Walker pitched 71⁄3 scoreless innings with five strikeouts as the Cougars beat the Waves.