PULLMAN, Wash. - Josh Rose hit his fifth home run of the year and Jayson Rose pitched a complete game on the mound with seven strikeouts as the Utah baseball team dropped the first of a three-game series to Washington State, 4-3.
Washington State took a 4-0 lead through five innings. Josh Rose hit a two-run shot in the seventh to get Utah on the board.The Utes made a rally in the ninth, putting two runners on with one out and cut the lead to a run on a ground out, but stranded the game-tying run on third.