SALT LAKE CITY (Interstat) — Luke Jacobs homered twice and drove in three runs as Utah defeated Utah Valley 9-5 on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at home.

The Utes improved to 24-19, while the Wolverines dropped to 11-32. Both teams collected 11 hits.

Utah Valley struck first in the top of the second inning. Cooper Brass homered to right field, scoring Beck from second base for a two-run blast, giving the Wolverines a 5-1 lead after they had scored five runs in the first inning on three strikeouts by Utah pitching.

Utah answered in the bottom of the second. Matt Flaharty led off with a solo home run to right field. After Eckerle doubled, Jacobs launched his first homer of the night, a two-run shot to left center that scored Eckerle and cut the deficit to 5-4. Later in the inning, with Long on first base after being hit by a pitch, Daniel Arambula homered to left field, driving in Long and giving Utah a 6-5 lead. The Utes never trailed again.

Jacobs added his second home run in the bottom of the fourth inning, a solo shot to right center, extending Utah’s lead to 8-5. Arambula contributed a third RBI with a single in the bottom of the fourth that scored Smith, making it 7-5, though Arambula was caught stealing to end the inning.

Cal Miller added a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, pushing the lead to 8-5. Utah scored its final run in the bottom of the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Eckerle that scored pinch runner Hawkins, making the score 9-5.

Utah Valley attempted a rally in the top of the ninth. Block singled, Carpenter doubled, and Beck walked to load the bases with no outs. Strong hit a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Block and cutting the lead to 9-6. But Carpenter, who advanced to third on the play, and Beck, who moved to second, were left stranded as Hamlin grounded out to third to end the game.

Key relief pitching helped Utah hold the lead. Demitri Diamant tossed two scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out one. Kaden Soder pitched 1⅔ innings, giving up one hit and no earned runs with one strikeout. Chance Wallace threw a scoreless inning for Utah Valley with two strikeouts.

Jacobs, who went 2 for 5 with two home runs and three RBIs, extended a recent hot streak. In his previous five games, he had recorded multiple hits in three of them, including a 2-for-4 performance May 2 at BYU and a 2-for-5, two-RBI game May 1 at BYU.

The game marked the third meeting between the two in-state rivals this season. Utah had won the previous two, 16-9 on April 21 and 15-9 on March 31.

Utah Valley will travel to Abilene Christian for a three-game series starting Friday. Utah will face Texas Christian on the road in a three-game set beginning Friday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Utah 6, Utah Valley 0, and Interstat’s ELO system gave Utah a 73.60 percent probability to win.