SALT LAKE CITY (Interstat) — Luke Jacobs hit a go-ahead double in the first inning and a three-run homer in the eighth to lead Utah to a 16-9 victory over Utah Tech on Tuesday.

Jacobs finished 5 for 6 with a home run, two doubles and five RBIs. Matt Flaharty added a homer, a double and four RBIs, while Jake Long homered and drove in three runs. Cameron Gurney homered and doubled for the Utes, who improved to 25-22. The Trailblazers fell to 28-21.

Utah erupted for seven runs in the first inning. Jacobs singled, Long followed with a two-run homer, and later in the frame Flaharty doubled in two runs. Jacobs then doubled in two more to make it 7-0.

Gurney homered leading off the second, and Flaharty hit a two-run shot later in the inning to push the lead to 10-0.

Utah Tech answered in the third. Petey Soto Jr. homered, and Ryan Kroepel doubled in a run. Miller Durham added a sacrifice fly, cutting the deficit to 10-3.

The Trailblazers crept closer in the fifth. Hudson Manwaring singled and scored on Finnegan Stewart’s single to make it 10-4. Utah responded in the bottom half when Daniel Arambula’s sacrifice fly scored Zakye Hawkins, restoring an 11-4 lead.

Utah Tech broke through again in the sixth. Manwaring singled in a run, and after a walk and another single, Stewart reached on a two-base error by second baseman Cal Miller that cleared the bases, scoring three unearned runs. The Trailblazers pulled within 11-8.

Manwaring’s seventh-inning single made it 11-9, but Utah regained control in the bottom half. Blake Eckerle singled, Jacobs doubled and Long singled in a run to make it 12-9.

The decisive blow came in the eighth. After Jet Gilliam singled and Flaharty singled, Eckerle singled in a run. Jacobs then homered to right, scoring Flaharty and Eckerle to stretch the lead to 16-9.

Utah Tech used five pitchers. Starter Brock Roundy lasted two-thirds of an inning, allowing seven runs, five earned. Derek Render, Bryce Intagliata and three others combined to allow nine more runs. Ryan Kittredge started for Utah but did not finish the first. Easton Jones, Justin Abercrombie and four other Utes pitchers held Utah Tech scoreless over the final three innings.

Kyle McDaniel, Manwaring and Stewart each had two hits for the Trailblazers. Manwaring scored three runs.

The game had a dramatic swing in the sixth when Utah Tech capitalized on Miller’s error to score three unearned runs and trim a seven-run deficit to three. But the Utes answered each time, and their eight-run outburst in the eighth sealed the win.

Utah hosts Baylor for a three-game series beginning Thursday. Utah Tech returns home to face Abilene Christian on the same day.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Utah Tech 4, Utah 3, while its ELO system gave Utah a 70.70 percent probability to win.