ST. GEORGE, Utah (Interstat) — Utah Tech scored 19 runs on 12 hits Saturday afternoon at Burns Arena to defeat Abilene Christian 19-8 in a Western Athletic Conference game. The Trailblazers improved to 31-21, while the Wildcats fell to 24-28.

Abilene Christian took an early lead, plating eight runs in the top of the first inning on RBI singles by Brady Ladusau and Brady Gray. Diego Cardenas homered in the second, and Zandt Payne doubled and scored on Nick Arias’ single in the fourth. Ladusau tripled home two runs later in the inning to tie the game at 8-8.

Utah Tech answered with a 10-run bottom of the fourth, highlighted by M. Durham’s second home run of the game, a two-run shot to left field, and a two-run double by K. McDaniel. The Trailblazers added two more in the eighth on K. Naone’s homer. Utah Tech won the series after taking the previous two games.