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Offensive fireworks early, late in game lift BYU baseball to 11-6 win over Utah

Spenser Heaps, Deseret News

Brigham Young's Brock Hale (44) and Keaton Kringlen (17) score on a double by Bronson Larsen (14), putting the Cougars up 4-0, at Smith's Ballpark in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.

SALT LAKE CITY — BYU hit almost half of its hits — six — against Utah in the final inning, as the Cougars scored four runs in the ninth to beat the rival Utes 11-6 on Tuesday night at Smith’s Ballpark.

Bolstered by an offensive surge to start the game — BYU led 7-2 after one and a half innings — the ninth-inning fireworks proved more than enough for the Cougars after they had just two hits and no runs in the six previous innings.