SALT LAKE CITY — One pitch. That’s pretty much all it took to decide Tuesday’s game between Utah and BYU at Smith’s Ballpark. Chandler Anderson belted a grand slam on the first throw he saw from reliever Alex Perron in the third inning to power the Utes to a 6-3 victory over the Cougars.
“One pitch was all,” Anderson said of the fastball. “He gave me what I wanted and I took advantage of it.”
And how.
“A tremendously big hit for us and we held on,” Utah coach Bill Kinneberg said. “I think our pitchers did a pretty good job today.