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Joey Machado
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Joey Machado threw a career-high eight innings with seven strikeouts to lead Omaha to a 2-1 win vs. BYU on Thursday night.
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BYU BYU 11-18
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Winner Omaha OMAHA 13-16
BYU BYU
11-18
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Final
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Omaha OMAHA
13-16
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
BYU BYU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 1
Omaha OMAHA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 6 2

W: Machado, Joey (3-3) L: WALKER, Easton (1-3) S: Howe, Tanner (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Machado Deals Career-High Eight Innings in Omaha's 2-1 Win vs. BYU

OMAHA, Neb. – Junior Joey Machado tossed eight strong innings, tying a career-high in Omaha's 2-1 win over BYU on Thursday night at Tal Anderson Field.
 
Omaha improves to 13-16 on the season while the Cougars drop to 11-18.
 
How it Happened
  • Machado began the game with back-to-back strikeouts and capped the inning with his third after a BYU single.
  • Brett Bonar and Grant Goldston opened the bottom of the third with two consecutive singles before Harrison Denk reached on a fielder's choice to bring home Bonar and give Omaha a 1-0 lead.
  • Omaha doubled the lead in the third with Mike Boeve's RBI single up the middle, plating Denk.
  • The Cougars had the leadoff batter reach base in the fifth and sixth innings until a pair of Maverick doubles plays put a halt to the BYU threat.
  • BYU scored its lone run in the top of the eighth on an infield single after a single and a Maverick error.
  • Tanner Howe began the ninth in the mound for Omaha, allowing a leadoff double and a sacrifice bunt to put the tying run on third with one out.
  • Howe drew a strikeout to get the second out before fielding a squeeze attempt by BYU and firing to first to beat the runner to seal the 2-1 Maverick victory.
Inside the Box Score
  • Boeve went 2-for-4 at the plate with a single, double and an RBI.
  • Grant Goldston was 2-for-3 with a pair of singles while Masen Prososki and Bonar tallied a hit and Denk added an RBI.
  • Machado improved to 3-3 on the year after surrendering an unearned run on six hits and struck out seven Cougars in eight innings.
  • Howe tossed the final inning with a strikeout to collect his first save of the season.
On Deck
Omaha and BYU continue the series with game two tomorrow night at 6 p.m. at Tal Anderson Field. Tomorrow's game will be televised live on NET with Larry Punteney on the call and Jeff Leise providing color commentary.
 
Links to live stats and video are available on OMavs.com. Single-game tickets for Friday and Saturday's games vs. BYU can be purchased at www.OMavs.com/tix.
 
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