PROVO–Gavin Duckworth’s eighth-inning double Monday led Southern Utah to a 10-8 victory over BYU.

Duckworth’s double to right field drove in Luke Geddes to break an eight-all deadlock.  Teammate Brian Kruse doubled to left field on the next play to score Duckworth for an insurance run.  

BYU jumped out to a 7-2 lead before the Thunderbirds tied the game in the sixth inning and took the lead off D.J. Pennick’s two-run double to left field.  Pennick also had a two-run single in the fifth.  Kruse extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a single after Pennick’s double in the sixth.

The Cougars tied the game in the seventh at 8-8 when Michael Davies led off and hit the first pitch for a home run.  Davies’ homer was his second of the season and came off Anthony Williams, who earned his first victory of the season.

BYU’s Chris Circuit hit a pair of doubles, the first of which came in the two-run first inning.

The Cougars, now 18-21, host the T-Birds, 10-28, at noon Tuesday in a pair of seven- inning games.

Southern Utah 10, BYU 8

SUU     010     043     020     10      13      0 
BYU     205     000     100     8       11      4 

Bigler, Williams (3), Beard (8) and Heugly.  Jacinto, Crump (7), Opdahl (8), Thomas (9).  
WP-Williams, 1-2.  LP-Opdahl, 2-6.  Sv.-Beard (1).  
2B–Circuit 2 (BYU), Bills (BYU), Downing (SU), Geddes (SU), Pennick (SU), Duckworth (SU), Kruse (SU).  
3B–Geddes (SU).  
HR–Davies (BYU).  

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