Palmegiani top CSN hitter, Chester tosses Salt Lake shut out

Vauxhall Jets grad 3B Damiano Palmegiani (Surrey, BC) led College of Southern Nevada Coyotes in hitting.

WEST JORDAN, Utah _ The College of Southern Nevada Coyotes fell in a Scenic West Athletic Conference road game Saturday.

Playing in a battle for the Scenic West regular-season title, the Coyotes fell short in a 16-6 loss to Salt Lake Community College Bruins, meaning CSN will enter the Region 18 tournament as the No. 2 seed. Southern Nevada is now 41-14 overall and finished at 22-9 in league play.

The Coyotes jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning, with Damiano Palmegiani hitting a solo home run. CSN added five more runs in the third inning, upping their lead to 6-0 before Salt Lake went on a 16-0 scoring run to claim the game.

Palmegiani (Surrey, BC) led Southern Nevada with a 3-for-3 outing at the plate, posting five RBIs.

Palmegiani finished the regular season leading the team with a .401 batting average with 13 doubles, three triples, 21 homers and 68 RBIs. He posted a 1.411 OPS in 55 games.

Next up is the Region 18 tournament, with Southern Nevada hosting the tournament. Salt Lake will gain entry as conference champs

Southern Nevada and Salt Lake split a doubleheader Friday. CSN fell 6-4 before rebounding with an 11-10 win.

Salt Lake 6, Southern Nevada 4:

A four-run fifth inning lifted the Bruins to a win in the opening game of the doubleheader.

It was Southern Nevada who posted the game’s first run – a Trey Frahm RBI double in the first inning – before Salt Lake went on a run. CSN reclaimed the lead in the fifth inning, thanks to a Palmegiani RBI single and a Justin Olson RBI walk. Palmegiani also tripled.

Joseph Walls went 3-of-4 in the game to lead Salt Lake.

Southern Nevada 11, Salt Lake 10:

A big Southern Nevada lead ended in a nail-biting win for the Coyotes.

Jacob Godman hit a three-run home run to open the offense for CSN in the opening inning, with Godman later adding a two-run double in the fifth inning. Trey Frahm added a two-run home run in the sixth inning, and Johnny Cuevas posted an RBI double in the seventh inning. From there, CSN survived a rally that saw Salt Lake score seven runs in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Godman and Frahm both went 2-of-4 in the series, with the former finishing with five RBI’s. Zach Culver went 2-of-4 in the game, finishing with an RBI. Josh Swales earned the pitching win, posting an impressive 14 strikeouts.

Palmegiani had a single.

RHP Fynn Chester (Victoria, BC) put up nine zeros with nine strikeouts as the Salt Lake Bruins blanked Southern Nevada.

Salt Lake 7, Southern Nevada 0

Fynn Chester (Victoria, BC) pitched a complete-game, nine-inning three hitter, walking one and fanning nine. He held Palmegiani hitless.