WEST JORDAN, Utah- No. 1 seed Salt Lake won game 1 of the Region 18 Championship Series 9-8 over No. 2 seed USU-Eastern as LF Chandler Reber stole home with two outs to secure the walk-off win for the Bruins. 

Salt Lake never had a lead until the final score. The Bruins tied the game three different times before getting the win in extra innings. Chandler Reber kept the Bruins alive going 2 for 3 with two home runs and 5 RBI. It was only fitting that the left fielder walked it off in a heroic fashion. 

Salt Lake trailed by two runs heading into the bottom of the ninth. CF Luke Jacobs led off the inning with a solo home run and 3B Taylor Ayala had a massive RBI double with two outs. 

The Bruins used five different pitchers and RHP Darius Henderson picked up the win as he pitched a scoreless ninth and tenth inning. Salt Lake's ace RHP Gage Olsen exited in the first inning with an injury and faced only three batters.  

 Up Next
The top seeded Bruins play game two of the Region 18 Championship Series tomorrow (May 9th)
against USU-Eastern. Game 2 starts at 1:00 p.m. at Cate Field in West Jordan, Utah. 

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