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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Until Utahs young offense finds its footing, the Utes defense feels ready to shoulder the load.The Utes sacked San Jose States quarterbacks 10 times and scored 17 points off three turnovers on the way to a 34-17 victory Saturday night.Its contagious, said defensive end Hunter Dimick. As an identity, were still trying to build that. This was a step in the right direction.Eight different Utah players collected sacks, with Dimick and Filipo Mokofisi each notching a pair.Utah (3-0) trailed twice early but kept the defensive pressure on Spartans (1-2) quarterback Kenny Potter, who took five sacks in the first half.We thought going into the season we were going to be pretty good up front, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. Im very encouraged. They came through tonight. They performed.The 10 sacks equaled the second-most in Utah history.The Utes led 13-10 when Reggie Porters interception late in the first half set up a 74-yard scoring drive. First-year quarterback Troy Williams hit Tim Patrick with a 54-yard completion to the 9, and then connected with Patrick with a 4-yard TD pass with 15 seconds left in the half.Williams, who completed 20 of 28 passes for 257 yards, said the Utes never panicked after their slow offensive start. We didnt get down, he said. Our confidence stayed high.The Utes knocked Potter out of the game late in the third quarter when he escaped being sacked for the eighth time, scrambling for a 5-yard gain before being sandwiched hard by two defenders. Freshman Josh Love took over and was sacked three times before throwing a 46-yard TD pass to Zamore Zigler.THE TAKEAWAYUtah: The Utes won their first road test of the season, and now begin Pac-12 play with a stretch of three road games in their first five. The first two are at Cal on Oct. 1 and at Oregon State on Oct. 15 before a potential Pac-12 South showdown at UCLA on Oct. 22.San Jose State: The Spartans dropped their 21st consecutive game to a team currently playing in a Power Five conference. They have not beaten an opponent from one of the nations top five leagues since a 35-34 victory over Stanford on Sept. 9, 2006 at Spartan Stadium.UP NEXTUtah: The Utes open Pac-12 play at home Friday night against a USC team that fell to 1-2 after a 27-10 loss at Stanford. Utah should be motivated following a 42-24 loss at USC last season that spoiled a 6-0 start and No. 3 ranking in the Top 25. Were ready, Williams said.San Jose State: The Spartans take on their second straight Power Five opponent, traveling to Iowa State next Saturday. The game will be SJSUs first vs. a Big Ten foe since losing 24-7 at Minnesota in 2014.POLL IMPLICATIONSUtah: Tied for 26th in the AP voting a week ago, the Utes could creep into the Top 25 after keeping its unbeaten record intact.KEY NUMBERSUtah: Four days after senior running back Joe Williams retired from football, the Utes got strong performances from three backs: Zack Moss rushed 12 times 95 yards, Troy McCormick had seven carries for 61 yards and Armand Shyne had 92 yards on 12 second-half carries. All three scored touchdowns. . Utahs school record for sacks in a game is 13, set against Portland State in 1981.San Jose State: One week after piling up 642 yards in a 66-35 rout of FCS foe Portland State the Spartans were limited to 173 yards through the first three quarters. Potter, who accounted for five touchdowns in that win, was 10 for 18 for just 65 yards passing before being knocked out of the game. Love, in his first college appearance, was 11 of 21 for 184 yards with one interception.INJURY REPORTPotter had his right knee examined after the game and said it showed no damage. Kenny should be OK going forward, Spartans coach Ron Caragher confirmed.Steve Yzerman Red Wings Jersey . Perhaps Carroll was so prepared for a break because he believes there is very little the Seattle Seahawks need heading into the off-season. "I dont see anything that we need to add. We just have to get better," Carroll said. Steve Yzerman Jersey .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. http://www.redwingshockeyauthentic.com/jimmy-howard-jersey/ . Aside from the trilogy main event title fight, there are a number of intriguing matchups in the heavyweight, welterweight and lightweight divisions. Bob Probert Jersey . Ferrer, trying to win his fourth title on Mexican soil, will next play South Africas Kevin Anderson, who eliminated American Sam Querrey,7-6 (2), 6-4. Also Wednesday, Gilles Simon (6) of France beat Donald Young of the United States 6-4, 6-3, Ukraines Alexandr Dolgopolov downed Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 6-4 and Croatias Ivo Karlovic defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (4), 6-2. Danny DeKeyser Red Wings Jersey . Their experience showed Tuesday as the No. 10 Badgers blunted a Saint Louis surge to win 63-57 and advance to face West Virginia in Wednesdays finals of the Cancun Challenge.CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox have had a roller-coaster season, and James Shields has experienced as many sudden drops as anyone.Shields allowed four home runs Sunday before being pulled in the second inning, and the White Sox lost to the Baltimore Orioles 10-2. Baltimores Manny Machado became the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs.Today I was pretty much bad all around, Shields said. I wasnt hitting my spots. I was leaving the ball over the plate, and they were capitalizing on it. You cant do that against this team.Machado hit a two-run homer in the first and a three-run shot in the second off Shields, who got only four outs.Machado hit another two-run homer in the third off Matt Albers. According to STATS, the only other player to do that was Carl Reynolds of the White Sox on July 2, 1930, at the Yankees.Its awesome, Machado said. Its tough to do. First off, you dont get at-bats every inning. To go out there and more or less get three homers, its pretty cool. Its pretty awesome, Im not going to lie.Chris Davis followed Machados second homer with his own and J.J. Hardy added a two-run shot before Shields (5-14) left to boos. The Orioles have hit a major league-best 168 homers this season.Dylan Bundy (5-3) stuck out a career-high nine in six innings in Baltimores fifth win in seven games.One night after Machado couldnt come up with a popup that drove in the winning run for Chicago, the 24-year-old slugger became the first Baltimore player to homer three times since Davis on May 20, 2014, against Pittsburgh.The All-Star third baseman pulled all three shots to left field on the warm, breezy day to make it 10-0 and give him 25 homers on the season. Hes ninth player in big league history to homer in any three consecutive innings.I know (Shields) is upset about the first one that Manny hit, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. It came back over the plate, but (when) youve got a guy who was extremely hot aand is one of the best players in the game, you cant make mistakes like that.dddddddddddd(Machado) just single-handedly put us in the hole.Machado grounded into a double play in the fifth, lined to center in the seventh and grounded to third in the ninth, failing to become the first Baltimore player to hit four homers in a game.The Orioles, who sat home run leader Mark Trumbo (31) for the first time this season, showed the depth of their power as they opened a one-game lead over Toronto in the AL East.Most of the damage came against Shields, who had improved after a rough start with the White Sox following a June trade with San Diego. He was charged with eight runs and six hits with two walks and two hit batters, marking the sixth start the right-hander has allowed at least six runs.Jose Abreu hit his third homer in four days for the White Sox, who have dropped eight of 11.Bundy, a rookie reliever-turned-starter, allowed two runs and four hits.TRUMBO SITSTrumbo, 0 for 9 with six strikeouts against Shields, was out of the lineup for the first time in 110 games.Im trying to get everybody a day (off) on this trip, manager Buck Showalter said.Davis, who homered for the first time since July 10, was back at cleanup after being dropped to sixth Saturday.TRAINERS ROOMWhite Sox: CF Austin Jackson (knee surgery) visited teammates Saturday and is off crutches, but isnt close to beginning baseball work. ... Ventura hopes 2B Brett Lawrie (hamstring) can begin a minor league rehab assignment during the upcoming nine-game trip. ... C Alex Avila (hamstring) is still feeling discomfort when he jogs.UP NEXTOrioles: The season-high 10-game trip moves to Oakland, with RHP Kevin Gausman (3-8, 4.08 ERA) starting Monday night against As RHP Kendall Graveman (7-7, 4.46).White Sox: LHP Chris Sale (14-5, 3.12) starts Tuesday against Royals RHP Edinson Volquez (8-10, 4.99) in Kansas City. ' ' '