Lupton Stadium
3700 W Berry St. Fort Worth TX 76109
FT. WORTH -- For the second time this week Jake Duncan emerged a hero as TCU defeated BYU, 3-2, in extra innings Friday evening.
Duncan, who belted a school-record three homers in a loss last Tuesday at Oklahoma, came out on the winning end with an RBI single in the 10th to drive in Chris Meeks from second.
The victory pushes TCU's record to 10-9, while BYU fell to 5-9 as the two teams prepare for Saturday's finale following a three-hour-plus marathon. The Cougars won 7-6 in the opener on Thursday.
"We've seen some great pitching for both teams," said BYU Coach Vance Law. "I feel badly as well as Paul Jacinto has pitched this year that we don't have a win to show for it."
On Friday, BYU manufactured a run in the first when Doug Jackson got aboard on a fielding error from the first baseman. Jackson advanced to second on Ranger Wiens' single to center field and to third when Brock Jacobsen was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Jackson scored when Kainoa Obrey grounded into a double play.
TCU took the lead in the second off a two-run, two-out double by Will Lewis. That 2-1 lead held until Findlay, a two-time pro draft, left the game in the sixth inning. Reliever Zach Duncan, the freshman brother of Jake, struck out the first two batters of that sixth, the only inning when BYU did not have a base-runner.
In the seventh, BYU was the beneficiary of consecutive fielding errors by the TCU shortstop which allowed speedsters Wade Vest and Jackson on base. Vest stole third with two out, but was stranded.
Coach Law tried to stimulate the Cougars with pinch hitters and got a combination to work in the eighth. Zach Duncan was replaced by Ryan Weems in the eighth, who was tagged with a lead-off single by Obrey. Jake Stubblefield, the third pinch-hitter of the inning, doubled down the leftfield line to bring Obrey in for the tying run.
Aside from the bases loaded double play in the first, the Cougars couldn't convert on an opportunity in the second when Tim Law advanced to third on a wild pitch with one out. In the third Jacobsen was caught stealing second in a run-down to end the inning.
"They made a couple of oustanding defensive plays that foiled a couple of our rallies," said Law, referring specifically to a fifth-inning dive by TCU first baseman Chris Neuman who stopped Jackson's lead-off smash for what would have been a sure double.
BYU pitcher Paul Jacinto got a key double play in the sixth, the second of consecutive three-up-three down innings. Jacinto struck out the first two batters in the eighth, another inning in order before being replaced by Jason Garcia in the ninth.
Garcia struck out the first two batters of the ninth, then gave up a walk, followed by a stolen base by a TCU pinch runner before striking out the fourth batter.
In BYU's first of the extra innings, Obrey drew a one-out walk, but Kory Knell grounded into a double play.
The loss was BYU's first extra inning game since it lost in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament last season to host USC in a 12-inning battle.
Brigham Young at TCUMar 07, 2003 at Fort Worth, Texas (Lupton Stadium)
Brigham Young 2 (5-9)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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JACKSON, Doug lf......... 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
WIENS, Ranger ss......... 5 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0
ITRI, Rob 2b............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JACOBSEN, Brock cf....... 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
OBREY, Kainoa 3b......... 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
CHAMBERS, Ryan rf........ 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1
KNELL, Kory ph.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
BARNES, Clayton dh....... 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
BILLS, Kevin dh......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAW, Tim 1b.............. 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
STUBBLEFIELD, Jake ph... 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
LUCAS, Blair pr......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
WILKES, Adam c........... 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0
CARSON, Clayton ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLOWARD, Casey c........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1
VEST, Wade 2b............ 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 2
JACINTO, Paul p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
GARCIA, Jason p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 36 2 7 1 3 9 28 6 9
TCU 3 (10-8)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Elkouri ss............... 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 3
Meeks lf................. 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
Trofholz cf.............. 5 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0
Duncan, J. rf............ 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1
Settle 3b................ 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Neuman 1b................ 4 1 1 0 0 2 12 2 0
Hatcher c................ 3 1 0 0 1 1 8 1 0
Bratton dh............... 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Moses pr................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lewis 2b................. 4 0 3 2 0 1 3 3 1
Findlay p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Duncan, Z. p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Weems p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 36 3 9 3 4 10 30 16 9
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young....... 100 000 010 0 - 2 7 0
TCU................. 020 000 000 1 - 3 9 3
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Note: 1 out, 2 runners LOB when the game ended.
E - Elkouri 2(6); Neuman(2). DP - BYU 1; TCU 2. LOB - BYU 9; TCU 9. 2B -
STUBBLEFIELD(5); Meeks(7); Duncan, J.(5); Lewis(3). HBP - JACOBSEN. SH -
LAW(1). SB - VEST(3); Moses(4). CS - JACOBSEN(1).
Brigham Young IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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JACINTO, Paul....... 8.0 6 2 1 3 6 29 32
GARCIA, Jason....... 1.1 3 1 1 1 4 7 8
TCU IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Findlay............. 5.0 5 1 0 2 3 18 22
Duncan, Z........... 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 8 8
Weems............... 3.0 2 1 1 1 3 10 11
Win - Weems (2-1). Loss - GARCIA (0-2). Save - None.
WP - Findlay 2(4). HBP - by Findlay (JACOBSEN). PB - WILKES(2).
Umpires - HP: Chris Hyde 1B: Marc Lewis 3B: Scott Johnston
Start: 6:35 pm Time: 3:01 Attendance: 948
Game notes:
BYU's Ranger Wiens ejected in the top of the ninth inning.
Play-by-Play
Brigham Young at TCU - Play-by-Play
Mar 07, 2003 at Fort Worth, Texas (Lupton Stadium)
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young....... 100 000 010 0 - 2 7 0
TCU................. 020 000 000 1 - 3 9 3
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Brigham Young starters: 13/lf JACKSON; 8/ss WIENS; 3/cf JACOBSEN; 32/3b
OBREY; 22/rf CHAMBERS; 11/dh BARNES; 1/1b LAW; 24/c WILKES; 5/2b VEST;
15/p JACINTO;
TCU starters: 10/ss Elkouri; 15/lf Meeks; 25/cf Trofholz; 7/rf Duncan, J.;
24/3b Settle; 34/1b Neuman; 16/c Hatcher; 35/dh Bratton; 1/2b Lewis; 47/p
Findlay;
Brigham Young - inning 1
JACKSON reached on a fielding error by 1b. WIENS singled to right center;
JACKSON advanced to third. JACOBSEN hit by pitch; WIENS advanced to
second. OBREY grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; JACOBSEN out on
the play; WIENS advanced to third; JACKSON scored, unearned. CHAMBERS
struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
TCU - inning 1
Elkouri flied out to rf. Meeks doubled down the lf line. Trofholz struck
out looking. Duncan, J. out at first 1b to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 2
BARNES struck out swinging. LAW singled to right center. WILKES struck
out swinging. VEST singled to third base; LAW advanced to second. VEST
advanced to second on a wild pitch; LAW advanced to third. JACKSON flied
out to cf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
TCU - inning 2
Settle lined out to 2b. Neuman singled down the rf line. Hatcher walked;
Neuman advanced to second. Bratton struck out swinging; Hatcher advanced
to second on a passed ball; Neuman advanced to third. Lewis doubled to
left center, 2 RBI; Hatcher scored, unearned; Neuman scored. Elkouri
flied out to cf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 3
WIENS flied out to rf. JACOBSEN singled through the right side. OBREY
flied out to cf. JACOBSEN out at second p to 1b to ss to p to 2b, caught
stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
TCU - inning 3
Meeks grounded out to 1b unassisted. Trofholz popped up to p, bunt.
Duncan, J. doubled to left center. Settle popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 4
CHAMBERS grounded out to 3b. BARNES walked. LAW grounded out to p, SAC,
bunt; BARNES advanced to second. WILKES walked. WILKES advanced to second
on a wild pitch; BARNES advanced to third. VEST popped up to 1b. 0 runs,
0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
TCU - inning 4
Neuman flied out to rf. Hatcher flied out to rf. Bratton walked. Lewis
singled to left field; Bratton advanced to second. Elkouri reached on a
fielder's choice; Lewis advanced to second; Bratton out at third 3b
unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 5
JACKSON grounded out to 1b unassisted. WIENS singled to left center.
JACOBSEN grounded out to p; WIENS advanced to second. OBREY grounded out
to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
TCU - inning 5
Meeks grounded out to 2b. Trofholz struck out swinging. Duncan, J.
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 6
Duncan, Z. to p for Findlay. CHAMBERS struck out swinging. BARNES struck
out swinging. LAW grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
TCU - inning 6
Settle walked. Neuman struck out swinging. Hatcher grounded into double
play 2b to 1b; Settle out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 7
CARSON pinch hit for WILKES. CARSON grounded out to 2b. VEST reached on a
fielding error by ss. JACKSON reached on a fielding error by ss; VEST
advanced to second. WIENS struck out looking. VEST stole third. JACOBSEN
out at first 1b to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
TCU - inning 7
CLOWARD to c for CARSON. Bratton fouled out to lf. Lewis singled to
shortstop. Elkouri lined out to ss. Meeks grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 8
Weems to p for Duncan, Z.. OBREY singled up the middle. KNELL pinch hit
for CHAMBERS. KNELL struck out looking. BILLS to dh for BARNES. BILLS
flied out to rf. STUBBLEFIELD pinch hit for LAW. STUBBLEFIELD doubled
down the lf line, RBI; OBREY scored. LUCAS pinch ran for STUBBLEFIELD.
CLOWARD struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
TCU - inning 8
KNELL to rf. LUCAS to 1b. Trofholz struck out swinging. Duncan, J. struck
out swinging. Settle grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 9
VEST grounded out to ss. JACKSON flied out to lf. WIENS struck out
looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
TCU - inning 9
ITRI to 2b for WIENS. VEST to ss. GARCIA to p for JACINTO. Neuman struck
out swinging. Hatcher struck out swinging. Bratton walked. Moses pinch
ran for Bratton. Moses stole second. Lewis struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 10
JACOBSEN popped up to 2b. OBREY walked. KNELL grounded into double play
ss to 2b to 1b; OBREY out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
TCU - inning 10
Elkouri struck out looking. Meeks singled to left center. Trofholz
singled, bunt; Meeks advanced to second. Duncan, J. singled to right
field, RBI; Trofholz advanced to second; Meeks scored. 1 run, 3 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
This week's three-game series at TCU is the last chance BYU's baseball team has before starting league action.
BYU, 4-8, begins this Thursday at TCU, who is 9-5 with two more games prior to hosting the Cougars at Fort Worth, Texas. Jeff Mousser (3-0, 1.86), the reigning Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Week is scheduled to start that first game at 6:30 p.m. CST.
The other probable BYU starters are Paul Jacinto (0-4, 4.43) for Friday evening and southpaw freshman Ken Gravley (1-0, 3.45) for Saturday afternoon.
"Our depth has suffered because of a couple of injuries," says BYU Coach Vance Law. Most recent among those injuries is reserve catcher Mike Weingarten who broke a couple of bones in his hand during practice last week. Law is getting transfer pitcher Mike Bergeron back on the travel squad after he has missed nearly a month because of injury.
Shortstop Ranger Wiens is now the batting average leader among the starters at .372. Jake Stubblefield, who tops the team with a six-game hitting streak, is tied with Kainoa Obrey for the team lead at three home runs apiece.
The Cougars finished 2-2 in last week's Banana Belt Tournament where it lowered their earned run average from 7.77 to 6.39.
Both the Cougars and Horned Frogs have moved to different conferences since they last met as members of the Western Athletic Conference in 1998-99 at Provo. BYU is now in the Mountain West Conference, while TCU is now in Conference USA. TCU leads the series, 4-1.
Next week BYU begins Mountain West Conference play in a three-game series at New Mexico.
The games this week can be accessed through audiocasts and livestats via links on www.byucougars.com.
