Isotopes Park
1601 Avenida Cesar Chavez Southeast Albuquerque NM 87106
ALBUQUERQUE -- Records fell for both baseball teams Thursday as New Mexico claimed a 19-14 victory.
UNM Coach Rich Alday became the winningest coach in Lobo history, picking up his 385th victory in his 14th season. New Mexico improved to a 14-6 record overall and a league-leading 4-0 mark after jumping out to a 9-0 lead in the first two innings. BYU falls to 5-11 and 0-1.
Josh Mader's two run triple came on the heels of Dusty Young's solo homer in the first inning. Mader then scored on Cory Lizarraga's two-out double to take a 4-0 lead.
A pair of two-run homers in the second by Chris Alexander and Mader pushed the Lobos lead to 9-0.
Then BYU got into the homer act when Brock Jacobsen belted a 407-foot homer to center field to drive in three runs in the third. An error by the Lobo third baseman allowed two more runs when Ryan Chambers singled, to close the gap, 9-5.
The Cougars chased James Vermilyea off the mound in the fourth when the first three batters of the inning crossed the plate, making the score 10-8. BYU starter Jeff Mousser appeared to be strong in the bottom of the fourth, striking out the first batter, but he continued to be plagued by hit batsmen. Mousser hit five Lobos, one short of the NCAA record before leaving the game with a 13-8 deficit.
The Lobos tied a Mountain West Conference record with six hit batters.
"I was very frustrated with the amount of players who were hit," said BYU Coach Vance Law. "The college rules are a lot different than pro rules in that regard and it made it difficult to throw on the inside of the plate.
"The ball really carries in this park, some of them would be routine fly balls at our place."
Michel Bergeron came in relief of Mousser and blanked the Lobos in the fifth, but was touched for a two-run homer by Dusty Young, his second of the day. Alexander stroked a two-run dinger in the eighth, his second of the day and 11th of the year.
Doug Jackson knocked a two-run homer in the seventh to close the score to 15-12.
Jackson broke the BYU career record with an RBI triple in the ninth, his 19th as a Cougar.
The two teams meet in the second of a three-game series on Friday afternoon.
Brigham Young Univ. at New Mexico LobosMar 13, 2003 at Albuquerque, N.M. (Lobo Field)
Brigham Young Univ. 14 (5-11,0-1 MWC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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JACKSON, Doug lf......... 6 3 4 3 0 0 2 0 0
WIENS, Ranger ss......... 6 2 3 1 0 1 0 5 0
STUBBLEFIELD, Jake 1b.... 4 2 2 0 2 1 7 0 1
OBREY, Kainoa 3b......... 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 1
JACOBSEN, Brock cf....... 4 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 0
KNELL, Kory dh........... 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
ITRI, Rob 2b............. 5 3 4 0 0 0 2 1 1
CHAMBERS, Ryan rf........ 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
WILKES, Adam c........... 4 1 2 1 0 0 8 0 3
CARSON, Clayton c....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MOUSSER, Jeff p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BERGERON, Michel p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WILLIAMSON, Kirk p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 42 14 20 13 4 3 24 9 7
New Mexico Lobos 19 (14-6,4-0 MWC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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YOUNG, Matt lf........... 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 0
YOUNG, Dusty ss.......... 5 2 3 5 0 0 0 4 1
MURRAY, Sean rf.......... 6 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0
ALEXANDER, C 1b.......... 4 3 2 5 2 0 7 0 2
SALAS, Joe dh............ 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
MADER, Josh 3b........... 6 3 3 4 0 1 1 2 0
LIZARRAGA, C cf.......... 4 2 3 1 1 0 4 0 0
GRADY, Jeff c............ 3 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 2
JEZEK, Josh ph.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SPITALERI, A c.......... 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
SVETLIC, M 2b............ 4 2 2 3 0 0 7 4 2
VERMILYEA, J p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
SOTO, Adrian p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SMITH, Aaron p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 43 19 21 19 3 7 27 12 11
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 005 301 302 - 14 20 1
New Mexico Lobos.... 451 302 22X - 19 21 3
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E - MOUSSER; YOUNG, Dusty; MADER, Josh; GRADY, Jeff. DP - UNM 3. LOB - BYU
7; UNM 11. 2B - WIENS; ITRI; LIZARRAGA, C 2; SVETLIC, M. 3B - JACKSON;
MADER, Josh. HR - JACKSON; JACOBSEN; YOUNG, Dusty 2; ALEXANDER, C 2; MADER,
Josh. HBP - YOUNG, Matt; YOUNG, Dusty; SALAS, Joe; LIZARRAGA, C; GRADY,
Jeff; JEZEK, Josh. SH - SVETLIC, M 2. SF - OBREY 2. CS - JACKSON.
Brigham Young Univ. IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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MOUSSER, Jeff....... 4.0 11 13 13 2 4 22 31
BERGERON, Michel.... 3.0 7 4 4 0 3 15 16
WILLIAMSON, Kirk.... 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 6 7
New Mexico Lobos IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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VERMILYEA, J........ 3.1 10 8 4 4 2 19 24
SOTO, Adrian........ 3.2 7 4 4 0 0 14 15
SMITH, Aaron........ 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 9 9
Win - SOTO, Adrian (2-0). Loss - MOUSSER (3-1). Save - None.
WP - BERGERON. HBP - by MOUSSER (SALAS, Joe); by MOUSSER (GRADY, Jeff); by
MOUSSER (YOUNG, Dusty); by MOUSSER (LIZARRAGA, C); by MOUSSER (YOUNG, Matt); by
BERGERON (JEZEK, Josh).
Umpires - HP: Ruben Chavira 1B: Mik Hendrickson 3B: Ron McCall
Start: 2:04 PM Time: 3:15 Attendance: 360
Play-by-Play
Brigham Young Univ. at New Mexico Lobos - Play-by-Play
Mar 13, 2003 at Albuquerque, N.M. (Lobo Field)
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 005 301 302 - 14 20 1
New Mexico Lobos.... 451 302 22X - 19 21 3
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Brigham Young Univ. starters: 13/lf JACKSON; 8/ss WIENS; 33/1b STUBBLEFIELD;
32/3b OBREY; 3/cf JACOBSEN; 12/dh KNELL; 21/2b ITRI; 22/rf CHAMBERS; 24/c
WILKES; 35/p MOUSSER;
New Mexico Lobos starters: 5/lf YOUNG, Matt; 8/ss YOUNG, Dusty; 17/rf
MURRAY, Sean; 29/1b ALEXANDER, C; 10/dh SALAS, Joe; 4/3b MADER, Josh;
21/cf LIZARRAGA, C; 15/c GRADY, Jeff; 12/2b SVETLIC, M; 2/p VERMILYEA, J;
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 1
JACKSON flied out to lf. WIENS struck out looking. STUBBLEFIELD singled
to left field. OBREY grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
New Mexico Lobos - inning 1
YOUNG, Matt flied out to cf. YOUNG, Dusty homered to center field, RBI.
MURRAY, Sean singled to center field. ALEXANDER, C walked; MURRAY, Sean
advanced to second. SALAS, Joe fouled out to 3b. MADER, Josh tripled to
right field, 2 RBI; ALEXANDER, C scored; MURRAY, Sean scored. LIZARRAGA,
C doubled to shortstop, RBI; MADER, Josh scored. GRADY, Jeff struck out
looking. 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 2
JACOBSEN grounded out to p. KNELL struck out swinging. ITRI singled to
right field. CHAMBERS singled to right field; ITRI advanced to second.
WILKES reached on a fielder's choice; CHAMBERS out at second 2b
unassisted. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
New Mexico Lobos - inning 2
SVETLIC, M flied out to c. YOUNG, Matt singled, bunt. YOUNG, Dusty flied
out to lf. MURRAY, Sean singled to left field; YOUNG, Matt advanced to
third. ALEXANDER, C homered to left center, 3 RBI; MURRAY, Sean scored;
YOUNG, Matt scored. SALAS, Joe hit by pitch. MADER, Josh homered to left
field, 2 RBI; SALAS, Joe scored. LIZARRAGA, C grounded out to ss. 5 runs,
4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 3
JACKSON singled to left field. WIENS flied out to 2b. JACKSON out at
second c to 2b, caught stealing. STUBBLEFIELD walked. OBREY singled to
center field; STUBBLEFIELD advanced to third. JACOBSEN homered to center
field, 3 RBI; OBREY scored; STUBBLEFIELD scored. KNELL walked. ITRI
singled to center field; KNELL advanced to second. CHAMBERS singled, 2
RBI; ITRI scored on an error by 3b, unearned; KNELL scored on an error by
3b, unearned. WILKES grounded out to ss. 5 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
New Mexico Lobos - inning 3
No play. GRADY, Jeff hit by pitch. SVETLIC, M grounded out to 3b, SAC;
GRADY, Jeff advanced to second. YOUNG, Matt struck out swinging. YOUNG,
Dusty hit by pitch. MURRAY, Sean singled to left field, RBI; YOUNG, Dusty
advanced to second; GRADY, Jeff scored. ALEXANDER, C walked; MURRAY, Sean
advanced to second; YOUNG, Dusty advanced to third. SALAS, Joe struck out
swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 4
JACKSON singled to right field. WIENS reached on an error by ss; JACKSON
advanced to second. STUBBLEFIELD walked; WIENS advanced to second;
JACKSON advanced to third. OBREY flied out to lf, SAC, RBI; JACKSON
scored, unearned. STUBBLEFIELD advanced to second; WIENS scored on an
error by c, unearned. JACOBSEN walked. KNELL singled to center field,
RBI; JACOBSEN advanced to third; STUBBLEFIELD scored. SOTO, Adrian to p
for VERMILYEA, J. ITRI hit into double play ss to 2b to 1b; KNELL out on
the play. 3 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
New Mexico Lobos - inning 4
MADER, Josh struck out swinging. LIZARRAGA, C hit by pitch. GRADY, Jeff
singled to left field; LIZARRAGA, C advanced to third. SVETLIC, M reached
on a fielder's choice, SAC, RBI; GRADY, Jeff advanced to second;
LIZARRAGA, C scored. SVETLIC, M advanced to second on an error by p;
GRADY, Jeff advanced to third on an error by p. YOUNG, Matt hit by pitch.
YOUNG, Dusty singled to left field, 2 RBI; YOUNG, Matt advanced to
second; SVETLIC, M scored; GRADY, Jeff scored. MURRAY, Sean flied out to
cf. ALEXANDER, C reached on a fielder's choice; YOUNG, Dusty out at
second ss to 2b. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 5
CHAMBERS flied out to cf. WILKES singled to right field. JACKSON hit into
double play ss to 2b to 1b; WILKES out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico Lobos - inning 5
BERGERON to p for MOUSSER. SALAS, Joe grounded out to 2b. MADER, Josh
grounded out to ss. LIZARRAGA, C doubled down the lf line. GRADY, Jeff
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 6
WIENS doubled down the lf line. STUBBLEFIELD singled to left field; WIENS
advanced to third. OBREY flied out to rf, SAC, RBI; WIENS scored.
JACOBSEN flied out to cf. KNELL reached on a fielder's choice;
STUBBLEFIELD out at second 3b to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
New Mexico Lobos - inning 6
SVETLIC, M doubled down the lf line. YOUNG, Matt struck out looking.
YOUNG, Dusty homered to center field, 2 RBI; SVETLIC, M scored. MURRAY,
Sean singled to third base. ALEXANDER, C grounded out to 3b; MURRAY, Sean
advanced to second. SALAS, Joe struck out swinging. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 7
ITRI doubled to left center. CHAMBERS fouled out to 3b. WILKES singled to
right field, RBI; ITRI scored. JACKSON homered to left field, 2 RBI;
WILKES scored. WIENS singled to center field. STUBBLEFIELD hit into
double play ss to 2b to 1b; WIENS out on the play. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico Lobos - inning 7
MADER, Josh singled to left center. LIZARRAGA, C singled to left field;
MADER, Josh advanced to third. JEZEK, Josh pinch hit for GRADY, Jeff.
JEZEK, Josh hit by pitch; LIZARRAGA, C advanced to second. SVETLIC, M
singled to center field, 2 RBI; JEZEK, Josh advanced to second;
LIZARRAGA, C scored; MADER, Josh scored. YOUNG, Matt flied out to lf.
SVETLIC, M advanced to second on a wild pitch; JEZEK, Josh advanced to
third on a wild pitch. YOUNG, Dusty grounded out to 3b; JEZEK, Josh out
at third 3b unassisted. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 8
SPITALERI, A to c for JEZEK, Josh. SMITH, Aaron to p for SOTO, Adrian.
OBREY flied out to cf. JACOBSEN flied out to cf. KNELL grounded out to
2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico Lobos - inning 8
WILLIAMSON to p for BERGERON. MURRAY, Sean singled to left field.
ALEXANDER, C homered to left center, 2 RBI; MURRAY, Sean scored. SALAS,
Joe flied out to rf. MADER, Josh grounded out to ss. LIZARRAGA, C walked.
SPITALERI, A singled to right field; LIZARRAGA, C advanced to third.
SVETLIC, M reached on a fielder's choice; SPITALERI, A out at second ss
to 2b. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 9
ITRI singled to center field. CHAMBERS flied out to lf. CARSON to c for
WILKES. CARSON flied out to lf. JACKSON tripled to right center, RBI;
ITRI scored. WIENS singled to center field, RBI; JACKSON scored.
STUBBLEFIELD struck out swinging. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
League baseball play begins this Thursday as BYU starts a three-game series at the University of New Mexico.
UNM, 13-6, leads the conference at 3-0, having swept Air Force in the only Mountain West action thus far. BYU, 5-10, has yet to play a home game or an MWC contest.
The probable pitching rotation for BYU will be Jeff Mousser (3-0, 2.18) in Thursday's game which starts at 2 p.m. Friday's game is at the same time and Coach Vance Law is electing to start Paul Jacinto. Freshman southpaw Ken Gravley (1-1, 5.89) is expected to start Saturday's game at 1 p.m.
"It's tough to get a read on the conference as New Mexico and Utah have some good wins over tough opponents," said Law.
The UNM games mark the start of live radio broadcasts for BYU with veteran announcer Brent Norton calling the play-by-play. All of BYU's league games will be broadcast live over KOVO Radio (960 AM). Live coverage of this week's games will not be available on the Internet.
Shortstop Ranger Wiens continues to lead the Cougars with a .387 batting average. Jake Stubblefield has a nine-game hitting streak and is one behind Kainoa Obrey's team-leading four home runs.
Should outfielder Doug Jackson hit a triple this week, he will break the school career record. He hit his 18th triple last week at TCU.
The Cougars raised their batting average and lowered their earned run average in last week's three-game series at TCU. BYU beat TCU in the opener, 7-6, but lost in 10-innings, 3-2, and also suffered a 16-6 loss.
BYU's home season starts next week when it hosts UNLV in a three-game series.
