Earl Wilson Stadium
East Harmon Avenue Las Vegas NV 89119
LAS VEGAS, Nev.--Sophomore Jeff Stone pitched a complete nine-inning game Thursday as BYU defeated UNLV, 9-1, in the inaugural Mountain West Conference baseball game.
Stone, now 4-2, surrendered six hits, gave up one unearned run and one walk in striking out three Rebels as BYU pulled even for the first time this season with a 10-10 record.
Stone received help from his teammates in the form of 16 hits, including a fourth-inning double by freshman Kainoa Obrey. Obrey's double opened the floodgates for a five-run, three-error fifth inning. Obrey was one of eight Cougars to get a hit in the victory. Co-captain Nate Mathis had three hits, including a lead-off triple in the third inning for BYU's initial run and a double in the fifth.
Aaron Whitley led all Cougars in a four-of-five effort, followed by Matt Carson with three hits and two RBI and Shane Belliston with two hits and three RBI. Carson hit a lead-off homer in the seventh for the only dinger of the day.
UNLV, now 6-16, hosts BYU on Friday in a game that can be heard live locally over KSRR Radio at 4 p.m. MDT and again on Saturday at 2 p.m. MDT.
Stone's complete game was BYU's second of the year. Earlier this season Micah Mangrum pitched a complete seven-inning game at Mesa State.
Brigham Young at UNLV RebelsMar 09, 2000 at Las Vegas, NV (Earl E. Wilson)
Brigham Young 9 (10-10,1-0)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
BELLISTON, Shane cf....... 5 0 2 3 0 0 2 0
PETERSON, Craig 1b........ 3 0 0 0 2 0 9 1
HAGUEWOOD, Ty 1b.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
DAY, Nick lf.............. 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
DAVIES, Michael c......... 5 1 1 0 1 0 3 0
WHITLEY, Aaron dh......... 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
OBREY, Kainoa 3b.......... 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 5
CARSON, Matt rf........... 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
KING, Seth ss............. 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 3
MATHIS, Nate 2b........... 4 2 3 1 1 0 3 6
STONE, Jeff p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals.................... 43 9 16 8 5 1 27 16
UNLV Rebels 1 (6-16,0-1)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
SEYBERT, Denny lf......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
BETTS, Harold c........... 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
DeMARCO, Tony 1b.......... 4 1 3 0 0 0 6 1
KAUP, Nate 3b............. 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
KITSCH, Trent dh.......... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
BEASLEY, Brad ph.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MANLEY, Adam rf........... 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0
STRONG, Zach ss........... 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
MALOFF, Brad ss........... 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
SHITANISHI, Garett 2b..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
OKUDA, Cody ph/2b......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CRUZ, John cf............. 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
MARUFFI, Joe p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MARTIN, C.J. p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WATTS, Donnie p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals.................... 31 1 6 1 1 3 27 10
Score by innings: R H E
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Brigham Young 001 510 200 - 9 16 2
UNLV Rebels 001 000 000 - 1 6 3
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E - DAY; KING; KAUP; STRONG 2.
DP - Cougars 2; UNLV 3. LOB - Cougars 13; UNLV 6.
2B - BELLISTON; WHITLEY; OBREY; MATHIS; STRONG. 3B - MATHIS.
HR - CARSON(1).
SB - BELLISTON; PETERSON.
SH - CRUZ. SF - BELLISTON.
Brigham Young IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
STONE, Jeff......... 9.0 6 1 0 1 3 31 34
UNLV Rebels IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
MARUFFI, Joe........ 3.1 6 6 4 1 1 17 18
MARTIN, C.J......... 2.2 6 3 3 3 0 14 18
WATTS, Donnie....... 3.0 4 0 0 1 0 12 13
Win - STONE 4-2. Loss - MARUFFI 2-3. Save - None.
WP - MARUFFI; MARTIN 2.
HBP - by STONE (SHITANISHI).
Umpires - Home:Ken Bayne 1st:Bill Speck 3rd:Dale Luker
Start: 3:11 Time: 2:20 Attendance: 181
Game Notes:
Inaugural MWC game
MARTIN faced 3 batters in the 7th.
Inaugurating Mountain West Conference baseball will be the honor for BYU on Thursday at UNLV in a 3 p.m. PDT start.
The Cougars, now 9-10, have a three-game series at UNLV, who sports a 6-15 record heading into league action. The other four MWC baseball schools start conference action on Friday.
Starting on the mound Thursday for BYU will be sophomore lefthander Jeff Stone ( 3-2, 9.53). Starting on Friday is senior Micah Mangrum (3-2, 3.49), followed by lefty transfer James Ray (1-2, 6.14) on Saturday.
The games on Friday and Saturday will be broadcast live locally for the first time this season on KSRR Radio (1400 AM) at 4 p.m. and 2 p.m. MDT with Brent Norton calling the play-by-play.
"These games set the tone for the rest of our conference season," says first-year BYU Coach Vance Law. "Our goal is to win every series. Even though it sounds trite, we need to take it game-by-game. We used the pre-season as an evaluation and worked in as many players as possible. We will be more selective now on making changes. We weren't ready to play in our first game at Southern Utah, so we are addressing that issue. We battled back well in our third game at SUU, but it was just one of those chances that get away. "
The Cougars split a pair of doubleheaders at Southern Utah where Aaron Whitley continued his nine-game hitting streak to lead the team. Whitley tied a school record by hitting two triples in the 13-3 victory in which he also hit a lead-off home run in the third inning. Whitley currently leads the team with a .469 batting average.
Last week Stanford transfer Nick Day returned to action after missing seven games with the Cougars. Day, a senior from Las Vegas' Green Valley High, has never played a college game in his hometown until this week. Day is hitting .438 and teammate Craig Peterson is hitting .467. The Cougars are hitting .318 as a team.
The Cougars have only had one outside practice all season, en route to Arizona State they practiced in Las Vegas. UNLV won its final game last week, 4-3, at No. 8 Clemson after dropping the first two of that series. Earlier this season the Rebels upset then No. 2-ranked UCLA, 21-5.
Following the UNLV series BYU is scheduled to open its home season next week on March 17 in a three-game series with the Air Force Academy.
