Goodwin Field
West Campus Dr. Fullerton CA 92834
FULLERTON -- Outstanding pitching by Cal State Fullerton held off BYU on Thursday evening with a 2-1 come-from-behind victory.
The Titans, ranked 15th, 17th and 19th in three different national polls, got a stalwart performance from senior Jon Smith, who threw 123 pitches in eight innings with as many hits, nine strikeouts and two walks.
Shane Belliston scored BYU's only run in the first inning when he was singled in by Matt Carson. Belliston made a great inning-ending catch in the third at the fence. Carson had three hits in the game.
Kainoa Obrey hit a double on the warning track in the fourth for the only extra-base hit in the game.
Each team lost players at first to pickoff plays, with BYU reliever Justin Su'a executing his play in the seventh as he faced his first batter. Carson was picked off by lefty Smith after a lead-off single in the eighth. The Cougars stopped another stolen base attempt in the eighth with men on the corners when reliever James Ray threw to Ty Haguewood at first, who then threw the Titan runner out at home.
BYU's record is now 6-5 as it readies for another 8 p.m. PST game at Cal State Fullerton on Friday. Cougar senior Nate Fernley, 4-0, is scheduled to pitch on Friday against freshman phenom Darric Merrell, 0-0, for the Titans who are 5-5. Fans wishing to listen to a live webcast of the BYU-CSF game can log in to a Fullerton link on www.byucougars.com on the baseball page,
the URL is www.broadcast.com/sports/ncaa/CalStateFullerton/Baseball/.
The Automated ScoreBookBrigham Young at Cal State Fullerton
Feb 15, 2001 at Fullerton, Calif. (Goodwin Field)
Brigham Young 1 (6-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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COUGHLAN, Cameron dh..... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
WIRRICK, Michael ph..... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
BELLISTON, Shane cf...... 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0
CARSON, Matt rf.......... 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0
KING, Seth ss............ 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0
DAVIES, Michael c........ 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2
OBREY, Kainoa 3b......... 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0
HAGUEWOOD, Ty 1b......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 7 2 0
PERRY, Tyler 2b.......... 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 0
JACKSON, Doug lf......... 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2
ADAMS, Ryan p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SU'A, Justin p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
RAY, James p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 33 1 8 1 2 10 24 14 7
Cal State Fullerton 2 (5-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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David Bacani 2b.......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1
Guzman cf/rf............. 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
Kay c.................... 4 0 1 0 0 0 10 1 3
Rifkin 1b................ 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0
Rouse ss................. 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
Boyer dh................. 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Costa rf................. 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comfort ph.............. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stringfellow pr/cf...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lamoure lf............... 3 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0
Norris 3b................ 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
Smith p.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Saarloos p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 29 2 10 2 3 3 27 6 9
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young....... 100 000 000 - 1 8 0
Cal State Fullerton. 020 000 00X - 2 10 1
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E - Rifkin. DP - BYU 1. LOB - BYU 7; CSF 9. 2B - OBREY. HBP - Rifkin; Rouse;
Lamoure. CS - CARSON; Guzman; Rouse 2.
Brigham Young IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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ADAMS, Ryan......... 6.0 9 2 2 2 1 24 29
SU'A, Justin........ 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4
RAY, James.......... 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
Cal State Fullerton IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Smith............... 8.0 8 1 1 2 9 30 32
Saarloos............ 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
Win - Smith (2-0). Loss - ADAMS (2-1). Save - Saarloos (2).
HB - ADAMS 3. BK - Smith. PB - DAVIES.
Umpires - Home:Rich Padilla 1st:Ruben Chavira 3rd:Bart Whaley
Start: 7 p.m. Time: 2:33 Attendance: 920
ADAMS faced 1 batter in the 7th.
Nationally-ranked Cal State Fullerton hosts BYU's baseball team in a three-game series beginning Thursday.
The Cougars, now 6-4, bus from Provo to California on Wednesday in preparation for the games. Scheduled to start Thursday's 7 p.m. (PST) game is junior Ryan Adams (2-0, 2.77).
In Friday's marquee game televised by Orange County Cable also at 7 p.m., is Cougar ace Nate Fernley (4-0, 1.64). The senior righthander from Long Beach, Calif., was selected earlier this week as the national pitcher of the week by Collegiate Baseball magazine. He has pitched two complete games this season and fanned 49 batters.
"Nate Fernley pitched the best college game I have seen against Cal," said BYU Coach Vance Law. "He had them baffled with his good command in a dominating performance."
On Saturday at 1 p.m. (PST), either Jeff Stearman (0-2, 4.15) or Jeff Stone (0-0, 1.80) will be on the mound for the Cougars.
The Titans, who are 3-5, are currently ranked as high as No. 15 by Baseball Weekly/ESPN.
The Titans will have more to worry about than Fernley. BYU sophomore Matt Carson raised his batting average from .304 to .391 last week as he extended his hitting streak to 20 games. He was a double shy of a cycle in one game last week and a homer short of the cycle in the next game.
When Carson doesn't speak with his bat, the rightfielder's cannon arm can make some noise, too. At San Francisco, when a runner tried to extend a third inning one-out single, Carson threw him out. He was also three-of-four in stolen bases in the last five games.
While the Cougars are away, BYU fans can attend a public openhouse on Saturday at Miller Park. Cougar Club members are invited to go on this tour Saturday from 3-4 p.m., followed by the general public from 4-6:30 prior to the New Mexico men's basketball game.
Cougar catcher Lars Birkeland is out of action for the next three weeks due to a broken toe.
The BYU-Cal Fullerton games will be carried on the Internet through Yahoo! Broadcast.com...the URL is www.broadcast.com/sports/ncaa/CalStateFullerton/Baseball/
