Wolverine Stadium
800 West University Parkway Orem UT 84058
OREM -- Tyler Perry tied a school record with two triples and hit a pair of doubles Thursday against Air Force in BYU's 20-7 victory.
In his first at bat, Perry fouled off two pitches on a one-two count for an RBI triple with no outs to tie the score at one-all in the six-run third inning. He scored when Ty Haguewood worked a full count to double down the right field line for two RBI.
The Falcons had taken a 1-0 lead in the second when Gerremy Goldsberry scored after a pair of singles. Goldsberry also hit a solo home run to lead off the sixth.
After Perry and company finished the second inning, Nate Fernley had a 6 1 lead and surrendered five more hits to earn his eighth victory of the season against one loss.
Fernley struck out three Falcons in his six innings after escaping the second inning with a double play. He left the game with a 16-3 lead.
Perry's record-tying second triple led off the seven-run fifth. Perry moved defensively from second to third in the fifth as shortstop Brad Hales entered the game. Hales joined Perry in recording two doubles on the day. Starting shortstop Seth King hit a three-run double in the fourth.
"It was nice to swing the bats again the way we think we can," said BYU Coach Vance Law. "Our pitching was good and it was an all-around good game."
Not playing in the game was senior BYU co-captain Shane Belliston, whose wife Megan gave birth to daughter Ashlyn a half-hour before the game.
BYU's record improves to 14-11 overall and 5-2 in the Mountain West Conference, while AFA falls to 14-15 and 1-6.
The two teams meet for the second of three games on Friday at 2 p.m., followed by a noon game on Saturday all at UVSC's field.
The Automated ScoreBookAir Force Academy at Brigham Young Univ.
Mar 22, 2001 at Orem, Utah (UVSC Field)
Air Force Academy 7 (14-15,1-6 MWC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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ROLLEG, Don cf/lf........ 5 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0
PROUTY, Nelson ss........ 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0
FITZGERALD, Ryan 2b..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
THIESSEN, Mike 3b........ 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2
KASEL, Derck 1b......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
GOLDSBERRY, Gerremy lf... 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
LIEGL, Nick cf.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
PARAMORE, Price dh....... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LaBASCO, Brian 2b/ss..... 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1
SHOCKLEY, Tony rf........ 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1
PETRO, Daniel c.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1
ELLIS, Brett c.......... 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
HOWES, Adam 1b........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0
FROST, Bowie 1b/3b...... 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
FISHER, Erik p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BASHORE, Brad p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALFORD, Justin p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLINTON, Kyle p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 37 7 12 7 2 3 24 6 5
Brigham Young Univ. 20 (14-11,5-2 MWC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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JACKSON, Doug cf......... 4 3 3 1 1 0 5 0 0
HAGUEWOOD, Ty 1b......... 2 2 1 2 1 1 4 0 0
LAW, Tim ph/1b.......... 1 1 0 1 2 0 8 0 1
CARSON, Matt rf.......... 2 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 3
KING, Seth ss............ 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1
HALES, Brad ph/ss....... 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0
HIESTAND, Jeff dh........ 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
DAVIES, Michael dh...... 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
OBREY, Kainoa 3b......... 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
COUGHLAN, Cameron ph/2b. 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0
WIRRICK, Michael lf...... 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
WHITLEY, Aaron ph/lf.... 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
BIRKELAND, Lars c........ 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 2
PERRY, Tyler 2b/3b....... 6 3 4 3 0 0 3 8 2
FERNLEY, Nate p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MOUSSER, Jeff p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SU'A, Justin p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 41 20 18 20 9 3 27 12 10
Score by Innings R H E
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Air Force Academy... 010 101 400 - 7 12 3
Brigham Young Univ.. 006 570 02X - 20 18 0
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E - LaBASCO; HOWES; THIESSEN. DP - Falcons 1; Cougars 2. LOB - Falcons 5; Cougars
10. 2B - THIESSEN; GOLDSBERRY; HAGUEWOOD; KING; HALES 2; WHITLEY; PERRY 2.
3B - JACKSON; PERRY 2. HR - GOLDSBERRY(8). HBP - JACKSON; CARSON; HIESTAND.
SF - BIRKELAND. SB - THIESSEN. CS - JACKSON; WIRRICK.
Air Force Academy IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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FISHER, Erik........ 3.0 8 9 5 3 2 16 19
BASHORE, Brad....... 0.0 1 2 2 2 0 1 4
ALFORD, Justin...... 1.0 5 6 5 1 0 8 9
CLINTON, Kyle....... 4.0 4 3 2 3 1 16 22
Brigham Young Univ. IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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FERNLEY, Nate....... 6.0 7 3 3 1 3 24 25
MOUSSER, Jeff....... 2.0 5 4 4 1 0 10 11
SU'A, Justin........ 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Win - FERNLEY (8-1). Loss - FISHER (1-5). Save - None.
HB - BASHORE; CLINTON 2. BK - FISHER 2; MOUSSER.
Umpires - Home:Kelly Gonzales 1st:Bill Boyd 3rd:Jim Paronto
Start: 2:04 Time: 2:45 Attendance: 272
Game notes:
Game one of three
Tyler Perry tied a BYU school record with 2 triples
FISHER faced 3 batters in the 4th.
BASHORE faced 4 batters in the 4th.
ALFORD faced 6 batters in the 5th.
Locked in a three-way tie for first, BYU has little breathing room as it hosts the Air Force Academy in a three-game series beginning this Thursday.
Thursday and Friday's games begin at 2 p.m., at the UVSC field in Orem where BYU's Nate Fernley (7-1, 2.42) and Jeff Stone (0-3, 7.62) are scheduled to take the mound, respectively. Game time has been moved up on Saturday to noon with Ryan Adams (5-1, 2.56) on the hill for the Cougars.
BYU, 13-11 overall and 4-2 in the Mountain West Conference, is tied for first with Utah and San Diego State. The Cougars host Air Force, who is 14-14 overall and 1-5.
"Air Force is always dangerous and they have played a tougher schedule with some good victories (Iowa State)," said BYU Coach Vance Law. "They never quit, but we are playing solid right now, too."
Law got an opportunity for several pitchers last week in an effort to get ready for the remainder of conference play. The Cougars split with Mesa State, a Division II power, but got good outings from Fernley and Stone, among others.
BYU raised its batting average from .279 to .285 last week, with Matt Carson still leading the team at .350 and 10 home runs. Michael Wirrick's batting average jumped from .294 to number two on the team at .349. Third on the team is Kainoa Obrey, who homered in both games last week, at .333.
Obrey leads the team with a current six-game hitting streak, followed by Jeff Hiestand at five games.
Also joining the Cougars this week for the first time is pitcher Jake Chrisman, a 6-8 forward from the MWC champion BYU basketball team which was eliminated in last week's NCAA tournament.
"Jake is behind and hasn't had a chance to play in a while," said Law, who also coached Chrisman in high school. "We'll bring him along gradually because we don't want to risk injury."
All of this week's games will be broadcast live locally over KSRR Radio (1400 AM), but none of them will be carried on the Internet.
After the AFA series, BYU returns to the road to play a three-game series at UNLV.
