Miller Park
400 E University Parkway Provo UT 84604
PROVO -- Completing a 106-run, six-game series against Air Force, BYU concluded the sweep with 10-9 and 12-4 victories on Saturday at Larry H. Miller Field.
"It's fun to get out here, play all day and get a lot of innings in," said sophomore Ben Saylor. "It's good preparation for the tournament. But it is draining as well."
With the wins, the Cougars close out the regular season with a .500 winning percentage for the first time this season finishing 28-28 and 18-12 in the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons fall to 5-47 and remain winless in the conference for the first time in their history with a 0-28 record.
"You hate to see any teams, especially a classy act like Air Force, struggle so bad," said BYU head coach Vance Law. "But I didn't want us to have the only black mark in the conference against the Falcons."
Unlike the previous four games in the series, the Cougars found themselves having to make a comeback in the final innings of game one on Saturday. Down 9-6 in the bottom of the eighth, BYU scored four runs to take back the lead.
Blair Lucas led off the eighth with a double and scored the first run on a wild pitch. With two outs, the Cougars loaded the bases for Saylor. After taking the first three pitches for balls and then facing a full count, Saylor knocked a single over a leaping shortstop to score two runs and tie the game. On the play, Kevin Bills came around from first to score the go ahead run on a fielding error by the left fielder.
"Saylor came up with a really clutch hit and then (Coach Ryan) Roberts did a good job sending Bills when Air Force didn't hit their cutoff man," Law said.
Roberts, in his second season as an assistant at BYU, made the game decisions for five of the six games against the Falcons. Law handed the reigns over to his hitting coach for much of the series to give him the opportunity to gain valuable experience as a coach.
Senior catcher Adam Wilkes led BYU with a 4-for-4 performance in the second game of the doubleheader. Wilkes laid down four singles, knocking in two runs and scored once.
The game ended after a predetermined seven innings due to the Falcons' flight schedule.
In the later innings, Wade Vest made a couple spectacular plays in the field prompting Law after the game to compare him to the best second basemen he's ever played with.
"I don't know if there's a better second baseman that I've played with than Wade Vest, even in the major leagues," Law said. "He's a big league second baseman if he could only hit a little bit more. He is absolutely the best base runner I have ever seen."
The Cougars outscored Air Force 84-32 in the series, scoring double digits in all six games. Kory Knell added his fifth home run in two days in the first inning of game one. Bills followed him with a homer and then hit his third one out in two days in the second game. Brandon Taylor also hit two home runs in the game to extend his team lead to 13 long balls on the season.
Joshua Barrett (1-1) picked up his first win after entering the first game in relief. Paul Jacinto (3-9) pitched a perfect ninth for his third save. It is the second time this season the senior has recorded a win and a save in the same week.
In game two, Bryce Burger (1-3) earned his first victory after pitching three perfect innings in relief. Centerfielder Ryan Chambers closed the game out by striking out the side in the seventh. Chamber's pitching performance is the first in his career at BYU.
Between games, the Cougars' eight seniors were honored for their accomplishments at BYU in front of a 1,487 fans. The seniors honored were Kevin Bills, Tim Law, Ranger Wiens, Blair Lucas, Adam Wilkes, Wade Vest, Paul Jacinto and Bryce Burger. All eight were major contributors in the Cougars' final home series of the season.
The Cougars missed reaching the 100,000-attendance mark at Miller field by 323 fans. BYU averaged 1,624 fans per game, the highest average in the stadiums four-year history. The Cougars drew 24,355 fans to 15 dates this season.
BYU now enters the MWC Tournament as the fourth seed and will play No. 5 Utah on Wednesday at 11 a.m. (PST). The Cougars bring a 13-game winning streak against the Utes into the opening-round game.
"When you win as many as we have in a row (against Utah), you don't want to be picked yet," Law said. "I know we're not going into the tournament overconfident."
The conference race came down to the final inning of the final weekend as three teams, UNLV, New Mexico and San Diego State, were vying for the regular season MWC title and a No. 1 seed at the conference tournament. New Mexico beat UNLV on Saturday, resulting in both teams tying with a 20-10 league record. San Diego State claimed the regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the MWC Championship after sweeping Utah in its final series and finishing 19-9.
"I think five teams have an opportunity to win the tournament," Law said. "Utah struggled a little bit, but even they have enough to knock a few teams out in the tournament."
The Aztecs enter the tournament with a first round bye and will play the winner of the BYU-Utah game on Thursday at 3 p.m. (PST). The loser of the BYU-Utah game will play the loser of the Air Force-UNLV game on Wednesday at 7 p.m. (PST).
"We're looking to win it," Law said. "If we had been playing the way we are now at the beginning of the conference schedule, we would have been in the middle of the hunt for the (No. 1 seed)."
All of BYU's tournament games will be broadcasted live on KOVO 960 AM with veteran Brent Norton calling the play-by-play. The games are also available as audiocasts and on the BYU Radio channel through DirecTV and the Dish Network. All three games will also have live stats. Links to the audiocasts and webcasts can be found on BYU baseball's schedule page at www.byucougars.com.
Air Force Academy at Brigham Young Univ.May 22, 2004 at Provo, Utah (Larry H.Miller Field)
Air Force Academy 9 (5-46,0-27 MWC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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WOLFRAM, Josh cf......... 5 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 0
MUSSER, Matt 2b.......... 3 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 0
TITTLE, Brent lf......... 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 2
BROWN, Jason rf.......... 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1
BOLT, Karl 1b............ 5 1 2 1 0 1 7 1 0
KASEL, Dale dh........... 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
DeROHAN, Nathan 3b....... 4 2 1 1 0 2 2 5 0
SALAZAR, Geno ss......... 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1
ADAMS, Billy c........... 4 1 1 1 0 2 5 2 1
GOSS, William p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SCHROEDER, JT p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
FUGLER, Travis p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 38 9 12 7 3 13 24 14 6
Brigham Young Univ. 10 (27-28,17-12 MWC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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CHAMBERS, Ryan cf........ 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
KNELL, Kory lf........... 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
TAYLOR, Brandon ss....... 5 2 2 1 0 0 3 2 2
BILLS, Kevin dh.......... 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
SAYLOR, Ben rf........... 4 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0
WIENS, Ranger 3b......... 3 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 0
LAW, Tim 1b.............. 3 0 1 1 1 0 7 2 1
CLOWARD, Casey c......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 12 1 3
LUCAS, Blair ph......... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
WILKES, Adam c.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
VEST, Wade 2b............ 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
BEUS, Lance p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
BARRETT, Joshua p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
JACINTO, Paul p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 34 10 12 7 5 5 27 15 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Air Force Academy... 210 004 200 - 9 12 3
Brigham Young Univ.. 311 010 04X - 10 12 5
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E - MUSSER; TITTLE; ADAMS; TAYLOR 3; CLOWARD 2. LOB - AFA Falcons 6; BYU
Cougars 8. 2B - KNELL; BILLS; WIENS; LUCAS. HR - TITTLE(2); BROWN J.(6);
DeROHAN(5); KNELL(6); TAYLOR(12). HBP - KNELL; BILLS. SH - MUSSER. SF -
SAYLOR. SB - WOLFRAM; BROWN J.; BOLT; DeROHAN; BILLS; SAYLOR; WIENS; LAW. CS
- MUSSER.
Air Force Academy IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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GOSS, William....... 6.0 8 6 5 3 3 25 30
SCHROEDER, JT....... 1.2 3 3 3 1 2 8 9
FUGLER, Travis...... 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 1 3
Brigham Young Univ. IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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BEUS, Lance......... 5.2 8 7 3 3 8 25 29
BARRETT, Joshua..... 2.1 4 2 1 0 4 10 10
JACINTO, Paul....... 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
Win - BARRETT (1-1). Loss - FUGLER (0-1). Save - JACINTO (3).
WP - GOSS 2; SCHROEDER; FUGLER; BARRETT. HBP - by GOSS (KNELL); by FUGLER
(BILLS). PB - CLOWARD.
Umpires - HP: Ron Barnes 1B: Randy Upton 3B: Ted Bergquist
Start: 11:11 am Time: 2:52 Attendance:
Game notes:
Game 5 of 6. Air Force is the home team in game six today.
Play-by-Play
Score by Innings R H E
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Air Force Academy... 210 004 200 - 9 12 3
Brigham Young Univ.. 311 010 04X - 10 12 5
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Air Force Academy starters: 6/cf WOLFRAM; 44/2b MUSSER; 3/lf TITTLE; 10/rf
BROWN J.; 13/1b BOLT; 18/dh KASEL; 8/3b DeROHAN; 2/ss SALAZAR; 25/c
ADAMS; 32/p GOSS;
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 22/cf CHAMBERS; 12/lf KNELL; 3/ss TAYLOR;
11/dh BILLS; 25/rf SAYLOR; 8/3b WIENS; 1/1b LAW; 9/c CLOWARD; 5/2b VEST;
7/p BEUS;
Air Force Academy - inning 1
WOLFRAM reached on a fielding error by ss. MUSSER grounded out to p, SAC;
WOLFRAM advanced to second. TITTLE homered to left field, 2 RBI; WOLFRAM
scored, unearned. BROWN J. grounded out to 3b. BOLT grounded out to 3b. 2
runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 1
CHAMBERS flied out to cf. KNELL homered to left center, RBI. TAYLOR
homered to left field, RBI. BILLS doubled to left field. SAYLOR struck
out swinging, reached first on a wild pitch; BILLS advanced to third.
WIENS walked; SAYLOR advanced to second. LAW reached on a fielder's
choice, RBI; WIENS out at second ss to 2b; SAYLOR advanced to third;
BILLS scored. CLOWARD grounded out to 3b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 2
KASEL grounded out to ss. DeROHAN homered to left field, RBI. SALAZAR
struck out looking. ADAMS struck out looking. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 2
VEST singled, bunt. CHAMBERS grounded out to 1b unassisted; VEST advanced
to second. KNELL doubled to left field, RBI; VEST scored. TAYLOR flied
out to cf; KNELL advanced to third. BILLS flied out to rf. 1 run, 2 hits,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 3
WOLFRAM singled to center field. MUSSER struck out swinging. WOLFRAM
stole second. TITTLE struck out looking. BROWN J. struck out swinging. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 3
SAYLOR singled to right field. WIENS reached on a fielder's choice;
SAYLOR out at second 3b to 2b. WIENS stole second. LAW singled up the
middle; WIENS advanced to third. CLOWARD struck out swinging. LAW stole
second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c, out at home rf to c;
WIENS scored, unearned. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 4
BOLT singled to center field. KASEL struck out swinging. BOLT stole
second. DeROHAN struck out looking. SALAZAR flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 4
VEST flied out to lf. CHAMBERS walked. KNELL fouled out to 3b. TAYLOR
flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 5
ADAMS reached on a throwing error by ss. WOLFRAM reached on a fielder's
choice; ADAMS out at second p to ss. WOLFRAM out at second p to 1b to ss,
picked off. MUSSER walked. MUSSER advanced to second on a passed ball.
TITTLE walked. MUSSER out at third c to 3b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0
hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 5
BILLS singled to left field. BILLS stole second. BILLS advanced to third
on a wild pitch. SAYLOR flied out to cf, SF, RBI; BILLS scored. WIENS
struck out swinging. LAW walked. CLOWARD grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 6
BROWN J. homered to left field, RBI. BOLT struck out swinging. KASEL
walked. DeROHAN reached on a fielder's choice; KASEL out at second p to
2b. DeROHAN stole second. SALAZAR reached on a throwing error by ss,
advanced to second; DeROHAN scored, unearned. ADAMS singled to right
field, RBI; SALAZAR scored, unearned. WOLFRAM singled to left field;
ADAMS advanced to second. MUSSER singled to center field, RBI; WOLFRAM
advanced to third; ADAMS scored, unearned. BARRETT to p for BEUS. TITTLE
popped up to 3b. 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 6
VEST reached on a fielding error by 2b, out at second 2b to ss to 3b.
CHAMBERS grounded out to ss. KNELL hit by pitch. TAYLOR grounded out to
3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 7
BROWN J. singled to second base. BROWN J. stole second, advanced to third
on a throwing error by c. BOLT singled to right field, RBI; BROWN J.
scored. BOLT advanced to second on a wild pitch. KASEL singled to third
base; BOLT advanced to third. KASEL advanced to second; BOLT scored on a
throwing error by c, unearned. DeROHAN struck out swinging. SALAZAR
struck out swinging. ADAMS struck out swinging. 2 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors,
1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 7
SCHROEDER to p for GOSS. BILLS struck out swinging. SAYLOR struck out
swinging, out at first c to 1b. WIENS doubled to center field. LAW flied
out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 8
WOLFRAM grounded out to 3b. MUSSER singled to right field. MUSSER out at
second p to 1b to 2b to ss, picked off. TITTLE struck out swinging. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 8
LUCAS pinch hit for CLOWARD. LUCAS doubled to right field. VEST grounded
out to 3b. CHAMBERS fouled out to p; LUCAS advanced to third. LUCAS
scored on a wild pitch. KNELL walked. TAYLOR singled to left field; KNELL
advanced to second. FUGLER to p for SCHROEDER. BILLS hit by pitch; TAYLOR
advanced to second; KNELL advanced to third. SAYLOR singled to left
field, 2 RBI; BILLS advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by lf;
TAYLOR scored; KNELL scored. SAYLOR stole second. SAYLOR advanced to
third on a wild pitch. WIENS walked. SAYLOR out at home c to 2b to 1b to
c. 4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 9
WILKES to c for LUCAS. JACINTO to p for BARRETT. BROWN J. grounded out to
p. BOLT grounded out to ss. KASEL struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. at Air Force Academy
May 22, 2004 at Provo, Utah (Larry H.Miller Field)
Brigham Young Univ. 12 (28-28,18-12 MWC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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BILLS, Kevin cf.......... 5 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
LAW, Tim 1b.............. 5 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 0
TAYLOR, Brandon dh....... 5 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1
HIESTAND, Jeff lf........ 3 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
SAYLOR, Ben rf........... 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
WIENS, Ranger ss......... 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
LUCAS, Blair 3b.......... 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
WILKES, Adam c........... 4 1 4 2 0 0 8 3 0
VEST, Wade 2b............ 4 1 1 1 0 0 6 2 3
LEMON, Nick p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
BURGER, Bryce p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHAMBERS, Ryan p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 36 12 15 11 2 1 21 7 7
Air Force Academy 4 (5-47,0-28 MWC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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WOLFRAM, Josh cf......... 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0
MUSSER, Matt lf.......... 2 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 0
TITTLE, Brent dh......... 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
BROWN, Jason 1b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 1
BOLT, Karl 3b............ 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
FUGLER, Travis rf........ 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
DeROHAN, Nathan ss....... 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0
ADAMS, Billy 2b.......... 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 1
OAKLEY, Josh c........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
TETRAULT, Jeff p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
DePIERRE, Kyle p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 24 4 5 2 5 9 21 7 4
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 041 115 0 - 12 15 2
Air Force Academy... 004 000 0 - 4 5 1
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E - WIENS; LEMON; ADAMS. DP - BYU Cougars 1; AFA Falcons 1. LOB - BYU
Cougars 7; AFA Falcons 4. 2B - HIESTAND; SAYLOR; LUCAS; BOLT. 3B - WOLFRAM.
HR - BILLS(4); TAYLOR(13). HBP - LUCAS 2. SB - VEST; MUSSER; DeROHAN. CS -
WOLFRAM.
Brigham Young Univ. IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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LEMON, Nick......... 3.0 3 4 3 5 4 12 17
BURGER, Bryce....... 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 9 9
CHAMBERS, Ryan...... 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3
Air Force Academy IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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TETRAULT, Jeff...... 5.0 11 10 10 2 0 26 30
DePIERRE, Kyle...... 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 10 10
Win - BURGER (1-3). Loss - TETRAULT (1-5). Save - None.
WP - LEMON 2; TETRAULT; DePIERRE. HBP - by TETRAULT (LUCAS); by TETRAULT
(LUCAS). PB - WILKES; OAKLEY 2.
Umpires - HP: Randy Upton 1B: Ted Bergquist 3B: Ron Barnes
Start: 2:38 pm Time: 2:12 Attendance: 1487
Game notes:
Game 6 of 6. Air Force is the home team
TETRAULT faced 3 batters in the 6th.
Play-by-Play
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 041 115 0 - 12 15 2
Air Force Academy... 004 000 0 - 4 5 1
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Brigham Young Univ. starters: 11/cf BILLS; 1/1b LAW; 3/dh TAYLOR; 16/lf
HIESTAND; 25/rf SAYLOR; 8/ss WIENS; 6/3b LUCAS; 24/c WILKES; 5/2b VEST;
14/p LEMON;
Air Force Academy starters: 6/cf WOLFRAM; 44/lf MUSSER; 3/dh TITTLE; 10/1b
BROWN J.; 13/3b BOLT; 17/rf FUGLER; 8/ss DeROHAN; 25/2b ADAMS; 30/c
OAKLEY; 9/p TETRAULT;
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 1
BILLS singled to left field. LAW grounded into double play 1b to ss to p;
BILLS out on the play. TAYLOR reached on a fielding error by 2b. HIESTAND
flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 1
WOLFRAM struck out swinging. MUSSER walked. TITTLE singled to shortstop;
MUSSER advanced to second. BROWN J. lined into double play 2b unassisted;
MUSSER out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 2
SAYLOR singled to left field. WIENS grounded out to 1b unassisted; SAYLOR
advanced to second. LUCAS hit by pitch. WILKES singled to right field;
LUCAS advanced to second; SAYLOR advanced to third. VEST reached on a
fielder's choice, RBI; WILKES out at second ss unassisted; LUCAS advanced
to third; SAYLOR scored. BILLS homered to center field, 3 RBI; VEST
scored; LUCAS scored. LAW grounded out to 2b. 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 2
BOLT walked. BOLT advanced to second on a passed ball. FUGLER grounded
out to 2b; BOLT advanced to third. DeROHAN walked. DeROHAN stole second.
ADAMS struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. OAKLEY out at first 1b
to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 3
TAYLOR flied out to cf. HIESTAND walked. SAYLOR doubled to center field,
RBI; HIESTAND scored. WIENS grounded out to 2b; SAYLOR advanced to third.
LUCAS flied out to lf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 3
WOLFRAM tripled to center field. WOLFRAM scored on a wild pitch. MUSSER
walked. MUSSER stole second. TITTLE walked. BROWN J. struck out swinging.
TITTLE advanced to second on a wild pitch; MUSSER advanced to third. BOLT
doubled to center field, 2 RBI; TITTLE scored; MUSSER scored. FUGLER
popped up to 2b. BOLT advanced to third on a throwing error by p. DeROHAN
reached on a throwing error by ss; BOLT scored, unearned. ADAMS struck
out swinging. 4 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 4
WILKES singled up the middle. VEST singled, bunt; WILKES advanced to
second. BILLS flied out to cf; WILKES advanced to third. VEST stole
second. LAW flied out to lf. VEST advanced to third; WILKES scored on a
wild pitch. TAYLOR grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 4
BURGER to p for LEMON. OAKLEY grounded out to 3b. WOLFRAM singled to
center field. WOLFRAM out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. MUSSER
struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 5
HIESTAND walked. SAYLOR flied out to lf. HIESTAND advanced to second on a
passed ball. WIENS grounded out to ss; HIESTAND advanced to third. LUCAS
hit by pitch. WILKES singled to shortstop, RBI; LUCAS advanced to second;
HIESTAND scored. VEST popped up to 1b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 5
TITTLE flied out to lf. BROWN J. struck out swinging. BOLT fouled out to
2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 6
BILLS singled to left field. LAW singled to left field; BILLS advanced to
third. LAW advanced to second on a passed ball. TAYLOR homered to center
field, 3 RBI; LAW scored; BILLS scored. DePIERRE to p for TETRAULT.
HIESTAND doubled to left field. SAYLOR fouled out to 1b. HIESTAND
advanced to third on a wild pitch. WIENS grounded out to 2b, RBI;
HIESTAND scored. LUCAS doubled to left field. WILKES singled up the
middle, RBI; LUCAS scored. VEST flied out to rf. 5 runs, 6 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 6
FUGLER grounded out to 1b unassisted. DeROHAN grounded out to 2b. ADAMS
singled to shortstop. ADAMS out at second c to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 7
BILLS popped up to ss. LAW singled to left field. TAYLOR struck out
swinging. HIESTAND grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy - inning 7
CHAMBERS to p for BURGER. OAKLEY struck out swinging. WOLFRAM struck out
swinging. MUSSER struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
A six-game series in Provo with the Air Force Academy beginning Thursday concludes BYU's regular season.
The Cougars (22-28, 12-12 in the Mountain West Conference) will play three doubleheaders in three-straight days against the Falcons (5-41, 0-22). Thursday and Friday's doubleheaders begins at 4 p.m. with the second game starting close to 7 p.m. Saturday's doubleheader is 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
This week's series will make up a postponed three-game series between the two teams. BYU traveled to Colorado Springs to play Air Force on April 22-24, but weather postponed the series. The Falcons have had eight postponed conference games this year.
The Cougars are 113-21 all-time against Air Force. BYU is 7-3 in the last 10 games against the Falcons and finished 5-1 against them last year. The two schools first met in 1963 for a two-game series. The Cougars won both games.
Patrick Wells (6-4, 5.65) and Paul Jacinto (2-9, 6.14) are scheduled to get the starts for BYU in Thursday's doubleheader. The Cougars' remaining four starters have yet to be announced.
In its fourth full season at Larry H. Miller Field, attendance closes in on the 100,000 milestone. With three home dates left, the Cougars need to draw 4,998 fans to reach the date this year, an average of 1,666 fans per date. BYU is averaging 1,640 fans per game this year, the highest average in the four-year history. So far this year, the Cougars have drawn 19,680 fans to 12 dates.
The first game of all three doubleheaders will be broadcast live by KOVO 960 AM with veteran broadcaster Brent Norton calling the play-by-play. Saturday's 11 a.m. broadcast is also available on the BYU Radio channel on DirecTV and the Dish Network as well as over the Internet. Live stats are available for all six games. Links to the webcasts and audiocast can be found on the BYU baseball's schedule page at www.byucougars.com.
The MWC Tournament in Las Vegas begins Wednesday, May 26 and concludes on Saturday, May 29.
