TULSA -- Brandon Taylor homered and drove in two runs as BYU took its second straight game from No. 30 Oral Roberts Saturday, 7-4.

The victory marks the first series win for the Cougars (5-4-1), as each of the previous three were splits.

Like Friday's game, BYU again got great pitching from a newcomer. Freshman Blake Torgerson started his second game of the week, earning his first victory as a Cougar. Torgerson also pitched very well against Oklahoma State in the BYU loss on Tuesday.

The Golden Eagles (6-5) jumped out to an early lead once again scoring on a RBI single up the middle. BYU tied the game in the top of the second when Taylor hit his third home run of the season. ORU was able to come back with two runs in its side of the second to take the lead, 3-1. That's when Torgerson settled in, giving up only two more singles through the next five innings.

Meanwhile, the Cougars scored in six of the nine innings of the game. In the fifth inning, BYU took the lead for good. After Adrian Molina led off the inning with a single, Sean McNaughton hit his third homer of the season to take the lead 4-3. The Cougars added two in the seventh on a Jeff Hiestand bases loaded walk and a Taylor RBI single.

Justin Su'a came on in the eighth inning and pitched two solid innings in relief to shut the door on ORU.

The Cougars begin their home season on Tuesday March 8. They host division one newcomer Utah Valley State at 3 p.m.

BYU at Oral Roberts
Mar 05, 2005 at Tulsa, OK (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
BYU 7 (5-4-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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McNAUGHTON, Sean 2b......  5  2  2  2   0  1  1  4   0
VILLEZCAS, Marcos ss.....  3  0  1  1   0  0  2  6   0
NAKAYAMA, Apana dh.......  4  1  2  0   1  0  0  0   1
HIESTAND, Jeff 1b........  4  0  0  1   1  1 15  1   0
TAYLOR, Brandon 3b.......  4  1  2  2   0  1  0  3   0
SAYLOR, Ben rf...........  5  0  0  0   0  3  0  0   0
KNELL, Kory lf...........  2  0  1  1   1  0  0  0   0
 CHAMBERS, Ryan ph/lf....  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   3
AYOSO, Bryce c...........  4  0  0  0   0  2  4  1   4
 CLOWARD, Casey c........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
MOLINA, Adrian cf........  3  3  2  0   1  0  3  0   0
TORGERSON, Blake p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
 SU'A, Justin p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 35  7 10  7   4  8 27 17   8
Oral Roberts 4 (6-5)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Michael Hollimon ss......  4  2  2  2   0  1  0  0   0
Brian Hanson 2b..........  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   0
Jon Tackett 3b...........  4  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   0
Dennis Bigley 1b.........  4  1  2  1   0  0  8  1   0
Ricky Rivera lf..........  4  0  2  0   0  2  3  0   0
Kelly Minissale cf.......  4  0  0  0   0  0  4  0   2
Travis DeBondt dh........  4  1  3  1   0  0  0  0   0
Brian Aguailar c.........  3  0  0  0   0  0  9  0   1
Kevin Lamb rf............  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   1
Nick Jones p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Tim Robertson p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Matt Hancock p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Dane Towery p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 33  4  9  4   0  5 27  6   4
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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BYU................. 010 120 210 -  7 10  0
Oral Roberts........ 120 000 001 -  4  9  1
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E - Hollimon. DP - BYU 1; ORU 1. LOB - BYU 8; ORU 4. 2B - Bigley. HR -
McNAUGHTON(3); TAYLOR(3); Hollimon(3). HBP - TAYLOR. SH - VILLEZCAS; Hanson;
Aguailar. SF - VILLEZCAS.
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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TORGERSON, Blake....  7.0  7  3  3  0  3 25 27
SU'A, Justin........  2.0  2  1  1  0  2  8  8
Oral Roberts           IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Nick Jones..........  5.0  7  4  4  0  4 21 22
Tim Robertson.......  1.1  1  2  2  3  1  4  8
Matt Hancock........  0.1  1  0  0  1  1  2  3
Dane Towery.........  2.1  1  1  0  0  2  8  9
Win - TORGERSON (1-1).  Loss - Jones (1-2).  Save - None.
WP - Towery. HBP - by Jones (TAYLOR).
Umpires - HP: Terry Harrison  1B: Tim Norman  3B: Josh Schepis
Start: 2:05 pm   Time: 2:25   Attendance: 488
Play-by-Play
BYU at Oral Roberts - Play-by-Play
Mar 05, 2005 at Tulsa, OK (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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BYU................. 010 120 210 -  7 10  0
Oral Roberts........ 120 000 001 -  4  9  1
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BYU starters: 15/2b McNAUGHTON; 10/ss VILLEZCAS; 24/dh NAKAYAMA; 16/1b HIESTAND;
3/3b TAYLOR; 25/rf SAYLOR; 12/lf KNELL; 5/c AYOSO; 1/cf MOLINA; 32/p TORGERSON;
Oral Roberts starters: 14/ss Hollimon; 11/2b Hanson; 8/3b Tackett; 25/1b Bigley;
21/lf Rivera; 2/cf Minissale; 24/dh DeBondt; 5/c Aguailar; 6/rf K. Lamb; 17/p Jones;
BYU 1st - McNAUGHTON struck out. VILLEZCAS grounded out to 1b unassisted.
NAKAYAMA flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Oral Roberts 1st - Hollimon singled up the middle. Hanson grounded out to p,
SAC; Hollimon advanced to second. Tackett grounded out to 3b. Bigley singled through
the left side, RBI; Hollimon scored. Rivera singled through the left side; Bigley
advanced to second. Minissale out at first 1b to p. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
BYU 2nd - HIESTAND struck out. TAYLOR homered to right center, RBI. SAYLOR
struck out. KNELL fouled out to 1b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Oral Roberts 2nd - DeBondt singled down the rf line. Aguailar grounded out to
c, SAC; DeBondt advanced to second. K. Lamb flied out to cf. Hollimon homered down
the rf line, 2 RBI; DeBondt scored. Hanson grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 3rd - AYOSO flied out to rf. MOLINA grounded out to 3b. McNAUGHTON lined
out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Oral Roberts 3rd - Tackett grounded out to ss. Bigley grounded out to ss.
Rivera struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 4th - VILLEZCAS singled to right field. NAKAYAMA singled to left center;
VILLEZCAS advanced to third. HIESTAND popped up to 1b. TAYLOR hit by pitch; NAKAYAMA
advanced to second. SAYLOR reached on a fielder's choice; TAYLOR advanced to second;
NAKAYAMA advanced to third; VILLEZCAS out at home 1b to c. KNELL singled to
shortstop, RBI; SAYLOR advanced to second; TAYLOR advanced to third; NAKAYAMA
scored. AYOSO struck out looking. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Oral Roberts 4th - Minissale grounded out to 3b. DeBondt singled through the
right side. Aguailar popped up to 2b. K. Lamb struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 5th - MOLINA singled to left field. McNAUGHTON homered to left field, 2
RBI; MOLINA scored. VILLEZCAS flied out to lf. NAKAYAMA singled to center field.
HIESTAND grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; NAKAYAMA out on the play. 2
runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Oral Roberts 5th - Hollimon grounded out to 2b. Hanson lined out to ss.
Tackett grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 6th - Robertson to p for Jones. TAYLOR struck out looking. SAYLOR lined
out to 3b. KNELL walked. AYOSO flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Oral Roberts 6th - Bigley flied out to cf. Rivera singled to center field.
Minissale grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Rivera out on the play. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 7th - MOLINA walked. McNAUGHTON singled up the middle; MOLINA advanced to
second. VILLEZCAS grounded out to p, SAC; McNAUGHTON advanced to second; MOLINA
advanced to third. NAKAYAMA intentionally walked. Hancock to p for Robertson.
HIESTAND walked, RBI; NAKAYAMA advanced to second; McNAUGHTON advanced to third;
MOLINA scored. TAYLOR singled up the middle, RBI; HIESTAND advanced to second;
NAKAYAMA advanced to third; McNAUGHTON scored. SAYLOR struck out. Towery to p for
Hancock. CHAMBERS pinch hit for KNELL. CHAMBERS flied out to cf. 2 runs, 2 hits,
0 errors, 3 LOB.
Oral Roberts 7th - CHAMBERS to lf. DeBondt grounded out to 3b. Aguailar
grounded out to 2b. K. Lamb struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
BYU 8th - AYOSO struck out looking. MOLINA singled up the middle. MOLINA
advanced to second on a wild pitch. McNAUGHTON reached on an error by ss; MOLINA
advanced to third. VILLEZCAS flied out to lf, SF, RBI; MOLINA scored, unearned.
NAKAYAMA grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Oral Roberts 8th - SU'A to p for TORGERSON. Hollimon struck out looking.
Hanson out at first p to ss to 1b. Tackett flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 9th - HIESTAND flied out to lf. TAYLOR fouled out to 1b. SAYLOR struck
out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Oral Roberts 9th - CLOWARD to c for AYOSO. Bigley doubled to left center.
Rivera struck out. Minissale grounded out to 2b; Bigley advanced to third. DeBondt
singled to right field, RBI; Bigley scored. Aguailar popped up to 1b. 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

PROVO -- After a 1-1-1 series split against San Jose State, BYU heads to Oklahoma to play five games in as many days.

The Cougars (2-2-1) will first travel to Stillwater, Okla., for a two-game stint with No. 27 Oklahoma State (7-4) Tuesday and Wednesday before moving on to Tulsa for a three-game series against Oral Roberts (5-3). Game time for the Tuesday game will be 7 p.m. (CST). Wednesday will be a 4 p.m. start. Against Oral Roberts, game times for the games Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be 3 p.m., 3 p.m. and 2 p.m. (CST), respectively.

Freshman Blake Torgerson (0-0, 10.80 ERA) and junior college transfer Mitch Woolf (0-0, 0.00) will make their first career division one starts against Oklahoma State. BYU will use the same rotation as it has the past two weekends of Dave Horlacher (1-0, 2.70), Patrick Wells (1-1, 5.23) and Brandon Christiansen (0-0, 2.70) in the respective Oral Roberts' games Thursday through Saturday.

The Cougars are coming off a series in which they won convincingly once, lost on a 10th-inning error and tied so they could catch a plane. BYU head coach Vance Law is pleased with the way his team is playing.

"We had a chance to win all three of those games [against San Jose State]," Law said.

Law believes the Oklahoma trip will be a good early season test for the Cougars' pitching staff.

"It will be a good challenge," Law said about the Oklahoma trip. "I believe that we have more depth in our pitching staff this year than in the past."

Lefty Lance Beus and team co-captain pitcher Michel Bergeron, who are both recovering from injuries, will make the trip with the team to add a few extra arms to the bullpen. Beus, a senior from Meridian, Idaho, played fall baseball for Oklahoma State before transferring to BYU for the winter semester of 2004.

Upon returning from Oklahoma, the Cougars will play host to Utah Valley State College on Tuesday, March 8 at 3 p.m., in their first home game of the season.

The Oklahoma State games and the first two Oral Roberts games will have a live audio feed on the Internet. 

Also, Oklahoma State offers a paid Internet video feed of the games. The cost is $9.95.

A multi-page release can be found by downloading the PDF file at the top of this story, which gives a detailed analysis of the Cougars.