PROVO -- BYU played comeback again, scoring nine runs in the bottom of the eighth to beat San Diego State 18-11, Saturday afternoon at Larry H. Miller Field.

The Cougars (26-9-1, 12-3 Mountain West Conference) had 10 hits in the eighth frame to retake the lead and ensure a series victory over the Aztecs (10-24, 5-7). BYU has now come from behind in 19 of its 26 victories this season.

Unlike Friday's contest--in which BYU fell down 6-0 early--the Cougars scored in the first three innings. In the first, after Marcos Villezcas reached base on an error and Apana Nakayama singled, Brandon Taylor scorched a two-run single up the middle. BYU added two more in the second when Kory Knell doubled and scored and Casey Cloward walked and later scored.

SDSU responded with a five-run third inning that included only three hits. BYU briefly regained the lead in the bottom of the third when Jeff Hiestand and Taylor led off the inning with back-to-back walks and scored on a pair of sacrifice flies by Knell and Cloward.

The Aztecs then exploded in the top of the fourth, putting up six runs and extending their lead to 11-6. The inning was capped by Lance Zawadzki hitting a three-run home run with two out in the inning.

BYU went scoreless in the fourth and fifth frames, the only two innings that the Cougars didn't manage to score at least one run. Then they started to chip away at the lead. BYU head coach Vance Law reiterated that this Cougars' squad is one of the best hitting teams he has coached.

"We focused on getting a few runs each inning to chip away at the lead," he said.

And Law's philosophy worked as BYU scored two in the sixth and one in the seventh to narrow SDSU's lead to 11-9. In the eighth, the Cougars decided to quit chipping away and started to put away the Aztecs. Everyone got involved in the eighth as the Cougars sent 14 batters to the plate. BYU grabbed its first lead since the fourth inning on Knell's two-run single. After Knell's two RBI, the Cougars proceeded to score six more to dazzle the vocal crowd of 2,064.

BYU was led by Cloward, who went 3-for-3 with a double, five RBI and three runs scored. Cloward shined in both of the Cougars' victories against the Aztecs as he threw out two potential base stealers Friday night. Hiestand also extended his team-leading hitting streak to 16, which is the best for any BYU hitter in the past two years.

Monday, BYU will make its second journey across the city to face Utah Valley State in Orem. Game time is 7 p.m. (MDT). After Monday's game with the Wolverines, BYU will play over the weekend in Salt Lake City in a three game set with rival Utah beginning Thursday.

BYU 18, SDSU 11

SDS 005 600 000--11 10 4

BYU 222 002 19x--18 21 1

Campbell, Coon (3), Miller (6), Bruckart (8), Douglas (8), Ybarra (8) and Swaydan. Torgerson, Barrett (4), Beus (8), Jensen (8) and Cloward.

WP--Jensen (5-0)

LP--Bruckart (0-1)

2B--Knell (B), Berry (S), Cloward (B), Saylor (B), Chambers (B)

HR--Zawadzki (S)

San Diego State at Brigham Young Univ.
Apr 16, 2005 at Provo, Utah (Larry H.Miller Field)
San Diego State 11 (10-24,5-7 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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BERRY, Quintin cf........  5  2  3  2   0  0  1  0   0
SCAPEROTTA, Joseph lf....  4  1  0  0   1  1  3  0   0
GUERRERO, James ss.......  3  2  0  0   2  1  2  2   0
UNGRICHT, Brock dh.......  4  2  1  2   1  0  0  0   2
ZAWADZKI, Lance 3b.......  4  1  1  3   1  1  0  1   0
O'BRIEN, Tim 1b..........  5  0  1  0   0  1  9  1   1
MCLINTOCK, Jake rf.......  4  1  2  0   0  0  1  0   0
SWAYDAN, Jordan c........  4  2  2  0   0  1  3  1   1
PEPPER, Sam 2b...........  3  0  0  1   0  0  3  5   0
 PERRY, Kevin 2b.........  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  1   2
CAMPBELL, Cody p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 COON, Ben p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MILLER, Will p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BRUCKART, Dan p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 DOUGLAS, Brett p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 YBARRA, Anthony p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 37 11 10  8   5  6 24 12   6
Brigham Young Univ. 18 (26-9-1,12-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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McNAUGHTON, Sean 2b......  2  0  1  1   0  0  0  0   0
 LAW, Andrew 2b..........  4  0  1  0   0  1  1  6   3
VILLEZCAS, Marcos ss.....  6  3  3  0   0  0  2  2   0
NAKAYAMA, Apana dh.......  6  3  4  0   0  0  0  0   1
HIESTAND, Jeff 1b........  4  1  1  2   1  0 10  0   0
TAYLOR, Brandon 3b.......  4  2  2  3   2  0  1  2   2
SAYLOR, Ben lf...........  6  2  2  1   0  1  1  0   3
 MOLINA, Adrian cf.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
KNELL, Kory rf...........  4  2  2  3   0  0  2  0   0
CHAMBERS, Ryan cf/lf.....  3  2  2  1   1  0  3  0   0
CLOWARD, Casey c.........  3  3  3  5   1  0  7  0   0
TORGERSON, Blake p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
 BARRETT, Joshua p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BEUS, Lance p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 JENSEN, Matthew p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 42 18 21 16   5  2 27 13   9
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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San Diego State..... 005 600 000 - 11 10  4
Brigham Young Univ.. 222 002 19X - 18 21  1
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E - ZAWADZKI; PEPPER 3; LAW. DP - SDS Aztecs 2; BYU Cougars 1. LOB - SDS
Aztecs 6; BYU Cougars 9. 2B - BERRY; SAYLOR; KNELL; CHAMBERS; CLOWARD. HR -
ZAWADZKI(2). HBP - MCLINTOCK; SWAYDAN. SH - HIESTAND; CHAMBERS. SF - KNELL;
CLOWARD. SB - McNAUGHTON; TAYLOR.
San Diego State        IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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CAMPBELL, Cody......  2.0  4  6  2  3  0 10 14
COON, Ben...........  3.2  5  2  2  1  1 14 17
MILLER, Will........  1.1  3  2  2  0  0  7  7
BRUCKART, Dan.......  0.1  2  3  3  1  0  2  4
DOUGLAS, Brett......  0.1  6  5  5  0  0  7  7
YBARRA, Anthony.....  0.1  1  0  0  0  1  2  2
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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TORGERSON, Blake....  3.1  5  8  6  2  1 16 19
BARRETT, Joshua.....  3.2  4  3  3  2  3 14 17
BEUS, Lance.........  0.1  0  0  0  1  0  1  2
JENSEN, Matthew.....  1.2  1  0  0  0  2  6  6
Win - JENSEN (5-0).  Loss - BRUCKART (0-1).  Save - None.
WP - CAMPBELL; COON. HBP - by TORGERSON (MCLINTOCK); by BARRETT (SWAYDAN). BK -
TORGERSON.
Umpires - HP: Blake Jensen  1B: Kelly Gonzales  3B: Ray Belfiore
Start: 1:05 pm   Time: 3:22   Attendance: 2064
CAMPBELL faced 2 batters in the 3rd.
MILLER faced 1 batter in the 8th.
San Diego State at Brigham Young Univ. - Play-by-Play
Apr 16, 2005 at Provo, Utah (Larry H.Miller Field)
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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San Diego State..... 005 600 000 - 11 10  4
Brigham Young Univ.. 222 002 19X - 18 21  1
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San Diego State starters: 23/cf BERRY; 16/lf SCAPEROTTA; 1/ss GUERRERO; 25/dh
UNGRICHT; 5/3b ZAWADZKI; 20/1b O'BRIEN; 15/rf MCLINTOCK; 12/c SWAYDAN; 3/2b PEPPER;
32/p CAMPBELL;
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 15/2b McNAUGHTON; 10/ss VILLEZCAS; 24/dh NAKAYAMA;
16/1b HIESTAND; 3/3b TAYLOR; 25/lf SAYLOR; 12/rf KNELL; 22/cf CHAMBERS; 9/c CLOWARD;
32/p TORGERSON;
San Diego State 1st - BERRY grounded out to 1b unassisted. SCAPEROTTA struck
out swinging. GUERRERO flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - McNAUGHTON popped up to 2b. VILLEZCAS reached on a
fielding error by 2b. NAKAYAMA singled to center field; VILLEZCAS advanced to
second. HIESTAND grounded out to 1b unassisted; NAKAYAMA advanced to second;
VILLEZCAS advanced to third. TAYLOR singled to left center, 2 RBI; NAKAYAMA scored,
unearned; VILLEZCAS scored, unearned. TAYLOR stole second. SAYLOR grounded out to
2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
San Diego State 2nd - UNGRICHT grounded out to 3b. ZAWADZKI flied out to lf.
O'BRIEN fouled out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - KNELL doubled to left field. CHAMBERS grounded out
to c, SAC, bunt; KNELL advanced to third. CLOWARD walked. CLOWARD advanced to
second; KNELL scored on a wild pitch. McNAUGHTON singled to right field, RBI;
CLOWARD scored. McNAUGHTON stole second. VILLEZCAS reached on a fielding error by
2b; McNAUGHTON advanced to third, out at home 2b to 1b to c. NAKAYAMA popped up to
ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
San Diego State 3rd - LAW to 2b for McNAUGHTON. MCLINTOCK singled to left
field. SWAYDAN singled to left field; MCLINTOCK advanced to second. PEPPER reached
on a fielder's choice; SWAYDAN advanced to second; MCLINTOCK out at third p to 3b.
BERRY doubled down the rf line, RBI; PEPPER advanced to third; SWAYDAN scored.
SCAPEROTTA reached on a fielder's choice; PEPPER out at home p to 3b to c. GUERRERO
walked; SCAPEROTTA advanced to second; BERRY advanced to third. UNGRICHT walked,
RBI; GUERRERO advanced to second; SCAPEROTTA advanced to third; BERRY scored.
UNGRICHT advanced to second on a balk; GUERRERO advanced to third; SCAPEROTTA
scored. ZAWADZKI reached on a throwing error by 2b; UNGRICHT scored, unearned;
GUERRERO scored, unearned. O'BRIEN grounded out to p. 5 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - HIESTAND walked. TAYLOR walked; HIESTAND advanced
to second. COON to p for CAMPBELL. SAYLOR reached on a fielder's choice; TAYLOR
advanced to second; HIESTAND advanced to third on a fielding error by 3b. KNELL
flied out to cf, SF, RBI; TAYLOR advanced to third; HIESTAND scored, unearned.
CHAMBERS walked; SAYLOR advanced to second. CLOWARD flied out to lf, SF, RBI; TAYLOR
scored, unearned. LAW struck out swinging. 2 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
San Diego State 4th - MCLINTOCK hit by pitch. SWAYDAN singled to second base;
MCLINTOCK advanced to third. PEPPER grounded out to 2b, RBI; SWAYDAN advanced to
second; MCLINTOCK scored. BERRY singled to left field, RBI; SWAYDAN scored. BARRETT
to p for TORGERSON. SCAPEROTTA fouled out to 1b. GUERRERO walked; BERRY advanced to
second. UNGRICHT singled to center field, RBI; GUERRERO advanced to second; BERRY
scored. ZAWADZKI homered to right field, 3 RBI; UNGRICHT scored; GUERRERO scored.
O'BRIEN struck out looking. 6 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - VILLEZCAS singled through the left side. NAKAYAMA
grounded into double play 2b to 1b; VILLEZCAS out on the play. HIESTAND flied out to
lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Diego State 5th - MCLINTOCK grounded out to 2b. SWAYDAN grounded out to
2b. PEPPER grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - TAYLOR flied out to lf. SAYLOR grounded out to 2b.
KNELL popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Diego State 6th - BERRY singled to center field. SCAPEROTTA reached on a
fielder's choice; BERRY out at second 2b to ss. GUERRERO struck out swinging.
UNGRICHT flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - CHAMBERS singled to right field. CHAMBERS advanced
to second on a wild pitch. CLOWARD doubled to right center, RBI; CHAMBERS scored.
LAW singled to center field; CLOWARD advanced to third. VILLEZCAS grounded into
double play 2b to ss to 1b; LAW out on the play; CLOWARD scored. NAKAYAMA singled up
the middle. HIESTAND reached on a fielding error by 2b, advanced to second; NAKAYAMA
advanced to third. PERRY,KEV to 2b for PEPPER. MILLER to p for COON. TAYLOR flied
out to rf. 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
San Diego State 7th - ZAWADZKI walked. O'BRIEN singled to right field;
ZAWADZKI advanced to second. MCLINTOCK grounded into double play ss to 2b; O'BRIEN
out on the play, interference. SWAYDAN hit by pitch. PERRY,KEV struck out swinging.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - SAYLOR doubled to left field. KNELL grounded out to
2b; SAYLOR advanced to third. CHAMBERS grounded out to 3b. CLOWARD singled to right
field, RBI; SAYLOR scored. LAW reached on a fielder's choice; CLOWARD out at second
ss to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
San Diego State 8th - BEUS to p for BARRETT. BERRY grounded out to ss.
SCAPEROTTA walked. JENSEN to p for BEUS. GUERRERO flied out to cf. UNGRICHT flied
out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - VILLEZCAS singled to left field. BRUCKART to p for
MILLER. NAKAYAMA singled up the middle; VILLEZCAS advanced to second. HIESTAND
grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; NAKAYAMA advanced to second; VILLEZCAS advanced to
third. TAYLOR intentionally walked. SAYLOR singled to right field, RBI; TAYLOR
advanced to second; NAKAYAMA advanced to third; VILLEZCAS scored. DOUGLAS to p for
BRUCKART. KNELL singled to left field, 2 RBI; SAYLOR advanced to second; TAYLOR
scored; NAKAYAMA scored. CHAMBERS doubled to left field, RBI; KNELL advanced to
third; SAYLOR scored. CLOWARD singled to right field, 2 RBI; CHAMBERS scored; KNELL
scored. LAW popped up to 2b. VILLEZCAS singled to center field; CLOWARD advanced to
second. NAKAYAMA singled to second base; VILLEZCAS advanced to second; CLOWARD
advanced to third. HIESTAND singled to right field, 2 RBI; NAKAYAMA advanced to
second; VILLEZCAS scored; CLOWARD scored. YBARRA to p for DOUGLAS. TAYLOR singled to
left field, RBI; HIESTAND advanced to second; NAKAYAMA scored. SAYLOR struck out
swinging. 9 runs, 10 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
San Diego State 9th - MOLINA to cf for SAYLOR. CHAMBERS to lf. ZAWADZKI
struck out swinging. O'BRIEN grounded out to 2b. MCLINTOCK singled up the middle.
SWAYDAN struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Two of the nation's winningest baseball teams square off Tuesday when BYU hosts Lewis-Clark State at 3 p.m., at Larry H. Miller Field.

The Cougars, 23-8-2, host the Warriors, who bring a 28-5 record and a No. 2 ranking in the NAIA division to Provo.

You can nearly count on just two hands the teams who have beaten these two teams. In BYU's case it is UC Irvine, Oklahoma State, Oral Roberts, New Mexico, and UNLV, all teams which it has also beaten, and Oregon State. For the Warriors, their losses have been only to British Columbia, Portland, Washington State, Oregon Tech and Eastern Oregon.

LCSC has also beaten Utah Valley State, 18-3, and the Warriors will play at UVSC the day after competing at BYU. Lewis and Clark State has won 13 NAIA National championships (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2003).

After the Cougars play LCSC, BYU then hosts San Diego State in a three-game Mountain West Conference series starting on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Matt Jensen (4-0, 4.18) is scheduled to start on the mound for BYU against LCSC on Tuesday. Reigning MWC Pitcher of the Week, Dave Horlacher (3-1, 2.94), will start for BYU on Thursday. Brandon Christiansen (3-0, 4.00) is the Cougars' starting pitcher for Friday. Saturday's BYU hurler is yet to be determined due to the ankle injury to Blake Torgerson (4-2, 5.36).

Friday's BYU-SDSU game at 7 p.m., will also be televised live nationally on BYUTV and locally by KBYU channel 11 with Jay Monsen and Gary Sheide calling the action.

This weekend at Miller Park there will be doubleheaders with BYU baseball and softball. The Cougar softball team hosts Colorado State at 5 and 7 p.m., then on Saturday it hosts New Mexico at 2 and 4 p.m.

BYU's baseball team is now receiving votes in two of the four national baseball polls, again in the NCBWA (National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association) and now the Sports Weekly/ESPN College Baseball Coaches Poll.

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.