PROVO -- No ground was gained, but none was lost as BYU split a doubleheader with Mountain West Conference-leading UNLV, losing 8-7 and winning 11-9 Friday night at Larry H. Miller Field.

The split keeps the Cougars (34-16-1, 18-8, MWC) two games behind the Rebels (26-25 and 20-6) in conference play. The doubleheader drew 2,545 fans, the fourth-largest crowd ever to attend at Miller Park.

In game one, UNLV took an early 1-0 lead before BYU battled back scoring one run in the first and one run in the second. In the first inning, Jeff Hiestand extended his hitting streak to 28 games with a RBI single. In the second frame, Ryan Chambers hit a solo home run to center field, his 10th of the season.

The Rebels scored two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings, chasing the Cougars' starter, Dave Horlacher, out of the game. BYU battled back, scoring four runs in its side of the fifth inning. The runs came on a two-run double by Brandon Taylor and a two-run single by Chambers.

After the Cougars added an insurance run in the eighth inning on a Kory Knell RBI double that plated Taylor. BYU needed more than one insurance run as UNLV scored three in the top of the ninth and held on for the victory.

The Rebels' Mike Cruz led off the ninth with an opposite-field homer to cut the lead to 7-6. Zeke Parraz followed the round-tripper with a double. The Cougars' pitching then struck out the next two batters and had two strikes on Ryan Bird. Bird took a 2-2 pitch into the left-center gap to tie the game with an RBI double. The go-ahead run came on a RBI single by CJ Lang. Kyle Tabeek came in and closed the door on BYU in the ninth.

In game two, BYU had to play without the services of star third baseman Taylor who was ejected at the conclusion of game one for arguing with the umpire who was exiting through the Cougars' dugout.

BYU got the early lead in game two scoring three runs in the first inning. Sean McNaughton got a RBI double and scored when Apana Nakayama hit his first homer of the game.

The see-saw fired back up in game two as UNLV scored two in the third, when Hiestand extended his hitting streak to 29 games with a single and three runs came in each of the fourth and fifth innings. The Rebels took an 8-4 lead in the top of the fifth frame and it didn't look good for the Cougars. But, BYU head coach Vance Law is always saying there is no quit in his team.

"I'm proud of the way our guys played coming back from such a disheartening loss," Law said.

BYU came storming back scoring three runs in the fifth on a two-run double by Casey Nelson and a RBI single by Kevin Sloan, who filled in for Taylor. The Cougars scored three more in the sixth to retake the lead. The runs came on Adrian Molina's RBI double and Nakayama's second homer of the game. Nakayama's four-bagger was another two-run shot that UNLV's right fielder Bird didn't even move. It gave the Cougars a lead that they didn't lose as Brandon Christiansen came out of the bullpen to pitch four quality innings to earn the win.

The rubber match of the three game series will be Saturday at 1 p.m. (MDT). KOVO radio 960 will broadcast the game live.

UNLV at Brigham Young Univ.
May 13, 2005 at Provo, Utah (Larry H.Miller Field)
UNLV 8 (26-24,20-5 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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SIBLEY cf................  4  1  0  0   1  0  1  0   2
CRUZ 3b..................  5  2  2  1   0  2  0  2   0
PARRAZ ss................  4  2  2  0   1  0  2  4   0
BONNELL 1b...............  4  1  2  1   1  1 11  2   0
TELLAM c.................  4  0  0  1   0  2  6  1   1
BIRD rf..................  4  2  2  1   1  1  2  0   0
LANG 2b..................  5  0  2  2   0  0  3  4   2
BERANEK dh...............  4  0  1  1   0  1  0  0   2
 WALKER ph...............  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
FRY lf...................  4  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   1
LUCA p...................  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
 NAVARRO Jr. p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 TABEEK p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 39  8 11  7   4  8 27 14   9
Brigham Young Univ. 7 (33-16-1,17-8 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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McNAUGHTON, Sean 2b......  4  1  1  0   0  0  1  1   0
 LAW, Andrew 2b..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 NELSON, Casey ph........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
VILLEZCAS, Marcos ss.....  4  1  1  0   0  0  1  2   0
NAKAYAMA, Apana dh.......  4  1  1  0   1  1  0  0   2
 SLOAN, Kevin pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
HIESTAND, Jeff rf........  3  1  1  1   1  1  2  0   0
 MOLINA, Adrian cf.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 RELF, Brandon ph........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
TAYLOR, Brandon 3b.......  4  2  3  2   0  0  2  2   0
SAYLOR, Ben 1b...........  4  0  0  0   0  1  4  0   2
CHAMBERS, Ryan cf/rf.....  4  1  2  3   0  0  4  0   0
KNELL, Kory lf...........  4  0  1  1   0  0  4  0   0
CLOWARD, Casey c.........  3  0  0  0   1  2  8  0   1
HORLACHER, Dave p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 JENSEN, Matthew p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BARRETT, Joshua p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 36  7 10  7   3  6 27  5   6
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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UNLV................ 100 220 003 -  8 11  1
Brigham Young Univ.. 110 040 010 -  7 10  3
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E - BONNELL; McNAUGHTON 2; HORLACHER. DP - BYU Cougars 1. LOB - LV 9; BYU
Cougars 6. 2B - PARRAZ; BONNELL; BIRD; TAYLOR; KNELL. HR - CRUZ(3);
CHAMBERS(10). SH - VILLEZCAS. SF - TELLAM. SB - SIBLEY; BIRD; LANG; TAYLOR.
CS - CHAMBERS.
UNLV                   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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LUCA................  6.0  8  6  6  2  2 25 28  94
NAVARRO Jr..........  2.0  2  1  1  0  3  8  8  37
TABEEK..............  1.0  0  0  0  1  1  3  4  19
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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HORLACHER, Dave.....  4.2  6  5  4  3  1 21 25  87
JENSEN, Matthew.....  3.2  3  2  2  1  6 14 15  71
BARRETT, Joshua.....  0.2  2  1  1  0  1  4  4  16
Win - NAVARRO Jr. (3-4).  Loss - BARRETT (2-1).  Save - TABEEK (5).
BK - JENSEN. Pitches/strikes: LUCA 94/59; NAVARRO Jr. 37/23; TABEEK 19/11;
HORLACHER 87/51; JENSEN 71/46; BARRETT 16/10.
Umpires - HP: Joe Burleson  1B: Blake Jensen  3B: Billy Van Raaphorst
Start: 3:06 pm   Time: 3:09   Attendance:
Brigham Young University 2005 Season
UNLV at Brigham Young Univ. - Play-by-Play
May 13, 2005 at Provo, Utah (Larry H.Miller Field)
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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UNLV................ 100 220 003 -  8 11  1
Brigham Young Univ.. 110 040 010 -  7 10  3
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UNLV starters: 22/cf SIBLEY; 1/3b CRUZ; 10/ss PARRAZ; 11/1b BONNELL; 36/c TELLAM;
34/rf BIRD; 5/2b LANG; 18/dh BERANEK; 2/lf FRY; 26/p LUCA;
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 15/2b McNAUGHTON; 10/ss VILLEZCAS; 24/dh NAKAYAMA;
16/rf HIESTAND; 3/3b TAYLOR; 25/1b SAYLOR; 22/cf CHAMBERS; 12/lf KNELL; 9/c CLOWARD;
11/p HORLACHER;
UNLV 1st - SIBLEY walked (3-2). SIBLEY stole second. CRUZ struck out swinging
(3-2). PARRAZ reached on a throwing error by 2b (0-1); SIBLEY advanced to third.
BONNELL singled to left field, RBI (1-1); PARRAZ advanced to second; SIBLEY scored.
TELLAM grounded into double play 3b to 1b (0-2); PARRAZ out on the play. 1 run, 1
hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - McNAUGHTON singled to right field (1-0). VILLEZCAS
grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt (2-1); McNAUGHTON advanced to second. NAKAYAMA out at
first 1b to p (1-0); McNAUGHTON advanced to third. HIESTAND singled up the middle,
RBI (0-1); McNAUGHTON scored. TAYLOR singled to left field (2-1); HIESTAND advanced
to second. SAYLOR grounded out to p (1-0). 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
UNLV 2nd - BIRD flied out to ss (1-0). LANG flied out to lf (2-0). BERANEK
reached on a fielding error by 2b, advanced to second (0-0). FRY flied out to rf
(1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - CHAMBERS homered to left center, RBI (1-0). KNELL
grounded out to 3b (1-1). CLOWARD walked (3-2). McNAUGHTON reached on a fielder's
choice (1-1); CLOWARD advanced to second on a throwing error by 1b. VILLEZCAS
reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); McNAUGHTON out at second 1b to ss; CLOWARD
advanced to third. NAKAYAMA reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); VILLEZCAS out at
second 2b to ss. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
UNLV 3rd - SIBLEY out at first 2b to p (1-2). CRUZ flied out to lf (2-0).
PARRAZ flied out to lf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - HIESTAND grounded out to 2b (1-1). TAYLOR flied out
to lf (1-2). SAYLOR lined out to 2b (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 4th - BONNELL doubled down the lf line (1-0). TELLAM grounded out to 3b
(2-1). BIRD walked (3-2). LANG lined out to 2b (0-1). BERANEK singled to right
center, RBI (0-1); BIRD advanced to third; BONNELL scored. FRY reached on a throwing
error by p, advanced to second (0-1); BERANEK advanced to third; BIRD scored,
unearned. SIBLEY flied out to rf (2-1). 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - CHAMBERS flied out to cf (0-1). KNELL grounded out
to ss (1-1). CLOWARD grounded out to ss (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
UNLV 5th - CRUZ singled to center field (3-2). PARRAZ walked (3-1); CRUZ
advanced to second. BONNELL flied out to cf (0-0); CRUZ advanced to third. TELLAM
flied out to cf, SF, RBI (2-1); CRUZ scored. BIRD singled to right field (2-0);
PARRAZ advanced to third. LANG singled to left field, RBI (1-0); BIRD advanced to
second; PARRAZ scored. JENSEN to p for HORLACHER. LANG stole second; BIRD stole
third. BERANEK popped up to 3b (3-2). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - McNAUGHTON grounded out to 2b (0-1). VILLEZCAS
singled to center field (2-0). NAKAYAMA singled up the middle (0-1); VILLEZCAS
advanced to second. HIESTAND walked (3-2); NAKAYAMA advanced to second; VILLEZCAS
advanced to third. TAYLOR doubled to left field, 2 RBI (0-2); HIESTAND advanced to
third; NAKAYAMA scored; VILLEZCAS scored. SAYLOR struck out swinging (2-2). CHAMBERS
singled up the middle, 2 RBI (1-2); TAYLOR scored; HIESTAND scored. CHAMBERS out at
second c to 2b, caught stealing. 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 6th - FRY struck out swinging (2-2). SIBLEY flied out to cf (1-1). CRUZ
struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - KNELL popped up to 2b (1-1). CLOWARD struck out
swinging (1-2). McNAUGHTON flied out to rf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
UNLV 7th - PARRAZ singled to right field (1-2). PARRAZ advanced to second on
a balk. BONNELL walked (3-2). TELLAM struck out swinging (2-2). BIRD struck out
swinging (3-2). LANG fouled out to lf (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - NAVARRO Jr. to p for LUCA. VILLEZCAS grounded out
to ss (2-2). NAKAYAMA struck out looking (3-2). HIESTAND struck out looking (2-2).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 8th - BERANEK struck out swinging (2-2). FRY flied out to cf (1-0).
SIBLEY grounded out to ss (2-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - TAYLOR singled to right field (3-2). SAYLOR
grounded out to 2b (0-0); TAYLOR advanced to second. TAYLOR stole third. CHAMBERS
grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-0). KNELL doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-2);
TAYLOR scored. CLOWARD struck out swinging (1-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
UNLV 9th - LAW to 2b for McNAUGHTON. MOLINA to cf for HIESTAND. CHAMBERS to
rf. CRUZ homered to right field, RBI (1-0). PARRAZ doubled down the lf line (0-1).
BONNELL struck out looking (2-2). BARRETT to p for JENSEN. TELLAM struck out
swinging (1-2). BIRD doubled to left field, RBI (2-2); PARRAZ scored. LANG singled
to left field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (0-0); BIRD scored. WALKER pinch
hit for BERANEK. WALKER grounded out to ss (3-2). 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - TABEEK to p for NAVARRO Jr.. NELSON pinch hit for
LAW. NELSON flied out to rf (2-2). VILLEZCAS grounded out to ss (1-2). NAKAYAMA
walked (3-1). SLOAN pinch ran for NAKAYAMA. RELF pinch hit for MOLINA. RELF struck
out looking (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV at Brigham Young Univ.
May 13, 2005 at Provo, Utah (Larry H.Miller Field)
UNLV 9 (26-25,20-6 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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SIBLEY cf................  6  1  2  1   0  1  0  1   2
CRUZ 3b..................  3  2  2  0   2  1  1  4   0
PARRAZ ss................  6  1  1  1   0  0  1  1   4
BONNELL 1b...............  4  0  1  3   0  1  4  4   0
BIRD rf..................  5  2  2  0   0  2  1  0   3
LANG 2b..................  5  1  4  2   0  0  4  1   0
BERANEK dh...............  5  1  2  0   0  2  0  0   1
FRY lf...................  4  1  2  2   1  0  3  0   0
 KOWALSKI pr.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WALKER c.................  4  0  0  0   1  0  9  0   2
PUPO p...................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 CHALFANT p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 HUSEMAN p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 KRINGEN p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 FOLTIN p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 42  9 16  9   4  7 24 12  12
Brigham Young Univ. 11 (34-16-1,18-8 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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CHAMBERS, Ryan cf/rf.....  5  1  2  1   0  2  2  0   1
VILLEZCAS, Marcos ss.....  5  0  2  0   0  1  0  4   2
McNAUGHTON, Sean 2b......  4  3  2  1   0  0  3  2   1
HIESTAND, Jeff rf........  2  0  1  0   0  1  1  0   0
 MOLINA, Adrian cf.......  3  1  1  1   0  1  1  0   2
NAKAYAMA, Apana dh.......  4  3  2  5   1  0  0  0   0
KNELL, Kory lf...........  5  0  2  0   0  0  1  1   0
SAYLOR, Ben 1b...........  5  1  1  0   0  1 12  0   0
NELSON, Casey c..........  4  1  3  2   0  0  4  0   0
 CLOWARD, Casey pr/c.....  1  1  0  0   0  1  2  1   1
SLOAN, Kevin 3b..........  2  0  1  1   0  1  1  3   0
BEUS, Lance p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 CHRISTIANSEN,Brandon p..  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 40 11 17 11   1  8 27 11   9
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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UNLV................ 002 331 000 -  9 16  2
Brigham Young Univ.. 301 033 10X - 11 17  1
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E - CRUZ; BONNELL; SLOAN. LOB - LV 12; BYU Cougars 9. 2B - SIBLEY; CRUZ 2;
PARRAZ; BONNELL; BIRD; BERANEK 2; CHAMBERS; McNAUGHTON; MOLINA; SAYLOR;
NELSON. 3B - LANG. HR - NAKAYAMA 2(10). HBP - BONNELL; McNAUGHTON. SH -
CRUZ; SLOAN 2. SB - CHAMBERS; SAYLOR.
UNLV                   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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PUPO................  4.2 11  7  4  1  5 25 27  96
CHALFANT............  1.1  3  3  3  0  0  7  7  23
HUSEMAN.............  1.0  2  1  1  0  2  4  6  24
KRINGEN.............  0.2  1  0  0  0  0  3  3  15
FOLTIN..............  0.1  0  0  0  0  1  1  1   5
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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BEUS, Lance.........  5.0 12  8  8  2  3 26 30  93
CHRISTIANSEN,Brandon  4.0  4  1  1  2  4 16 18  64
Win - CHRISTIANSEN (4-1).  Loss - CHALFANT (1-1).  Save - None.
WP - BEUS; CHRISTIANSEN. HBP - by BEUS (BONNELL); by HUSEMAN (McNAUGHTON). PB -
NELSON. Pitches/strikes: PUPO 96/60; CHALFANT 23/14; HUSEMAN 24/14; KRINGEN
15/8; FOLTIN 5/3; BEUS 93/63; CHRISTIANSEN 64/40.
Umpires - HP: Blake Jensen  1B: Billy Van Raaphorst  3B: Joe Burleson
Start: 7:07 pm   Time: 3:05   Attendance: 2545
Game notes:
Taylor was ejected for comments to Joe Burleson at the end of game 1
The crowd of 2,545 was the fourth-best ever at Miller Park
UNLV at Brigham Young Univ. - Play-by-Play Game 2
May 13, 2005 at Provo, Utah (Larry H.Miller Field)
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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UNLV................ 002 331 000 -  9 16  2
Brigham Young Univ.. 301 033 10X - 11 17  1
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UNLV starters: 22/cf SIBLEY; 1/3b CRUZ; 10/ss PARRAZ; 11/1b BONNELL; 34/rf BIRD;
5/2b LANG; 18/dh BERANEK; 2/lf FRY; 4/c WALKER; 20/p PUPO;
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 22/cf CHAMBERS; 10/ss VILLEZCAS; 15/2b McNAUGHTON;
16/rf HIESTAND; 24/dh NAKAYAMA; 12/lf KNELL; 25/1b SAYLOR; 8/c NELSON; 13/3b SLOAN;
14/p BEUS;
UNLV 1st - SIBLEY grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-2). CRUZ doubled to left
center (1-2). PARRAZ grounded out to ss (1-2); CRUZ advanced to third. BONNELL hit
by pitch (1-0). BIRD struck out swinging (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - CHAMBERS doubled down the rf line (0-1). VILLEZCAS
grounded out to 3b (1-0). McNAUGHTON doubled to right center, RBI (2-0); CHAMBERS
scored. HIESTAND struck out swinging (3-2). NAKAYAMA homered to left center, 2 RBI
(2-2); McNAUGHTON scored. KNELL lined out to 3b (0-0). 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors,
0 LOB.
UNLV 2nd - LANG singled up the middle (1-2). BERANEK fouled out to 1b (0-0).
FRY popped up to 2b (0-2). WALKER walked (3-1); LANG advanced to second. SIBLEY
reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); WALKER out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - SAYLOR doubled down the lf line (1-0). NELSON
reached on a fielding error by 1b (2-2). SLOAN out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt
(0-1); NELSON advanced to second; SAYLOR advanced to third. CHAMBERS struck out
swinging (0-2). VILLEZCAS grounded out to p (1-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2
LOB.
UNLV 3rd - CRUZ doubled down the lf line (0-1). CRUZ advanced to third on a
passed ball. PARRAZ grounded out to 3b (2-1). BONNELL grounded out to ss, RBI (0-0);
CRUZ scored. BIRD singled to left field (2-1). LANG tripled to right center, RBI
(1-0); BIRD scored. BERANEK struck out swinging (0-2). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors,
1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - McNAUGHTON singled through the left side (1-1).
HIESTAND singled up the middle (3-2); McNAUGHTON advanced to third. NAKAYAMA reached
on a fielder's choice, RBI (2-1); HIESTAND out at second 1b to ss; McNAUGHTON
scored. KNELL singled to left field (1-0); NAKAYAMA advanced to second. SAYLOR
struck out swinging (1-2). NELSON singled to center field (2-1); KNELL advanced to
second; NAKAYAMA advanced to third, out at home cf to 1b to c. 1 run, 4 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
UNLV 4th - FRY flied out to lf (0-0). WALKER flied out to rf (0-0). SIBLEY
doubled to right center (1-1). CRUZ walked (3-1); SIBLEY advanced to third. PARRAZ
doubled to left field, RBI (0-0); CRUZ advanced to third; SIBLEY scored. BONNELL
doubled to left field, 2 RBI (1-1); PARRAZ scored; CRUZ scored. BIRD struck out
looking (1-2). 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - SLOAN struck out swinging (3-2). CHAMBERS struck
out swinging (1-2). VILLEZCAS singled to left field (2-2). McNAUGHTON reached on a
fielder's choice (0-0); VILLEZCAS out at second 3b to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV 5th - CHAMBERS to rf. MOLINA to cf for HIESTAND. LANG singled to right
field (0-2). BERANEK doubled through the left side (0-1); LANG advanced to third.
FRY singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, 2 RBI (1-0); BERANEK
scored; LANG scored. WALKER popped up to 1b (0-1). SIBLEY singled up the middle, RBI
(0-0); FRY scored. CRUZ grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt (0-1); SIBLEY advanced to
second. SIBLEY advanced to third on a wild pitch. PARRAZ grounded out to 2b (2-2).
3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - MOLINA grounded out to 2b (0-1). NAKAYAMA walked
(3-1). KNELL flied out to rf (1-2). SAYLOR reached on a throwing error by 3b,
advanced to second (0-0); NAKAYAMA advanced to third. NELSON doubled to right
center, 2 RBI (1-0); SAYLOR scored, unearned; NAKAYAMA scored, unearned. SLOAN
singled to right field, RBI (2-2); NELSON scored, unearned. CHALFANT to p for PUPO.
CHAMBERS flied out to lf (2-0). 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
UNLV 6th - CHRISTIANSEN to p for BEUS. BONNELL grounded out to 3b (1-0). BIRD
doubled down the lf line (1-0). LANG singled, out at second lf to 2b, RBI (2-1);
BIRD scored. BERANEK doubled to right field (1-2). FRY singled to pitcher (0-0);
BERANEK advanced to third. WALKER flied out to rf (0-0). 1 run, 4 hits, 0 errors,
2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - VILLEZCAS singled to right field (1-0). McNAUGHTON
reached on a fielder's choice (0-1); VILLEZCAS out at second 3b to 2b. MOLINA
doubled to left field, RBI (2-2); McNAUGHTON scored. NAKAYAMA homered to right
field, 2 RBI (2-0); MOLINA scored. KNELL grounded out to 3b (2-2). SAYLOR flied out
to lf (0-1). 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 7th - SIBLEY grounded out to ss (1-1). CRUZ struck out swinging (2-2).
PARRAZ flied out to rf (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - HUSEMAN to p for CHALFANT. NELSON singled to
shortstop (3-2). CLOWARD pinch ran for NELSON. SLOAN out at first 1b to p, SAC, bunt
(0-0); CLOWARD advanced to second. CHAMBERS singled to right center, RBI (3-2);
CLOWARD scored. VILLEZCAS struck out swinging (0-2); CHAMBERS stole second.
McNAUGHTON hit by pitch (1-1). MOLINA struck out swinging (2-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
UNLV 8th - CLOWARD to c. BONNELL struck out swinging (1-2). BIRD grounded out
to 2b (0-1). LANG lined out to 3b (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - KRINGEN to p for HUSEMAN. NAKAYAMA flied out to lf
(3-2). KNELL singled to right field (2-2). SAYLOR reached on a fielder's choice
(2-1); KNELL out at second ss to 2b. FOLTIN to p for KRINGEN. SAYLOR stole second.
CLOWARD struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV 9th - BERANEK struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (1-2). FRY
walked (3-2). KOWALSKI pinch ran for FRY. WALKER reached on a fielding error by 3b
(1-2); KOWALSKI advanced to second. SIBLEY struck out swinging (2-2). WALKER
advanced to second; KOWALSKI advanced to third on a wild pitch. CRUZ walked (3-0).
PARRAZ flied out to cf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.

After being chased most of the season as the baseball frontrunner, it's BYU's turn to chase the league-leader as UNLV comes to town for a three-game series which begins on Thursday.

The Cougars are 33-15-1 and 17-7 in the Mountain West Conference after dropping two of three last weekend in Provo to New Mexico. UNLV is 25-24 overall, above .500 for the first time in weeks, and 19-5 in the MWC for a two-game lead over BYU.

A sweep over UNLV would put the Cougars back in first place. BYU took two of three at UNLV last month. At stake is the regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the MWC Tournament on May 26 which gets a bye from the May 25 games vs. lowest seed to advance from the opening day. The No. 2 seed also gets a bye on the opening day, but will play a higher-seeded team to advance.

UNLV was the preseason pick to finish third in the MWC, but has won the past two consecutive league tournaments.

Thursday and Friday's games vs. UNLV will begin at 7 p.m., with Dave Horlacher (5-2, 3.91) and Lance Beus (1-1, 5.40) getting the starts, respectively, on the mound for BYU. Friday's game will be televised live by KBYU-TV (Channel 11) locally and delayed on Saturday at 11 a.m., nationally by BYUTV with Jay Monsen and Gary Sheide calling the action. Saturday's starter at noon is freshman Blake Torgerson (6-2, 6.28).

Among the Cougar leaders is first baseman Jeff Hiestand who has the team's season-best 27-game current hitting streak, shy of the school record 32 by Cory Snyder.

The games versus UNLV are the final home games of BYU's regular season.

All of the games will be broadcast live over KOVO Radio 960 AM.

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.