TULSA -- Only the fourth inning stands out as a highlight in BYU's 12-5 loss Saturday as Oral Roberts extended the Cougars' losing streak to five games.

Sean McNaughton led off the fourth inning a solo homer to extend his hitting streak to 10 games as the Cougars were down 9-0. Teammate Dan Vargas then hit a three-run homer to account for the four runs BYU scored that inning.

ORU, now 16-6, completed a three-game sweep over the Cougars, but didn't hit a homer in the third game. Meanwhile, BYU, now 12-15, was ineffective pitching and was frustrated in scoring attempts.

For instance, in the seventh inning BYU got runners on base via a pair of walks and a hit batter, but got no runs. In the game BYU had 11 runners on base via walks or hit batsmen. The Cougars fifth run came in the fifth after the bases were loaded through walks and Bryce Ayoso hit a sacrifice fly.

The Cougars continue action against opponents in the Summit League, next on Wednesday at 2 p.m., at Cedar City against Southern Utah. BYU plays SUU twice this season, the second meeting scheduled for April 15 in Provo.

Brigham Young Univ. at Oral Roberts
Mar 29, 2008 at Tulsa, Okla. (J.L. Johnson Stadium)
Brigham Young Univ. 5 (12-15)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WALTON, Kent cf..........  4  1  1  0   1  1  2  0   3
MCNAUGHTON, Sean lf......  3  1  1  1   1  1  2  0   1
PARKER, Steve 3b.........  3  1  1  0   2  1  1  4   0
AYOSO, Bryce c...........  3  0  0  1   1  0  7  1   0
KO, Kasey 1b.............  3  1  0  0   2  0  6  2   1
VARGAS, Dan ss...........  4  1  1  3   0  0  1  2   1
LEACH, J.C. dh...........  3  0  1  0   1  0  0  0   3
BOWEN, Michael rf........  3  0  1  0   1  1  2  1   0
HERMOSILLO, Kiko 2b......  4  0  0  0   0  0  3  2   1
WESTENSEE, Tyler p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 WORTHAM, Jake p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MICHON, Brandon p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 WARD, Michael p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MILLER, Jared p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 30  5  6  5   9  4 24 14  10
Oral Roberts 12 (16-6)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Duffy rf.................  4  1  4  2   0  0  3  0   0
Minissale cf.............  4  2  1  1   1  1  1  0   1
Petralli c...............  2  1  0  0   2  0  5  0   0
Van Kirk dh..............  4  1  0  0   1  1  0  0   2
Notaro 1b................  4  2  3  3   0  0  4  0   2
 Murray ph/1b............  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
Genao 3b.................  2  0  1  1   0  0  0  0   0
 Price, K. 3b............  3  1  1  0   0  1  0  1   0
Groth lf.................  5  1  2  1   0  1  5  0   0
Price, C. 2b.............  3  2  1  1   1  1  5  3   2
Martinez ss..............  3  1  1  0   1  1  1  4   1
Lamontagne p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 Serrano p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Luna p..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 35 12 14  9   6  6 27  9   8
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 000 410 000 -  5  6  2
Oral Roberts........ 360 102 00X - 12 14  0
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E - KO(2); HERMOSILLO(1). DP - BYU 1; Oral Roberts 1. LOB - BYU 10; Oral
Roberts 8. 2B - PARKER(7); BOWEN(1); Notaro(3); Groth 2(6). HR -
MCNAUGHTON(5); VARGAS(3). HBP - MCNAUGHTON; VARGAS; Duffy; Price, C.. SH -
Petralli(1). SF - AYOSO(3). SB - WALTON(9); Duffy 2(9).
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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WESTENSEE, Tyler....  1.1  3  6  3  3  1  7 10
WORTHAM, Jake.......  0.2  3  3  3  2  0  5  7
MICHON, Brandon.....  3.1  7  2  2  0  0 15 17
WARD, Michael.......  1.0  1  1  1  1  2  4  6
MILLER, Jared.......  1.2  0  0  0  0  3  4  4
Oral Roberts           IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Lamontagne..........  3.1  4  4  4  3  2 14 17
Serrano.............  1.2  0  1  1  4  0  2  8
Luna................  4.0  2  0  0  2  2 14 17
Win - Luna (5-0).  Loss - WESTENSEE (1-2).  Save - None.
WP - MICHON(2); WARD(4). HBP - by MICHON (Duffy); by Serrano (VARGAS); by WARD
(Price, C.); by Luna (MCNAUGHTON). PB - AYOSO 2(2).
Umpires - HP: Josh Schepis  1B: Joe Brown  3B: Jay Anderson
Start: 2:00   Time: 3:22   Attendance: 548
Serrano faced 2 batters in the 6th.
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 9/cf WALTON; 15/lf MCNAUGHTON; 5/3b PARKER; 11/c
AYOSO; 22/1b KO; 13/ss VARGAS; 35/dh LEACH; 27/rf BOWEN; 3/2b HERMOSILLO; 23/p
WESTENSEE;
Oral Roberts starters: 12/rf Duffy; 2/cf Minissale; 28/c Petralli; 24/dh Van
Kirk; 31/1b Notaro; 13/3b Genao; 25/lf Groth; 6/2b Price, C.; 5/ss Martinez;
18/p Lamontagne;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WALTON struck out swinging. MCNAUGHTON struck
out swinging. PARKER flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Oral Roberts 1st - Duffy singled to center field. Duffy stole second.
Minissale walked. Petralli reached on a fielder's choice; Minissale advanced to
second on an error by 1b; Duffy advanced to third. Petralli advanced to second
on a passed ball; Minissale advanced to third on a passed ball; Duffy scored on
a passed ball, unearned. Van Kirk struck out swinging. Notaro doubled to right
field, advanced to third, RBI; Petralli advanced to third, out at home rf to 2b
to c; Minissale scored. Notaro scored on a passed ball, unearned. Genao
grounded out to 3b. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - AYOSO flied out to lf. KO grounded out to 2b.
VARGAS flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Oral Roberts 2nd - Groth flied out to lf. Price, C. walked. Martinez
walked; Price, C. advanced to second. Duffy singled to right field; Martinez
advanced to second; Price, C. advanced to third. WORTHAM to p for WESTENSEE.
Minissale reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Duffy out at second ss to 2b;
Martinez advanced to third, scored on an error by 2b, unearned; Price, C.
scored. Petralli walked; Minissale advanced to second. Van Kirk walked;
Petralli advanced to second; Minissale advanced to third. Notaro singled to
left center, 2 RBI; Van Kirk advanced to third; Petralli scored; Minissale
scored. Genao singled through the left side, RBI; Notaro advanced to second;
Van Kirk scored. Groth doubled to right center, RBI; Genao advanced to third;
Notaro scored. Price, C. flied out to rf. 6 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - Price, K. to 3b for Genao. LEACH flied out to
lf. BOWEN doubled to left field. HERMOSILLO grounded out to 3b; BOWEN advanced
to third. WALTON lined out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Oral Roberts 3rd - MICHON to p for WORTHAM. Martinez singled through the
left side. Duffy hit by pitch; Martinez advanced to second. Minissale flied out
to lf; Martinez advanced to third. Petralli reached on a fielder's choice;
Duffy advanced to second; Martinez out at third 1b to c to 3b. Van Kirk flied
out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - MCNAUGHTON homered to left field, RBI. PARKER
walked. AYOSO fouled out to lf. KO walked; PARKER advanced to second. VARGAS
homered to left field, 3 RBI; KO scored; PARKER scored. LEACH singled to center
field. BOWEN walked; LEACH advanced to second. Serrano to p for Lamontagne.
HERMOSILLO grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; BOWEN out on the play.
4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Oral Roberts 4th - Notaro singled to left field. Price, K. reached on a
fielder's choice; Notaro out at second 3b to 2b. Price, K. out at second p to
1b to ss, picked off. Groth doubled to left center. Price, C. singled to left
field, advanced to second, RBI; Groth scored. Martinez grounded out to p. 1
run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - WALTON walked. WALTON stole second. MCNAUGHTON
walked. PARKER walked; MCNAUGHTON advanced to second; WALTON advanced to third.
AYOSO flied out to cf, SF, RBI; WALTON scored. KO lined out to ss; MCNAUGHTON
out at second ss to 2b. 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Oral Roberts 5th - Duffy singled to right center. Minissale singled to
first base, bunt; Duffy advanced to second. Petralli grounded out to 3b, SAC,
bunt; Minissale advanced to second; Duffy advanced to third. Van Kirk grounded
out to 3b. Notaro flied out to cf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - VARGAS hit by pitch. LEACH walked; VARGAS
advanced to second. Luna to p for Serrano. BOWEN flied out to lf. HERMOSILLO
reached on a fielder's choice; LEACH out at second 2b unassisted; VARGAS
advanced to third. WALTON flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Oral Roberts 6th - Price, K. singled to center field. Price, K. advanced
to second on a wild pitch. Groth grounded out to 1b unassisted; Price, K.
advanced to third. WARD to p for MICHON. Price, C. hit by pitch. Price, C.
advanced to second on a wild pitch. Martinez struck out swinging. Duffy singled
to center field, 2 RBI; Price, C. scored; Price, K. scored. Duffy stole second.
Minissale struck out swinging. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - MCNAUGHTON hit by pitch. PARKER struck out
looking. AYOSO walked; MCNAUGHTON advanced to second. KO walked; AYOSO advanced
to second; MCNAUGHTON advanced to third. VARGAS popped up to 2b. LEACH grounded
out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Oral Roberts 7th - Petralli walked. Van Kirk flied out to cf. MILLER to
p for WARD. Murray pinch hit for Notaro. Murray grounded into double play ss to
2b to 1b; Petralli out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - Murray to 1b. BOWEN struck out swinging.
HERMOSILLO out at first 1b to p. WALTON singled to right center. MCNAUGHTON
reached on a fielder's choice; WALTON out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Oral Roberts 8th - Price, K. struck out looking. Groth struck out
looking. Price, C. struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - PARKER doubled to right center. AYOSO fouled
out to c. KO grounded out to ss; PARKER advanced to third. VARGAS flied out to
rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Two-time defending NCAA Champion Oregon State plays BYU's baseball team on Monday at 3 p.m. to start a two-game series in Provo.

OSU, ranked No. 25 last week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, bring a 10-6 record to Provo. Last weekend the Beavers took two of three from No. 16 Pepperdine as they opened their home season.

BYU improved to 12-10, going above .500 for the first time this season following a three-game sweep over the Air Force Academy and a two-game sweep of Kansas State, all in Provo last week.

"We are going to face some very good pitchers from Oregon State," said BYU coach Vance Law.

The Cougars are led by junior Kent Walton who is batting .348 and has a current 12-game hitting streak. OSU has two Utahns on its roster, freshmen Garrett Nash from Draper and Tanner Robles from Murray.

The probable pitchers for BYU are redshirt freshman Nelson Castleberry (2-2, 5.74) in Monday's game and junior southpaw Jake Wortham (2-1, 5.71) in Tuesday's game starting at 1 p.m.

The last ranked team to visit Provo was No. 28 TCU last season, who took two of three from the Cougars. Defending NCAA champion Wichita State came to Provo with a No. 5 ranking in 1990 and lost a pair of games to the Cougars. No. 10-ranked Cal-State Northridge took two of three from BYU in 1996 to win the Western Athletic Conference title.

Fans can download a A HREF coupon for entry into the BYU-OSU games by visiting www.byucougars.com.

Following the BYU-OSU games, the Cougars have a three-game non-conference set at Oral Roberts University and the Beavers return to Pac-10 action in a three-game set against Washington in Corvallis, Oregon.