Las Vegas (April 3, 2008)--J.T. Musso hit a three-run homer over the leftfield fence in the 10th inning Thursday night to lift BYU to a 10-7 victory over UNLV.

The Cougar victory snapped a six-game losing streak as it returned to Mountain West Conference action, knocking UNLV out of second-place as both teams are now 4-3 in league play.

It was huge," said Musso of his homer. "I looked for my pitch, a fastball up. Everything we do builds up to conference play and tonight's victory epitomizes what we do. The way Jordan (Muir) threw tonight reminded me of his freshman year, he just dominated."

Jordan Muir, a junior from Las Vegas, threw six-plus innings, striking out seven to keep BYU in the game. When he left the Cougars were down 7-3, but came up with a four-run eighth inning to tie the game.

"Muir gave us a chance to win," said BYU coach Vance Law. "We had a feeling of confidence tonight on the bench. We have been through a rough stretch and I think this will jumpstart us into playing better. We need to continue to battle through our worst times."

Bryce Ayoso hit a three-run double in the eighth to tie the game off Rebel ace reliever Adam Moser.

Jared Miller and Michael Ward came in relief of Muir and performed well for BYU. Ward got a Rebel to pop up with two out and two on in the seventh. Miller picked his third victory, allowing just two hits in three innings.

BYU had jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third inning thanks to triples by Kent Walton and Steve Parker.

That victory improves BYU's record to 13-16, while UNLV falls to 12-14 as the two teams ready for game two on Friday at 6:30 p.m. PDT.

Brigham Young Univ. at UNLV
Apr 03, 2008 at Las Vegas, NV (Earl E. Wilson)
Brigham Young Univ. 10 (13-16,4-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WALTON, Kent cf..........  5  0  1  2   0  3  1  0   1
MCNAUGHTON, Sean lf......  5  1  1  0   0  2  1  0   1
PARKER, Steve 3b.........  5  2  2  0   0  1  1  4   1
VARGAS, Dan ss...........  4  0  0  0   1  1  2  3   0
KO, Kasey 1b.............  3  0  2  1   0  0  4  1   2
 LAW, Andrew pr..........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BILLS, Thomas 1b........  1  1  1  0   0  0  6  1   0
CLUFF, Jonathan rf.......  5  2  1  1   0  1  2  0   0
AYOSO, Bryce dh..........  4  1  1  3   0  0  0  0   0
MUSSO, J.T. c............  4  2  1  3   1  2  8  3   0
RELF, Brandon 2b.........  4  0  2  0   1  2  4  3   0
MUIR, Jordan p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   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................... 40 10 12 10   3 12 30 15   5
UNLV 7 (12-14,4-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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SFERRA, J.J. cf..........  6  1  2  1   0  0  1  0   4
WIGHT, Jesse lf..........  3  1  1  0   2  1  3  0   0
SCRUGGS, X. 1b...........  5  1  2  3   1  2  9  0   0
ROUNDY, R. rf............  5  0  0  0   0  0  4  1   3
 DiMAGGIO, J. ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WALKER, B. 3b............  4  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   0
 RINAUDO, S. 3b..........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   2
BRENLY, M. c.............  4  1  1  0   1  3 10  3   0
FRIERSON, J. dh..........  4  0  1  0   1  1  0  0   1
MOREL, A. ss.............  3  1  1  0   2  1  1  3   0
RESNICK, B. 2b...........  4  2  2  0   0  0  1  2   2
HUTCHISON, M p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 GOODMAN, M. p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BACA, Marc p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MOSER, Adam p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 40  7 10  4   7  9 30 12  12
Score by Innings                      R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 021 000 040 3 - 10 12  3
UNLV................ 002 122 000 0 -  7 10  1
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E - PARKER; KO 2; RESNICK, B.. DP - UNLV 1. LOB - BY 5; UNLV 12. 2B -
MCNAUGHTON; AYOSO; RESNICK, B.. 3B - WALTON; PARKER. HR - MUSSO; SCRUGGS,
X.. HBP - AYOSO. SH - WIGHT, Jesse; RESNICK, B.. SF - KO. SB - RELF. CS -
RELF; WIGHT, Jesse.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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MUIR, Jordan........  6.2  8  7  3  5  7 29 35
WARD, Michael.......  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1
MILLER, Jared.......  3.0  2  0  0  2  2 10 13
UNLV                   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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HUTCHISON, M........  6.1  5  3  3  3  5 23 27
GOODMAN, M..........  1.0  2  3  2  0  1  5  5
BACA, Marc..........  0.2  2  1  1  0  1  3  3
MOSER, Adam.........  2.0  3  3  3  0  5  9 10
Win - MILLER (3-1).  Loss - MOSER, Adam (4-2).  Save - None.
WP - MUIR 2; HUTCHISON, M 3. HBP - by MOSER, Adam (AYOSO).
Umpires - HP: Ray Belfiore  1B: Kevin Sweeney  3B: Dan Perugini
Start: 7:00 pm   Time: 3:25   Attendance: 421
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 9/cf WALTON; 15/lf MCNAUGHTON; 5/3b PARKER; 13/ss
VARGAS; 22/1b KO; 8/rf CLUFF; 11/dh AYOSO; 10/c MUSSO; 4/2b RELF; 12/p MUIR;
UNLV starters: 2/cf SFERRA, J.J.; 21/lf WIGHT, Jesse; 16/1b SCRUGGS, X.; 12/rf
ROUNDY, R.; 10/3b WALKER, B.; 18/c BRENLY, M.; 6/dh FRIERSON, J.; 1/ss MOREL,
A.; 35/2b RESNICK, B.; 34/p HUTCHISON, M;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WALTON struck out, out at first c to 1b.
MCNAUGHTON doubled to left field. PARKER flied out to rf; MCNAUGHTON advanced
to third. VARGAS walked. VARGAS advanced to second on a wild pitch. KO flied
out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
UNLV 1st - SFERRA, J.J. lined out to 2b. WIGHT, Jesse walked. SCRUGGS,
X. struck out looking; WIGHT, Jesse out at second c to ss, caught stealing.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - CLUFF struck out, reached first on a wild
pitch. AYOSO grounded out to ss; CLUFF advanced to second. MUSSO walked. RELF
struck out. CLUFF advanced to third on a wild pitch. WALTON tripled to center
field, 2 RBI; MUSSO scored; CLUFF scored. MCNAUGHTON struck out. 2 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV 2nd - ROUNDY, R. flied out to cf. WALKER, B. grounded out to ss.
BRENLY, M. walked. FRIERSON, J. grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - PARKER tripled to right field. VARGAS flied
out to rf. KO flied out to rf, SF, RBI; PARKER scored. CLUFF grounded out to
2b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 3rd - MOREL, A. singled to left field. RESNICK, B. reached on a
throwing error by 3b, SAC; MOREL, A. advanced to second. SFERRA, J.J. singled,
advanced to second on the throw, RBI; RESNICK, B. advanced to third; MOREL, A.
scored. WIGHT, Jesse struck out looking. SFERRA, J.J. advanced to third;
RESNICK, B. scored on a wild pitch, unearned. SCRUGGS, X. struck out. ROUNDY,
R. grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - AYOSO grounded out to 3b. MUSSO struck out
looking. RELF singled to left field. WALTON flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV 4th - WALKER, B. flied out to lf. BRENLY, M. singled up the middle.
FRIERSON, J. walked; BRENLY, M. advanced to second. MOREL, A. reached on a
fielding error by 1b, advanced to second; FRIERSON, J. advanced to third;
BRENLY, M. scored, unearned. RESNICK, B. reached on a fielder's choice; MOREL,
A. advanced to third; FRIERSON, J. out at third 3b to c to 3b. RESNICK, B.
advanced to second on a wild pitch. SFERRA, J.J. out at first 1b to p. 1
run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - MCNAUGHTON grounded out to ss. PARKER fouled
out to lf. VARGAS grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 5th - WIGHT, Jesse singled to left field. SCRUGGS, X. homered to
left field, 2 RBI; WIGHT, Jesse scored. ROUNDY, R. popped up to 2b. WALKER, B.
flied out to rf. BRENLY, M. struck out. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - KO singled up the middle. CLUFF grounded into
double play ss to 1b; KO out on the play. AYOSO grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 6th - FRIERSON, J. struck out. MOREL, A. struck out. RESNICK, B.
doubled to left field. SFERRA, J.J. reached on a fielding error by 1b, advanced
to second; RESNICK, B. scored, unearned. WIGHT, Jesse walked. SCRUGGS, X.
singled to left field, RBI; WIGHT, Jesse advanced to second; SFERRA, J.J.
scored, unearned. ROUNDY, R. flied out to rf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - MUSSO flied out to lf. RELF walked. GOODMAN,
M. to p for HUTCHISON, M. WALTON struck out; RELF out at second c to 2b, caught
stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 7th - WALKER, B. grounded out to 3b. BRENLY, M. struck out.
FRIERSON, J. singled to left field. MOREL, A. walked; FRIERSON, J. advanced to
second. WARD to p for MUIR. RESNICK, B. popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - MCNAUGHTON reached on a throwing error by 2b.
PARKER singled to left field; MCNAUGHTON advanced to second. VARGAS popped up
to 1b. KO singled to right field; PARKER advanced to second; MCNAUGHTON
advanced to third. LAW pinch ran for KO. BACA, Marc to p for GOODMAN, M.. CLUFF
singled to center field, RBI; LAW advanced to second; PARKER advanced to third;
MCNAUGHTON scored, unearned. AYOSO doubled to right field, out at third rf to
2b to c to 3b, 3 RBI; CLUFF scored; LAW scored; PARKER scored. RINAUDO, S. to
3b for WALKER, B.. MUSSO struck out looking. 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 0
LOB.
UNLV 8th - BILLS to 1b for LAW. MILLER to p for WARD. SFERRA, J.J.
singled. WIGHT, Jesse out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt; SFERRA, J.J. advanced
to second. SCRUGGS, X. walked. ROUNDY, R. grounded out to 3b; SCRUGGS, X.
advanced to second; SFERRA, J.J. advanced to third. RINAUDO, S. struck out, out
at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - MOSER, Adam to p for BACA, Marc. RELF singled
to center field. RELF stole second. WALTON struck out. MCNAUGHTON struck out.
PARKER struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV 9th - BRENLY, M. struck out looking. FRIERSON, J. grounded out to
2b. MOREL, A. walked. RESNICK, B. singled to right field; MOREL, A. advanced to
third. SFERRA, J.J. popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 10th - VARGAS struck out looking. BILLS singled up
the middle. CLUFF flied out to cf. AYOSO hit by pitch; BILLS advanced to
second. MUSSO homered to left field, 3 RBI; AYOSO scored; BILLS scored. RELF
struck out. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 10th - WIGHT, Jesse grounded out to ss. SCRUGGS, X. grounded out to
3b. DiMAGGIO, J. pinch hit for ROUNDY, R.. DiMAGGIO, J. grounded out to 2b.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

A game Wednesday at Southern Utah University precedes BYU's baseball team returning to Mountain West Conference action.

The Cougars, 12-15 overall and 3-3 in the MWC, play the T-Birds, 10-11, in Cedar City at 2 p.m., on Wednesday en route to Las Vegas. The bus ride continues as BYU has a three-game series starting Thursday at UNLV at 7 p.m. (PDT).

BYU is looking to end a five-game losing streak and get back to a more regular pitching rotation. Freshman Tyler Westensee (1-2, 6.20) gets the nod to start at SUU against former Cougar lefty Alec Reichle (0-4, 8.28).

Southpaw Jake Wortham (2-1, 7.38) and Jordan Muir (2-2, 4.89) will start the first two games at UNLV, with Saturday's starter yet to be announced.

The Cougars are also hopeful their bats will come back to life, as Sean McNaughton leads the team with a 10-game hitting streak. Fellow outfielder Kent Walton went hitless for the second time this season in the middle of the three-game series at Oral Roberts.

For more information, please see the multi-page release in the above PDF.