Las Vegas (April 4, 2008)--A near reversal of game one brought a 10-9 victory Friday for UNLV's baseball team over BYU.

The Courgars, now 13-17 overall and 4-4 in the Mountain West Conference, led up until the bottom of the eighth inning. UNLV is also 4-4 and improved to 13-14 overall.

Home runs by Sean McNaughton and Dan Vargas gave BYU a 1-0 lead after the first inning. In the third BYU generated five runs to take a 7-3 lead. UNLV scored six runs in the eighth to seal the victory.

"The tables were turned tonight," said BYU coach Vance Law. "They scored a bunch of runs with two outs. We kicked the ball and haven't executed pitches out of the bullpen. No one feels worse than our pitchers. Those insurance runs in the eighth inning were huge for us, but they came to fight in the eighth. This was a game we let slip away.

The two teams conclude the three-game series in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon in a game joined in progress by KSRR Radio (1400 AM) at 4 p.m. MDT, because of the General Conference by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Brigham Young Univ. at UNLV
Apr 04, 2008 at Las Vegas, NV (Earl E. Wilson)
Brigham Young Univ. 9 (13-17,4-4 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WALTON, Kent cf..........  4  1  1  2   1  0  3  1   0
MCNAUGHTON, Sean lf......  4  2  2  2   1  0  0  1   0
PARKER, Steve 3b.........  5  0  2  0   0  1  2  3   0
VARGAS, Dan ss...........  5  2  2  2   0  1  3  4   1
KO, Kasey 1b.............  5  0  0  0   0  2 11  0   1
CLUFF, Jonathan rf.......  4  2  2  0   0  2  1  0   0
RELF, Brandon dh.........  3  2  2  1   1  1  0  0   0
MUSSO, J.T. c............  4  0  0  0   0  2  3  1   0
LAW, Andrew 2b...........  3  0  0  0   1  0  1  1   2
WORTHAM, Jake p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
 AMERSON, Sean p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 MICHON, Brandon p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 WARD, Michael p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 37  9 11  7   4  9 24 15   5
UNLV 10 (13-14,5-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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SFERRA, J.J. cf..........  5  1  2  3   0  0  2  0   1
BERKE, Scott lf..........  2  1  0  0   2  0  0  0   1
 DiMAGGIO, J. ph/lf......  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
SCRUGGS, X. 1b...........  3  2  2  1   2  0  7  1   0
RINAUDO, S. dh...........  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
 FRIERSON, J. dh.........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 THORNTON, R dh..........  1  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
WALKER, B. 3b............  5  1  2  1   0  1  1  2   2
ROUNDY, R. rf............  3  0  0  0   0  0  3  0   1
 WIGHT, Jesse ph/rf......  2  0  1  1   0  0  1  0   2
BRENLY, M. c.............  5  2  4  1   0  0  9  2   0
MOREL, A. ss.............  5  0  2  2   0  1  1  3   2
RESNICK, B. 2b...........  4  2  2  0   0  1  2  2   1
HALES, Corey p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BUMSTEAD, D. p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 WATSON, Troy p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MOSER, Adam p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 39 10 16  9   5  5 27 10  10
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 205 000 020 -  9 11  3
UNLV................ 210 001 06X - 10 16  1
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E - MCNAUGHTON; PARKER; KO; ROUNDY, R.. DP - BY 1. LOB - BY 5; UNLV 10. 2B -
MCNAUGHTON; CLUFF; SCRUGGS, X.; BRENLY, M.; MOREL, A.; RESNICK, B.. 3B -
VARGAS; RESNICK, B.. HR - MCNAUGHTON; VARGAS; SFERRA, J.J.. SB - MCNAUGHTON.
CS - WALTON; MCNAUGHTON.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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WORTHAM, Jake.......  6.0  8  4  4  4  4 24 28
AMERSON, Sean.......  1.2  5  4  3  1  1 10 11
MICHON, Brandon.....  0.0  2  2  0  0  0  3  3
WARD, Michael.......  0.1  1  0  0  0  0  2  2
UNLV                   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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HALES, Corey........  6.0  8  7  5  1  6 27 28
BUMSTEAD, D.........  1.1  1  2  2  2  2  4  6
WATSON, Troy........  0.2  1  0  0  1  1  2  3
MOSER, Adam.........  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  4  4
Win - WATSON, Troy (1-1).  Loss - MICHON (0-2).  Save - MOSER, Adam (3).
WP - AMERSON; WATSON, Troy.
Umpires - HP: Kevin Sweeney  1B: Dan Perugini  3B: Ray Belfiore
Start: 6:30 pm   Time: 2:58   Attendance: 554
MICHON faced 3 batters in the 8th.
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 9/cf WALTON; 15/lf MCNAUGHTON; 5/3b PARKER; 13/ss
VARGAS; 22/1b KO; 8/rf CLUFF; 4/dh RELF; 10/c MUSSO; 6/2b LAW; 28/p WORTHAM;
UNLV starters: 2/cf SFERRA, J.J.; 25/lf BERKE, Scott; 16/1b SCRUGGS, X.; 23/dh
RINAUDO, S.; 10/3b WALKER, B.; 12/rf ROUNDY, R.; 18/c BRENLY, M.; 1/ss MOREL,
A.; 35/2b RESNICK, B.; 31/p HALES, Corey;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WALTON grounded out to ss. MCNAUGHTON homered
to center field, RBI. PARKER flied out to rf. VARGAS homered to left field,
RBI. KO struck out. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 1st - SFERRA, J.J. grounded out to 2b. BERKE, Scott walked.
SCRUGGS, X. doubled to left field, RBI; BERKE, Scott scored. RINAUDO, S.
grounded out to p; SCRUGGS, X. advanced to third. WALKER, B. singled to center
field, RBI; SCRUGGS, X. scored. ROUNDY, R. grounded out to 3b. 2 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - CLUFF struck out looking. RELF singled to
center field. MUSSO flied out to cf. LAW grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV 2nd - BRENLY, M. grounded out to p. MOREL, A. grounded out to ss.
RESNICK, B. tripled to center field. SFERRA, J.J. singled, advanced to second
on a fielding error by 1b, RBI; RESNICK, B. scored. BERKE, Scott grounded out
to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - WALTON walked. MCNAUGHTON doubled to right
field, RBI; WALTON scored. PARKER singled to right field; MCNAUGHTON advanced
to third. VARGAS reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; PARKER out at second 3b to
2b; MCNAUGHTON scored. KO lined out to 2b. CLUFF singled to left field; VARGAS
advanced to second. RELF singled, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; CLUFF
advanced to third; VARGAS scored. MUSSO reached on a fielding error by rf,
advanced to second; RELF scored, unearned; CLUFF scored, unearned. LAW grounded
out to ss. 5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
UNLV 3rd - SCRUGGS, X. singled, out at second lf to 2b. RINAUDO, S.
struck out. WALKER, B. struck out, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - WALTON flied out to rf. MCNAUGHTON flied out
to rf. PARKER singled to first base. VARGAS popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV 4th - ROUNDY, R. grounded out to 3b. BRENLY, M. singled to right
field. MOREL, A. struck out. RESNICK, B. struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - KO struck out. CLUFF struck out. RELF struck
out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 5th - SFERRA, J.J. lined out to ss. BERKE, Scott walked. SCRUGGS,
X. walked; BERKE, Scott advanced to second. RINAUDO, S. walked; SCRUGGS, X.
advanced to second; BERKE, Scott advanced to third. WALKER, B. grounded into
double play 3b to 1b; SCRUGGS, X. out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - MUSSO struck out. LAW grounded out to 2b.
WALTON grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 6th - ROUNDY, R. flied out to rf. BRENLY, M. doubled to left field.
MOREL, A. singled, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; BRENLY, M. scored.
RESNICK, B. reached on a fielder's choice; MOREL, A. out at second p to ss.
SFERRA, J.J. flied out to cf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - BUMSTEAD, D. to p for HALES, Corey. MCNAUGHTON
walked. MCNAUGHTON stole second. MCNAUGHTON out at third c to 3b, caught
stealing. PARKER struck out looking. VARGAS struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 7th - AMERSON to p for WORTHAM. BERKE, Scott grounded out to p.
SCRUGGS, X. grounded out to ss. FRIERSON, J. to dh for RINAUDO, S.. FRIERSON,
J. struck out, reached first on a wild pitch. WALKER, B. singled to left field;
FRIERSON, J. advanced to second. WIGHT, Jesse pinch hit for ROUNDY, R.. WIGHT,
Jesse reached on a fielder's choice; WALKER, B. out at second ss unassisted.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - WIGHT, Jesse to rf. KO out at first 1b to p.
CLUFF doubled to left field. RELF walked. WATSON, Troy to p for BUMSTEAD, D..
RELF advanced to second; CLUFF advanced to third on a wild pitch. MUSSO struck
out. LAW walked. WALTON singled to center field, 2 RBI; LAW advanced to third;
RELF scored; CLUFF scored. WALTON out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 2
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV 8th - BRENLY, M. singled to right field. MOREL, A. doubled, out at
third cf to ss to 3b, RBI; BRENLY, M. scored. RESNICK, B. doubled to center
field. SFERRA, J.J. homered to right field, 2 RBI; RESNICK, B. scored.
DiMAGGIO, J. pinch hit for BERKE, Scott. DiMAGGIO, J. flied out to cf. SCRUGGS,
X. walked. MICHON to p for AMERSON. THORNTON, R to dh for FRIERSON, J..
THORNTON, R singled to left field; SCRUGGS, X. advanced to second. WALKER, B.
reached on a fielding error by 3b; THORNTON, R advanced to second; SCRUGGS, X.
scored, unearned. WIGHT, Jesse singled to right field, RBI; WALKER, B. advanced
to third; THORNTON, R scored, unearned. WARD to p for MICHON. BRENLY, M.
singled, RBI; WIGHT, Jesse advanced to second, advanced to third on a fielding
error by lf; WALKER, B. scored, unearned. MOREL, A. flied out to cf. 6 runs,
7 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - DiMAGGIO, J. to lf. MOSER, Adam to p for
WATSON, Troy. MCNAUGHTON flied out to rf. PARKER flied out to cf. VARGAS
tripled to center field. KO grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
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.