Washington Rallies Over Cougars

Seattle (April 10, 2008)--Consecutive doubles and a two-run homer by Washington offset BYU's seven-inning lead Thursday night as the Cougars lost to the Huskies, 5-1.

Kyle Conley's home run and doubles by Bradley Boyer and Troy Scott preceded a two-run homer by Ty Rasmussen in the five-run eighth inning. Those hits erased the 1-0 lead shutout Jordan Muir had going for the Cougars.

The Huskies improved to 22-9 and BYU fell to 14-19 overall.

Husky southpaw Nick Haughian struck out five of his 14 Cougars in the first two innings, including the final batter of the second inning with two Cougars aboard being hit by pitches. Haughian improved to 4-2 and has struck out 29 in his last two appearances, including a nine-inning 1-0 shutout against the University of Arizona.

Haughian's no-hitter vanished in the third from back-to-back singles by Kent Walton and Sean McNaughton. Walton stole second and scored as McNaughton extended his team-leading hitting streak to 16 games on the single to left field.

McNaughton stole third on a double steal started when UW tried to throw him out as Dan Vargas moved to second. McNaughton, however, was thrown out at home on the errant throw as the ball ricocheted off the fence to enable a perfect strike.

Haughian recorded his ninth and 10th strikeouts in the fifth inning after having Cougars J.T. Musso and Brandon Relf on base. The two Cougars advanced to third and second, respectively, before UW got Steve Parker to ground out.

In the sixth inning McNaughton and Vargas got mixed up on a Boyer popup that he legged out for a one-out double after a full count. McNaughton and Vargas nearly tangled again as McNaughton recorded out number two and Vargas ended the UW threat going behind second base to field a grounder.

The two teams meet again on Friday night at 6:30, with a third game on Saturday being moved up to 11 a.m. PDT.

Brigham Young Univ. at Washington
Apr 10, 2008 at Seattle, Wash. (Husky Ballpark)
Brigham Young Univ. 1 (14-19)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WALTON, Kent cf..........  4  1  1  0   0  3  2  0   1
MCNAUGHTON, Sean lf......  4  0  1  1   0  3  3  0   0
PARKER, Steve 3b.........  4  0  1  0   0  2  0  3   2
VARGAS, Dan ss...........  3  0  0  0   1  1  0  3   0
KO, Kasey 1b.............  3  0  0  0   0  3  9  1   1
CLUFF, Jonathan rf.......  4  0  1  0   0  1  1  0   0
AYOSO, Bryce dh..........  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
MUSSO, J.T. c............  3  0  0  0   1  2  6  1   2
RELF, Brandon 2b.........  3  0  2  0   0  0  2  0   0
MUIR, Jordan p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  4   0
 MILLER, Jared p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 31  1  6  1   2 15 24 12   7
Washington 5 (22-9)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Cherry ss................  4  0  0  0   0  1  0  2   0
Boyer 2b.................  3  1  2  0   1  1  1  1   0
T. Scott 1b..............  4  1  1  1   0  0  4  2   1
Conley lf/rf.............  4  1  1  2   0  1  0  0   1
Pearl 3b.................  2  1  1  0   2  0  0  1   0
Rasmussen dh.............  3  1  1  2   0  0  0  0   0
Lentz rf.................  2  0  1  0   0  0  3  0   0
 Russell ph/lf...........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Dunn c...................  4  0  0  0   0  2 15  1   2
Burgher cf...............  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   2
Haughian p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
 Cribby p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 30  5  7  5   3  6 27  7   6
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 001 000 000 -  1  6  0
Washington.......... 000 000 05X -  5  7  0
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DP - Washington 1. LOB - BYU 7; Washington 6. 2B - Boyer 2(9); T. Scott(8).
HR - Conley(6); Rasmussen(3). HBP - KO; AYOSO; Rasmussen. SH - Lentz(1). SB
- WALTON(11); MCNAUGHTON 2(15); VARGAS(5).
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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MUIR, Jordan........  7.1  7  5  5  3  4 28 33
MILLER, Jared.......  0.2  0  0  0  0  2  2  2
Washington             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Haughian............  8.0  5  1  1  2 14 28 32
Cribby..............  1.0  1  0  0  0  1  3  3
Win - Haughian (4-2).  Loss - MUIR (2-3).  Save - None.
WP - Haughian(5). HBP - by Haughian (KO); by Haughian (AYOSO); by MUIR
(Rasmussen).
Umpires - HP: Steve Hilgendorf  1B: Randy Sutton  3B: Dave Natali
Start: 6:32 pm   Time: 2:36   Attendance: 304
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;
Washington starters: 3/ss Cherry; 2/2b Boyer; 32/1b T. Scott; 29/lf Conley;
9/3b Pearl; 25/dh Rasmussen; 5/rf Lentz; 18/c Dunn; 4/cf Burgher; 11/p
Haughian;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WALTON struck out swinging. MCNAUGHTON struck
out swinging. PARKER struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Washington 1st - Cherry grounded out to ss. Boyer struck out swinging,
out at first c to 1b. T. Scott flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - VARGAS struck out swinging. KO hit by pitch.
CLUFF popped up to rf. AYOSO hit by pitch; KO advanced to second. MUSSO struck
out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Washington 2nd - Conley grounded out to 3b. Pearl walked. Rasmussen
flied out to lf. Lentz singled to center field; Pearl advanced to second. Dunn
popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - RELF grounded out to ss. WALTON singled
through the left side. WALTON stole second. MCNAUGHTON singled to left field,
RBI; WALTON scored. MCNAUGHTON stole second. PARKER struck out looking. VARGAS
walked. VARGAS stole second, failed pickoff attempt; MCNAUGHTON stole third,
failed pickoff attempt, out at home 3b to c. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Washington 3rd - Burgher flied out to rf. Cherry flied out to cf. Boyer
walked. T. Scott flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - KO struck out looking. CLUFF struck out
looking. AYOSO flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Washington 4th - Conley struck out swinging. Pearl grounded out to ss.
Rasmussen grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - MUSSO walked. RELF singled to right field;
MUSSO advanced to second. WALTON struck out swinging. MCNAUGHTON struck out
swinging. RELF advanced to second on a wild pitch; MUSSO advanced to third.
PARKER out at first 1b to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Washington 5th - Lentz grounded out to p. Dunn struck out looking.
Burgher out at first 1b to p, bunt. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - VARGAS fouled out to 1b. KO struck out
looking. CLUFF flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Washington 6th - Cherry struck out looking. Boyer doubled to left field.
T. Scott popped up to lf. Conley grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - AYOSO flied out to cf. MUSSO out at first 1b
to p. RELF singled to right field. WALTON struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Washington 7th - Pearl singled to right center. Rasmussen hit by pitch;
Pearl advanced to second. Lentz out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; Rasmussen
advanced to second; Pearl advanced to third. Dunn reached on a fielder's
choice, bunt; Rasmussen advanced to third; Pearl out at home p to c. Burgher
grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - MCNAUGHTON struck out swinging. PARKER singled
to right field. VARGAS flied out to rf. KO struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Washington 8th - Cherry grounded out to 3b. Boyer doubled down the lf
line. T. Scott doubled to left center, RBI; Boyer scored. Conley homered to
right field, 2 RBI; T. Scott scored. Pearl walked. Rasmussen homered to left
field, 2 RBI; Pearl scored. MILLER to p for MUIR. Russell pinch hit for Lentz.
Russell struck out swinging. Dunn struck out looking. 5 runs, 4 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - Conley to rf. Russell to lf. Cribby to p for
Haughian. CLUFF singled through the left side. AYOSO grounded into double play
ss to 2b to 1b; CLUFF out on the play. MUSSO struck out looking. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.