LUBBOCK -- Three times the score was tied Thursday in a baseball game BYU lost to host Texas Tech, 7-4, to open the Brooks Wallace Classic.

The Red Raiders remained perfect at 5-0, while BYU fell to 1-3 after knotting the score at 1-1, 3-3 and 4-4.

“We swung the bats better, “ said BYU coach Vance Law. “We are still striking out too much, but that will change. We continue to battle, but I’m not discouraged, just disappointed.”

BYU’s Austin Hall hit a one-out double to left field, then stole third and scored on a sac-fly by Chase Frampton to tie the score 1-1 in the second.

Cougar Ryan Bernal, who played left field instead of first base, gave BYU a brief 2-1 lead in the fourth when he hit a solo homer to right field off a full count.

Catcher Alex Wolfe joined Hall in advancing their hitting streaks to 16 games apiece when he hit a one-out solo homer in the sixth. Wolfe’s homer, his first of the year, came off the Red Raiders’ third reliever of the game to tie the score 3-3.

In the seventh BYU tied the score once again when Frampton led off with a single and scored off Stephen Wells’ two-out double.

“I’m disappointed we didn’t score more runs with all of our hits and extra bases,” said Law. “We had runners at second base a lot with one out, then weren’t able to get a couple of big hits. We put ourselves into a bind by walking too many and hitting a batter. Each time we scored they came back.”

BYU co-captain Andrew Law went hitless to end his eight-game hitting streak.

Game times for Friday’s contests have been moved back one hour to 1 and 5 p.m., against Northern Illinois, 0-2, and Texas Tech, respectively.

Brigham Young Univ. at Texas Tech
Feb 24, 2011 at Lubbock, TX (Dan Law Field)
Brigham Young Univ. 4 (1-3)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........  4  0  3  1   0  1  2  0   1
LAW, Andrew ss...........  5  0  0  0   0  1  2  3   4
WOLFE, Alex c............  4  1  1  1   0  2  7  0   0
BERNAL, Ryan lf..........  4  1  3  1   0  0  4  0   0
HALL, Austin 1b..........  4  1  1  0   0  0  7  0   0
LOPEZ, Bret 3b...........  2  0  1  0   1  0  1  1   1
 ROBINSON, Dillon ph/3b..  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
FRAMPTON, Chase dh.......  2  1  2  1   0  0  0  0   0
 CALDWELL, Kelton ph.....  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
NIELSEN, Dane 2b.........  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  2   0
BRUGMAN, Jaycob rf.......  4  0  1  0   0  3  0  0   0
CAPPER, Chris p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 POULSON, Desmond p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MILLER, Jared p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 SHUTT, Justin p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 McKNIGHT, David p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 SECHREST, Daniel p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 34  4 12  4   1 10 24  6   7
Texas Tech 7 (5-0)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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McGruder lf..............  2  0  1  1   1  0  0  0   0
Tomlinson ss.............  5  1  1  0   0  2  1  3   7
Barnes cf................  4  1  1  0   1  0  2  1   0
Popescu 2b...............  5  1  2  1   0  2  1  4   1
Whitehead c..............  4  0  1  1   0  0 11  0   0
Paiz rf..................  4  0  1  0   0  2  2  1   2
Hagen 1b.................  4  3  1  0   1  1 10  1   2
Randolph dh..............  1  1  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Redman 3b................  3  0  2  3   1  0  0  1   0
Flora p..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Holub p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Bafidis p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 McCrummen p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
 Fowler p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Neely p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 32  7 10  6   5  7 27 15  12
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 010 101 100 -  4 12  1
Texas Tech.......... 100 201 30X -  7 10  1
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E - HALL(1); Flora(1). DP - BY 1; TTU 1. LOB - BY 7; TTU 12. 2B - WELLS
2(2); BERNAL 2(2); HALL(2); LOPEZ(2); Popescu(3); Hagen(2); Redman(2). HR -
WOLFE(1); BERNAL(1). HBP - WELLS; McGruder 2; Randolph 2. SH - NIELSEN(1);
Paiz(1). SF - FRAMPTON(1); Whitehead(1). SB - HALL(1).
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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CAPPER, Chris.......  5.1  5  4  3  3  5 19 25
POULSON, Desmond....  0.1  1  0  0  0  0  2  2
MILLER, Jared.......  0.0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1
SHUTT, Justin.......  1.0  2  3  3  0  1  5  7
McKNIGHT, David.....  0.0  0  0  0  1  0  0  2
SECHREST, Daniel....  1.1  2  0  0  0  1  6  6
Texas Tech             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Flora...............  4.0  4  2  2  1  4 12 15
Holub...............  0.1  1  0  0  0  0  2  2
Bafidis.............  0.2  0  0  0  0  2  2  2
McCrummen...........  1.1  3  2  2  0  0  6  7
Fowler..............  1.0  2  0  0  0  2  5  5
Neely...............  1.2  2  0  0  0  2  7  7
Win - Fowler (1-0).  Loss - SHUTT (0-2).  Save - Neely (2).
WP - MILLER(1). HBP - by Flora (WELLS); by CAPPER (Randolph); by CAPPER
(McGruder); by SHUTT (Randolph); by McKNIGHT (McGruder). BK - POULSON. PB -
WOLFE(2); Whitehead(1).
Umpires - HP: Doyle Sooter  1B: Curtis Alexander  3B: Joe Landin
Start: 5:03 PM   Time: 2:59   Attendance: 2316
Weather: 66 degrees/37 MPH, Out to LF
MILLER faced 1 batter in the 6th.
McKNIGHT faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 5/cf WELLS; 6/ss LAW; 18/c WOLFE; 10/lf BERNAL;
26/1b HALL; 13/3b LOPEZ; 30/dh FRAMPTON; 16/2b NIELSEN; 4/rf BRUGMAN; 15/p
CAPPER;
Texas Tech starters: 2/lf McGruder; 4/ss Tomlinson; 8/cf Barnes; 7/2b Popescu;
9/c Whitehead; 10/rf Paiz; 12/1b Hagen; 18/dh Randolph; 6/3b Redman; 28/p
Flora;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WELLS hit by pitch. LAW grounded into double
play 3b to 2b to 1b; WELLS out on the play. WOLFE struck out looking. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas Tech 1st - McGruder grounded out to 2b. Tomlinson singled up the
middle. Barnes walked; Tomlinson advanced to second. Popescu singled to right
field; Barnes advanced to second; Tomlinson advanced to third. Whitehead flied
out to cf, SF, RBI; Tomlinson scored. Paiz struck out looking. 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - BERNAL grounded out to 2b. HALL doubled to
left field. HALL stole third. LOPEZ walked. FRAMPTON flied out to rf, SF, RBI;
LOPEZ out at second rf to 1b to ss; HALL scored. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Texas Tech 2nd - Hagen struck out swinging. Randolph hit by pitch.
Redman grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Randolph out on the play. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - NIELSEN struck out swinging. BRUGMAN struck
out looking. WELLS doubled to right field. LAW grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas Tech 3rd - McGruder singled through the right side. Tomlinson
struck out swinging. Barnes flied out to cf. Popescu flied out to lf. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - WOLFE struck out swinging. BERNAL homered to
right center, RBI. HALL grounded out to p. LOPEZ doubled down the lf line.
LOPEZ advanced to third on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt. LOPEZ
out at home cf to ss to c. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Texas Tech 4th - Whitehead grounded out to 1b unassisted. Paiz struck
out swinging. Hagen doubled to center field. Randolph walked. Redman doubled to
left center, advanced to third on the throw, 2 RBI; Randolph scored; Hagen
scored. McGruder hit by pitch. Tomlinson flied out to lf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - Holub to p for Flora. FRAMPTON singled to
center field. NIELSEN flied out to rf. Bafidis to p for Holub. BRUGMAN struck
out looking. FRAMPTON advanced to second on a passed ball. WELLS struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas Tech 5th - Barnes fouled out to 1b. Popescu struck out swinging.
Whitehead popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - McCrummen to p for Bafidis. LAW grounded out
to p. WOLFE homered to left field, RBI. BERNAL doubled down the rf line. HALL
flied out to cf. LOPEZ grounded out to p. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Texas Tech 6th - Paiz grounded out to ss. Hagen walked. POULSON to p for
CAPPER. Hagen advanced to second on a balk. Randolph flied out to lf. Hagen
advanced to third on a passed ball. Redman singled to third base, RBI; Hagen
scored, unearned. MILLER to p for POULSON. Redman advanced to second on a wild
pitch. McGruder walked. SHUTT to p for MILLER. Tomlinson struck out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - FRAMPTON singled to second base. NIELSEN
grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; FRAMPTON advanced to second. Fowler to p for
McCrummen. BRUGMAN struck out swinging. WELLS doubled to right field, RBI;
FRAMPTON scored. LAW struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Texas Tech 7th - Barnes singled to left field. Popescu doubled down the
lf line, RBI; Barnes scored. Whitehead reached on a fielding error by 1b;
Popescu scored. Paiz grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; Whitehead advanced to
second. Hagen reached on a fielder's choice to third base; Whitehead out at
third 3b unassisted. Randolph hit by pitch; Hagen advanced to second. McKNIGHT
to p for SHUTT. Redman walked; Randolph advanced to second; Hagen advanced to
third. McGruder hit by pitch, RBI; Redman advanced to second; Randolph advanced
to third; Hagen scored. SECHREST to p for McKNIGHT. Tomlinson grounded out to
ss. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - WOLFE grounded out to ss. BERNAL doubled down
the lf line. Neely to p for Fowler. HALL grounded out to 2b; BERNAL advanced to
third. ROBINSON pinch hit for LOPEZ. ROBINSON struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas Tech 8th - ROBINSON to 3b. Barnes lined out to ss. Popescu struck
out swinging. Whitehead singled through the right side. Paiz singled to left
field; Whitehead advanced to second. Hagen flied out to lf. 0 runs, 2 hits,
0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - CALDWELL pinch hit for FRAMPTON. CALDWELL
struck out looking. NIELSEN grounded out to 2b. BRUGMAN singled through the
right side. WELLS singled to right center; BRUGMAN advanced to third. LAW flied
out to cf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Host Texas Tech is 4-0, Northern Illinois is 0-2 and BYU’s baseball team is in between at 1-2 going into this week’s Brooks Wallace Classic at Lubbock, Texas.

“We are hoping to see changes in some of our performances,” said BYU coach Vance Law. “Our staff pitched well enough last week, but we need better offensive approaches to utilize our talents.”

On the mound for Thursday evening’s opener for the Cougars will be right-hander Chris Capper (0-0, 12.27). Friday’s doubleheader begins at noon with Taylor Cole (1-0, 0.00) on the mound against Northern Illinois, followed by Matthew Neil (0-0, 0.00) in the nightcap rematch against Texas Tech. Saturday’s starter vs. Northern Illinois will be southpaw Mark Anderson (0-0, 1.29).

For the second week in a row BYU will be on artificial turf. The Cougars practiced indoors on Monday and outdoors Tuesday before leaving for Texas.

Austin Hall and Alex Wolfe lead the team with current 15-game hitting streaks. Andrew Law has a current eight-game hitting streak.