SEATTLE -- Coming from behind twice Friday, BYU’s baseball team used a five-run rally in the ninth inning to claim a 9-6 victory over Washington.

Four freshmen came up big for BYU, now 6-3, including winning relief pitcher Kolton Mahoney grabbing his first victory of the season.

"We kept battling through at bats," said BYU coach Vance Law. "Taylor Cole didn't have his best stuff, but he was able to keep us close. We got clutch hits from (Jaycob) Brugman, (Stephen) Wells and Dillon Robinson, who gave us the early lead. It was a constant drizzle and sometimes a downpour of rain."

Down 2-0 and 4-3, Cougar freshman Jaycob Brugman hit a one-out double to score pinchrunner Alex Hancock as BYU took a 5-4 lead in that ninth frame with fellow freshman Kelton Caldwell advancing to third.

Washington native Stephen Wells then doubled in Caldwell and Brugman in that final stanza to extend his hitting streak to six games with the game-winning RBI and put the Cougars up 7-4. Andrew Law then singled in Wells and in turn scored on Ryan Bernal’s single.

Dane Nielsen got BYU’s first hit of the day in the third inning with a one-out double.

Alex Wolfe hit a one-out single in front of the centerfielder, followed by Bernal’s double, to the rightfield corner with Wolfe holding at third in the fourth. Freshman Dillon Robinson then belted a three-run homer to right to give BYU a 3-2 lead.

BYU starter Taylor Cole was replaced by lefty Jared Miller in the seventh when Washington regained the lead off a wild pitch and an RBI single with two outs.

BYU was retired in order in the second, fifth and sixth innings. The Huskies went down in order in the fifth.

The Cougars loaded the bases on three walks and Jaycob Brugman tied the score four-all in the eighth on Bernal’s single, but Andrew Law was out at the plate when the throw arrived on time.

The two teams conclude the three-game series on Saturday afternoon.

Brigham Young Univ. at Washington
Mar 04, 2011 at Seattle, Wash. (Husky Ballpark)
Brigham Young Univ. 9 (6-3)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........  4  1  1  2   0  2  1  0   1
LAW, Andrew ss...........  3  1  1  1   1  0  2  3   0
WOLFE, Alex c............  4  1  1  0   1  3  6  1   0
BERNAL, Ryan 1b..........  5  1  3  2   0  2  9  0   0
ROBINSON, Dillon 3b......  5  1  1  3   0  4  1  0   3
GUENTHER, Wes dh.........  3  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
 FRAMPTON, Chase ph......  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
 HANCOCK, Alex pr........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
CALDWELL, Kelton lf......  3  1  0  0   0  1  2  0   0
NIELSEN, Dane 2b.........  4  0  1  0   0  0  4  5   1
BRUGMAN, Jaycob rf.......  2  2  1  1   2  0  2  0   0
 LUKER, Brock rf.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
COLE, Taylor p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  4   0
 MILLER, Jared p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MAHONEY, Kolton p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 34  9 12  9   4 12 27 13   5
Washington 6 (1-7)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Rogers lf................  3  2  1  0   2  0  4  0   1
C. Brown cf..............  3  2  0  0   0  1  1  0   4
Anselment rf.............  3  1  1  0   1  0  0  1   0
Lamb 3b..................  5  0  0  1   0  2  1  1   0
Peterson 1b..............  3  0  2  2   0  0  4  0   0
 Scott 1b................  1  1  1  1   0  0  1  0   0
Wiggins dh...............  5  0  2  1   0  2  0  0   1
 Sparks pr...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Santy c..................  5  0  0  0   0  0 14  1   3
Reel 2b..................  3  0  1  0   1  0  0  0   0
Afenir ss................  1  0  0  0   1  0  2  1   1
West p...................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 Guidos p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Brigham p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 G. Brown p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Kane p..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 32  6  8  5   5  5 27  7  10
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 000 300 015 -  9 12  1
Washington.......... 200 000 202 -  6  8  2
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E - NIELSEN(1); Anselment(1); Lamb(3). DP - Washington 1. LOB - BYU 5;
Washington 10. 2B - WELLS(5); BERNAL(4); NIELSEN(2); BRUGMAN(3);
Anselment(3); Scott(1); Wiggins 2(3). HR - ROBINSON(1). HBP - LAW; C. Brown;
Peterson; Afenir. SH - WELLS(1); CALDWELL(1); C. Brown(2); Anselment(1);
Afenir(1). SB - LAW(7). CS - GUENTHER(1); Peterson(1).
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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COLE, Taylor........  6.1  5  3  3  3  3 20 29
MILLER, Jared.......  0.2  1  1  1  1  1  3  4
MAHONEY, Kolton.....  2.0  2  2  0  1  1  9 10
Washington             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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West................  6.0  6  3  3  1  8 22 24
Guidos..............  1.1  0  1  1  1  1  2  4
Brigham.............  0.0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1
G. Brown............  1.0  4  4  3  1  1  6  8
Kane................  0.2  2  1  0  0  2  4  4
Win - MAHONEY (1-0).  Loss - G. Brown (0-2).  Save - None.
WP - COLE 2(3); MILLER 2(3). HBP - by West (LAW); by COLE (C. Brown); by COLE
(Afenir); by COLE (Peterson).
Umpires - HP: Randy Sutton  1B: Chris Thomas  3B: Dave Natali
Start: 3:01 pm   Time: 3:30   Attendance: 349
Weather: 47 degrees, light rain
West faced 1 batter in the 7th.
Brigham faced 1 batter in the 8th.
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 5/cf WELLS; 6/ss LAW; 18/c WOLFE; 10/1b BERNAL;
3/3b ROBINSON; 9/dh GUENTHER; 12/lf CALDWELL; 16/2b NIELSEN; 4/rf BRUGMAN; 8/p
COLE;
Washington starters: 26/lf Rogers; 21/cf C. Brown; 11/rf Anselment; 18/3b Lamb;
25/1b Peterson; 38/dh Wiggins; 8/c Santy; 2/2b Reel; 3/ss Afenir; 14/p West;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WELLS struck out swinging. LAW hit by pitch.
LAW out at first p to 1b, picked off. WOLFE struck out looking. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Washington 1st - Rogers singled through the right side. Rogers advanced
to second on a wild pitch. C. Brown hit by pitch. Anselment out at first p to
2b, SAC, bunt; C. Brown advanced to second; Rogers advanced to third. Lamb
grounded out to ss, RBI; Rogers scored. Peterson singled to center field, RBI;
C. Brown scored. Peterson out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 2 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - BERNAL struck out looking. ROBINSON struck out
looking. GUENTHER lined out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Washington 2nd - Wiggins doubled to right center. Santy reached on a
fielder's choice; Wiggins out at third p to ss to 3b. Reel fouled out to rf.
Santy advanced to second on a wild pitch. Afenir hit by pitch. Rogers walked;
Afenir advanced to second; Santy advanced to third. C. Brown reached on a
fielder's choice; Rogers advanced to second; Afenir advanced to third; Santy
out at home c unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - CALDWELL grounded out to p. NIELSEN doubled to
right center. BRUGMAN flied out to lf. WELLS fouled out to c. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Washington 3rd - Anselment doubled to left center. Lamb reached on a
fielder's choice; Anselment out at second p to ss. Peterson hit by pitch; Lamb
advanced to second. Wiggins struck out looking. Santy reached on a fielder's
choice; Peterson out at second 2b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - LAW flied out to cf. WOLFE singled to center
field. BERNAL doubled down the rf line; WOLFE advanced to third. ROBINSON
homered to right field, 3 RBI; BERNAL scored; WOLFE scored. GUENTHER singled up
the middle. CALDWELL popped up to lf. NIELSEN grounded out to 3b. 3 runs, 4
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Washington 4th - Reel walked. Afenir grounded out to 2b, SAC, bunt; Reel
advanced to second. Rogers flied out to cf. C. Brown struck out swinging. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - BRUGMAN walked. WELLS struck out swinging. LAW
grounded into double play ss to 1b; BRUGMAN out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Washington 5th - Anselment grounded out to 1b unassisted. Lamb grounded
out to 2b. Peterson grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - WOLFE struck out swinging. BERNAL struck out
swinging. ROBINSON struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Washington 6th - Wiggins struck out swinging. Santy grounded out to ss.
Reel singled through the left side. Afenir fouled out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - GUENTHER singled to left center. Guidos to p
for West. GUENTHER out at second c to ss, caught stealing. CALDWELL struck out
looking. NIELSEN lined out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Washington 7th - Rogers walked. C. Brown grounded out to p, SAC, bunt;
Rogers advanced to second. MILLER to p for COLE. Rogers advanced to third on a
wild pitch. Anselment walked. Lamb struck out swinging. Anselment advanced to
second on a wild pitch; Rogers scored. Peterson singled through the left side,
RBI; Anselment scored. Wiggins lined out to lf. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - Scott to 1b for Peterson. BRUGMAN walked.
WELLS grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; BRUGMAN advanced to second. Brigham to p
for Guidos. LAW walked. G. Brown to p for Brigham. WOLFE walked; LAW advanced
to second; BRUGMAN advanced to third. BERNAL singled through the right side,
RBI; WOLFE advanced to second; LAW advanced to third, out at home rf to c;
BRUGMAN scored. ROBINSON struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Washington 8th - MAHONEY to p for MILLER. Santy grounded out to 2b. Reel
popped up to ss. Afenir walked. Rogers flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - FRAMPTON pinch hit for GUENTHER. FRAMPTON
singled to right center. CALDWELL reached on a throwing error by 3b, SAC, bunt;
FRAMPTON advanced to second. NIELSEN flied out to lf. HANCOCK pinch ran for
FRAMPTON. BRUGMAN doubled to left center, RBI; CALDWELL advanced to third;
HANCOCK scored. WELLS doubled to right field, 2 RBI; BRUGMAN scored; CALDWELL
scored, unearned. Kane to p for G. Brown. LAW singled to left center, RBI;
WELLS scored. LAW stole second. WOLFE struck out swinging. BERNAL singled
through the right side, advanced to second on a fielding error by rf, RBI; LAW
scored, unearned. ROBINSON struck out swinging. 5 runs, 5 hits, 2 errors, 1
LOB.
Washington 9th - LUKER to rf for BRUGMAN. C. Brown reached on a throwing
error by 2b. Anselment grounded out to 2b; C. Brown advanced to second. Lamb
struck out swinging. Scott doubled down the lf line, RBI; C. Brown scored,
unearned. Wiggins doubled down the lf line, RBI; Scott scored, unearned. Sparks
pinch ran for Wiggins. Santy lined out to 2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1
LOB.

Artificial turf for the third straight week is the forage for BYU’s baseball team as it starts a three-game series at Washington on Thursday.

The Cougars, above .500 for the first time this year at 4-3, play Thursday and Friday nights at Washington, 1-5, concluding the series on Saturday afternoon.

Washington native Stephen Wells leads BYU’s team with a current four-game hitting streak and has one of the hottest bats, raising his average from .214 to .364. Wells, a centerfielder, was one of five teammates named to the all-tournament team last week in Texas. The other Cougars named to that honor were infielders Andrew Law and Ryan Bernal, and pitchers Matthew Neil and Taylor Cole.

Cole is scheduled to start Friday’s game and has a perfect 2-0 record with a 0.00 earned run average in 12 innings. Thursday’s starter is Chris Capper (0-1, 8.00) and southpaw Mark Anderson (1-0, 2.25) gets the nod for Saturday afternoon.

“We have had solid pitching, our hitters are going to continue to come around and I’m pleased we are playing hard,” said BYU coach Vance Law. “We had limited practices this week because we are trying to get ahead in school with the long road trip.”

The Cougars remain in the Northwest following the Washington series for games at Portland and the University of Oregon next week.