MALIBU, Calif. -- Pitcher Chris Capper and his designated hitter Chase Frampton combined to lead BYU to an 8-3 victory Friday at Pepperdine.

Capper gave up one unearned run in eight innings to even his record at 2-2, while Frampton went 3-for-3 with a pair of RBI. The duo helped improve BYU’s record to 14-11, while the Waves are 13-13.

“Chris controlled the pace of the game, “ said BYU coach Vance Law. “Our execution was excellent and that is the mark of a good club.“

Capper got an early 1-0 cushion when Jaycob Brugman doubled off the right field wall to drive in Frampton, who singled to lead off the second.

“I felt great today,” said Capper. “I threw a lot of strikes and I felt comfortable."

Frampton delivered again in the third with a two-out single, this time to left field, to drive in Stephen Wells from second and put BYU up 2-0.

In the fifth, BYU picked up its third run when Dane Nielsen scored on a fielder’s choice from a possible double-play, inning-ending at bat by Ryan Bernal. Bernal took advantage of a pick-off overthrow error, scoring from second to lift BYU to a 4-1 advantage.

Wells scored all the way from first in the seventh on an overthrow error on Andrew Law’s single. Law scored on Frampton’s third single, then Frampton crossed the plate on Austin Hall’s triple to give the Cougars a 7-1 lead. Alex Wolfe then singled in Hall.

The Cougars meet Pepperdine Saturday afternoon to close the three-game series. That game can be heard on Radio 960 AM/92.9 FM.

Brigham Young Univ. at Pepperdine
Apr 01, 2011 at Malibu, Calif. (Eddy D Field Stadium)
Brigham Young Univ. 8 (14-11)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........  3  2  1  0   1  0  6  0   0
LAW, Andrew ss...........  4  1  2  0   0  1  0  3   0
 CROWDER, Matt ph/2b.....  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
BERNAL, Ryan lf..........  2  1  0  0   1  0  1  0   0
 CALDWELL, Kelton ph/lf..  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
FRAMPTON, Chase dh.......  3  2  3  2   0  0  0  0   0
 PADGETT, Wyatt ph.......  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
BRUGMAN, Jaycob rf.......  4  0  1  1   0  2  1  0   3
 LUKER, Brock ph/rf......  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
HALL, Austin 1b..........  4  1  1  1   0  1  9  1   0
WOLFE, Alex c............  3  0  1  1   1  1  8  1   0
ROBINSON, Dillon 3b......  4  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
NIELSEN, Dane 2b/ss......  3  1  0  0   1  1  1  3   1
CAPPER, Chris p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 BARKER, Jeff p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 PARRY, David p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 34  8  9  5   4  8 27  8   6
Pepperdine 3 (13-13)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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KAIN, H. cf..............  3  0  0  0   0  0  3  0   0
 DIPAOLA, D. ph..........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
SILVERSTEIN 3b...........  4  0  0  0   0  2  0  1   2
 BRUBAKER, T. ph.........  1  0  1  2   0  0  0  0   0
HUMPHRIES lf.............  5  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   0
AMEZQUITA, C rf..........  5  1  2  0   0  2  0  0   2
COOPER, T. 2b............  4  0  2  0   0  0  2  0   0
DIEDRICH, T. c...........  4  0  1  0   0  1  9  0   2
MEYER, S. 1b.............  4  1  2  1   0  0 10  0   1
JOHNSON, N. dh...........  3  1  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
VINCEJ, Z. ss............  3  0  1  0   0  1  1  7   3
 YOUNT, C. ph............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
MAURER, M. p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 MILLER, C. p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 DURRANCE, J. p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 DICKERSON, C p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 37  3  9  3   1  8 27 10  10
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 011 020 400 -  8  9  2
Pepperdine.......... 000 100 002 -  3  9  3
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E - ROBINSON(4); NIELSEN(4); SILVERSTEIN(5); COOPER, T.(1); DIEDRICH, T.(3).
LOB - BY 6; PEP 10. 2B - BRUGMAN(9); AMEZQUITA, C(9); COOPER, T.(1). 3B -
HALL(3). HBP - FRAMPTON; KAIN, H.; YOUNT, C.. SH - WELLS(5); BERNAL(2). SB -
WELLS(3); WOLFE(2).
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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CAPPER, Chris.......  8.0  7  1  0  0  6 32 33
BARKER, Jeff........  0.1  2  2  2  1  0  3  5
PARRY, David........  0.2  0  0  0  0  2  2  2
Pepperdine             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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MAURER, M...........  6.2  9  8  7  4  6 27 34
MILLER, C...........  1.1  0  0  0  0  0  4  4
DURRANCE, J.........  0.2  0  0  0  0  2  2  2
DICKERSON, C........  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1
Win - CAPPER (2-2).  Loss - MAURER, M. (3-2).  Save - None.
HBP - by CAPPER (KAIN, H.); by MAURER, M. (FRAMPTON); by BARKER (YOUNT, C.). BK
- MAURER, M.(2).
Umpires - HP: Frank Pflugradt  1B: Phillip Detro  3B: Dan Ignosci
Start: 3 p.m.   Time: 2:17   Attendance: 228
Weather: 74, Sunny
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 5/cf WELLS; 6/ss LAW; 10/lf BERNAL; 30/dh
FRAMPTON; 4/rf BRUGMAN; 26/1b HALL; 18/c WOLFE; 3/3b ROBINSON; 16/2b NIELSEN;
15/p CAPPER;
Pepperdine starters: 1/cf KAIN, H.; 6/3b SILVERSTEIN; 21/lf HUMPHRIES; 32/rf
AMEZQUITA, C; 19/2b COOPER, T.; 18/c DIEDRICH, T.; 33/1b MEYER, S.; 24/dh
JOHNSON, N.; 3/ss VINCEJ, Z.; 17/p MAURER, M.;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WELLS flied out to lf. LAW struck out
swinging. BERNAL flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Pepperdine 1st - KAIN, H. out at first 1b to p. SILVERSTEIN flied out to
cf to left center. HUMPHRIES grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - FRAMPTON singled down the rf line. BRUGMAN
doubled to right center, RBI, advanced to third on the throw; FRAMPTON scored.
HALL struck out swinging. WOLFE struck out looking. ROBINSON grounded out to
ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Pepperdine 2nd - AMEZQUITA, C struck out swinging. COOPER, T. flied out
to cf. DIEDRICH, T. struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - NIELSEN struck out swinging. WELLS walked. LAW
popped up to 2b up the middle. WELLS stole second. BERNAL walked. FRAMPTON
singled to left field, RBI; BERNAL advanced to second; WELLS scored. BRUGMAN
struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Pepperdine 3rd - MEYER, S. grounded out to ss. JOHNSON, N. grounded out
to ss up the middle. VINCEJ, Z. singled to left field. KAIN, H. hit by pitch;
VINCEJ, Z. advanced to second. SILVERSTEIN struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - HALL popped up to 1b. WOLFE grounded out to
ss. ROBINSON grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Pepperdine 4th - HUMPHRIES reached on a fielding error by 2b. HUMPHRIES
out at first c to 1b, picked off. AMEZQUITA, C reached on a fielding error by
3b. COOPER, T. singled through the right side; AMEZQUITA, C advanced to second.
DIEDRICH, T. singled to left field; COOPER, T. advanced to second; AMEZQUITA, C
advanced to third. MEYER, S. singled to right field, RBI; DIEDRICH, T. advanced
to second; COOPER, T. advanced to third; AMEZQUITA, C scored, unearned.
JOHNSON, N. struck out swinging. VINCEJ, Z. struck out swinging. 1 run, 3
hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - NIELSEN walked. WELLS grounded out to p, SAC,
bunt; NIELSEN advanced to second. LAW singled to left field; NIELSEN advanced
to third. BERNAL reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop, advanced to second
on a throwing error by 2b; LAW out at second ss to 2b; NIELSEN scored. FRAMPTON
hit by pitch. FRAMPTON advanced to second on a throwing error by c, failed
pickoff attempt; BERNAL scored, unearned. BRUGMAN struck out swinging. 2
runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Pepperdine 5th - KAIN, H. flied out to rf. SILVERSTEIN struck out
swinging. HUMPHRIES grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - HALL grounded out to ss up the middle. WOLFE
walked. ROBINSON fouled out to c. WOLFE stole second. NIELSEN grounded out to
3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Pepperdine 6th - AMEZQUITA, C doubled down the lf line. COOPER, T. lined
out to 2b. DIEDRICH, T. flied out to lf. MEYER, S. grounded out to 2b. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - WELLS singled up the middle. LAW singled to
third base, bunt, advanced to second on a throwing error by 3b; WELLS scored.
BERNAL grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; LAW advanced to third. FRAMPTON singled to
left field, RBI; LAW scored. FRAMPTON advanced to second on a balk. BRUGMAN
grounded out to ss; FRAMPTON advanced to third. HALL tripled to right field,
RBI; FRAMPTON scored. WOLFE singled to left center, RBI; HALL scored. MILLER,
C. to p for MAURER, M.. ROBINSON flied out to cf. 4 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1
LOB.
Pepperdine 7th - JOHNSON, N. flied out to cf. VINCEJ, Z. grounded out to
ss. KAIN, H. popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - NIELSEN popped up to ss. CROWDER pinch hit for
LAW. WELLS flied out to lf. CROWDER grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Pepperdine 8th - CROWDER to 2b. NIELSEN to ss. SILVERSTEIN lined out to
cf. HUMPHRIES lined out to 1b. AMEZQUITA, C singled through the left side.
COOPER, T. doubled to right field; AMEZQUITA, C advanced to third. DIEDRICH, T.
flied out to cf to right center. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - DURRANCE, J. to p for MILLER, C.. CALDWELL
pinch hit for BERNAL. CALDWELL struck out swinging. PADGETT pinch hit for
FRAMPTON. PADGETT struck out looking. LUKER pinch hit for BRUGMAN. DICKERSON, C
to p for DURRANCE, J.. LUKER flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Pepperdine 9th - CALDWELL to lf. LUKER to rf. BARKER to p for CAPPER.
MEYER, S. singled up the middle. JOHNSON, N. walked; MEYER, S. advanced to
second. YOUNT, C. pinch hit for VINCEJ, Z.. YOUNT, C. hit by pitch; JOHNSON, N.
advanced to second; MEYER, S. advanced to third. DIPAOLA, D. pinch hit for
KAIN, H.. DIPAOLA, D. flied out to cf. BRUBAKER, T. pinch hit for SILVERSTEIN.
BRUBAKER, T. singled through the left side, 2 RBI; YOUNT, C. advanced to
second; JOHNSON, N. scored; MEYER, S. scored. PARRY to p for BARKER. HUMPHRIES
struck out looking. AMEZQUITA, C struck out looking. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.

A preview of a future West Coast Conference opponent takes place this week when BYU's baseball team plays three non-league games at Pepperdine University.

On Thursday afternoon, BYU sophomore Taylor Cole (3-1, 2.08) takes the mound for the Cougars who bring a 12-11 record into the series, while Pepperdine is 13-11. The games on Friday and Saturday will be broadcast live locally over Radio 960 AM/92.9 FM and on the Internet through BYU Radio at 3 p.m., and 1 p.m. MT, respectively.

On the hill for BYU on Friday will be sophomore Chris Capper (1-2, 2.70), while Saturday's starting pitcher is TBA for the Cougars.

"It doesn't change anything," says BYU coach Vance Law in reference to these non-conference games. "We are not going to experiment no matter who we are playing. Pepperdine is a good team with good tradition and will be a future conference foe."

Following the Pepperdine series, the Cougars return to Provo for another non-conference game on Tuesday when they host Utah Valley University.

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