LAS VEGAS -- Tanner Peters threw a complete game, striking out 11 Thursday to lead UNLV to a 7-2 victory over BYU.

BYU, now 17-13 overall and 5-4 in the league, took a 2-0 lead in the third inning. Wes Guenther singled, advanced to second on a sac-bunt, then scored on Dane Nielsen’s single. Nielsen advanced to second on the throw when it missed the cut-off man and scored on the next play, a single up the middle by Stephen Wells.

Wells extended his hitting streak to seven games with that single, but Jaycob Brugman’s 10-game hitting streak came to an end as BYU tallied only three hits.

BYU dodged a bullet when the Rebels drew a pair of walks in the bottom of the third, but no runs scored.

A lead off walk, a couple of booted balls, a wild pitch, a double to deep right-center and a line-drive single up the middle paved the way for a 4-2 UNLV lead in the bottom of the fifth.

“That inning was a downfall for us, we didn’t do a good job taking care of the baseball and it opened the door,” said BYU coach Vance Law. “When you do the job for them, it comes back to bite you. (Tanner) Peters kept us off balance tonight.”

UNLV, now 23-13 and 3-6 in the Mountain West Conference, hosts BYU again Friday night in the second of a three-game series.

Brigham Young Univ. at UNLV Rebels
Apr 14, 2011 at Las Vegas, Nev. (Wilson Stadium)
Brigham Young Univ. 2 (17-13,5-4)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........  4  0  1  1   0  2  2  1   1
LAW, Andrew ss...........  3  0  0  0   0  2  3  2   0
WOLFE, Alex dh...........  4  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
BERNAL, Ryan lf..........  4  0  0  0   0  2  2  0   2
BRUGMAN, Jaycob rf.......  4  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
HALL, Austin 1b..........  4  0  0  0   0  1  4  1   1
GUENTHER, Wes c..........  4  1  1  0   0  0  9  1   0
ROBINSON, Dillon 3b......  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   1
NIELSEN, Dane 2b.........  2  1  1  1   0  0  2  2   0
COLE, Taylor p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 SHUTT, Justin p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 PARRY, David p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 31  2  3  2   0 11 24  7   5
UNLV Rebels 7 (23-13,3-6)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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KIRK, T. cf..............  4  2  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
DYSINGER, S. lf..........  3  1  1  0   1  1  3  0   0
COOK, T. 1b..............  4  2  2  2   0  0  4  2   2
BAYARDI, B. dh...........  4  0  1  1   0  1  0  0   0
SCOTT, R. c..............  2  0  1  1   2  0 11  0   0
BEATY, H. 2b.............  3  0  0  0   1  1  2  1   1
FEINER, T. 3b............  3  1  0  0   1  2  2  1   1
THOMAS, C. rf............  4  1  1  0   0  2  2  0   1
HIGA, D. ss..............  3  0  0  0   1  0  1  2   0
PETERS, T. p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
Totals................... 30  7  7  4   6  8 27  6   5
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 002 000 000 -  2  3  3
UNLV Rebels......... 000 040 30X -  7  7  2
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E - LAW 2; NIELSEN; COOK, T.; PETERS, T.. DP - BY 1. LOB - BY 5; UNLV 5. 2B
- COOK, T.; SCOTT, R.. HBP - LAW; NIELSEN. SH - ROBINSON. SB - HALL; KIRK,
T.. CS - BAYARDI, B..
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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COLE, Taylor........  6.1  5  6  3  6  4 23 29
SHUTT, Justin.......  0.2  2  1  1  0  2  4  4
PARRY, David........  1.0  0  0  0  0  2  3  3
UNLV Rebels            IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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PETERS, T...........  9.0  3  2  2  0 11 31 34
Win - PETERS, T. (6-2).  Loss - COLE (3-2).  Save - None.
WP - COLE 3. HBP - by PETERS, T. (LAW); by PETERS, T. (NIELSEN).
Umpires - HP: William Van Raaphors  1B: Scott Johnston  3B: Ruben Chavira
Start: 7:07 pm   Time: 2:10   Attendance: 638
Weather: 71, Beautiful
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 5/cf WELLS; 6/ss LAW; 18/dh WOLFE; 10/lf BERNAL;
4/rf BRUGMAN; 26/1b HALL; 9/c GUENTHER; 3/3b ROBINSON; 16/2b NIELSEN; 8/p COLE;
UNLV Rebels starters: 16/cf KIRK, T.; 17/lf DYSINGER, S.; 33/1b COOK, T.; 24/dh
BAYARDI, B.; 19/c SCOTT, R.; 1/2b BEATY, H.; 20/3b FEINER, T.; 40/rf THOMAS,
C.; 4/ss HIGA, D.; 9/p PETERS, T.;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WELLS struck out looking. LAW struck out
swinging. WOLFE struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 1st - KIRK, T. struck out swinging. DYSINGER, S. struck out
looking. COOK, T. popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - BERNAL struck out swinging. BRUGMAN popped up
to 2b. HALL flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 2nd - BAYARDI, B. flied out to lf. SCOTT, R. walked. BEATY,
H. flied out to lf. SCOTT, R. advanced to second on a wild pitch. FEINER, T.
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - GUENTHER singled to right field. ROBINSON
grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; GUENTHER advanced to second. NIELSEN singled,
advanced to second on the throw, RBI; GUENTHER scored. WELLS singled up the
middle, RBI; NIELSEN scored. LAW hit by pitch; WELLS advanced to second. WOLFE
struck out swinging. BERNAL grounded out to 2b. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
UNLV Rebels 3rd - THOMAS, C. grounded out to 2b. HIGA, D. walked. KIRK,
T. flied out to cf; HIGA, D. advanced to second. DYSINGER, S. walked. COOK, T.
lined out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - BRUGMAN struck out swinging. HALL reached on
an error by p. HALL stole second. GUENTHER fouled out to 3b. ROBINSON grounded
out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 4th - BAYARDI, B. fouled out to c. SCOTT, R. walked. BEATY,
H. grounded into double play ss to 1b; SCOTT, R. out on the play. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - NIELSEN grounded out to ss. WELLS out at first
1b to p. LAW struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 5th - FEINER, T. walked. THOMAS, C. singled through the left
side; FEINER, T. advanced to second. THOMAS, C. advanced to second on a wild
pitch; FEINER, T. advanced to third on a wild pitch. HIGA, D. reached on an
error by ss; THOMAS, C. advanced to third; FEINER, T. scored. KIRK, T. reached
on an error by ss, advanced to second on the throw; HIGA, D. advanced to
second, out at third cf to 3b; THOMAS, C. scored. DYSINGER, S. grounded out to
ss; KIRK, T. advanced to third. COOK, T. doubled to right center, RBI; KIRK, T.
scored, unearned. BAYARDI, B. singled to center field, RBI; COOK, T. scored,
unearned. BAYARDI, B. out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 4 runs, 3
hits, 2 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - WOLFE popped up to ss. BERNAL struck out
swinging. BRUGMAN reached on an error by 1b. HALL reached on a fielder's
choice; BRUGMAN out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 6th - SCOTT, R. grounded out to 2b. BEATY, H. walked.
FEINER, T. popped up to 2b. BEATY, H. advanced to second on a wild pitch.
THOMAS, C. struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - GUENTHER out at first 1b to p. ROBINSON struck
out swinging. NIELSEN hit by pitch. WELLS struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 7th - HIGA, D. fouled out to ss. KIRK, T. singled to center
field. KIRK, T. stole second. DYSINGER, S. singled, advanced to second on an
error by 2b; KIRK, T. scored. SHUTT to p for COLE. COOK, T. singled up the
middle, RBI; DYSINGER, S. scored, unearned. BAYARDI, B. struck out swinging.
SCOTT, R. doubled down the lf line, RBI; COOK, T. scored. BEATY, H. struck out
swinging. 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - LAW flied out to lf. WOLFE flied out to lf.
BERNAL flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 8th - PARRY to p for SHUTT. FEINER, T. struck out looking.
THOMAS, C. struck out looking. HIGA, D. out at first 1b to p. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - BRUGMAN fouled out to 3b. HALL struck out
swinging. GUENTHER flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Second-place BYU’s baseball team ventures to UNLV for its first league games out-of-state at Las Vegas this Thursday.

BYU, now 17-12 overall and 5-3 in the Mountain West Conference, starts a three-game series at UNLV with Taylor Cole (3-1, 2.68) on the mound Thursday at 7 p.m. PT. Cole, a sophomore from Las Vegas will be facing his former coach in UNLV’s Tim Chambers, in his first year at the Rebel helm. Cole pitched for Chambers at the College of Southern Nevada in 2008 before serving a mission.

UNLV began the week at 22-12 overall and 2-6 in the MWC. The Rebels play Tuesday at UC Riverside. When BYU and UNLV meet on Friday, it will be sophomore Chris Capper (3-2, 3.56) as the Cougar starter.

“Standings mean very little right now,” said BYU coach Vance Law. “We haven’t played everyone in our league yet, but it is nice we are playing well now. UNLV is a hitter-friendly ballpark, so our pitchers will have to be very sharp against a team with a different style of play and a new coach.”

The Cougars won three of four games last week, losing the last contest to the weather. The cancelled BYU-Air Force game will be made up the end of May at the Academy. All of BYU’s games at UNLV will be broadcast live locally over Radio 960 AM.

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