LAS VEGAS -- A two-out single in the 10th inning Friday gave UNLV a 6-5 baseball victory over BYU.

The game was tied 3-3 after two innings, 4-4 into the seventh and 5-5 in regulation before UNLV improved its record to 24-13 overall and 4-6 in the Mountain West Conference, while the Cougars fell to 17-14 and 5-5.

Cougar Ryan Bernal drew a lead-off walk and scored on Jaycob Brugman’s stand-up triple in the second. Brugman then scored off Austin Hall’s single. Hall stole second, advanced to third on an error and scored on Wes Guenther’s single to put BYU up 3-0 in the second.

The Rebels tied the score, 3-3, in the bottom of the second, then continued to mirror BYU in the third when both teams had a runner thrown out at home.

UNLV took a 4-3 lead, then BYU tied the score at four-all when Stephen Wells got a one-out single, stole second and scored on Alex Wolfe’s single, one of the patented two-out runs BYU savors.

In the seventh UNLV took a 5-4 lead on an obscure ruling of equipment interference by Wolfe for dropping his catcher’s mask on the stopped pitch, allowing the Rebel runner to score from third base.

Hall beat out a lead-off single to third in the eighth and advanced to second when Bret Lopez got beaned. Hall then scored on Dane Nielsen’s one-out single down the left field line to tie the game 5-5.

“It’s a real disappointing loss, but I’m pleased with the way we fought,” said BYU coach Vance Law. “We came up a bit short as we tried to battled through adversity.”

Brigham Young Univ. at UNLV Rebels
Apr 15, 2011 at Las Vegas, Nev. (Wilson Stadium)
Brigham Young Univ. 5 (17-14,5-5 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........  4  1  1  0   0  2  6  2   0
LAW, Andrew ss...........  5  0  1  0   0  2  1  3   2
WOLFE, Alex c............  5  0  2  1   0  2  7  4   1
BERNAL, Ryan lf..........  4  1  1  0   1  2  1  0   1
BRUGMAN, Jaycob rf.......  5  1  3  1   0  1  2  0   2
HALL, Austin 1b..........  4  2  2  1   0  0  9  2   0
GUENTHER, Wes dh.........  2  0  1  1   0  0  0  0   0
 FRAMPTON, Chase ph......  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
ROBINSON, Dillon 3b......  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   1
 LOPEZ, Bret ph/3b.......  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   2
NIELSEN, Dane 2b.........  4  0  2  1   0  0  1  3   0
CAPPER, Chris p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   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................... 39  5 13  5   2 11 29 15   9
UNLV Rebels 6 (24-13,4-6 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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KIRK, T. cf..............  4  0  0  1   0  2  3  0   0
DYSINGER, S. 2b..........  5  0  3  1   0  0  0  3   1
COOK, T. 1b..............  5  0  1  0   0  2  9  0   0
BAYARDI, B. dh...........  4  1  1  0   0  2  0  0   1
SCOTT, R. c..............  5  1  3  0   0  1 12  1   0
ROUNDY, R. lf............  3  1  1  0   0  1  1  0   1
 BERKE, S. lf............  2  0  1  1   0  0  1  0   0
HIGA, D. ss..............  4  1  0  0   0  1  2  1   1
JIMENEZ, R. 3b...........  3  1  1  1   0  0  0  3   0
THOMAS, C. rf............  4  1  3  1   0  0  2  1   0
ROBINSON, J. p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 GARCIA, J. p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 HARTMAN, Z. p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 39  6 14  5   0  9 30 10   7
Score by Innings                      R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 030 000 110 0 -  5 13  2
UNLV Rebels......... 030 100 100 1 -  6 14  1
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Note: 2 outs, 2 runners LOB when the game ended.
E - ROBINSON; CAPPER; SCOTT, R.. LOB - BY 9; UNLV 7. 2B - WOLFE; SCOTT, R..
3B - BRUGMAN. HBP - LOPEZ; BAYARDI, B.. SH - WELLS; HALL; KIRK, T.. SF -
JIMENEZ, R.. SB - WELLS; BRUGMAN; HALL 2; FRAMPTON. CS - GUENTHER; DYSINGER,
S..
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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CAPPER, Chris.......  6.2 10  5  3  0  6 27 29
MILLER, Jared.......  0.1  0  0  0  0  1  1  1
MAHONEY, Kolton.....  2.2  4  1  1  0  2 11 12
UNLV Rebels            IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ROBINSON, J.........  5.0  7  3  2  1  2 18 21
GARCIA, J...........  2.0  4  1  1  1  2 10 11
HARTMAN, Z..........  3.0  2  1  1  0  7 11 12
Win - HARTMAN, Z. (4-0).  Loss - MAHONEY (3-1).  Save - None.
HBP - by HARTMAN, Z. (LOPEZ); by MAHONEY (BAYARDI, B.). BK - GARCIA, J..
Umpires - HP: Ruben Chavira  1B: William Van Raphorst  3B: Scott Johnston
Start: 7:07 pm   Time: 2:49   Attendance: 878
Weather: 77, Picture Perfect
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 5/cf WELLS; 6/ss LAW; 18/c WOLFE; 10/lf BERNAL;
4/rf BRUGMAN; 26/1b HALL; 9/dh GUENTHER; 3/3b ROBINSON; 16/2b NIELSEN; 15/p
CAPPER;
UNLV Rebels starters: 16/cf KIRK, T.; 17/2b DYSINGER, S.; 33/1b COOK, T.; 24/dh
BAYARDI, B.; 19/c SCOTT, R.; 12/lf ROUNDY, R.; 4/ss HIGA, D.; 5/3b JIMENEZ, R.;
40/rf THOMAS, C.; 26/p ROBINSON, J.;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WELLS struck out swinging. LAW fouled out to
1b. WOLFE fouled out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 1st - KIRK, T. struck out looking. DYSINGER, S. singled to
center field. COOK, T. flied out to cf. BAYARDI, B. struck out swinging. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - BERNAL walked. BRUGMAN tripled to right
center, RBI; BERNAL scored. HALL singled to right field, RBI; BRUGMAN scored.
HALL stole second, advanced to third on an error by c. GUENTHER singled to
center field, RBI; HALL scored, unearned. GUENTHER out at second c to ss,
caught stealing. ROBINSON grounded out to 2b. NIELSEN flied out to rf. 3
runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 2nd - SCOTT, R. doubled to right center. ROUNDY, R. singled
to third base. HIGA, D. reached on an error by 3b; ROUNDY, R. advanced to
second; SCOTT, R. advanced to third. JIMENEZ, R. flied out to cf, SF, RBI;
SCOTT, R. scored. THOMAS, C. singled, advanced to second on an error by p, RBI;
HIGA, D. advanced to third; ROUNDY, R. scored, unearned. KIRK, T. grounded out
to 2b, RBI; THOMAS, C. advanced to third; HIGA, D. scored, unearned. DYSINGER,
S. flied out to rf. 3 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - WELLS grounded out to ss. LAW singled to left
field. WOLFE doubled to right field; LAW advanced to third, out at home rf to
2b to c. BERNAL grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 3rd - COOK, T. singled up the middle. BAYARDI, B. struck out
looking. SCOTT, R. singled down the rf line; COOK, T. advanced to third.
ROUNDY, R. lined out to cf; COOK, T. out at home cf to p to c. 0 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - BRUGMAN singled through the left side. HALL
grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; BRUGMAN advanced to second. GUENTHER grounded out
to 2b; BRUGMAN advanced to third. ROBINSON flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 4th - HIGA, D. struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b.
JIMENEZ, R. singled to second base. THOMAS, C. singled up the middle; JIMENEZ,
R. advanced to second. KIRK, T. struck out looking. DYSINGER, S. singled up the
middle, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; THOMAS, C. advanced to second,
out at third cf to 2b to 3b; JIMENEZ, R. scored. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - NIELSEN singled to shortstop. WELLS grounded
out to 3b, SAC, bunt; NIELSEN advanced to second. LAW lined out to ss. WOLFE
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 5th - COOK, T. lined out to cf. BAYARDI, B. flied out to lf.
SCOTT, R. grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - GARCIA, J. to p for ROBINSON, J.. BERNAL
struck out looking. BRUGMAN singled to right field. HALL fouled out to 1b.
BRUGMAN advanced to second on a balk. FRAMPTON pinch hit for GUENTHER. FRAMPTON
walked. LOPEZ pinch hit for ROBINSON. FRAMPTON stole second; BRUGMAN stole
third. LOPEZ lined out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 6th - LOPEZ to 3b. ROUNDY, R. struck out swinging, out at
first c to 1b. HIGA, D. grounded out to ss. JIMENEZ, R. flied out to cf. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - NIELSEN grounded out to 3b. WELLS singled to
first base. WELLS stole second. LAW struck out looking. WOLFE singled to right
field, RBI; WELLS scored. BERNAL singled through the right side; WOLFE advanced
to second. BRUGMAN flied out to rf. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 7th - THOMAS, C. singled to left field. KIRK, T. out at
first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt; THOMAS, C. advanced to second. DYSINGER, S. out at
first 1b to p; THOMAS, C. advanced to third. MILLER to p for CAPPER. THOMAS,
C.. Alex Wolfe called for using equipment to stop WP. COOK, T. struck out
swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - BERKE, S. to lf for ROUNDY, R.. HARTMAN, Z. to
p for GARCIA, J.. HALL singled to third base. FRAMPTON struck out looking. HALL
stole second. LOPEZ hit by pitch. NIELSEN singled to left field, RBI; LOPEZ
advanced to second; HALL scored. WELLS struck out swinging. LAW struck out
swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 8th - MAHONEY to p for MILLER. BAYARDI, B. hit by pitch.
SCOTT, R. struck out swinging. BERKE, S. flied out to rf. HIGA, D. grounded out
to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - WOLFE struck out swinging. BERNAL struck out
looking. BRUGMAN struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 9th - JIMENEZ, R. lined out to cf. THOMAS, C. grounded out
to 1b unassisted. KIRK, T. grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 10th - HALL lined out to lf. FRAMPTON lined out to
cf. LOPEZ struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV Rebels 10th - DYSINGER, S. singled to right field. DYSINGER, S. out
at second c to ss, caught stealing. COOK, T. struck out swinging, out at first
c to 1b. BAYARDI, B. singled to third base. SCOTT, R. singled to right field;
BAYARDI, B. advanced to second. BERKE, S. singled up the middle, RBI; SCOTT, R.
advanced to second; BAYARDI, B. scored. 1 run, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 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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