PROVO, Utah -- BYU lost game one of a three-game baseball series to the University of New Mexico, 9-2, at Miller Park on Thursday.

The Lobos (11-27, 6-7 MWC) got off to a quick start scoring five runs on five hits in the first inning to take a 5-0 lead. That’s all the run production Lobo starting pitcher Rudy Jaramillo would need, as the junior went the distance surrendering just four hits over nine innings.

"We faced a very crafty lefthander,” said BYU coach Vance Law. "We pride ourselves as hitters who can adapt and we made no adjustments tonight. We committed ourselves too early on someone who had control of his curve. It wasn't our night."

New Mexico added one run in the second inning and three more in the fourth. The Cougars (19-15, 6-6 MWC) got on the board in the ninth inning with two runs on hits by center fielder Alex Hancock and shortstop Bret Lopez.

BYU will face off with New Mexico again Friday at 6 p.m. (MT) at Miller Park. Game three of the series is scheduled for Saturday at noon.

New Mexico at Brigham Young Univ.
Apr 21, 2011 at Provo, Utah (Larry H Miller Field)
New Mexico 9 (11-27,6-7 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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STINER, Kyle 2b..........  3  2  1  0   2  0  1  1   0
CAMPBELL, Luke lf........  5  3  2  0   0  1  3  0   0
GARVER, Mitch c..........  4  1  1  2   0  0  9  1   0
PETERSON, DJ 1b..........  3  1  1  0   2  1  3  0   1
TWICHELL, John dh........  4  0  1  2   1  0  0  0   0
PORRAS, Trey rf..........  5  1  0  1   0  0  4  0   4
GRANT, Quay 3b...........  5  1  3  1   0  0  0  0   0
ALLBRITTON, Alex ss......  4  0  1  1   0  0  3  3   1
WILSON, Sam cf...........  4  0  0  0   0  2  3  0   1
JARAMILLO, Rudy p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 37  9 10  7   5  4 27  5   7
Brigham Young Univ. 2 (19-15,6-6 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........  3  0  0  0   0  1  3  0   0
 HANCOCK, Alex cf........  1  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
LAW, Andrew ss...........  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  2   0
 LOPEZ, Bret ss..........  1  1  1  1   0  0  1  0   0
WOLFE, Alex c............  3  0  0  1   0  2  4  0   0
BERNAL, Ryan lf..........  3  0  0  0   0  3  2  0   0
FRAMPTON, Chase dh.......  4  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
BRUGMAN, Jaycob rf.......  1  0  0  0   1  1  1  0   0
 LUKER, Brock rf.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
HALL, Austin 1b..........  3  0  1  0   0  0 10  1   0
ROBINSON, Dillon 3b......  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  3   2
NIELSEN, Dane 2b.........  2  0  0  0   1  0  4  5   0
COLE, Taylor p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 HOWARD, Chris p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
 ANDERSON, Mark p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 28  2  4  2   2  9 27 12   3
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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New Mexico.......... 510 300 000 -  9 10  1
Brigham Young Univ.. 000 000 002 -  2  4  6
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E - GRANT; WOLFE 3; ROBINSON; NIELSEN 2. DP - NM 2; BYU 2. LOB - NM 7; BYU
3. 3B - LOPEZ. HBP - BERNAL. SF - GARVER; WOLFE. CS - LAW.
New Mexico             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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JARAMILLO, Rudy.....  9.0  4  2  2  2  9 28 32
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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COLE, Taylor........  3.2  8  9  2  2  1 20 23
HOWARD, Chris.......  3.1  2  0  0  2  1 11 13
ANDERSON, Mark......  2.0  0  0  0  1  2  6  7
Win - JARAMILLO (3-5).  Loss - COLE (3-3).  Save - None.
WP - ANDERSON. HBP - by JARAMILLO (BERNAL).
Umpires - HP: Wm. Van Raaphorst  1B: Bradley Hungerford  3B: John Cortez
Start: 6:04 pm   Time: 2:14   Attendance: 629
Weather: windy, 51 degrees
New Mexico starters: 11/2b STINER; 18/lf CAMPBELL; 10/c GARVER; 33/1b PETERSON;
25/dh TWICHELL; 40/rf PORRAS; 13/3b GRANT; 4/ss ALLBRITTON; 32/cf WILSON; 27/p
JARAMILLO;
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 5/cf WELLS; 6/ss LAW; 18/c WOLFE; 10/lf BERNAL;
30/dh FRAMPTON; 4/rf BRUGMAN; 26/1b HALL; 3/3b ROBINSON; 16/2b NIELSEN; 8/p
COLE;
New Mexico 1st - STINER singled to shortstop. CAMPBELL singled down the
rf line; STINER advanced to third. GARVER reached on a fielder's choice, RBI;
CAMPBELL advanced to second on a fielding error by 2b; STINER scored. PETERSON
singled to catcher; GARVER advanced to second; CAMPBELL advanced to third.
TWICHELL grounded into double play 2b unassisted; PETERSON out on the play,
interference. PORRAS reached on a fielding error by 2b, RBI; GARVER advanced to
third; CAMPBELL scored. GRANT singled to left field, RBI; PORRAS advanced to
second; GARVER scored, unearned. ALLBRITTON singled to right field, advanced to
second on the throw, RBI; GRANT advanced to third; PORRAS scored, unearned.
ALLBRITTON advanced to third; GRANT scored on a throwing error by c, unearned.
WILSON struck out swinging. 5 runs, 5 hits, 3 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WELLS struck out swinging. LAW singled. WOLFE
struck out swinging; LAW out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico 2nd - STINER grounded out to ss. CAMPBELL reached on a
fielding error by 3b. CAMPBELL advanced to second on an error by c, advanced to
third on the throw. GARVER flied out to lf, SF, RBI; CAMPBELL scored, unearned.
PETERSON grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 0 hits, 2 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - BERNAL struck out swinging. FRAMPTON flied out
to rf. BRUGMAN walked. HALL singled, bunt; BRUGMAN advanced to second. ROBINSON
popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
New Mexico 3rd - TWICHELL grounded out to 2b. PORRAS grounded out to 3b.
GRANT singled up the middle. ALLBRITTON flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - NIELSEN flied out to cf. WELLS grounded out to
ss. LAW flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico 4th - WILSON grounded out to 2b. STINER walked. CAMPBELL
singled to right center; STINER advanced to second. GARVER flied out to cf;
STINER advanced to third. PETERSON walked; CAMPBELL advanced to second.
PETERSON advanced to second; CAMPBELL advanced to third on a throwing error by
c; STINER scored, unearned. TWICHELL singled to center field, 2 RBI; PETERSON
scored, unearned; CAMPBELL scored, unearned. HOWARD to p for COLE. PORRAS flied
out to cf. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - Dropped foul ball, E5. WOLFE struck out
swinging. BERNAL struck out swinging. FRAMPTON flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0
hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
New Mexico 5th - GRANT out at first 1b to p. ALLBRITTON flied out to rf.
WILSON grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - BRUGMAN struck out swinging. HALL popped up to
2b. ROBINSON struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico 6th - STINER grounded out to 2b. CAMPBELL grounded out to 3b.
GARVER singled to center field. PETERSON walked; GARVER advanced to second.
TWICHELL walked; PETERSON advanced to second; GARVER advanced to third. PORRAS
grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - NIELSEN walked. WELLS grounded into double
play 2b to ss to 1b; NIELSEN out on the play. LAW flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico 7th - GRANT singled up the middle. ALLBRITTON grounded into
double play ss to 2b to 1b; GRANT out on the play. WILSON struck out looking.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - WOLFE flied out to lf. BERNAL struck out
looking. FRAMPTON grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico 8th - LOPEZ to ss for LAW. LUKER to rf for BRUGMAN. ANDERSON
to p for HOWARD. STINER walked. CAMPBELL struck out looking. STINER advanced to
second on a wild pitch. GARVER flied out to rf. PETERSON struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - LUKER flied out to rf. HALL flied out to cf.
ROBINSON popped up to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico 9th - HANCOCK to cf for WELLS. TWICHELL popped up to ss.
PORRAS flied out to lf. GRANT lined out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - NIELSEN flied out to rf. HANCOCK singled up
the middle. LOPEZ tripled to center field, RBI; HANCOCK scored. WOLFE flied out
to cf, SF, RBI; LOPEZ scored. BERNAL hit by pitch. FRAMPTON struck out
swinging. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

A non-league game with Utah and a three-game conference series with New Mexico will be hosted by BYU’s baseball team starting Tuesday.

Cougar freshman Desmond Poulson (3-0, 6.46) will face Utah senior Stephen Streich (0-1, 7.16) on the mound in Tuesday’s game televised live by BYUtv at 6 p.m. Utah has a 16-13 overall record and moved into second place in the Mountain West Conference at 9-4. BYU is 18-14 overall and 6-5 in the MWC.

For the fourth time in over 50 years, BYU has a non-league game with Utah. Utah won the past three 9-7 in 2008, 8-4 in 2007 and 5-4 in 2006. Next season several non-league games are on tap for BYU vs. Utah.

“Every game is critical this week,” said BYU coach Vance Law. “We are facing a tough Utah team and I won’t discount it because it is non-conference, it’s still Utah. We need to move in the league standings and New Mexico isn’t happy they were swept by Utah. Plus we are dealing with final exams and graduation.”

Four current players including Ryan Bernal, Andrew Law Andrew, Jared Miller and Blake Torgerson are graduating this week. Four former BYU baseball players are also graduating, Sean McNaughton, Brandon Michon, Brandon Relf and Kevin Sloan.

The first two games against New Mexico, 10-27 and 5-7, on Thursday and Friday will also be at 6 p.m., at Miller Park with sophomore righthanders Taylor Cole (3-2, 2.86) and Chris Capper (3-2, 3.62) starting as BYU’s pitchers, respectively. Saturday’s BYU-UNM game stars at 1 p.m.

BYU has clinched the overall Deseret Duel Trophy for the third time, but the baseball portion of the Duel is still in question. Utah’s baseball team holds a 2-1 advantage going into next week’s non-league game on Tuesday in Provo. The Utes have a 26-18 advantage in the run differential, which could play a factor if the two teams tie--the remaining game is worth 1.5 points. Currently BYU leads in the overall Duel points, 29.5 to 22.