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Athletic Media Relations 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-422-9769 • fax 801-422-0633 Weekly Release - May 1, 2007 Cougars Bus To New Mexico BYU, 26-16 overall and 10-5 in the Mountain West Conference (second place and Media Relations Information four games out of first) buses to New Mexico, 21-23 and 7-8, for three games. E-Mail: [email protected] Probable Pitching Rotation Date Opp/Event Time at site of game May 3 at New Mexico Jesse Craig (7-2, 3.20) 6 p.m. 5/3 @ New Mexico *% 6 p.m. May 4 at New Mexico Jordan Muir (5-3, 5.84) 6 p.m. 5/4 @ New Mexico *% 6 p.m. May 5 at New Mexico Jake Wortham (5-4, 5.08) 1 p.m. 5/5 @ New Mexico *% 1 p.m. Probable Lineup 5/8 Southern Utah + 6 p.m. 1B–#22Kasey Ko 2B–#9 Kent Walton SS–#13 Danny Vargas 5/10 @ San Diego St. +*% 6 p.m. 3B–#5 Steve Parker RF–#17 Collin Fanning CF–#1 Stephen Wells 5/11 @ San Diego St. +* 6 p.m. LF–#17 Leon Johnson C–#10 J.T. Musso 5/12 @ San Diego St. +*%# (The Mtn.) 1 p.m. DH–#24 Apana Nakayama 5/15 Utah Valley State + 6 p.m. Injuries 5/17 Utah +*# %(BYUTV) 6 p.m. Collin Fanning returned after a one-game absence as his injury now appears to be 5/18 Utah +* 6 p.m. shinsplints. Utility player Jason Johnson is out indefinitely following a surgical 5/19 Utah +*% 1 p.m. procedure this week from an injury in practice. Shortstop Danny Vargas returned 5/22-26 MWC Tournament Las Vegas TBA last month from a moderate strain of the MCL with a knee injury (game 1 at 6/1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA UNLV). Outfielder Jonathan Cluff is out for eight weeks with a broken foot (at 6/8-11 Super Regionals TBA Utah). 6/15-28 World Series Omaha, NE TBA Radio Coverage * MWC Games, +webcast, #TV, %Internet Audio There will be live BYU radio for all of BYU’s league games. KOVO 960 AM, with veteran broadcaster Brent Norton calling the play-by-play, will broadcast 30 of BYU’s games this season. These broadcasts are also available on the Dish Network Honorees for 2007 as well as over the Internet. Links to the webcasts and audiocasts are on the BYU baseball's schedule page at www.byucougars.com. Jesse Craig, Pitcher •Pre-Season All-MWC, Baseball America BYU on TV Four Times •Top MWC Draft Prospects, Baseball America Four of BYU’s games will be televised this season--March 22 against TCU, April •MWC Pitcher of the Week (TCU) 5 vs. UNLV, and May 17 vs. Utah, all on both BYUTV and The Mountain. The three BYUTV games are recorded in three languages: English, Spanish and Jordan Muir, Pitcher Portuguese. Additionally, BYU’s game at San Diego State on May 12 will be tel- •Wallace Watch List evised on The Mountain. •MWC Pitcher of the Week (Sam Houston St.) Coach Vance Law and staff Apana Nakayama, DH Vance Law became a grandpa in March. He played 14 years of pro ball, includ- •Pre-Season All-MWC, Coaches ing 11 years in the majors with six different teams. In 2001 he was named •Pre-Season All-MWC, Baseball America Coach of the Year for the Mountain West Conference. The 50-year-old coach is Kent Walton, Second Base in his eighth year at BYU and has a 228-183-2 (.554) record coming into the 2007 •MWC Player of the Week (UNLV) season. He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his fifth year at BYU. Pitching coach Bobby Applegate is in his fourth year with BYU, having last coached at the Air Jake Wortham, Pitcher Force Academy. Volunteer assistant Paul Bassett is in his first year on the BYU •MWC Pitcher of the Week (Sam Houston St.) staff. •All-Tournament, Service Academies Classic BYU Scoring With Two Outs •CBF National Honor Roll “Player of the Week” (Missouri) The accompanying chart on page two shows BYU practices what Coach Vance Law preaches, you can still score with two outs. In 2005 BYU won 25 of its 39 games in come-from-behind fashion. In 2006 BYU won 16 of 33 games coming from behind. This season BYU has won 11 games coming from behind. NCAA Statistics This week’s NCAA statistics show BYU ranked second in triples at 0.68 per game, Kent Walton ranked 21th in triples with a 0.15 average. The Cougars www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Baseball Scoring in 2007 with Two Outs Page 2 Opp. w/2 out Result %Scored w/2out also rank 39th in batting average (.314), 37th in slugging (.463) and 40th in SH St. 9 W, 17-8= 53% SH St. 3 W, 5-2 60% scoring at 7.3 runs. Portland 1 L, 1-2 50% Team Notes Memphis 2 L, 2-3 (10) 100% Missouri 2 W, 4-3 (10) 50% • Steve Parker leads the team with a current seven-game hitting streak. Kent So. Utah 10 W, 20-2 50% Walton led the team with a 16-game hitting streak, hitting in the first eight No. Colo. 2 W, 17-2 11% games this season. Walton had an 11-game hitting streak last season, too. No. Colo. 8 W, 13-1 62% Collin Fanning led the team with a 14-game hitting streak ended at TCU. No. Colo. 1 W, 7-5 14% Kasey Ko had a 10-game streak also ended at TCU. Leon Johnson had a Gonzaga 4 W, 10-3 40% nine-game streak this season ended against TCU. Wells had an eight-game Gonzaga 3 W, 9-4 33% hitting streak ended vs. UNLV. Nakayama had a seven-game hitting streak UVSC 2 W, 12-8= 17% ended at Portland. UNLV 4 L, 5-12 80% • Game-winning RBI this season have come from Mike McKeever (a two-run UNLV 5 W, 9-8= 56% single in game one at Sam Houston State, a single in game three vs. UNLV 3 W, 5-3= 60% Gonzaga), Jonathan Cluff (a two-run single in game three at Sam Houston Utah 1 L, 4-8 25% State & a two-run triple in game two vs. Gonzaga), Stephen Wells (solo TCU 3 L, 5-6 60% homer in the 10th inning vs. Missouri and a one-run triple vs. AFA in game TCU 6 W, 12-11= 50% 3), Austin Hall (double vs. SUU, single vs. UVSC in game one), Dan Vargas Binghamton 10 W, 15-0 67% (triple in game one & single in game three vs. Northern Colorado), Kasey Ko Binghamton 1 L, 6-11 17% Binghamton 9 W, 12-10= 75% (a two-run double in game two at UNLV, a double against Binghamton and a UNLV 4 W, 14-13= 29% two-run single vs. UNLV game 3), Apana Nakayama (a two-run homer UNLV 1 W, 5-3 20% against Binghamton, a single vs. UNLV in game 1, a single vs. UNLV in game UNLV 7 W, 16-9= 44% 2 and a solo homer at TCU), Collin Fanning (single in game three at UNLV, Washington 2 W, 8-3 25% single in game one vs. Washington) and J.T. Musso (a two-run homer in Washington 8 W, 15-9 53% game two vs. Washington) and Steve Parker (a one-run triple vs. AFA in So. Utah 1 L, 2-7 50% game 2 and a one-run double at UVSC). TCU 4 W, 5-0 80% • This year BYU is 2-2 in extra-inning games. Last season BYU was 2-0 in TCU 1 L, 2-14 50% extra-inning games. In 2005 BYU was 1-2 in extra-inning contests. AFA 1 W, 5-4= 20% AFA 1 W, 7-4= 14% Ticket Prices AFA 1 W, 11-2= 9% Reserve seats at Larry H. Miller Field are $5 for the lower and upper sections UVSC 1 W, 2-1 50% behind home plate. General admission seats are $5 for adults, $4 students, $15 for a family or team pass and groups of 10 or more are $2 each. 2007 Totals: 121 302 total runs 40% 2006 Totals: 171 415 total runs 41% Attendance and Record at Miller Field 2005 Totals: 195 500 total runs 39% =Indicates come-from-behind victory BYU has drawn 147,478 fans in six seasons since the opening of Larry H. Miller Field in 2001, for an average of 1,446 in 102 games (only 11 of which were doubleheaders). At Miller Park, the Cougars have an 80-33 (.708) record in six seasons, including a night record of 46-21 (.687) for an average Double Plays in NCAA History of 1,600 fans. The Cougars have ranked nationally in attendance in all six BYU’s six double plays at UVSC years at Miller Field. (See chart at end of release for updated figures.) ties several teams for the sec- Attendance Ranks Nationally Attendance at Larry H. Miller field ranked 43rd nationally in 2006 with an aver- ond-best mark in NCAA history. age of 1,303 fans in 20 games and a total of 26,058 fans. BYU was 37th national- Combined with UVSC’s three ly in 2005 with an average of 1,442 in 18 games and a total of 25,952 fans. double plays in that game for Seventh Full Year at Home in New Ballpark a total of nine, that also ties This is BYU’s seventh full season at Miller Field, named in honor of Larry H.