BYU Baseball Athletic Communications • 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, UT, 84602 Contact: Ralph Zobell • Office: (801) 422-9769 • Fax: (801) 422-0633 e-mail: [email protected] BYU 2011 Schedule/Results BYU [8-7] at Utah [4-7] Date Opponent Time at site of game Probable BYU Pitching Rotation Feb. 18 @ Northwestern St. (La.)+ L, 7-8 Feb. 19 @ Northwestern St. (La.)+^% W, 19-1 Mar. 17 @ Utah Taylor Cole (2-1, 1.75) 6 p.m. MT Feb. 19 @ Northwestern St. (La.)+^% L, 1-4 Mar. 18 @ Utah Chris Capper (0-2, 4.71) 6 p.m. MT Feb 24 @ Texas Tech #+ L, 4-7 Feb 25 N. Illinois #+ W, 3-2 Mar. 19 @ Utah Matthew Neil (1-0, 2.25) 1 p.m. MT Feb 25 @ Texas Tech #+ W, 8-3 Feb 26 N. Illinois #+ W, 8-5 Mar 3 @ Washington+^% W, 3-2 Coverage This Week Mar 4 @ Washington+^% W, 9-6 Mar 5 @ Washington+^% L, 2-6 Most of the BYU games will be available through livestats, live au- Mar 7 @ Portland+% W, 7-6 (12 inn) dio, live video online through links available at http://www.byucougars. Mar 8 @ Portland+% 7-6 Mar 10 @ Oregon L, 3-6 com/Schedule.jsp?SP=101. Live radio broadcasts start this week on Mar 11 @ Oregon $ L, 2-4 Radio 960 AM/92.9 FM with Brent Norton calling the play-by-play for Mar 12 @ Oregon $ L, 0-10 Mar 17 @ Utah *$ +%(1st BYU radio) 6 his 21st season with BYU baseball. Mar 18 @ Utah *$ +% 6 Mar 19 @ Utah *$ +% 1 Mar 21 @ Creighton+ 3 Coach Vance Law Mar 22 @ Creighton+ 1 Mar 24 San Diego State *$+^% 6 Coach Vance Law is in his 12th season as head coach at BYU. He Mar 25 San Diego State *$+^% 6 played 14 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six dif- Mar 26 San Diego State *$+^% 1 Mar 31 @ Pepperdine+^ 3 ferent teams. In 2001 he was named Coach of the Year in the Mountain Apr 1 @ Pepperdine$+^% 3 West Conference. The 54-year-old coach entered this season with a Apr 2 @ Pepperdine$+^% 1 Apr 5 Utah Valley (BYUtv)=+ 6 344-294-2 (.539) record. He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his ninth Apr 7 Air Force *$ (BYUtv)=+ 6 year at BYU. Pitching coach Bobby Applegate is in his eighth year with Apr 8 Air Force *$ (BYUtv)=+ 6 Apr 9 Air Force *$ (BYUtv)=+ 1 BYU, having last coached at the Air Force Academy. Apr 14 @ UNLV *$^% 7 Apr 15 @ UNLV *$^% 7 Apr 16 @ UNLV *$^% 1 Hitting Streaks Apr 19 Utah $ (BYUtv)=+ 6 Apr 21 New Mexico *$+^ 6 Stephen Wells, Alex Wolfe and Jaycob Brugman lead the team with Apr 22 New Mexico *$+^ 6 current five-game hitting streaks. Ryan Bernal just lost his 10-game Apr 23 New Mexico *$+^ 1 Apr 25 @ Washington St+^. 5:30 hitting streak. Apr 26 @ Washington St.+^ 5:30 Apr 28 TCU *$ (BYUtv)=+ 6 Apr 29 TCU *$ (BYUtv)=+ 6 Apr 30 TCU *$ (BYUtv)=+ 1 2011 BYU Baseball Media Guide May 2 @ Arizona St.$+ 6 There is no hard copy of the 2011 BYU Baseball Media Guide, rather May 3 @ Arizona St.$+ 6 May 5 Seattle (BYUtv)=+ 6 it will be all on-line at http://www.byucougars.com/mediaGuides.jsp. May 6 Seattle (BYUtv)=+ 6 BYU’s online media guides have been recognized by eyeonsportsme- May 7 Seattle (BYUtv)=+ 1 May 9 Gonzaga$ (BYUtv)=+ 3 dia.com as the Best Online Media Guide Solution, receiving the 2009 May10 Gonzaga$ (BYUtv)=+ 6 Bloodshot Eyeball Award for Sports Media Best Practices. May 12 @ San Diego St. *$% 6 May 13 @ San Diego St. *$% 6 May 14 @ San Diego St. *$% 1 May 19 @Air Force *$+% 2 Deseret First Duel May 20 @Air Force *$+% 2 These are the first of four games between BYU and Utah--the first three May 21 @Air Force *$+% 12 May 24-28 MWC Champs @ San Diego St. are MWC games in Salt Lake City, while the April 19 game is a non- Jun16-28 College World Series conference tilt in Provo. There are 4.5 points at stake in this week’s * MWC Games, % Internet Audio, + webcast, ^live video # Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic $Radio 960 BYU-Utah three-game series which factors in the annual Deseret First =Rebroadcast on The Mtn. TV Duel. BYU has the lead thus far, 28-16, meaning if BYU wins two of -- All times are local to site the three games this week, it will claim the overall trophy for this year even though there are 15.5 points remaining with baseball, softball, ten- nis and gymnastics to be contested. BYU won the first and third overall duel competitions. www.byucougars.com 2011 Baseball About the Team . BYU 2010 Schedule/Results Oldest to Youngest Date Opponent Time at site of game Feb 19 @ UC Riverside + L, 11-12 There are eight seniors and eight freshmen on the current squad. The ages Feb 19 @ UC Riverside + L, 4-6 range from 24-year-old Andrew Law to 18-year-old Kolton Mahoney. Feb 20 @ UC Riverside+% L, 11-6 Feb 25 @ UC Davis +% L, 0-3 Feb 25 @ UC Davis +% W, 10-2 Good GPAs Feb 27 @ UC Davis +& W, 8-4 Mar 2 @ Baylor +^% W, 7-5 Last winter semester (2010) pitcher David Parry recorded a 4.0 grade point Mar 3 @ Texas A & M +^ L, 3-5 average. The accounting major made the Dean’s List. Dane Nielsen was Mar 4 @ UT Arlington + L, 2-17 Mar 5 @ UT Arlington + L, 3-6 nominated to the CoSida Academic All-America ballot. Mar 6 @ UT Arlington + W, 11-10 Mar 11 Washington +^ W, 10-4 Mar 12 Washington +^ W, 16-4 Home Season Mar 13 Washington +^ L, 10-12 Mar 15 @ Gonzaga + L, 7-9 BYU drew 17,952 fans in it’s 19-game home schedule this season for a Mar 16 @ Gonzaga + W, 3-2 12-7 record. The Cougars have a 134-74 (.644) record at Larry H. Mill- Mar 18 @ No. 4 TCU + L, 6-13 Mar 19 @ No. 4 TCU + L, 3-11 er Field which seats 2,204 fans in its 10th season since it was built. In Mar 19 @ No. 4 TCU + W, 5-4 the previous nine years BYU drew 218,981 fans for an average of 1,177 Mar 25 UNLV +^ W, 12-11 Mar 26 UNLV +^ W, 8-4 and 142,248 at night for an average of 1,452. The crowd of 3,081 against Mar 27 UNLV +^ L, 5-11 Utah last season was the fourth-largest in school history and the second- Mar 31 @USF + L, 4-20 Apr 1 @ San Jose St. + W, 11-5 largest at Miller Park. The largest crowd at home during 2010 was 1,826 Apr 3 @ San Jose St. + W, 11-5 in the finale vs. Utah and the crowd of 3,744 fans at Utah Valley was the Apr 3 @ San Jose St. + L, 3-5 Apr 5 Washington St. +^ W, 3-2 largest on the road. Apr 8 @ New Mexico* + L, 5-11 Apr 9 @ New Mexico* + W, 13-5 Apr 10 @ New Mexico* + L, 9-10 Taking Series Apr 13 No. 20 Kansas St. +^ W, 15-9 Apr 14 No. 20 Kansas St. +^ W, 13-10 In 2010 BYU won series against UC Davis, Washington, UNLV, San Jose Apr 15 No. 10 TCU* +^ (TV) L, 8-14 State, No. 20 Kansas State, Utah, San Diego State and Air Force. Thus Apr 15 No. 10 TCU* +^ (TV) L, 1-12 Apr 17 No. 10 TCU* +^ (11 inn., TV) L 5-4 far BYU has won vs. Northern Illinois, Washington and Portland in 2011. Apr 22 Utah* +%^ W, 9-7 Apr 23 Utah* +^ (BYU TV live) L, 2-11 Apr 24 Utah* +^ W, 6-4 Series Record Apr 29 @ Seattle (16 inn.) L, 2-3 Apr 30 @ Seattle L, 7-8 BYU leads the series 216-95-2 (.693) with Utah. BYU’s greatest and lon- May 1 Portland (Seattle) L, 1-5 gest standing rivalry—with the University of Utah—did not start on the May 4 @ UVU + W, 14-10 May 6 @ UNLV* + L, 6-12 football field. On May 18, 1895, the Brigham Young Academy played May 7 @ UNLV* + (11 innings) L, 8-9 the first ever intercollegiate event in Utah against the Utes on a baseball May 8 @ UNLV*+% W, 16-7 May 10 @Arizona St. + L, 0-14 diamond. The game ended in a 0-0 tie and a bench-clearing brawl. The May 11 @Arizona St. + L, 2-7 other tie was a 2-2 tie in 1970 at Salt Lake City. May 13 San Diego St.* + ^ (TV, 10 innings) W, 10-9 May 14 San Diego St.* + ^(BYU TV live) W, 13-5 May 15 San Diego St.* + ^(BYU TV live) W, 16-10 May 18 UVU +^ (BYU TV, 10 inn.) L, 12-14 May 20 @ Air Force* + W, 16-6 May 21 @ Air Force* + W, 18-4 May 22 @ Air Force* +% L, 19-22 May 25 vs. UNLV + L 1-9 May 26 @ San Diego St. + W 16-8 May 27 vs. Utah + W 25-18 May 27 vs. New Mexico + L 6-7 2011 Game-Winning RBI 2011 MWC Preseason Poll BYU’s Sibling Rivalry 1 TCU (16) ...................112 Player/Coach ............ No. of Siblings 2. BYU ...................84 Austin Hall.......................................2 3. San Diego State ...........75 Matt Neil .................... 7 -sac-fly, vs. No. Illinois, 3-2 4. New Mexico ................71 Coach Vance Law ....... 5 -two-run triple vs.