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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] Follow BYU baseball at http://www.facebook.com/BYUbaseball BYU 2013 Schedule/Results or on Twitter @byuathletics Date Opponent Time at site of game Feb. 15 vs. Northern Colorado + W, 9-0 Feb. 15 vs. Northern Colorado + L, 4-6 BYU [11-12, 0-3] vs. Utah (11-10), Pepperdine (13-9, 5-1) Feb. 16 vs. Northern Illinois + W, 5-3 Mar. 26 at Utah Keaton Cenatiempo (1-1, 5.40) 6 p.m. MDT Feb 16 @ Texas Tech +% L, 1-5 Feb 21 @ LSU +%^ L, 5-6 Mar. 28 Pepperdine Desmond Poulson (3-0, 1.83) 6 p.m. MDT Feb 22 SE Louisiana % L, 1-4 Mar. 29 Pepperdine Adam Miller (1-5, 5.62) 6 p.m. MDT Feb 23 SE Louisiana L, 2-3 Mar. 30 Pepperdine Jeff Barker (3-2, 3.66) 1 p.m. MDT Feb 23 @ LSU +%^ W, 9-4 Feb 26 Seattle W, 5-2 Feb 27 Seattle W, 10-0 Coverage This Week Mar 1 Creighton +%$ W, 9-0 Mar 1 Creighton +%$ L, 1-5 The games will be available through livestats and live audio through Mar 2 Creighton +% W, 14-5 links available at http://byucougars.com/schedule/m-baseball/2013. Mar 7 UC Irvine +$ W, 6-3 Brent Norton will be broadcast all of the BYU league games and select- Mar 8 UC Irvine +$ W, 3-1 Mar 9 UC Irvine +$ L, 3-8 ed non-conference games live on Radio 960 AM, Sirius Satellite 143. Mar 14 @ San Diego +%$^ L, 5-7 Mar 15 @ San Diego +%$^ L, 3-5 Mar 16 @ San Diego +%$^ L, 9-10 (14 inn.) Coach Mike Littlewood Mar 18 @ UNLV +$^ L, 3-10 Coach Mike Littlewood (BYU `93) is in his first season as head coach Mar. 20 Kansas +% W, 3-0 Mar. 21 Kansas =+$ L, 4-15 at BYU. The 46-year-old coach enters the season with a 181-111 (.620) Mar. 23 Kansas +$ W, 6-3 record in six seasons at the four-year level at Dixie State College and Mar 26 @ Utah +$ 6 p.m. had a 382-127 (.750) mark in 10 seasons when that school was a junior Mar. 28 Pepperdine +%$ 6 p.m. Mar. 29 Pepperdine =+%$ 6 p.m. college. He is assisted by Trent Pratt (Dixie `08), Brent Haring (So. Vir- Mar. 30 Pepperdine +%$ 1 p.m. ginia -07) and Jeremy Thomas (BYU `99), all in their first years at BYU. Apr. 2 Utah Valley =+% 6 p.m. Apr. 4 @ Santa Clara +%$^ 6 p.m. Apr. 5 @ Santa Clara +%$^ 6 p.m. Series Record vs. Utah, Pepperdine Apr. 6 @ Santa Clara $^ 1 p.m. Apr. 8 Washington State =+%$ 10 a.m. BYU leads the series vs. Utah, 249-109-2, with a 109-57-1 advantage Apr. 9 Utah +%$ 6 p.m. against the Utes on the road. Since leaving the Mountain West Con- Apr. 11 Portland +%$ 6 p.m. ference, BYU has a 4-3 record vs. Utah. BYU has a 25-11-1 record Apr. 12 Portland +%$= 6 p.m. Apr. 13 Portland +%$ 1 p.m. in non-conference games against Utah. BYU’s greatest and longest Apr. 23 Utah +%$ 6 p.m. standing rivalry—with the University of Utah—did not start on t he Apr. 25 @ Gonzaga +%$ 6 p.m. football field. On May 18, 1895, the Brigham Young Academy played Apr. 26 @ Gonzaga +%$ 6 p.m. Apr. 27 @ Gonzaga +%$ 1 p.m. against the Utes on a baseball diamond. The game ended in a 0-0 tie Apr. 30 @ Utah Valley +%$ 6 p.m. and a bench-clearing brawl. The other tie was a 2-2 tie in 1970 at Salt May 2 @ Loyola Marymount +%$ 3 p.m. Lake City. Pepperdine leads the series, 18-9-1 vs. BYU, dating back to May 3 @ Loyola Marymount +%$ 3 p.m. May 4 @ Loyola Marymount +%$ 1:30 p.m. 1954 (http://byucougars.com/node/4500/m-baseball). The 1-1 tie was May 7 @ Utah +%$ 6 p.m. in 1963 at Malibu, Calif. May 9 San Francisco +%$ 6 p.m. May 10 San Francisco =+%$ 6 p.m. May 11 San Francisco =+%$ 1 p.m. Top 25 Teams May 16 St. Mary’s +$= 6 p.m. BYU upset then No. 2 LSU (NCBWA, also No. 3 Collegiate Baseball & May 17 St. Mary’s +$= 6 p.m. May 18 St. Mary’s +$= 1 p.m. No. 10 Baseball America/USA Today), 9-4. Then two weeks later BYU May 21 @ Arizona State +% 6:30 p.m. twice upset No. 21 UC Irvine (NCBWA, also No. 21 Baseball America/ May 23-25 WCC Tournament, Stockton, CA +$ USA Today & No. 22 Collegiate Baseball), 6-3 and 3-1. In 1983 prior June 1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA June 8-11 NCAA Super Regionals TBA to the NCAA Regionals BYU was ranked No. 1 after upsetting then No. Jun 15-26 College World Series Omaha, NE 1 San Diego State in the WAC Playoffs. In 2012 BYU lost at No. 4 * WCC Games, % Internet Audio, + webcast, ^live video Arkansas and No. 7 Stanford. In 2011 BYU split at No. 6 Arizona State $Radio 960, =on BYUtv, -- All times are local to site and lost three times to No. 3 TCU. In 2010 BYU beat No. 4 TCU once in six games and lost twice at No. 2 Arizona State. In 2009 BYU lost at No. 6 Baylor and No. 10 Kansas State and No. 10 TCU. www.byucougars.com 2013 Baseball About the Team . 2013 WCC Preseason Poll JD’s Share Luggage 1 San Diego (6) .............. 62 It’s the letter ‘J”, or the letter “D” that’s gone wild instead of aces. BYU 2. Pepperdine (2) ............. 53 3. Gonzaga (1) ................ 49 rightfielder Jaycob Brugman, whose father is Jayson, mother Jaylene, and 4. Loyola Marymount ..... 47 siblings Jayna, Jayson, Jayden and Jaymee. Catcher Dillon Robinson has 5. San Francisco .............. 39 siblings Darek, Dayna, Deidrey, Danica and Demi. 6. BYU ................... 24 7. Portland ................... 19 8. Santa Clara .................. 16 Regarding BYU This Season 9. Saint Mary’s ................ 15 • BYU has nine players who are married • Incorporated into this year’s team are fo.ur players who have just finished serving two-year Church missions (Jacob Hannemann, Andy BYU’s Sibling Rivalry Isom, Cody Shepherd and Derek Speigner) Player/Coach...........No. of Siblings Three players transferred to BYU (Derek Speigner, Drew Dennis and Adam Miller ............... 10 • Brennon Anderson ...... 6 Cody Shepherd) Jacob Hannemann ...... 5 • Adam Law, who is switching from the middle infield to anchoring third Dillon Robinson ......... 5 base in the lineup, is one player who continues to take extra batting practice. Early mornings in the batting cages at Miller Park, Law takes batting practice from his grandpa Vernon Law, the 1960 Cy Young win- Quick Facts ner for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 83-year-old Law often throws over Head Coach: Mike Littlewood (BYU ‘93) 100 pitches from a bucket of balls to his grandson. BYU Record (years) First year Overall Record: 181-111 (.620), 6 yrs. BYU Baseball History in Conferences Assistant Coaches: Overall/ League Conference Titles Member Trent Pratt (Dixie `08) 33-39/10-17 West Coast — 2012-13 Brent Haring (So. Virginia -07) 573-351-4/ 209-150 Mountain West One 2000-2011 Jeremy Thomas (BYU `99)) 1291-689-9/554-207-3 Western Athletic Nine 1963-1999 Athletic Trainer Alex Davis 227-120-1/104-61-1 Mtn. States (Skyline) Three 1948-1962 Equipment Manager Steve Bushman - Rocky Mountain - 1909-1921 Baseball SID: Ralph Zobell Home Season The Cougars entered the 2013 season with a 152-89 (.631) record at 2013 BYU Honors Larry H. Miller Field which seats 2,204 fans in its 13th season since it was built. Desmond Poulson, Pitcher • College Sports Madness WCC Player of Week vs. No. Colorado In the first nine years BYU drew 218,981 fans for an average of 1,177 • Brooks Wallace Classic All-Tournament • Rawlings WCC Player of Week, Kansas and 142,248 at night for an average of 1,452. The crowd of 3,081 against Utah in 2010 was the fourth-largest in school history and the second- Adam Law, Second Base • Rawlings WCC Player of Week, Creighton/ largest at Miller Park. The largest crowd at home during 2011 was 1,474 Seattle vs. Seattle and the crowd of 2,820 fans at Arizona State was the largest • Brooks Wallace Classic All-Tournament on the road. BYU drew 12,754 fans (averaging 797) for an 11-6 home Jaycob Brugman, Outfield record. Weather caused the cancellation of two home games (AFA & • Brooks Wallace Classic All-Tournament TCU) and forced a doubleheader vs. SDSU in 2011. Live worldwide TV and Live AM Radio There are eight games which will be televised live on BYUtv and at least 38 games scheduled to be broadcast live on BYU Radio 960AM. The 38 radio broadcasts are not always streamed on the Internet due to conflicts with other broadcasts for BYU volleyball and post-season softball. Hitting Streaks Adam Law and Bret Lopez each have current seven-game hitting streaks. Jaycob Brugman has a current four-game hitting streak. www.byucougars.com 2013 Baseball Oldest to Youngest Cougars on Missions (9) There are four seniors and ninefreshmen on the current squad. The ages Player, Pos, Year @ BYU Place of Service range from 24-year-old Derek Speigner to 18-year-olds Keaton Cena- Devin Brewer, RHP,2010 Cal-San Bernardino tiempo and Morgan Flinders.