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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 2012 Schedule/Results BYU [21-25, 9-12] vs. Gonzaga (32-21, 12-9) Date Opponent Time at site of game May 24 Gonzaga Desmond Poulson (1-3, 3.91) 6 p.m. MDT Feb 17, Fri. @ UC Riverside L, 0-5 May 25 Gonzaga Marc Oslund (5-1, 4.53) 6 p.m. MDT Feb 17, Fri. @ UC Riverside W, 6-2 May 26 Gonzaga TBA 1 p.m. MDT Feb 18, Sat. @ UC Riverside W, 8-4, 10 inn. Feb 23, Thu. @ St. Mary’s*$ L, 2-7 Feb 24, Fri. @ St. Mary’s*$ W, 4-1 Feb 25, Sat. @ St. Mary’s*$ W, 7-3 Coverage This Week Feb 28, Tue. @ Arkansas L, 0-5 The games will be available through livestats and live audio through Feb 29, Wed. @ Arkansas L, 1-8 links available at http://byucougars.com/schedule/m-baseball/2012. Mar 8, Thu. @ UC Irvine L, 1-3 Mar 9, Fri. @ UC Irvine W, 6-1 Brent Norton will be broadcast all of the BYU-Gonzaga games live on Mar 10, Sat. @ UC Irvine L, 2-9 Radio 960 AM, Sirius Satellite 143. Mar 12, Mon. @ Nebraska Omaha W, 19-9 Mar 13, Tue. @ Creighton L, 0-2 Mar 17, Sat. Seattle$= L, 1-2 Coach Vance Law Mar 17, Sat. Seattle= W, 9-2 Mar 22, Thu. @ Portland *$ W, 3-2 (12 inn.) Coach Vance Law is in his 13th season as head coach at BYU. He Mar 23, Fri. @ Portland *$ L, 1-3 played 14 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six dif- Mar 24, Sat. @ Portland *$ W, 7-4 (10 inn.) ferent teams. In 2001 he was named Coach of the Year in the Mountain Mar 27, Tue. @ Utah $+ W, 9-8 Mar 29, Thu. @ Nevada +%^ W, 4-3 West Conference. The 55-year-old coach entered this season with a Mar 30, Fri. @ Nevada +%^ L, 4-5 375-321-2 (.539) record. He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his 10th Mar 31, Sat. @ Nevada +%^ L, 3-9 year at BYU. Last Fall, pitching coach Wally Ritchie replaced Bobby Apr 3, Tue. @ Utah $+ W, 9-6 Apr 5, Thu. Loyola Marymount *$= W, 7-2 Applegate, now at UC Riverside. Apr 6, Fri. Loyola Marymount *$= L, 2-3 Apr 7, Sat. Loyola Marymount *$ W, 8-6 Apr 12, Thu. @ Seattle%=^ W, 6-3 Series Record vs. Gonzaga Apr 12, Thu. @ Seattle%=^ W, 9-3 Gonzaga leads the overall series, 12-13, with the two teams splitting a Apr 13, Fri. @ Seattle%=^ W, 4-1 pair last year in Provo. However, in Provo BYU leads the series 8-4, Apr 14, Sat. @ Seattle%=^ L, 2-5 Apr 17, Tue. Utah $=+ L, 4-6 starting in 1971 when it won the final two of a three-game series to Apr 24, Tue. @ Stanford $ L, 9-10 advance from the District Seven Championships to the College World Apr 26, Thu. @ San Francisco *$ L, 0-12 Series. Apr 27, Fri. @ San Francisco *$ W, 2-1 Apr 28, Sat. @ San Francisco *$ L, 0-2 May 1, Tue. @ Utah Valley L, 11-14 NCAA Statistics May 3, Thu. No. 19 San Diego *$=+ L, 7-14 May 4, Fri. No. 19 San Diego *$=+ L, 2-13 BYU was 44th in triples in the most recent NCAA release of leaders May 5, Sat. No. 19 San Diego *$=+ L, 6-12 this season. Jaycob Brugman was 54th in triples, and Mason Marshall May 8, Tues. Southern Utah=+ W, 5-4 was at No. 55 in saves. May 10, Thu. @ Pepperdine *$ L, 3-4 (11 inn.) May 11, Fri. @ Pepperdine *$ L, 5-9 May 12, Sat. @ Pepperdine *$ L, 7-8 May 17, Thu. Santa Clara *$=+ W, 8-6 Hitting Streaks May 18, Fri. Santa Clara *$=+ W, 7-3 Austin Hall leads the team with a current seven-game hitting streak, fol- May 19, Sat. Santa Clara *$=+ L, 10-14 lowed by Kelton Caldwell at six games, Alex Wolfe at five and Stephen May 24, Thu. Gonzaga *$=+ 6:00 PM MDT May 25, Fri. Gonzaga *$=+ 6:00 PM MDT Wells at four. May 26, Sat. Gonzaga *$=+ 1:00 PM MDT June 1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA Jun15-26 College World Series Omaha, NE Taking Series * WCC Games, % Internet Audio, + webcast, ^live video BYU won two of the three-game series in the 2012 season at UC $Radio 960 Riverside, at St. Mary’s, at Portland, vs. Loyola Marymount, vs. Santa =on BYUtv -- All times are local to site Clara, two at Utah and four of six vs. Seattle. www.byucougars.com 2012 Baseball About the Team . BYU’s Sibling Rivalry Player/Coach...........No. of Siblings Three Pitchers Suspended Adam Miller ............... 10 BYU head baseball coach Vance Law announced that three players—Mark Coach Vance Law ....... 5 Anderson, Chris Capper and Chris Howard—have been suspended for the Austin Hall ................. 5 remainder of the season from the team due to a violation of team rules. Dillon Robinson ......... 5 Stephen Wells ............. 5 Race for Team Leader Going into the final three games of the season, several players have a chance 2012 WCC Preseason Poll to become the team leader in the respective categories: 1 San Diego (5) .............. 59 2. Gonzaga (3) ................ 57 • Hits--1. Brugman & Guenther 48; 3. Hall 46 3. San Francisco (1) ....... 51 • Runs--1. Whitney 27; 2. Caldwell & Wells 26; 3. Brugman 25 4. Loyola Marymount ..... 37 • RBI--1. Brugman 30; 2. Whitney 28 5. Pepperdine .................. 30 • Game-winning RBI--1. Whitney 7; 2. Brugman 4 6. Saint Mary’s ................ 30 7. BYU ................... 28 • Doubles--1. Hall 13; 2. Caldwell 9 8. Portland ................... 23 • Triples--1. Brugman 5; 2. Hall 2 9. Santa Clara .................. 9 • Home runs--1. Brugman & Caldwell 2; 3. Chauncey, Mua, Robinson, Wolfe 1 • Walks--1.Wolfe 22; 2. Brugman 18 Coach Law & BYU vs. WCC Field • Strikeouts--1. Hall 46; 2. Brugman 42 Law (13 yrs.)W-L BYU Overall W-L • Stolen bases--1. Brugman 12; 2. Hall Gonzaga 6-6 (.500) 12-13 (.480) • Strikeouts by--1. Capper 50; 2. Poulson 47; 3. Oslund 43 LMU 2-1 (.667) 3-5 (.375) Pepperdine 3-4 (.429) 9-20-1 (.317) Portland 9-7 (.563) 11-9 (.555) St. Mary’s 3-2 (.600) 8-2 (.800) Wells’ Walk-Off Homers San Diego 0-3 (.000) 1-5 (.167) In 2011 Stephen Wells hit his third walk-off home run of his BYU career. USF 2-4 (.333) 4-8 (.333) That solo homer came in the 11th inning to give BYU a 4-3 victory over Santa Clara 4-2 (.667) 4-6 (.400) Seattle. In 2010 he had a walk-off, two-run homer in an 11-10 victory at UT- Overall 29-29 (.500) 52-68-1 (.434) Arlington. As a freshman in 2007 he had a walk-off 10th-inning solo homer vs. Missouri in the Service Academy Classic at Tennessee. Wells’ maternal BYU vs. WCC in 2012 great uncle Allie Reynolds played for Oklahoma A&M from 1936-38 and Here are a couple of interesting baseball Oklahoma State’s stadium is named after the former N.Y. Yankee great. facts on the WCC (BYU has a 50-61-1 record against that league). Pepperdine VJDT’s Share Luggage It’s the letter “V”, the letter ‘J”, the letter “D” or the letter “T” that’s gone won the College World Series in 1992. wild instead of aces. Head coach Vance Law’s father is Vernon, his mother Of the nine current WCC teams, only St. is VaNita, his brothers are Varlin, Veldon, Veryl, Vaughn and sister Valinda. Mary’s has not participated in the NCAA Close behind is BYU rightfielder Jaycob Brugman, whose father is Jayson, post-season tournament. BYU’s 1-1 tie mother Jaylene, and siblings Jayna, Jayson, Jayden and Jaymee. Third base- against Pepperdine came in the second man Dillon Robinson has siblings Darek, Dayna, Deidrey, Danica and Demi. game of a doubleheader in 1963. BYU’s Infielder Tanner Chauncey has siblings Tessa, Tate and Trey. win-loss baseball records and last action against the current WCC teams is: Home Season The Cougars entered this season with a 145-80 (.644) record at Larry H. 12-13 vs. Gonzaga, 2011, split 2 games Miller Field which seats 2,204 fans in its 12th season since it was built. In the 3-5 vs. LMU, 2012, BYU won 8-6 first nine years BYU drew 218,981 fans for an average of 1,177 and 142,248 9-20-1 vs. Pepperdine, 2012, PU won 8-7 at night for an average of 1,452. The crowd of 3,081 against Utah in 2010 11-9 vs. Portland, 2012, BYU won 7-4 was the fourth-largest in school history and the second-largest at Miller Park. 8-2 vs. St. Mary’s, 2012, BYU won 7-3 The largest crowd at home during 2011 was 1,474 vs. Seattle and the crowd 1-5 vs. San Diego, 1997, USD won 12-6 of 2,820 fans at Arizona State was the largest on the road. BYU drew 12,754 fans (averaging 797) for an 11-6 home record. Weather caused the cancella- 4-8 vs. USF, 2012, USF won 2-0 tion of two home games (AFA & TCU) and forced a doubleheader vs. SDSU 4-6 vs.