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Athletic Media Relations 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-422-9769 • fax 801-422-0633 Weekly Release - May 2, 2006 BASEBALL Dozen Games Left, All Instate Media Relations Information E-Mail: [email protected] BYU, 22-22 overall and 7-6 in the Mountain West Conference, has a dozen games Date Opp/Event Time at site of game left, all instate, and has its longest winning streak of the season at six games. First 2/9 Pacific Stockton, CA% L, 1-2 up is a game at UVSC, 14-32. 2/10 Pacific Stockton, CA% L, 3-6 2/11 Pacific Stockton, CA% L, 3-4 Probable Pitching Rotation 2/16 San Jose St. San Jose, CA L, 1-4 May 2 @ UVSC Jake Wortham (0-0, 3.46) Orem, 7 p.m. 2/17 San Jose St. San Jose, CA L, 3-4 May 4 New Mexico Jordan Muir (5-0, 2.25) Provo, 7 p.m. 2/18 San Jose St. San Jose, CA L, 3-4 2/23 Oregon St. Davis CA% L, 2-12 May 5 New Mexico Jesse Craig (4-6, 4.38) Provo, 7 p.m. 2/24 Washington St. Davis, CA L, 1-5 May 6 New Mexico Patrick Wells (5-4, 4.82) Provo, 1 p.m. 2/25 St. Mary's Sacramento, CA W, 10-5 Probable Lineup 3/2 Southern Utah Cedar City, UT L, 2-5 3/3 Southern Utah Cedar City, UT W, 9-2 1B–#32 Jeff Hiestand 2B–#3 Stetson Banks SS–#10 Marcos Villezcas 3/4 Southern Utah Cedar City, UT W, 6-3 3B–#5 Chris Johnson RF–#25 Ben Saylor CF–#1 Adrian Molina 3/9 UC Riverside Riverside, CA L, 3-7 LF–#26 Seth Johnson C–#8 Casey Nelson 3/9 UC Riverside Riverside, CA L, 1-2 DH–#33 Kasey Ko / #6 Austin Carter 3/10 UC Riverside Riverside, CA W, 9-5 3/14 Utah Provo+ L, 4-5 Radio Coverage 3/16 New Mexico St. Provo+% W, 3-1 3/17 New Mexico St. Provo+% W, 10-3 KOVO 960 AM, with veteran broadcaster Brent Norton calling the play-by-play, 3/18 New Mexico St. Provo+% W, 8-6 will broadcast BYU’s games this week vs. New Mexico. These broadcasts are also 3/22 Southern Utah Provo+ L, 8-17 available on the Dish Network as well as over the Internet. Links to the webcasts 3/23 No. Colorado Provo+ W, 4-3 and audiocast are on the BYU baseball's schedule page at www.byucougars.com. 3/24 No. Colorado Provo+ W, 3-2 (10) The Saturday UNM game will be on KOVO and on live audiostream and livestats. 3/25 No. Colorado Provo+ L, 7-11 3/29 UNLV* San Diego% L, 3-10 BYU on TV Four Times 3/30 TCU* San Diego% L, 4-9 3/ 31 New Mexico* San Diego% W, 3-2 (12) Four BYU games will be televised this season, starting with the April 6 game at 4/ 1 Utah* San Diego% L, 3-6 UNLV by CSTV. Three games will be televised by BYUTV: April 21 vs. TCU, 4/3 Southern Utah Provo+% W, 23-6 May 6 with New Mexico, and May 12 with San Diego State. The three BYUTV 4/6 UNLV* Las Vegas # W, 9-5 games will be carried live in three languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese. 4/7 UNLV* Las Vegas% W, 14-8 Friday’s BYU-TCU game is being televised live by KBYU-TV and BYUTV with 4/8 UNLV* Las Vegas% L, 8-18 Jay Monsen calling the play-by-play and Gary Sheide as color analyst on the 4/11 Utah Valley St. Orem% W, 8-6 4/13 Washington* Seattle% L, 1-10 English portion. 4/14 Washington* Seattle% W, 4-2 Graduation Last Week 4/15 Washington* Seattle% L, 1-12 4/18 Utah Valley St. Provo+% W, 11-6 Brandon Christiansen (sociology), Patrick Wells (community health) and 4/20 TCU* Provo+ % L, 4-6 Anthony Bingham (politcal science) graduated last week. Cortland Andrews, 4/21 TCU* Provo+#% L, 5-14 who graduated last December in construction management, has been accepted 4/22 TCU* Provo+% W, 6-4 to BYU Law School this Fall. 4/25 No. Colorado Greeley, CO% W, 7-6 4/26 No. Colorado Greeley, CO% W, 8-4 BYU in NCAA Statistics 4/27 Air Force* Colorado Spgs.+ W, 10-5 4/28 Air Force* Colorado Spgs.+ W, 27-5 Two Cougars are ranked in this week’s NCAA statistics: Ben Saylor is 16th in 4/29 Air Force* Colorado Spgs.+% W, 17-5 home runs, averaging 0.36 and he is ranked 47th in slugging percentage at 5/2 Utah Valley St. Orem+% 7 p.m. 0.677. Jordan Muir is ranked 53rd in earned run average at 2.25. New Mexico 5/4 New Mexico* Provo+% 7 p.m. is leading the nation in double plays at 1.31 and has six individuals ranked in 5/5 New Mexico* Provo+% 7 p.m. the national statistics, among who are Chris Carlson, fith in home runs, ninth in 5/6 New Mexico* Provo+#% 1 p.m. RBI and 26th in slugging. Jordan Pacheco is fifth in runs scored. 5/9 Southern Utah Provo+ 7 p.m. 5/11 San Diego St.* Provo+% 7p.m. Coach Vance Law and staff 5/12 San Diego St.* Provo+#% 7 p.m. 5/13 San Diego St.* Provo+% 1 p.m. Vance Law played 14 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six 5/16 Utah Valley St. Provo+% 7 p.m. different teams. In 2001 he was named Coach of the Year for the Mountain 5/18-19 Utah* Salt Lake City 12,12 p.m. West Conference. The 49-year-old coach is in his seventh year at BYU and has a 5/20 Utah* Salt Lake City% 12 p.m. 195-155-2 (.557) record coming into the 2006 season. He is assisted by Ryan * MWC Games, +webcast, #TV, %Internet Audio Roberts, in his fourth year at BYU. Pitching coach Bobby Applegate is in his third year with BYU, having last coached at the Air Force Academy. Volunteer www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Baseball Scoring in 2006 with Two Outs Page 2 Opp. w/2 out Result %Scored w/2out assistant Brad Eagar is in his first year on the BYU staff. Pacific 1 L, 3-6 33% Pacific 1 L, 3-4 33% BYU Scoring With Two Outs San Jose St. 1 L, 1-4 33% San Jose St. 3 L, 3-4 100% The accompanying chart to the left shows BYU practices what Coach Vance Oregon St. 2 L, 2-12 17% Law preaches, you can still score with two outs. In 2005 BYU won 25 of its St. Mary’s 8 W, 10-5= 80% 39 games in come-from-behind fashion. So. Utah 2 L, 2-5 100% Team Notes So. Utah 8 W, 9-2 89% So. Utah 3 W, 6-3= 50% • Kent Walton leads the team with current 11-game hitting streak, followed by UC Riverside 3 L, 3-7 100% Saylor with 10 and Nelson with eight games. Seth Johnson led the team with UC Riverside 6 W, 9-5 66% a 10-game hitting streak, the longest for the Cougars this season, but it ended Utah 1 L, 4-5 25% last Saturday. Apana Nakayama currently has a four-game hitting streak, a N. Mex. St. 2 W, 3-1 67% streak carried over from the 2005 season, but he has not yet been cleared to N. Mex. St. 6 W, 10-3 60% play. N. Mex. St. 1 W, 8-6 13% • Jeff Hiestand’s hitting streak ended last season in game three vs. UNLV at 29 So. Utah 4 L, 8-17 50% consecutive games as he was walked three times and hit by a pitch in his No. Colo. 3 W, 4-3= 75% fourth appearance at the plate. Counting that game, he had been on base 43 No. Colo. 3 L, 7-11 43% consecutive games and has only missed one game this season being on base UNLV 3 L, 3-10 100% in his 48 games. TCU 1 L, 4-9 25% Apana Nakayama New Mexico 1 W, 3-2 (10)= 33% • lead the team with 25 multiple hit games last year, fol- Utah 1 L, 3-6 33% lowed by Ben Saylor and Marcos Villezcas with 24. So. Utah 5 W, 23-6= 26% • Adrian Molina leads the team with four game-winning RBI this season (a UNLV 7 W, 9-5= 78% double at So. Utah, a sac-fly, a homer vs. N. Mexico St. and a homer at UNLV 4 W, 14-8 29% Washington). Others who have hit the game-winning RBI this season include UNLV 1 L, 8-18 13% Jeff Hiestand (a single vs. N. Mexico St. & a two-run homer at UNLV and a UVSC 5 W, 8-6= 63% two-run homer at Northern Colorado), Ben Saylor (a two-out double at Washington 1 W, 4-2 25% UVSC and a single vs. UVSC), Kent Walton (a double vs. St. Mary’s and a UVSC 5 W, 11-6 45% two-run single at Northern Colorado), Marcos Villescas (a walk-off single vs. TCU 2 L, 4-6 50% New Mexico and a single vs. TCU), Blake Crosby (a sac-fly vs. No. No. Colo.