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 [14-12, 6-3] vs. Seattle (15-12] Date Opponent Time at site of game Probable BYU Pitching Rotation Feb 17, Fri. @ UC Riverside L, 0-5 Apr. 12 @ Seattle Chris Capper (2-4, 2.72) 3 p.m. PDT Feb 17, Fri. @ UC Riverside W, 6-2 Apr. 12 @ Seattle Marc Oslund (2-0, 3.05) 6 p.m. PDT Feb 18, Sat. @ UC Riverside W, 8-4, 10 inn. Feb 23, Thu. @ St. Mary’s*$ L, 2-7 Apr. 13 @ Seattle Desmond Poulson (0-2, 5.17) 3 p.m. PDT Feb 24, Fri. @ St. Mary’s*$ W, 4-1 Apr. 14 @ Seattle TBA 1 p.m. PDT Feb 25, Sat. @ St. Mary’s*$ W, 7-3 Feb 28, Tue. @ Arkansas L, 0-5 Feb 29, Wed. @ Arkansas L, 1-8 Coverage This Week Mar 8, Thu. @ UC Irvine L, 1-3 Mar 9, Fri. @ UC Irvine W, 6-1 The games will be available through livestats, live audio and select- Mar 10, Sat. @ UC Irvine L, 2-9 ed video online through links available at http://byucougars.com/ Mar 12, Mon. @ Nebraska Omaha W, 19-9 schedule/m-baseball/2012. None of the games will be broadcast live Mar 13, Tue. @ Creighton L, 0-2 Mar 17, Sat. Seattle$= L, 1-2 on Radio 960 AM. Mar 17, Sat. Seattle= W, 9-2 Mar 22, Thu. @ Portland *$ W, 3-2 (12 inn.) Mar 23, Fri. @ Portland *$ L, 1-3 Coach Vance Law Mar 24, Sat. @ Portland *$ W, 7-4 (10 inn.) Coach Vance Law is in his 13th season as head coach at BYU. He Mar 27, Tue. @ Utah $+ W, 9-8 Mar 29, Thu. @ Nevada +%^ W, 4-3 played 14 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six dif- Mar 30, Fri. @ Nevada +%^ L, 4-5 ferent teams. In 2001 he was named Coach of the Year in the Mountain Mar 31, Sat. @ Nevada +%^ L, 3-9 West Conference. The 55-year-old coach entered this season with a Apr 3, Tue. @ Utah $+ W, 9-6 Apr 5, Thu. Loyola Marymount *$= W, 7-2 375-321-2 (.539) record. He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his 10th Apr 6, Fri. Loyola Marymount *$= L, 2-3 year at BYU. Last Fall, pitching coach Wally Ritchie replaced Bobby Apr 7, Sat. Loyola Marymount *$ W, 8-6 Applegate, now at UC Riverside Apr 12, Thu. @ Seattle%=^ 3:00 PM PDT Apr 12, Thu. @ Seattle%=^ 6:00 PM PDT Apr 13, Fri. @ Seattle%=^ 3:00 PM PDT Series Record vs. Redhawks Apr 14, Sat. @ Seattle%=^ 1:00 PM PDT Apr 17, Tue. Utah $=+ 6:00 PM MDT BYU leads the series, 5-2 against Seattle University. Prior to splitting Apr 24, Tue. @ Stanford $ 5:30 PM PDT a doubleheader last month in Provo, he last time the two teams played Apr 26, Thu. @ San Francisco *$ 3:00 PM PDT was in 2011 when BYU won all three games, including an 11-inning Apr 27, Fri. @ San Francisco *$ 3:00 PM PDT Apr 28, Sat. @ San Francisco *$ 1:00 PM PDT 4-3 victory in Provo. BYU won the first meeting in 1979, 9-4, at the May 1, Tue. @ Utah Valley 6:00 PM MDT Riverside Baseball Invitational in California. The Redhawks won both May 3, Thu. San Diego *$=+ 6:00 PM MDT games in Seattle in 2010, including a 16-inning 3-2 victory. May 4, Fri. San Diego *$=+ 6:00 PM MDT May 5, Sat. San Diego *$=+ Noon PM MDT May 8, Tues. Southern Utah=$+ 6:00 PM MDT NCAA Statistics May 10, Thu. @ Pepperdine *$ 3:00 PM PDT May 11, Fri. @ Pepperdine *$ 3:00 PM PDT BYU was 28th in triples, 47th in hits allowed and 55th in double May 12, Sat. @ Pepperdine *$ 1:00 PM PDT plays in the most recent NCAA release of leaders this season. Tanner May 17, Thu. Santa Clara *$=+ 6:00 PM MDT Chauncey was No. 7 in toughest to strikeout, Jaycob Brugman was May 18, Fri. Santa Clara *$=+ 6:00 PM MDT May 19, Sat. Santa Clara *$=+ 1:00 PM MDT 17th in triples and Mason Marshall was at No. 19 in saves. May 24, Thu. Gonzaga *$=+ 6:00 PM MDT May 25, Fri. Gonzaga *$=+ 6:00 PM MDT May 26, Sat. Gonzaga *$=+ 1:00 PM MDT Running to the Y June 1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA Last October, Zane Affleck won BYU baseball’s eighth annual Y Jun15-26 College World Series Omaha, NE * WCC Games, % Internet Audio, + webcast, ^live video Mountain run in a record 13:09, 2nd Travis Stacey 13:52, 3rd Des- $Radio 960 mond Poulson 14:42 (Poulson won the 2011 Y Mountain run in 14:37.) =on BYUtv Newly returned missionary Adam Law, a sophomore infielder, was -- All times are local to site fourth in a time of 15:04. www.byucougars.com 2012 Baseball About the Team . BYU’s Sibling Rivalry Major League College Coaches Player/Coach...........No. of Siblings Adam Miller ............... 10 BYU Coach Vance Law and pitching coach Wally Ritchie are a unique combina- Coach Vance Law ....... 5 tion, both having played in the Major Leagues. While Law is one of 10 college Austin Hall ................. 5 head coaches who have played in the Majors, none have a Major League pitching Dillon Robinson ......... 5 coach also on the staff. Ritchie, who pitched with the Phillies in 1987-88 and Stephen Wells ............. 5 1991-92, is one of two pitching coaches in the WCC who have played in the Ma- jors. Portland’s Larry Casian pitched for the Twins, Indians, Cubs, Royals and 2012 WCC Preseason Poll White Sox. Law’s father Vernon, who won the 1960 Cy Young Award with the 1 San Diego (5) .............. 59 Pirates, was an assistant coach at BYU from 1969-79. 2. Gonzaga (3) ................ 57 3. San Francisco (1) ....... 51 4. Loyola Marymount ..... 37 Regarding BYU This Season 5. Pepperdine .................. 30 • BYU has six players who are married (Chase Frampton, Wes Guenther, Aus- 6. Saint Mary’s ................ 30 tin Hall, David Parry, Stephen Wells and Alex Wolfe). 7. BYU ................... 28 8. Portland ................... 23 • Incorporated into this year’s team are four players who have just finished 9. Santa Clara .................. 9 serving two-year Church missions (Adam Law, Adam Miller, Marc Oslund, Brock Whitney). Coach Law & BYU vs. WCC Field • Three players transferred to BYU (Mike Milke and Christian Mua are the Law (13 yrs.)W-L BYU Overall W-L newest transfers to BYU, joining from previous seasons--Alex Wolfe). Gonzaga 6-6 (.500) 12-13 (.480) • Among those who could throw batting practice to BYU again this season is LMU 2-1 (.667) 3-5 (.375) former Cy Young winner Vernon Law (1960 Pittsburgh Pirates), father of Pepperdine 3-1 (.750) 9-17-1 (.352) BYU head coach Vance Law. Vernon turned 82-years-old on March 12, had Portland 9-7 (.563) 11-9 (.555) seven-by-pass heart surgery seven years ago and had his second knee replace- St. Mary’s 3-2 (.600) 8-2 (.800) ment surgery. San Diego 0-0 (.000) 7-3 (.700) USF 1-2 (.333) 3-6 (.333) Santa Clara 2-1 (.667) 2-5 (.286) Wells’ Walk-Off Homers Overall 26-20 (.565) 55-60-1 (.478) In 2011 Stephen Wells hit his third walk-off home run of his BYU career. That solo homer came in the 11th inning to give BYU a 4-3 victory over BYU vs. WCC in 2012 Seattle. In 2010 he had a walk-off, two-run homer in an 11-10 victory at UT- Arlington. As a freshman in 2007 he had a walk-off 10th-inning solo homer Here are a couple of interesting baseball vs. Missouri in the Service Academy Classic at Tennessee. Wells’ maternal facts on the WCC (BYU has a 55-60-1 great uncle Allie Reynolds played for Oklahoma A&M from 1936-38 and record against that league). Pepperdine Oklahoma State’s stadium is named after the former N.Y. Yankee great. won the College World Series in 1992. Of the nine current WCC teams, only St. VJDT’s Share Luggage Mary’s has not participated in the NCAA It’s the letter “V”, the letter ‘J”, the letter “D” or the letter “T” that’s gone post-season tournament. BYU’s 1-1 tie wild instead of aces. Head coach Vance Law’s father is Vernon, his mother against Pepperdine came in the second is VaNita, his brothers are Varlin, Veldon, Veryl, Vaughn and sister Valinda. Close behind is BYU rightfielder Jaycob Brugman, whose father is Jayson, game of a doubleheader in 1963. BYU’s mother Jaylene, and siblings Jayna, Jayson, Jayden and Jaymee. Third base- win-loss baseball records and last action man Dillon Robinson has siblings Darek, Dayna, Deidrey, Danica and Demi. against the current WCC teams is: Infielder Tanner Chauncey has siblings Tessa, Tate and Trey. 12-13 vs. Gonzaga, 2011, split 2 games 1-4 vs. LMU, 1972, LMU won 5-4 Home Season 9-17-1 vs. Pepperdine, 2011, PU won 5-3 The Cougars entered this season with a 145-80 (.644) record at Larry H. 11-9 vs. Portland, 2011, BYU won 7-4 Miller Field which seats 2,204 fans in its 12th season since it was built. In the 8-2 vs.