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Athletic Media Relations 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-422-9769 • fax 801-422-0633 Weekly Release - May 9, 2007 Cougars Host Southern Utah, then Bus to San Diego BYU, 29-17 overall and 12-6 in the Mountain West Conference (second place and 2.5 games ahead of SDSU) buses to San Diego State, 27-26 and 11-10, for three Media Relations Information games. E-Mail: [email protected] Probable Pitching Rotation Date Opp/Event Time at site of game 5/10 @ San Diego St. +*% 6 p.m. May 10 at San Diego State Jordan Muir (5-3, 5.53) 6 p.m. 5/11 @ San Diego St. +* 6 p.m. May 11 at San Diego State Jake Wortham (6-4, 4.66) 6 p.m. May 12 at San Diego State Jesse Craig (8-2, 2.86) 1 p.m. 5/12 @ San Diego St. +*%# (The Mtn.) 1 p.m. 5/15 Utah Valley State + 6 p.m. Probable Lineup 5/17 Utah +*# %(BYUTV) 6 p.m. 1B–#22Kasey Ko 2B–#9 Kent Walton SS–#13 Danny Vargas 5/18 Utah +* 6 p.m. 3B–#5 Steve Parker RF–#17 Leon Johnson CF–#1 Stephen Wells 5/19 Utah +*% 1 p.m. LF–#24 Apana Nakayama C–#10 J.T. Musso 5/22-26 MWC Tournament Las Vegas TBA DH–#16 Chase Frampton 6/1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA Injuries 6/8-11 Super Regionals TBA Collin Fanning returned briefly after a one-game absence but is still bothered by 6/15-28 World Series Omaha, NE TBA shinsplints. Utility player Jason Johnson is out indefinitely following a surgical * MWC Games, +webcast, #TV, %Internet Audio procedure last week from an injury in practice. Shortstop Danny Vargas returned last month from a moderate strain of the MCL with a knee injury (game 1 at UNLV). Outfielder Jonathan Cluff is out for eight weeks with a broken foot (at Honorees for 2007 Utah). Jesse Craig, Pitcher Radio Coverage •Pre-Season All-MWC, Baseball America There will be live BYU radio for all of BYU’s league games. KOVO 960 AM, with •Top MWC Draft Prospects, Baseball America veteran broadcaster Brent Norton calling the play-by-play, will broadcast 30 of •MWC Pitcher of the Week (TCU) BYU’s games this season. These broadcasts are also available on the Dish Network as well as over the Internet. Links to the webcasts and audiocasts are on the BYU Jordan Muir, Pitcher baseball's schedule page at www.byucougars.com. •Wallace Watch List •MWC Pitcher of the Week (Sam Houston St.) BYU on TV Four Times Four of BYU’s games will be televised this season--March 22 against TCU, April Apana Nakayama, DH 5 vs. UNLV, and May 17 vs. Utah, all on both BYUTV and The Mountain. The •Pre-Season All-MWC, Coaches three BYUTV games are recorded in three languages: English, Spanish and •Pre-Season All-MWC, Baseball America Portuguese. Additionally, BYU’s game at San Diego State on May 12 will be tel- evised on The Mountain. Kent Walton, Second Base •MWC Player of the Week (UNLV) Coach Vance Law and staff Vance Law became a grandpa in March. He played 14 years of pro ball, includ- Jake Wortham, Pitcher ing 11 years in the majors with six different teams. In 2001 he was named •MWC Pitcher of the Week (Sam Houston St.) Coach of the Year for the Mountain West Conference. The 50-year-old coach is •All-Tournament, Service Academies Classic in his eighth year at BYU and has a 228-183-2 (.554) record coming into the 2007 •CBF National Honor Roll “Player of the Week” season. He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his fifth year at BYU. Pitching coach (Missouri) Bobby Applegate is in his fourth year with BYU, having last coached at the Air Force Academy. Volunteer assistant Paul Bassett is in his first year on the BYU staff. BYU Scoring With Two Outs The accompanying chart on page two shows BYU practices what Coach Vance Law preaches, you can still score with two outs. In 2005 BYU won 25 of its 39 games in come-from-behind fashion. In 2006 BYU won 16 of 33 games coming from behind. This season BYU has won 12 games coming from behind. NCAA Statistics This week’s NCAA statistics show BYU ranked first in triples at 0.69 per www.byucougars.com BYU Baseball Release Baseball Scoring in 2007 with Two Outs Page 2 Opp. w/2 out Result %Scored w/2out game, Kent Walton ranked 19th in triples with a 0.14 average, Collin SH St. 9 W, 17-8= 53% SH St. 3 W, 5-2 60% Fanning is ranked 29th in stolen bases (0.5) and Leon Johnson is ranked Portland 1 L, 1-2 50% 39th in stolen bases (0.55), and Jesse Craig is ranked 35th in pitching victo- Memphis 2 L, 2-3 (10) 100% ries with eight. The Cougars also rank 45th in batting average (.311), 42nd Missouri 2 W, 4-3 (10) 50% in slugging (.465), 17th in double plays (1.04) and 29th in stolen bases at 1.8 So. Utah 10 W, 20-2 50% thefts per game. No. Colo. 2 W, 17-2 11% Team Notes No. Colo. 8 W, 13-1 62% No. Colo. 1 W, 7-5 14% • Kent Walton leads the team with a current six-game hitting streak, followed Gonzaga 4 W, 10-3 40% by Stephen Wells at four. Walton led the team with a 16-game hitting streak, Gonzaga 3 W, 9-4 33% hitting in the first eight games this season. Walton had an 11-game hitting UVSC 2 W, 12-8= 17% streak last season, too. Collin Fanning led the team with a 14-game hitting UNLV 4 L, 5-12 80% streak ended at TCU. Kasey Ko had a 10-game streak also ended at TCU. UNLV 5 W, 9-8= 56% Leon Johnson had a nine-game streak this season ended against TCU. UNLV 3 W, 5-3= 60% Wells had an eight-game hitting streak ended vs. UNLV. Nakayama had a Utah 1 L, 4-8 25% seven-game hitting streak ended at Portland. Parker had a seven-game hit- TCU 3 L, 5-6 60% ting streak ended at New Mexico. TCU 6 W, 12-11= 50% • Game-winning RBI this season have come from Mike McKeever (a two-run Binghamton 10 W, 15-0 67% single in game one at Sam Houston State, a single in game three vs. Binghamton 1 L, 6-11 17% Jonathan Cluff Binghamton 9 W, 12-10= 75% Gonzaga), (a two-run single in game three at Sam Houston UNLV 4 W, 14-13= 29% State & a two-run triple in game two vs. Gonzaga), Stephen Wells (solo UNLV 1 W, 5-3 20% homer in the 10th inning vs. Missouri and a one-run triple vs. AFA in game UNLV 7 W, 16-9= 44% 3), Austin Hall (double vs. SUU, single vs. UVSC in game one), Dan Vargas Washington 2 W, 8-3 25% (triple in game one & single in game three vs. Northern Colorado), Kasey Ko Washington 8 W, 15-9 53% (a two-run double in game two at UNLV, a double against Binghamton and a So. Utah 1 L, 2-7 50% two-run single vs. UNLV game 3), Apana Nakayama (a two-run homer TCU 4 W, 5-0 80% against Binghamton, a single vs. UNLV in game 1, a single vs. UNLV in game TCU 1 L, 2-14 50% 2 and a solo homer at TCU), Collin Fanning (single in game three at UNLV, AFA 1 W, 5-4= 20% single in game one vs. Washington) and J.T. Musso (a two-run homer in AFA 1 W, 7-4= 14% game two vs. Washington), Steve Parker (a one-run triple vs. AFA in game 2, AFA 1 W, 11-2= 9% a one-run double at UVSC and a one-run double at New Mexico in game 3). UVSC 1 W, 2-1 50% and Kent Walton (a sac-fly in game one at New Mexico and a 3-run homer New Mexico 2 W, 3-0 67% vs. Southern Utah in game 3). New Mexico 3 L, 3-4 100% • This year BYU is 2-2 in extra-inning games. Last season BYU was 2-0 in New Mexico 4 W, 5-3= 80% extra-inning games. In 2005 BYU was 1-2 in extra-inning contests. So. Utah 3 W, 12-1 25% Ticket Prices 2007 Totals: 133 325 total runs 41% 2006 Totals: 171 415 total runs 41% Reserve seats at Larry H. Miller Field are $5 for the lower and upper sections 2005 Totals: 195 500 total runs 39% behind home plate. General admission seats are $5 for adults, $4 students, $15 =Indicates come-from-behind victory for a family or team pass and groups of 10 or more are $2 each. Attendance and Record at Miller Field BYU has drawn 147,478 fans in six seasons since the opening of Larry H. Double Plays in NCAA History Miller Field in 2001, for an average of 1,446 in 102 games (only 11 of which BYU’s six double plays at UVSC were doubleheaders). At Miller Park, the Cougars have an 80-33 (.708) record in six seasons, including a night record of 46-21 (.687) for an average last week ties several teams for of 1,600 fans. The Cougars have ranked nationally in attendance in all six the second-best mark in NCAA years at Miller Field.