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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] BYU (25-29, 12-12) vs. UNLV (27-27, 11-13) Probable BYU Pitching Rotation BYU 2010 Schedule/Results May 25 vs. UNLV Chris Capper (4-1, 4.68) 3 p.m. PDT Date Opponent Time at site of game Feb 19 @ UC Riverside + L, 11-12 May 26 vs. TBA TBA TBA Feb 19 @ UC Riverside + L, 4-6 Feb 20 @ UC Riverside+% L, 11-6 Feb 25 @ UC Davis +% L, 0-3 Feb 25 @ UC Davis +% W, 10-2 Feb 27 @ UC Davis +& W, 8-4 Coverage This Week Mar 2 @ Baylor +^% W, 7-5 All of the BYU games will be avail- Mar 3 @ Texas A & M +^ L, 3-5 Mar 4 @ UT Arlington + L, 2-17 able through livestats or live audio Mar 5 @ UT Arlington + L, 3-6 online through links available at Mar 6 @ UT Arlington + W, 11-10 Mar 11 Washington +^ W, 10-4 http://www.byucougars.com/Sched- Mar 12 Washington +^ W, 16-4 ule.jsp?SP=101. Live radio broad- Mar 13 Washington +^ L, 10-12 Mar 15 @ Gonzaga + L, 7-9 casts on Radio 960 AM/92.9 FM. Mar 16 @ Gonzaga + W, 3-2 Mar 18 @ No. 4 TCU + L, 6-13 Mar 19 @ No. 4 TCU + L, 3-11 Coach Vance Law Mar 19 @ No. 4 TCU + W, 5-4 Mar 25 UNLV +^ W, 12-11 Coach Vance Law loged his 600th Mar 26 UNLV +^ W, 8-4 game at the BYU helm last month Mar 27 UNLV +^ L, 5-11 Mar 31 @USF + L, 4-20 and earlier this month was presented Apr 1 @ San Jose St. + W, 11-5 a Cougar Paw Award (citing service) by the BYU Athletic Department Apr 3 @ San Jose St. + W, 11-5 Apr 3 @ San Jose St. + L, 3-5 in its quarterly meetings. Law is in his 11th season as head coach at Apr 5 Washington St. +^ W, 3-2 BYU. He played 14 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors Apr 8 @ New Mexico* + L, 5-11 Apr 9 @ New Mexico* + W, 13-5 with six different teams. In 2001 he was named Coach of the Year in the Apr 10 @ New Mexico* + L, 9-10 Mountain West Conference. The 53-year-old coach entered this season Apr 13 No. 20 Kansas St. +^ W, 15-9 Apr 14 No. 20 Kansas St. +^ W, 13-10 with a 317-263-2 (.546) record. He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his Apr 15 No. 10 TCU* +^ (TV) L, 8-14 eighth year at BYU. Pitching coach Bobby Applegate is in his seventh Apr 15 No. 10 TCU* +^ (TV) L, 1-12 Apr 17 No. 10 TCU* +^ (11 inn., TV) L 5-4 year with BYU, having last coached at the Air Force Academy. Apr 22 Utah* +%^ W, 9-7 Apr 23 Utah* +^ (BYU TV live) L, 2-11 Apr 24 Utah* +^ W, 6-4 Hitting Streaks Apr 29 @ Seattle (16 inn.) L, 2-3 Apr 30 @ Seattle L, 7-8 Austin Hall, Stephen Wells and Alex Wolfe lead the team with a eight- May 1 Portland (Seattle) L, 1-5 game hitting streaks. Jonathan Cluff, Dane Nielsen and Brandon Relf May 4 @ UVU + W, 14-10 May 6 @ UNLV* + L, 6-12 each have seven-game hitting streaks. May 7 @ UNLV* + (11 innings) L, 8-9 May 8 @ UNLV*+% W, 16-7 May 10 @Arizona St. + L, 0-14 May 11 @Arizona St. + L, 2-7 2010 BYU Baseball Media Guide May 13 San Diego St.* + ^ (TV, 10 innings) W, 10-9 There is no hard copy of the 2010 BYU Baseball Media Guide, rather it May 14 San Diego St.* + ^(BYU TV live) W, 13-5 May 15 San Diego St.* + ^(BYU TV live) W, 16-10 is all on-line at http://www.byucougars.com/mediaGuides.jsp. BYU’s May 18 UVU +^ (BYU TV, 10 inn.) L, 12-14 online media guides have been recognized by eyeonsportsmedia.com as May 20 @ Air Force* + W, 16-6 May 21 @ Air Force* + W, 18-4 the Best Online Media Guide Solution, receiving the 2009 Bloodshot May 22 @ Air Force* +% L, 19-22 Eyeball Award for Sports Media Best Practices. May 25 vs. UNLV +^% 3 p.m. PDT May 25-29 MWC Champs @ San Diego St. Jun19-29/30 College World Series Travel Plans * MWC Games, % Internet Audio, + webcast, ^live video BYU took a couple-hour stop on its return bus trip from Colorado -- All times are local to site Springs on Sunday and reboarded in Provo to continue to San Diego that same day. Media can contact BYU SID Ralph Zobell at the Court- yard Mission Valley (619) 291-5720. www.byucougars.com 2010 Baseball 2010 Game-Winning RBI About the Team . Alex Wolfe ..................................................6 Oldest to Youngest --two-run double, @ UC Davis, 10-2 There are eight seniors and eight freshmen on the current squad. The ages --two-run double, Washington, 16-4 range from 24-year-old Kevin Sloan to 18-year-old Kevin Noall. --two-run homer, @ New Mexico, 13-5 --two-run double, Utah, 9-7 Strength of Schedule --walk-off two-run homer, Utah, 6-4 Boyd’s World collegiate baseball rankings had BYU ranked with the 31st --sac-fly, @ Utah Valley, 14-10 toughest schedule in the nation. Others on BYU’s schedule were ranked on that strength of schedule index: Washington State (18), San Francisco Brandon Relf ...............................................4 -single, @ TCU, 5-4 (23), Arizona State (30) and TCU (53). Pingbaseball has BYU at No. -error, UNLV 8-4 17 on schedule difficulty, while Seattle is No. 1, followed by San Diego -lead-off homer, Wash. St., 3-2 State (24) and New Mexico (50) -two-run single, Kansas St., 13-10 Good GPAs Ryan Bernal .................................................4 Sophomore pitcher David Parry recorded a 4.0 grade point average last se- -single, @ UC Davis, 8-4 mester. The accounting major made the Dean’s List. Another of the top -single, @ San Jose State, 11-5 GPAs on the team is by pitcher Shawn Hardesty, who has a job teaching Por- -grand slam, Kansas St., 15-9 tuguese at the nearby Missionary Training Center. Kevin Sloan and Dane -three-run homer, @ Air Force, 18-4 Nielsen were nominated to the CoSida Academic All-America ballot. Austin Hall ..................................................2 -sac-fly, @ Gonzaga, 3-2 Home Season -single, @ San Jose State, 11-5 BYU drew 17,952 fans in it’s 19-game home schedule this season for a 12-7 record. The Cougars have a 134-74 (.644) record at Larry H. Stephen Wells ..............................................2 Miller Field which seats 2,204 fans in its 10th season since it was built. -two-run homer, @ UT Arlington, 11-10 In the previous nine years BYU drew 218,981 fans for an average of -grand slam homer, SDSU, 13-5 1,177 and 142,248 at night for an average of 1,452. The crowd of 3,081 against Utah last season was the fourth-largest in school history and the Jonathan Cluff .............................................2 -single, SDSU, 10-9 second-largest at Miller Park. This season the largest crowd at home was -single, SDSU, 16-10 1,826 in the finale vs. Utah and the crowd of 3,744 fans at Utah Valley was the largest on the road. Bryce Ayoso ................................................1 -single, UNLV, 12-11 Taking Series BYU has now won series against UC Davis, Washington, UNLV, San Sean McNaughton .......................................1 Jose State, No. 20 Kansas State, Utah, San Diego State and Air Force. -walk, @ UNLV, 16-7 The Cougars have won on every trip since the opening series and the first Austin Hall ..................................................1 week of May. -two-run single, @ Air Force, 16-6 Zimbabwe 2010 MWC Preseason Poll Coach Vance Law, his son Andrew, Wes Guenther, David Parry and 1 TCU (10) ................... 70 Stephen Wells assisted others in the community in packing clothing and 2. New Mexico ................ 55 supplies in crates which arrived in January to assist those in need in Zim- 3. San Diego State ........... 47 babwe. Coach Law became aware of this project through his son Adam, 4. Utah ................... 45 5. BYU ................... 28 who was on last year’s team, and is now serving a mission there. 6. UNLV ................... 22 7. Air Force ................... 13 NCAA Statistics Jonathan Cluff was ranked ninthth nationally in triples, while the Cou- gars were ranked sixth in that category. Kevin Sloan was ranked 14th nationally in victories. Dane Nielsen was ranked 16th in toughest to strike out. The Cougars were ranked 11th in double plays. www.byucougars.com 2010 Baseball Coach Law & BYU vs. MWC Field Jonathan Cluff, OF, Sr. Law (11 yrs.)W-L BYU Overall W-L Leading the team with a .459 batting average in league AFA 43-13 (.774) 139-27 (.841) games ... one of five co-captains for 2010 ... drafted out Utah 45-19 (.703) 214-95-2 (.691) of high school in the 20th round by the Atlanta Braves... UNM 31-22 (.585) 77-51-1 (.601) tied school record in 2009 with seven at bats vs. St. John’s UNLV 39-28 (.582) 76-67 (.531) ... spent the summer of 2008 living with Steve Garvey, a SDSU 35-33 (.515) 48-70-1 (.408) 10-time All-Star in the Majors, when he and teammate Kent TCU 4-22 (.154) 6-28 (.176) Walton played for the Palm Springs Power in Calif., ... Overall 197-137 (.590) 560-338-4 (.623) engaged to be married in July.