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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 2013 Schedule/Results or on Twitter @byucougars Date Opponent Time at site of game Feb. 15 vs. Northern Colorado + W, 9-0 Feb. 15 vs. Northern Colorado + L, 4-6 BYU [22-17,8-7] vs. Loyola Marymount (21-23, 9-9) Feb. 16 vs. Northern Illinois + W, 5-3 May 2 @ LMU Desmond Poulson (5-1, 2.44) 3 p.m. PDT Feb 16 @ Texas Tech +% L, 1-5 Feb 21 @ No. 2 LSU +%^ L, 5-6 May 3 @ LMU Jeff Barker (3-3, 3.80) 3 p.m. PDT Feb 22 SE Louisiana % L, 1-4 May 4 @ LMU Adam Miller (3-6, 534) 1:30 p.m. PDT Feb 23 SE Louisiana L, 2-3 Feb 23 @ No. 2 LSU +%^ W, 9-4 Feb 26 Seattle W, 5-2 Coverage This Week Feb 27 Seattle W, 10-0 The games will be available through livestats and live audio through Mar 1 Creighton +%$ W, 9-0 links available at http://byucougars.com/schedule/m-baseball/2013. Mar 1 Creighton +%$ L, 1-5 Mar 2 Creighton +% W, 14-5 Brent Norton will be broadcast all of the BYU league games and select- Mar 7 No. 21 UC Irvine +$ W, 6-3 ed non-conference games live on Radio 960 AM, Sirius Satellite 143. Mar 8 No. 21 UC Irvine +$ W, 3-1 Mar 9 No. 21 UC Irvine +$ L, 3-8 Mar 14 @ San Diego +%$^ L, 5-7 Coach Mike Littlewood Mar 15 @ San Diego +%$^ L, 3-5 Coach Mike Littlewood (BYU `93, played `85-`88) is in his first season Mar 16 @ San Diego +%$^ L, 9-10 (14 inn.) as head coach at BYU. The 46-year-old coach enters with a 181-111 Mar 18 @ UNLV +$^ L, 3-10 Mar. 20 Kansas +% W, 3-0 (.620) record in six seasons at the four-year level at Dixie State College Mar. 21 Kansas =+$ L, 4-15 and had a 382-127 (.750) mark in 10 seasons when Dixie was a junior Mar. 23 Kansas +$ W, 6-3 college. He is assisted by Trent Pratt (Dixie `08), Brent Haring (So. Vir- Mar 26 @ Utah +$ L, 4-5 (10 inn.) Mar. 28 Pepperdine +%$ W, 8-3 ginia `07) and Jeremy Thomas (BYU `99), all in their first years at BYU. Mar. 29 Pepperdine =+%$ W, 10-9. Mar. 30 Pepperdine +%$ L, 6-9 Series Record vs. UVU, Loyola Marymount Apr. 2 Utah Valley =+% W, 8-0 Apr. 4 @ Santa Clara +%$^ W, 3-1 LMU leads 5-3 vs. BYU (http://byucougars.com/node/4326/m-base- Apr. 5 @ Santa Clara +%$^ W, 8-2 ball) with a 4-1 record in Los Angeles, dating back to 1954. Apr. 6 @ Santa Clara $^ W, 5-2 Apr. 8 Washington State—cancelled Apr. 9 Utah—Postponed to May 14 Hannemann close to recycling Apr. 11 Portland +%$ L, 4-8 Freshman Jacob Hannemann hit for the cycle last Fall in his Apr. 12 Portland +%$= W, 11-7 Apr. 13 Portland +%$ W, 7-6 first practice away from the BYU football team. He is four triples Apr. 23 Utah +%$ W, 9-3 away from tying the school record in a season. Three times this season Apr. 25 @ No. 22 Gonzaga +%$ L, 4-6 he has come close to hitting again for the cycle: Apr. 26 @ No. 22 Gonzaga +%$ L, 1-5 Apr. 27 @ No. 22 Gonzaga +%$ W, 9-6 Opponent H 1B 2B 3B HR Apr. 30 @ Utah Valley +%$ W, 15-7 Utah Valley #1 3 1 1 0 1 Santa Clara #1 3 0 1 1 1 May 2 @ Loyola Marymount +%$ 3 p.m. Gonzaga #3 3 1 1 1 0 May 3 @ Loyola Marymount +%$ 3 p.m. May 4 @ Loyola Marymount +%$ 1:30 p.m. May 7 @ Utah +%$ 6 p.m. May 9 San Francisco +%$ 6 p.m. What Littlewood says about Hannemann: May 10 San Francisco =+%$ 6 p.m. “He’s one of those guys that whatever you tell him he just May 11 San Francisco =+%$ 1 p.m. absorbs it and he’ll try to put it right into play. It’s fun to watch him May 14 Utah +%$ 6 p.m. May 16 St. Mary’s +$= 6 p.m. play. We like to see him drive the ball up the middle with his swing. May 17 St. Mary’s +$= 6 p.m. He is getting better and better every game. We’re going to ride him as May 18 St. Mary’s +$= 1 p.m. long as we can. We talk about quick, fast-twitch muscle fiber, with his May 21 @ Arizona State +% 6:30 p.m. May 23-25 WCC Tournament, Stockton, CA +$ elbows, wrists and hands; he is so quick he can wait longer than the June 1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA normal guy on pitches. It’s pretty incredible when you consider what June 8-11 NCAA Super Regionals TBA he’s doing. Jun 15-26 College World Series Omaha, NE * WCC Games, % Internet Audio, + webcast, ^live video “It was the best catch I’ve ever seen in my life,” Littlewood $Radio 960, =on BYUtv, -- All times are local to site said of Hannemann’s inning-ending catch in a 5-2 victory at Santa Clara. “Hannemann dove straight behind him and gained ground on the play.” www.byucougars.com 2013 Baseball About the Team . 2013 WCC Preseason Poll J’s Share Luggage 1 San Diego (6) .............. 62 It’s the letter ‘J” that’s gone wild instead of aces. BYU rightfielder 2. Pepperdine (2) ............. 53 3. Gonzaga (1) ................ 49 Jaycob Brugman, whose father is Jayson, mother Jaylene, and siblings 4. Loyola Marymount ..... 47 Jayna, Jayson, Jayden and Jaymee. 5. San Francisco .............. 39 6. BYU ................... 24 7. Portland ................... 19 Regarding BYU This Season 8. Santa Clara .................. 16 • BYU has 10 players who are married 9. Saint Mary’s ................ 15 • Incorporated into this year’s team are fo.ur players who have just finished serving two-year Church missions (Jacob Hannemann, Andy Isom, Cody Shepherd and Derek Speigner) • Three players transferred to BYU (Derek Speigner, Drew Dennis and Cody Shepherd) 2013 BYU Honors • Adam Law, who is switching from the middle infield to anchoring third Desmond Poulson, Pitcher base in the lineup, is one player who continues to take extra batting • College Sports Madness WCC Player of Week practice. Early mornings in the batting cages at Miller Park, Law takes vs. No. Colorado • Brooks Wallace Classic All-Tournament batting practice from his grandpa Vernon Law, the 1960 Cy Young win- • Rawlings WCC Pitcher of Week, Kansas ner for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 83-year-old Law often throws over Adam Law, Second Base 100 pitches from a bucket of balls to his grandson. • Rawlings WCC Player of Week, Creighton/ Seattle • Brooks Wallace Classic All-Tournament BYU Baseball History in Conferences Jacob Hannemann, Outfield Overall/ League Conference Titles Member • Rawlings WCC Player of Week, UVU/Santa 45-43/18-21 West Coast — 2012-13 Clara 573-351-4/ 209-150 Mountain West One 2000-2011 Jaycob Brugman, Outfield 1291-689-9/554-207-3 Western Athletic Nine 1963-1999 • Brooks Wallace Classic All-Tournament 227-120-1/104-61-1 Mtn. States (Skyline) Three 1948-1962 - Rocky Mountain - 1909-1921 Home Season 2013 Game-Winning RBI The Cougars entered the 2013 season with a 152-89 (.631) record at Jaycob Brugman.....................................4 Larry H. Miller Field which seats 2,204 fans in its 13th season since it -2-run double, 1st inn. at Seattle, 10-0 was built. In the first nine years BYU drew 218,981 fans for an aver- -3-run double, 2nd inn. vs. Utah, 9-3 age of 1,177 and 142,248 at night for an average of 1,452. The crowd of -2-run homer, 5th inn. vs. Gonzaga, 9-6 --1-run double, 6th inn. @ Utah Valley, 15-7 3,081 against Utah in 2010 was the fourth-largest in school history and Brennon Anderson .................................3 the second-largest at Miller Park. The largest crowd at home during 2011 -two-run double, 3rd inn. vs. N. Illiniois, 5-3 was 1,474 vs. Seattle and the crowd of 2,820 fans at Arizona State was -three-run homer, 7th inn. at. No. 2 LSU, 9-4 the largest on the road. BYU drew 12,754 fans (averaging 797) for an -two-run double, 5th inn. vs. Creighton, 14-5 11-6 home record. Weather caused the cancellation of two home games Brock Whitney........................................3 -sac-fly, 4th inn. vs. No. Colorado, 9-0 (AFA & TCU) and forced a doubleheader vs. SDSU in 2011. -one-run single, 7th inn. vs. Pepperdine, 10-9 -one-run single, 8th inn. @ Santa Clara, 5-2 Live worldwide TV and Live AM Radio Jacob Hannemann .................................2 -one-run triple, 5th inn. vs. Kansas, 3-0 There are eight games which will be televised live on BYUtv and at least -two-run homer, 7th inn. @ Santa Clara, 3-1 38 games scheduled to be broadcast live on BYU Radio 960AM. The 38 Adam Law ...............................................2 radio broadcasts are not always streamed on the Internet due to conflicts -1-run double, 8th inn. vs. Pepperdine, 8-3 with other broadcasts for BYU volleyball and post-season softball. -1-run single, 3rd inn. @ Santa Clara, 8-2 Hayden Nielsen ......................................2 -sac-fly, 7th inn. at Seattle, 5-2 BYU in NCAA statistics -sac-fly, 5th inn.