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 2018 Schedule/Results Follow BYU baseball at http://www.facebook.com/BYUbaseball Date Opponent Time at site of game or on Twitter @byubaseball Feb 16 at CSUN + %^ W, 5-3 Feb 17 at CSUN + % L, 9-10 BYU (5-3) at No. 18 Auburn (9-0) Feb 17 at CSUN + % W, 6-5 Feb 19 at CSUN + %^ W, 10-8 Mar. 2 vs. Auburn Jordan Wood (0-0, 2.25) 5 p.m. CST Feb 22 at Hawai`i +% L,2-3 Mar. 3 vs. Auburn Hayden Rogers (2-0, 3.65) Noon CST Feb 23 at Hawai`i +$% W, 4-3, 10 inn. Mar. 3 vs. Auburn Kenny Saenz (0-1, 10.80) 3:30 p.m. CST Feb 24 at Hawai`i +$% W-4-3 Feb 24 at Hawai`i +% L, 3-8 Mar 2 at No. 18 Auburn + $ % 5 p.m. Broadcast Coverage Mar 3 at No. 18 Auburn + $ % Noon All games will have live stats. Brent Norton will call the action of most Mar 3 at No. 18 Auburn +$ % 3:30 p.m. Mar 8 Nebraska-Omaha + $ % 5 p.m. games on ESPN 960 AM radio, which will also be streamed on its site. Mar 9 Nebraska-Omaha + $ % 5 p.m. Only Friday’s game will also be streamed the site for BYU Radio and Mar 10 Nebraska-Omaha +$= % 11 a.m. Sirius XM 143. Friday’s game at Auburn will be streamed live on ESPN3 Mar 13 Utah Valley += % 6 p.m. Mar 15 Loyola Marymount += % 6 p.m. (SEC Sports Network Plus). Mar 16 Loyola Marymount + % 6 p.m. Mar 17 Loyola Marymount +=% 1 p.m. Coach Mike Littlewood Mar 20 Utah +=% 6 p.m. Mar 22 Gonzaga +% (ESPNU) 6 p.m. Coach Mike Littlewood (BYU `93, played `85-`88) is in his sixth season Mar 23 Gonzaga +=% 6 p.m. as head coach at BYU, 32-21 (.604) in 2013; 22-31 (.415) in 2014; 28-25 Mar 24 Gonzaga +=% 1 p.m. in 2015; and 37-17 in 2016; and 38-21 in 2017 for n 157-115 (.577) re- Mar 27 at Utah Valley % 6 p.m. Mar 29 at Pepperdine % 3 p.m. cord with the Cougars. The 51-year-old coach had a 219-128 (.631) record Mar 30 at Pepperdine % 3 p.m. in seven seasons at the four-year level at Dixie State College and had a Mar 31 at Pepperdine % 1 p.m. 382-127 (.750) mark in 10 seasons when Dixie was a junior college. He Apr 3 at Utah +% (Pac-12 TV) 6 p.m. Apr 5 Santa Clara += % 6 p.m. is assisted by Trent Pratt (Dixie `08), Brent Haring (So. Virginia `07) and Apr 6 Santa Clara +% 6 p.m. Jeremy Thomas (BYU `99), all in their fifth year at BYU. Apr 7 Santa Clara +=% 1 p.m. Apr 12 at Portland % 6 p.m. Apr 13 at Portland % 6 p.m. Series vs. Auburn Apr 14 at Portland % Noon This is the first meeting between the two teams. BYU has the following Apr 17 at Arizona +% (Pac-12 TV) 6 p.m. series records against these SEC teams (8-8): Alabama (1-2), Arkansas Apr 24 Utah +=% 6 p.m. Apr 26 San Diego +=% 6 p.m. (1-2), Florida (0-0), Kentucky (1-0), LSU (1-1), Ole Miss (1-0), Missis- Apr 27 San Diego +% 6 p.m. sippi State (3-1), Texas A&M (0-2) and Vanderbilt (0-0). Apr 28 San Diego +=% 1 p.m. May 1 at Cal (Pac-12 TV) %+ 7 p.m. May 3 at Saint Mary’s % 3 p.m. Playing in the South May 4 at Saint Mary’s % 3 p.m. BYU played last season in the Atlanta Challenge in Georgia, losing at May 5 at Saint Mary’s % 3 p.m. No. 21 Georgia Tech, beating Kennesaw State and losing in 10 innings May 8 at Utah %+ (Pac-12 TV) 6 p.m. May 10 at San Francisco % 3 p.m. at Georgia State. The Cougars played at Samford University in Birming- May 11 at San Francisco % 3 p.m. ham, Alabama in 2016,winning three of four games. The Cougars played May 12 at San Francisco % 1 p.m. at the University of Alabama, winning the middle of three games in May 15 at Stanford (Pac-12 TV) + ^% 2 p.m. May 17 Pacific +=% 6 p.m. 2000 (Note: former BYU baseball coach and BYU director of athletics, May 18 Pacific +=% 6 p.m. Glen Tuckett, who is on the board of the American Baseball Coaches May 19 Pacific +=% 1 p.m. Association, was the interim AD at Alabama for 18 months in 1995-96 May 24-26 WCC Tournament Stockton, CA June 16-27 College World Series Omaha, NE and was a color baseball analyst for several games on College Sports Southeast). % Internet Audio, + webcast, ^live video $Radio 960, =on BYUtv, :)W.tv -- All times are local to site In 2013, BYU split a pair of games at No. 2 LSU. In 2014, BYU was 2-2 at Nicholls State in Louisiana. In 1994, BYU won 2 of 4 games at the NCAA Regional hosted by Florida State and 1 of 2 in 1990 at the NCAA Regionals hosted by Mississippi State. In 2007, BYU split a pair of games at the Service Academies Classic in Millington, Tenn. www.byucougars.com 2018 Baseball BYU in 2018 NCAA Statistics 2018 BYU Honors No. 17 Doubles 19 No. 4 Hayden Rogers, victories 2 Brennon Anderson, 2B No. 22 Riley Gates, saves 2 • Preseason All-America, 3rd Team NCBWA • Preseason All-WCC, Coaches No. 22 Jake Suddreth, saves 2 Ryan Brady, RHP • WCC No. 5 Impact Freshmen, D1baseball.com BYU returners in 2017 NCAA Statistics No. 22 Brennon Anderson, runs (No. 5, 1.20/g) 71 David Clawson, Catcher No. 5 Brock Hale, batting average .395 • WCC No. 8 Top 2018 Prospects, D1baseball.com No. 14 Brennon Anderson, doubles 23 Brock Hale, OF No. 14 Brock Hale, on base percentage .481 • Preseason All-WCC, Perfect Game No. 16 Brock Hale, slugging percentage .672 • WCC No. 6 Top 2018 Prospects, D1baseball.com No. 16 Brock Hale, runs per game 1.12 • WCC No. 3 Top 2018 Drafts, Baseball America No. 18 Brennon Anderson, hits 90 Keaton Kringlen, OF • Preseason All-WCC, Coaches Kringlen National & WCC Player of Week vs. Utah, SMC • Preseason All-WCC, Perfect Game • WCC No. 10 Top 2018 Prospects, D1baseball.com Last year, Keaton Kringlen was named National Player of the Week by three organizations (Collegiate Baseball, National Baseball Writers As- Daniel Schneemann, Shortstop sociation and College Sports Madness) and Rawlings WCC Player of the • Preseason All-WCC, Coaches Week. In the four games he had a slugging percentage of 1.571 with a • WCC No. 12 Top 2018 Prospects, D1baseball.com batting average of .571, while going 8-for-14 with a triple, four homers, • WCC No. 7 Top 2018 Drafts, Baseball America 14 RBI and 22 total bases for the Cougars. Three of those homers came in a 14-1 victory to complete a three-game sweep over league-leading BYU vs. WCC in 2018 Saint Mary’s. His triple at Utah and his two-run inside the park homer Here are a couple of interesting baseball vs. SMC in a 7-6 win were the game-winning RBI. facts on the WCC. Pepperdine won the Col- lege World Series in 1992. BYU’s 1-1 tie against Pepperdine came in the second game Hale Rawlings WCC Player of Week vs. Utah, Portland of a doubleheader in 1963. BYU’s win-loss Last year, Brock Hale homered in the first game of the week against Utah baseball records and last action against the on a towering solo shot that bounced in the road beyond left field and current WCC team is: 22-25 vs. Gonzaga, 2017, BYU won 16-3 had a three-run homer in the six-run fourth of the final game of the week 13-12 vs. LMU, 2017, BYU won 5-4 against Portland. For the week he had nine RBI, two doubles and two 16-25-1 vs. Pepperdine, 2017, BYU won 9-4 home runs. 23-11 vs. Portland, 2017, BYU won 16-3 19-7 vs. St. Mary’s, 2017, BYU won 8-4 5-19 vs. San Diego, 2017, BYU won 12-8 Oldest-Youngest on the team 15-12 vs. USF, 2017, BYU won 11-5 The oldest on the team is 25-year-old Hayden Rogers and the youngest is 16-9 vs. Santa Clara, 2017, BYU won 8-4 *11-5 vs. Pacific, 2017, BYU won 5-2 18-year-old Walker Sigman. *Pacific entered WCC in 2014 Married Players (8) Jack Morris to Hall of Fame in Cooperstown Brennan Anderson, Lauren Gold Former BYU pitcher Jack Morris will be inducted into the baseball Hall Riley Gates, Madie Siddoway of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 29. Morris played for BYU in Brock Hale, Emma Fruehan 1975 (6-3, 5.08) and 1976 (4-6, 4.72). The native of St. Paul, Minn., was Keaton Kringlen, McKenna Santiago drafted in the 5th round by the Detroit Tigers. He played 18 years in Kendall Motes, Brooklyn Barben the Major League for the Tigers (1977-1990), Minnesota Twins (1991), Rhett Parkinson, Cassandra Beecher Toronto Blue James (1992-93) and Cleveland Indians (1994), recording a Hayden Rogers, Katie Rigby 254-186 record with a 3.90 ERA.