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 (20-15, 7-5) vs. Utah (13-18, 3-9) BYU 2009 Schedule/Results Date Opponent Time at site of game Probable BYU Pitching Rotation 2/ 20 Manhattan College W, 11-10 Apr. 17 Utah Jeremy Toole (5-2, 3.59) 6 p.m. 2/ 20 @ No. 13 Oklahoma St. L, 14-17 2/ 21 Manhattan College L, 6-20 Apr. 18 Utah Blake Torgerson (4-2, 5.62) 1 p.m. 2/ 21 @ No. 13 Oklahoma St. L, 4-5 Apr. 18 Utah Adam Miller (3-2,3.86) 5 p.m. 2/23 @ No. 6 Baylor L, 6-7 2/26 Portland +^ W, 10-2 2/27 Portland +^ L, 3-8 2/28 Portland + W, 10-3 Series Records: 3/2 @Wichita St. +%^ L, 5-6 BYU has a 210-93-1 record against the University of Utah. BYU’s 3/3 @Wichita St. +%^ W, 3-1 3/6 St. John’s + ^(BYUTV) W, 5-4 greatest and longest standing rivalry--with the University of Utah--did 3/7 St. John’s +^ (BYUTV) W, 6-5 not start on the football field. On May 18, 1895, the Brigham Young 3/7 St. John’s + (11 innings) W, 8-7 3/10 Southern Utah +^ (BYUTV) W, 8-3 Academy played the first ever intercollegiate event in Utah against the 3/12 @ Utah * W, 4-1 Utes on a baseball diamond. The game ended in a 0-0 tie and a bench- 3/13 Utah *+^ (BYUTV) L, 13-15 3/14 Utah *+^ (BYUTV) W, 11-3 clearing brawl. 3/17 @ Cal St. Northridge +% W, 6-5 3/19 @ San Diego St. *+^ W, 6-2 3/20 @ San Diego St. *+^ W, 4-2 3/21 @ San Diego St. *+^ L, 5-11 Coach Vance Law 3/24 Utah Valley +^ W, 12-5 Vance Law is in his 10th season as head coach at BYU. He played 14 3/26 @ No. 20 New Mexico *+^ L, 5-7 3/27 @ No. 20 New Mexico *+^ W, 15-13 years of pro ball, including 11 years in the majors with six different 3/28 @ No. 20 New Mexico *+^ L, 5-9 teams. In 2001 he was named Coach of the Year in the Mountain West 4/2 @ Western Carolina + W, 1-0 4/3 @ Western Carolina + W, 15-11 Conference. The 52-year-old coach entered this season with a 287-239- 4/4 @ Western Carolina + W, 18-12 2 (.546) record. He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his seventh year at 4/6 @ Washington St. + L, 8-12 4/7 @ Washington St. + L, 4-13 BYU. Pitching coach Bobby Applegate is in his sixth year with BYU, 4/9 Air Force * +^ (BYUTV) (11 innings) L, 4-5 having last coached at the Air Force Academy. 4/10 Air Force * +^ (BYUTV) W, 7-0 4/11 Air Force * + ^(BYUTV) W, 9-2 4/13 @ No. 14 Oregon St. + L, 6-7 4/14 @ No. 14 Oregon St. + L, 4-8 Hitting Streaks 4/17 @ Utah * 6 p.m. Stetson Banks leads the team with a current 14-game hitting streak, 4/18 @ Utah * 1 p.m. followed by Sean McNaughton and Steve Parker both at nine. Kent 4/18 @ Utah * 5 p.m. 4/23 New Mexico * +^ (BYUTV) 7 p.m. Walton had a 16-game streak stopped last week. McNaughton had a 4/24 New Mexico * + ^(BYUTV) 7 p.m. team-best 16-game hitting streak last season, followed by Walton at 15 4/25 New Mexico * +^ (BYUTV) 1 p.m. 4/27 @ Utah Valley +% 7 p.m. games. 4/30 @ TCU *+^ 6:30 p.m. 5/1 @ TCU *+^ 6:30 p.m. 5/2 @ TCU *+^ 4 p.m. Rare Monday Games 5/4 @ Kansas St.^ 6:30 p.m. 5/5 @ Kansas St.^ 6:30 p.m. BYU’s first game at Kansas State and its remaining game at Utah Valley 5/7 UNLV *+^ (BYUTV) 7 p.m. are rare Monday appearances for the Cougars. As a church-sponsored 5/8 UNLV *+ ^(BYUTV) 7 p.m. 5/9 UNLV *+ ^(BYUTV) 1 p.m. university, BYU rarely plays a Monday game because of Family Home 5/12 @ Washington +^ 6:30 p.m. Evening. BYU has never played a game on Sunday and does not prac- 5/13 @ Washington +^ 6:30 p.m. 5/19-23 MWC Champs @ Ft. Worth TBA tice on that day either. In fact, BYU rejected an earned opportunity to 6/13-24 College World Series TBA play in the 1958 College World Series because of potential Sunday play, * MWC Games, % Internet Audio, + webcast, ^live video -- All times are local to site a rule which has since been modified as BYU played in the 1968 and 1971 College World Series. There are six Monday games on this year’s 2009 MWC Preseason Poll schedule--all away. Thus far BYU has played on Monday at Baylor, at 1 TCU (9) ................... 75 2. San Diego State (1) ..... 56 Wichita State , at Washington State and at Oregon State. Last year BYU 3. New Mexico (1) .......... 52 played three Monday games, one at home. 4. BYU ................... 47 5. Utah ................... 31 6. UNLV ................... 30 7. Air Force ................... 14 www.byucougars.com 2009 Baseball Drafted Cougars Baseball-Softball Play Same Days at Home Jonathan Cluff, 20th Atlanta Braves^ The back-to-back Miller Park facility will host five dates when both base- Sean McNaughton, 38th Chicago Cubs+ ball and softball compete at the same time. Larry H. Miller Field seats Marc Oslund, 42nd Kansas City Royals+ 2,204 fans in two-tiered permanent seating for baseball. Gail Miller Field Jeremy Toole 41st Kansas City Royals^ has 2,100 chair seats, making it the fourth-largest on-campus NCAA soft- Kent Walton, 42nd Oakland Athletics+ ball facility. Alex Wolfe, 47th Boston Red Sox% Mar. 24 baseball hosted Utah Valley at 6 p.m., while softball +2008, ^2006, %2005 opened its home season against Boise State at 5 p.m. On April 23 baseball hosts New Mexico at 7 p.m., while softball hosts Utah Valley at 6 p.m. On ‘09 Game-Winning RBI April 25 baseball closes a three-game series with New Mexico at 1 p.m., Brandon Relf ...............................................3 -three-run double, St. John’s 5-4 while softball hosts Utah at 2 p.m. On May 8-9 baseball hosts UNLV at 7 -two-run double, Utah 4-1 and 1 p.m., while softball hosts Colorado State at 7 and 2 p.m.--this is the -three-run double, San Diego St., 6-2 same weekend BYU hosts the NCAA Men’s Volleyball National Champi- Kent Walton .................................................3 onships (May 7-9). -solo homer, St. John’s 6-5 -solo homer, Western Carolina 1-0 -solo homer, Air Force 7-0 Sean McNaughton .......................................2 About the Team . -double, Portland, 10-2 Oldest to Youngest --two-run homer, CSUN 6-5 There are eight seniors and seven freshmen on the current squad. The ages Steve Parker.................................................2 range from 25-year-old Thomas Bills to 18-year-old Nathan Bunch—the -two-run homer, Utah 11-3 next youngest are Adam Law and Marc Oslund who just turned 19 in Febru- -two-run single, San Diego St. 4-2 Jonathan Cluff .............................................2 ary. Last year there were no seniors on the team. -two-run homer, Wichita St. 3-1 -sac fly, New Mexico 15-13 Home Season Andrew Law ................................................2 BYU drew 19,474 fans in it’s 21-game home schedule last season for an -triple, Portland 10-3 average of 927 with a 8-13 record. The Cougars schedule have a 114-54 -two-run homer, Western Carolina 15-11 (.678) record at Larry H. Miller Field which seats 2,204 fans in its eighth Kasey Ko ....................................................2 season since it was built. In those eight years BYU has drawn 200,331 -single, Manhattan College 11-10 fans for an average of 1,363 and 139,232 at night for an average of 1,450. -single, Western Carolina 18-12 This season BYU has drawn 11,548 fans at home, but a couple of the 13 Brock Whitney.............................................1 games were not paid admission. The crowd of 3,081 against Utah this -single, St. John’s 8-7 (11 inn.) J.T. Musso ...................................................1 season was the fourth-largest in school history and the second-largest at -single, So. Utah 8-3 Miller Park. Michael Bowen ............................................1 -three-run homer, UVU 12-5 They Said It: Stetson Banks ..............................................1 “Jeremy (Toole) is the guy we’re looking to help us. He throws his -one-run single, Air Force 9-2 breaking ball for strike two and that gives him effective command of two pitches,” said BYU Coach Vance Law. “When you have two pitches working for you, it gives you an opportunity to be a dominant guy.” BYU’s Sibling Rivalry Player/Coach ............ No. of Siblings “We didn’t have much going at any point offensively,” Utah head coach Adam Miller ............... 10 Bill Kinneberg said. “I’m a little disappointed in our offense, but I think Matt Neil .................... 7 Toole was the big reason for that. He was really good today. He was able Coach Vance Law ....... 5 to command his fastball, throw his breaking ball for strikes and really tied our hitters up. He got the upper hand on us.” Bryce Ayoso ............... 5 Stetson Banks ............. 5 In Case You Missed It Seth Johnson .............. 5 BYU raised its batting average last week from .306 to .313 after batting Brandon Michon .......