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 (19-23, 6-9) vs. UNLV Probable BYU Pitching Rotation BYU 2010 Schedule/Results May 6 @ UNLV Mark Anderson (1-1, 5.13) 7 p.m. Date Opponent Time at site of game Feb 19 @ UC Riverside + L, 11-12 May 7 @ UNLV Chris Capper (2-1, 4.75) 7 p.m. Feb 19 @ UC Riverside + L, 4-6 May 8 @ UNLV Matt Neil (3-4, 5.46) 1 p.m. 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 Series Record: Mar 2 @ Baylor +^% W, 7-5 BYU leads the series with UNLV 74-65. Mar 3 @ Texas A & M +^ L, 3-5 Mar 4 @ UT Arlington + L, 2-17 Mar 5 @ UT Arlington + L, 3-6 Mar 6 @ UT Arlington + W, 11-10 Coverage This Week Mar 11 Washington +^ W, 10-4 All of the BYU games will be available through livestats or live audio Mar 12 Washington +^ W, 16-4 Mar 13 Washington +^ L, 10-12 online through links available at http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule. Mar 15 @ Gonzaga + L, 7-9 jsp?SP=101. The UNLV games this week are live radio broadcasts on Mar 16 @ Gonzaga + W, 3-2 Mar 18 @ No. 4 TCU + L, 6-13 Radio 960 AM/92.9 FM. Mar 19 @ No. 4 TCU + L, 3-11 Mar 19 @ No. 4 TCU + W, 5-4 Mar 25 UNLV +^ W, 12-11 Coach Vance Law Mar 26 UNLV +^ W, 8-4 Mar 27 UNLV +^ L, 5-11 Coach Vance Law loged his 600th game at the BYU helm last month Mar 31 @USF + L, 4-20 and earlier this month was presented a Cougar Paw Award (citing ser- Apr 1 @ San Jose St. + W, 11-5 Apr 3 @ San Jose St. + W, 11-5 vice) by the BYU Athletic Department in its quarterly meetings. Law Apr 3 @ San Jose St. + L, 3-5 is in his 11th season as head coach at BYU. He played 14 years of pro Apr 5 Washington St. +^ W, 3-2 Apr 8 @ New Mexico* + L, 5-11 ball, including 11 years in the majors with six different teams. In 2001 Apr 9 @ New Mexico* + W, 13-5 he was named Coach of the Year in the Mountain West Conference. The Apr 10 @ New Mexico* + L, 9-10 Apr 13 No. 20 Kansas St. +^ W, 15-9 53-year-old coach entered this season with a 317-263-2 (.546) record. Apr 14 No. 20 Kansas St. +^ W, 13-10 He is assisted by Ryan Roberts, in his eighth year at BYU. Pitching Apr 15 No. 10 TCU* +^ (TV) L, 8-14 Apr 15 No. 10 TCU* +^ (TV) L, 1-12 coach Bobby Applegate is in his seventh year with BYU, having last Apr 17 No. 10 TCU* +^ (11 inn., TV) L, 5-6 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 Apr 29 @ Seattle (16 inn.) L, 2-3 Hitting Streaks Apr 30 @ Seattle L, 7-8 Bryce Ayoso and Austin Hall have eight-game hitting streaks and Bran- May 1 Portland (Seattle) L, 1-5 May 4 @ UVU + W, 14-10 don Relf has a seven-game hitting streak. May 6 @ UNLV* + 7 p.m. May 7 @ UNLV* + 7 p.m. May 8 @ UNLV*+% 1 p.m. May 10 @Arizona St. + 6:30 p.m. 2010 BYU Baseball Media Guide May 11 @Arizona St. + 6:30 p.m. There is no hard copy of the 2010 BYU Baseball Media Guide, rather it May 13 San Diego St.* + ^(BYU TV live) 6 p.m. May 14 San Diego St.* + ^(BYU TV live) 6 p.m. is all on-line at http://www.byucougars.com/mediaGuides.jsp. BYU’s May 15 San Diego St.* + ^(BYU TV live) 1 p.m. online media guides have been recognized by eyeonsportsmedia.com as May 18 UVU +^ (BYU TV live) 6:30 p.m. May 20 @ Air Force* + 2 p.m. the Best Online Media Guide Solution, receiving the 2009 Bloodshot May 21 @ Air Force* + 2 p.m. Eyeball Award for Sports Media Best Practices. May 22 @ Air Force* +% Noon May 25-29 MWC Champs @ San Diego St. Jun19-29/30 College World Series * MWC Games, % Internet Audio, + webcast, ^live video -- All times are local to site 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 .................................................3 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 Nielsen were nominated to the CoSida Academic All-America ballot. Austin Hall ..................................................2 -sac-fly, @ Gonzaga, 3-2 -single, @ San Jose State, 11-5 Home Season BYU drew 19,474 fans in it’s 21-game home schedule last season for an Stephen Wells ..............................................1 average of 927 with a 8-13 record. The Cougars have a 133-64 (.675) -two-run homer, @ UT Arlington, 11-10 record at Larry H. Miller Field which seats 2,204 fans in its 10th season since it was built. In the previous nine years BYU has drawn 218,981 Bryce Ayoso ................................................1 fans for an average of 1,177 and 142,248 at night for an average of -single, UNLV, 12-11 1,452. Last season BYU has drew 18,650 fans at home (1,036 avg.), but a couple of the 18 games were not paid admission. The crowd of 3,081 against Utah last season was the fourth-largest in school history and the 2010 BYU Honors second-largest at Miller Park. This season the largest crowd at home was David McKnight, Pitcher 1,826 in the finale vs. Utah. • Midseason watchlist for NCBWA Stopper Award Dane Nielsen, Second Base Taking Series • Nominated CoSida Academic All-America BYU has now won series against UC Davis, Washington, UNLV, San Kevin Sloan, Utility Jose State, No. 20 Kansas State and Utah. The Cougars have won on • Nominated CoSida Academic All-America every trip since the opening series and last week. Alex Wolfe, First Base/Third Base • CollegeBaseballInsider.com Regional Player of Zimbabwe the Week vs. Washington Coach Vance Law, his son Andrew, Wes Guenther, David Parry and • MWC Player of Week vs. Washington • MWC Player of Week vs. Utah Stephen Wells assisted others in the community in packing clothing and supplies in crates which arrived in January to assist those in need in Zim- Pitching Coach Bobby Applegate babwe. Coach Law became aware of this project through his son Adam, • BYU Assistant Coach of the Year, 2009 who was on last year’s team, and is now serving a mission there. Head Coach Vance Law • Cougar Paw Award NCAA Statistics Jonathan Cluff is ranked seventh nationally in triples, while the Cougars are ranked eighth in that category. The Cougars are also ranked eighth in double plays per game. Dane Nielsen is ranked 14th nationally as the toughest player to strike out. On Monday and Tuesday, BYU plays at Arizona State, who has the nation’s best winning percentage. www.byucougars.com 2010 Baseball BYU 2009 Schedule/Results Jonathan Cluff, OF, Sr. Date Opponent Time at site of game Leading the team with a .459 batting average in league 2/ 20 Manhattan College W, 11-10 games ... one of five co-captains for 2010 ... drafted out 2/ 20 @ No. 13 Oklahoma St. L, 14-17 2/ 21 Manhattan College L, 6-20 of high school in the 20th round by the Atlanta Braves... 2/ 21 @ No. 13 Oklahoma St. L, 4-5 tied school record in 2009 with seven at bats vs. St. John’s 2/23 @ No. 6 Baylor L, 6-7 ... spent the summer of 2008 living with Steve Garvey, a 2/26 Portland +^ W, 10-2 2/27 Portland +^ L, 3-8 10-time All-Star in the Majors, when he and teammate Kent 2/28 Portland + W, 10-3 Walton played for the Palm Springs Power in Calif., ... 3/2 @Wichita St. +%^ L, 5-6 3/3 @Wichita St.