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Ralph R. Zobell | Posted: 8 Mar 2014 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
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Ralph R. Zobell

Booted balls costly in 6-1 loss at Nicholls St.

THIBODAUX, La.— Grant Borne struck out 11 Cougars Saturday night en route to his second victory of the season as Nicholls State defeated BYU 6-1.

But it may have been six errors that were more costly to BYU, 7-10, as Nicholls State improved to 8-8 after winning the last two of the four-game series.

“We gave that game away,” BYU coach Mike Littlewood said. “It was a gift. We had some ugly, ugly moments and our infielders couldn’t field a ground ball team at times. We’ve got to get more on the offensive side, too.”

BYU’s undoing came in the fifth and sixth innings when the Cougars failed to score a run with the bases loaded and one out.

“That set the tone for the next inning,” Littlewood said. “Desmond (Poulson) threw well enough and didn’t lose his composure, but he hurt himself booting three balls in a row. We wanted to limit his pitch count, so we pulled him when we couldn’t score the next inning.”

The Cougars took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Brock Whitney doubled in Brennon Lund for BYU’s only run and only extra-base hit.

Jarrett Jarvis extended his current hitting streak to 14 games with a one-out single to center field in the ninth inning. The loss was Poulson’s first of the season, now with a 3-1 record.

The Cougars next play on Monday at Dallas Baptist University (11-4) with lefty Hayden Rogers on the mound. That 3 p.m. CST game will have free live audio and video streaming on schedule links on www.byucougars.com.

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Ralph R. Zobell | Posted: 2 Mar 2014 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
Baseball Game Notes Event Preview
Ralph R. Zobell

Home opener Tuesday vs. Utah

Fans are encouraged to wear Royal Blue when BYU baseball hosts Utah on Tuesday night to open the home season at Larry H. Miller Field in Provo.

 
In the tradition of  “old school” the Cougar team is hopeful of wearing Royal Blue uniforms as well for the Deseret First Duel tilt with the Utes.
 
“Utah is a special game and we are trying to keep our alumni in mind,” BYU Coach Mike Littlewood said of the team's Royal Blue uniforms soon to be unveiled. “We are not going to come out flat against Utah, we want to do our best.”
 
The Cougars (4-8) are coming off a three-game winning streak last week in St. George against Seattle. Littlewood plans to start senior co-captain Desmond Poulson (2-0, 2.84 earned run average) on the mound against Utah (5-5).
 
“Desmond gives us a great opportunity to win,” Littlewood said. “We just want to continue solid play after a rough start.”In addition to the three-game winning skein, BYU also has junior catcher Jarrett Jarvis who is on a 10-game hitting streak dating back to last season.  Sophomore Trace Hansen leads the Cougars with a .417 batting average.
 
The Cougars and Utes play on Tuesday at 6 p.m., in the first of four games between the two in the   series worth a combined total of three points in the Deseret Duel standings. BYU won the baseball portion of the Duel last year and has won five of the six years since the Duel started in 2007-08.
 

Tuesday's BYU-Utah game marks the baseball debut on the W.tv, an audio stream which will have play-by-play from veteran BYU baseball announcer Brent Norton. Norton will also call the play-by-play for KOVO 960 AM.

NOTE: For Nicholls St. live streaming, you can purchase a one-day pass for $6.95, or a monthly pass for $10.95

Please see the eight-page PDF of game notes for more information below:

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Location: Thibodaux, La.
Time: Date: 3/8/2014
Attendance: 421

Box Score

Linescore 123456789 R H E LOB
BYU 100000000 1 6 6 6
NICH 00000303X 6 8 0 7

Brigham Young Univ. 7-10

Batting/Fielding AB Runs Hits 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SF SH HBP AVG SLG OBP PO A E FLD
LUND, Brennoncf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.500 2 0 0 1.000
STARR, Parker3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.000 0.333 0 2 0 1.000
WHITNEY, Brock1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.750 0.500 11 0 2 0.846
CALDWELL, Keltonrf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 2 0 0 1.000
LOPEZ, Bretdh 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0 0 0 N/A
LATHAM, CJdh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 N/A
JARVIS, Jarrettc 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.500 4 4 1 0.889
HANSEN, Trace2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 2 2 0 1.000
URRY, Ericlf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 1 0 0 1.000
NIELSEN, Haydenss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 2 2 1 0.800
Batting Totals 30 1 6 1 0 0 1 3 11 0 0 0 1 0 0.200 0.233 0.273 24 11 6 0.854
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF AB WP HBP BK SFA SHA AVG ERA
POULSON, Desmondp 6.0 6 3 1 0 5 0 0 0 26 24 0 0 0 0 2 0.250 1.500
NELSON, Rhettp 2.0 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 9 1 0 0 0 1 0.222 0.000
Pitching Totals 8.0 8 6 1 1 6 0 0 0 37 33 1 0 0 0 3 0.242 1.125

Nicholls 8-8

Batting/Fielding AB Runs Hits 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SF SH HBP AVG SLG OBP PO A E FLD
Lyons, P.2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.600 0.600 0.600 0 1 0 1.000
Vargas, L.ss 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.000 0.500 2 2 0 1.000
Duplantis, T3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 1 3 0 1.000
Cormier, K.rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 0 0 0 N/A
Frazier, M.dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 N/A
Morton, C.lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 3 0 0 1.000
Holt, J.cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 N/A
Zorn, D.1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 8 0 0 1.000
Correa, C.c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 10 4 0 1.000
Knight, D.cf/lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 3 0 0 1.000
Batting Totals 33 6 8 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 1 0 3 0 0.242 0.242 0.265 27 10 0 1.000
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF AB WP HBP BK SFA SHA AVG ERA
Borne, G.p 7.0 4 1 1 3 11 1 0 0 28 24 0 0 0 0 1 0.167 1.286
Satriano, J.p 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.000
Picciola, M.p 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.000
Pitching Totals 9.0 6 1 1 3 11 1 0 0 34 30 0 0 0 0 1 0.200 1.000

Play By Play

Inning 1

Play Outs BYU NICH
LUND walked. 0 - -
STARR grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; LUND advanced to second. 0 - -
WHITNEY doubled to left field, RBI; LUND scored. 1 1 0
CALDWELL grounded out to 3b. 1 - -
LOPEZ flied out to cf. 2 - -
Lyons, P. singled to right field. 0 - -
Vargas, L. out on batter's interference. 0 - -
Lyons, P. out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 1 - -
Duplantis, T struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 2 - -

Inning 2

Play Outs BYU NICH
JARVIS walked. 0 - -
HANSEN reached on a fielder's choice to catcher; JARVIS out at second c to ss. 0 - -
URRY grounded out to c; HANSEN advanced to second. 1 - -
NIELSEN struck out swinging. 2 - -
Cormier, K. struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 - -
Frazier, M. popped up to 1b. 1 - -
Morton, C. struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 2 - -

Inning 3

Play Outs BYU NICH
LUND struck out swinging. 0 - -
STARR grounded out to ss. 1 - -
WHITNEY struck out looking. 2 - -
Zorn, D. flied out to rf. 0 - -
Correa, C. flied out to lf. 1 - -
Knight, D. grounded out to 3b. 2 - -

Inning 4

Play Outs BYU NICH
CALDWELL struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 - -
LOPEZ singled up the middle. 1 - -
JARVIS struck out looking. 1 - -
HANSEN flied out to lf. 2 - -
Lyons, P. singled to left field. 0 - -
Vargas, L. reached on an error by 1b, SAC, bunt; Lyons, P. advanced to second. 0 - -
Duplantis, T flied out to rf. 0 - -
Cormier, K. grounded out to 1b unassisted; Vargas, L. advanced to second; Lyons, P. advanced to third. 1 - -
Frazier, M. flied out to cf. 2 - -

Inning 5

Play Outs BYU NICH
URRY singled to left field. 0 - -
NIELSEN fouled out to c, bunt. 0 - -
LUND singled to left field; URRY advanced to second. 1 - -
STARR walked; LUND advanced to second; URRY advanced to third. 1 - -
WHITNEY struck out swinging. 1 - -
CALDWELL struck out swinging. 2 - -
Morton, C. popped up to ss. 0 - -
Zorn, D. flied out to cf. 1 - -
Correa, C. grounded out to ss. 2 - -

Inning 6

Play Outs BYU NICH
LOPEZ flied out to cf. 0 - -
JARVIS lined out to lf. 1 - -
HANSEN struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 2 - -
Knight, D. singled to shortstop. 0 - -
Lyons, P. singled, bunt; Knight, D. advanced to second. 0 - -
Vargas, L. reached on an error by p, SAC, bunt; Lyons, P. advanced to second; Knight, D. advanced to third. 0 - -
Duplantis, T reached on an error by p; Vargas, L. advanced to second; Lyons, P. advanced to third; Knight, D. scored, unearned. 0 1 1
Cormier, K. singled to right center, 2 RBI; Duplantis, T advanced to second; Vargas, L. scored, unearned; Lyons, P. scored. 0 1 3
Frazier, M. struck out swinging. 0 - -
Morton, C. struck out swinging. 1 - -
Zorn, D. singled to third base; Cormier, K. advanced to second; Duplantis, T advanced to third. 2 - -
Correa, C. reached on a fielder's choice up the middle; Zorn, D. out at second ss unassisted. 2 - -

Inning 7

Play Outs BYU NICH
URRY struck out swinging. 0 - -
NIELSEN struck out swinging. 1 - -
LUND struck out swinging. 2 - -
NELSON to p for POULSON. 0 - -
Knight, D. grounded out to 3b. 0 - -
Lyons, P. grounded out to 2b. 1 - -
Vargas, L. walked. 2 - -
Duplantis, T reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; Vargas, L. out at second ss to 2b. 2 - -

Inning 8

Play Outs BYU NICH
Satriano, J. to p for Borne, G.. 0 - -
STARR lined out to lf. 0 - -
WHITNEY singled to right field. 1 - -
CALDWELL grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; WHITNEY out on the play. 1 - -
Cormier, K. singled through the left side. 0 - -
Frazier, M. struck out swinging. 0 - -
Morton, C. reached on an error by ss; Cormier, K. advanced to second. 1 - -
Zorn, D. reached on an error by 1b; Morton, C. advanced to second; Cormier, K. advanced to third. 1 - -
Correa, C. grounded out to p, SAC, bunt, RBI; Zorn, D. advanced to second; Morton, C. advanced to third; Cormier, K. scored, unearned. 1 1 4
Zorn, D. advanced to third on a wild pitch, scored on an error by c, unearned; Morton, C. scored on a wild pitch, unearned. 2 1 6
Knight, D. singled up the middle. 2 - -
Lyons, P. grounded out to 2b. 2 - -

Inning 9

Play Outs BYU NICH
Holt, J. to cf for Morton, C.. 0
Knight, D. to lf. 0
Picciola, M. to p for Satriano, J.. 0
LATHAM to dh for LOPEZ. 0
LATHAM lined out to lf. 0
JARVIS singled to center field. 1
HANSEN lined into double play 3b to 1b; JARVIS out on the play. 1