STOCKTON, California—Once again Pacific seized the momentum and overtook BYU’s early lead Friday to claim an 11-6 victory.

BYU (22-21, 11-9) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, but the Tigers (11-32, 8-12) rallied with a four-run second inning and never looked back.

“They (Pacific) beat us in every facet of the game,” BYU coach Mike Littlewood said. “We simply didn't show up to play tonight. Big hits have seemed difficult to come by the last two nights. I feel like guys are pressing and thinking they have to do too much to make up for (Eric) Urry being out of the lineup."

The Cougars closed the gap to 7-5 in the sixth inning when they scored two runs in the sixth frame.

BYU’s Brennon Lund (23), Bronson Larsen (16) and Dillon Robinson (8) continued their consecutive-game hitting streaks.

“We need to stay together as group and get back to playing fundamental baseball,” Littlewood said. “We are looking for a strong outing from Mike (Rucker) Saturday and as a team to get back to playing with confidence and enthusiasm.”

Due to the circumstances of the first two games, BYU was able to save ace reliever Michael Rucker who will start the final game of the series.

The two teams conclude the three-game series on Saturday with game time moved up to 1 p.m. PDT.

PROVO, Utah--Freshman Colton Shaver of BYU was named the Rawlings West Coast Conference Player of the Week on Monday.

BYU’s baseball team (21-19 overall, 11-7 WCC) winner of four straight games last week, hopes to keep the momentum going with help from players like the designated hitter Shaver. The Cougars are at Utah Valley University (13-27) on Tuesday, then resume league play in a three-game series at University of the Pacific (9-32, 6-12).

“I believe our guys are focused and ready to go entering tomorrow's big game with Utah Valley,” BYU coach Mike Littlewood said. “We want to get the week started off right by playing well and hopefully coming away with a win Tuesday night.”

Scheduled to start on the mound for BYU against the Wolverines is freshman Maverik Buffo (0-1, 7.71).

“We've been playing very well of late and want to finish the last three weeks of conference play strong as we make a push to make the conference tournament,” Littlewood said.

Junior Kolton Mahoney (4-4, 4.52) will be BYU’s starting pitcher on Thursday at Pacific, followed by senior Brandon Kinser (5-2, 3.77) on Friday.  Both of those games are scheduled to start at 6 p.m. PDT.  The Cougar starter for Saturday is yet to be announced.

“Pacific hasn't had the season they had hoped for but they are talented and I know Ed (Sprague) will have them ready to play this weekend,” Littlewood said.

Shaver batted .353 (6-17) over the three San Francisco games last week and recorded four home runs to give him 10 on the season. The Cougars out-scored their opponents 30-17 in the four games and Shaver drove in 11 of them for a 1.118 slugging percentage.

Shaver opened the week with a two homer effort against instate rival Utah and then powered home runs in the series opener and the series finale against San Francisco. Five of his six hits were for extra-bases. Shaver leads the league in home runs (10) and total bases (87).

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