LOS ANGELES (March 24, 2017)—Precipitation postponed three other games in the West Coast Conference Friday, but Loyola Marymount “rained” on BYU baseball’s parade with a 9-5 victory.

Both teams zigzagged in scoring every other inning, BYU (now 10-10 overall and 1-1 WCC) answering in odd frames and LMU (12-10 and 3-2) in even innings until that skein was broken by the Cougars’ last at bat.

BYU’s Brennon Anderson doubled off the first pitch of the game and scored on Daniel Scheemann’s ground out for the initial lead.

BYU sophomore lefty Bo Burrup pitched well in four innings despite giving up 10 hits and five runs.  Burrup was a late substitution for scheduled starter Brady Corless who was scratched due to a tender arm.

“Bo did a great job stepping in as a starter,” BYU coach Mike Littlewood said. “Nothing went right for us in the second inning and we spent the rest of the night playing catch up.”

Cougar Colton Shaver belted his third homer of the season and 26^th of his career in the fifth inning, a one-out solo shot to left field to close the gap to 5-3. Schneemann pirouetted with a super defensive play to end the fifth frame for LMU with one aboard.

However, back-to-back LMU home runs in the sixth padded the Lions’ lead to 8-3.

Shaver accounted for the Cougars’ fourth run with a one-out RBI single in the seventh inning. Then a new LMU pitcher took the mound with the bases loaded and the Cougars plated one more run, trailing 8-5.

“I loved the fight and energy we had, we need to bring that right back to the ballpark tomorrow (Saturday) morning and see if we can win this series,” Littlewood said.

The Lions and Cougars conclude the series with the rubber match on Saturday at 1 p.m. PDT.

League play begins Thursday for BYU baseball at Loyola Marymount University to start a three-game series.

The Cougars (9-9, 0-0) begin defending their West Coast Conference title  when they face LMU (11-9, 2-1).  The Lions got bookend wins last week in their WCC opener on the road and now readies for the Cougars at home.

“Despite our .500 record we feel good about how we've played overall,” BYU coach Mike Littlewood said. “We've played quality opponents and had some very tough games; this has prepared us well as we open up league play this week at LMU.”

The Cougars also took two of three last week when they hosted UConn against quality pitching.

The pitching rotation remains the same this week for BYU with Maverik Buffo (2-3, 5.40) and Brady Corless  (2-0, 4.35) on the hill for the  6 p.m.  PDT games on Thursday and Friday. Lefty Hayden Rogers (1-0, 2.59) will start for the Cougars in Saturday’s game at 1 p.m. PDT.

Shortstop Daniel Schneemann leads the Cougars with a current 13-game hitting streak after posting a second game-winning home run for the season.  However, Schneemann remains day-to-day after a hamstring injury in game two against UConn.

Behind Schneemann with current hitting streaks are catchers Bronson Larsen at seven games and David Clawson with six games.

All three games at LMU will be broadcast live locally in Utah on ESPN 960 AM with Brent Norton calling the action.  That station’s website along with the site for BYU radio will stream his call. Video on all three games will be streamed on theW.tv on the Internet.

Following the LMU series, the Cougars return to play at Utah on Tuesday (March 28) before hosting Saint Mary’s College in a three-game series in WCC action.

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