PROVO, Utah — BYU baseball took game one of a three-game series with UNC Greensboro, 14-8, led by center fielder Cole Gambill who tied a career-high with six RBI on Thursday night at Miller Park. 

With the win, BYU improves to 15-21 (7-8 WCC) on the year, while UNC Greensboro falls to 17-21 (5-7). The Cougars will face the Spartans in game two of the series on Friday at 6 p.m. MDT. 

“We didn't start great but it is how you finish that counts,” said BYU head coach Trent Pratt. “our guys did a good job up and down the lineup tonight. They were really competitive and we did a good job of hitting with two strikes again tonight.”

Game Summary 
  •  BYU recorded a season-high 18 hits
  •  The Cougars scored 14 runs on 18 hits, while the Spartans had eight runs on nine hits
  •  BYU was six for 12 (.500) with runners in scoring position 

BYU Highlights
  •  Cole Gambill: 3-3, 2 HR, 6 RBI
  •  Parker Goff: 3-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI
  •  Austin Deming 3-4, 2 RBI, 2 2B
  •  Mason Olson: 7.0 IP, 7 K, 1 BB, 5 ER

UNC Greensboro jumped out early with four runs in the top of the first inning for a 4-0 lead. In the inning an RBI single and a three-run home run by Dosi Jonas helped propel the Spartans to an early advantage. 

BYU cut into UNC's lead with a two-run RBI double by Deming and an RBI groundout by Cooper Vest in the top of the first inning to make the score 4-3. The Spartans picked up another run in the third after Kennedy Jones reached on an error and later scored on an error to extend the lead to 5-3. 

A two-run Gambill home run to right-center in the bottom of the third evened the score at 5-5. Later in the inning an RBI single from Vest, an RBI double for Parker Goff and a two-run RBI single from Ozzie Pratt gave the Cougars a 9-5 advantage. 

A 441-foot second home run from Gambill extended BYU's lead to 10-5 in the bottom of the fourth. The Cougars then tacked on another run following a bases-loaded walk to Gambill, pushing BYU's lead to 11-5 in the bottom of the fifth. 

The Cougars extend their lead in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI single from Goff, giving BYU a 12-5 advantage. 

A base hit in the bottom of the seventh inning from Gambill scored two more runs, giving the senior his fifth and sixth RBIs on the night and the Cougars a 14-5 lead. UNC Greensboro got a run back in the top of the eighth cutting the deficit to 14-6. 

In the top of the ninth, a two-run home run from Dallas Callahan gave the Spartans two more runs and a final score of 14-8. 

Mason Olson (3-3) got the win for BYU, while Jay Miller (1-6) took the loss for UNC Greensboro. BYU reliever Sam Beck came on in the top of the ninth to get the final three outs for the win.
 

PROVO, Utah — BYU baseball is back in action on Thursday with a three-game, non-conference series with UNC Greensboro, April 20-22, at Miller Park. 

The Thursday and Friday games are scheduled for 6 p.m. MDT, with the Saturday game slated to begin at 1 p.m. MDT. 

BROADCAST PLANS. All three games will be broadcast live on the BYU Radio App and BYU Radio 107.9 FM in the northern Utah market, with Greg Wrubell on the call. BYUtv will also broadcast the games live on the BYUtv App, with Dave McCann and Gary Sheide providing play-by-play and analysis.

Ticket information for all three games can be found at BYUtickets.com.

COUGARS-SPARTANS HISTORY. Thursday will be the first meeting between BYU and UNC Greensboro in any team sport. 

UNCG RECAP. The Spartans are 17-20 on the year and 6-6 in road games. UNCG is coming off a 3-9 loss to Gardner-Webb on Tuesday and played a three games series over the weekend with The Citadel, dropping two of the three games (3-5, 3-0, 3-9) at home.  

BYU REVIEW. The Cougars enter the weekend series with a 14-21 record and are 8-5 at home. BYU is 2-2 in its last four games, having lost to Utah 29-14 on Tuesday after winning a three-game series with Santa Clara over the weekend (6-11, 13-8, 5-4).

UP NEXT. Following the UNC Greensboro series, BYU returns to WCC play with a three-game series versus Portland, April 27-29, at Miller Park.