SAN -- A grand slam and solo shot by Lance Zawadzki helped San Diego State beat BYU 9-4 for its second straight win against the Cougars on Friday.

After belting a solo home run in the second for the first run in the game, Zawadzki cleared the bases with a grand slam in the third, his fourth home run of the year. The freshman second baseman finished the night 2-for-4 with 5 RBI.

"I wasn't pleased with our playing today," said head coach Vance Law. "We came out kind of loopy and were trying to hit the ball too far. You can't do that here, especially at sea level."

With the their second-straight loss, the Cougars fall to 22-28 and 12-12 in the Mountain West Conference while the Aztecs improve to 30-27 and 16-8.

Perfect in the first three innings, the Cougars scored four runs on three hits in the fourth off SDSU freshman starter Bruce Billings (5-1). Ryan Chambers led off with a single and scored the first run on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Taylor. Ben Saylor knocked in two more runs with a double, and Tim Law singled in a run.

The fourth inning brought BYU within two runs, but the San Diego State pitching staff held the Cougars to one hit the remainder of the game. After a lead off single by Wade Vest in the fifth, the Aztecs retired 12 straight and were held to four hits in the game.

"They've got good arms," said Law. "We know that coming in. Whenever we play them, they're going to throw good pitchers at us. They kind of have the pick of the litter down here and get a lot of good guys to play for them."

Paul Jacinto (2-9), in his first start since April 9, struggled in the third as he gave up five runs on five-straight hits, capped by the granny by Zawadzki. The senior lasted 3 2/3 innings, giving up seven runs on 10 hits.

Curt Mendoza also hit a solo home run for San Diego State, his fourth of the year in the sixth inning for the right fielders' only hit in the game.

Billings picked up his fifth win after allowing four runs on four hits through five innings. Ben Coon retired all nine batters he faced in relief, and Ryan Schroyer pitched a scoreless ninth for the Aztecs.

Brigham Young at San Diego State
May 14, 2004 at San Diego, Calif. (Tony Gwynn Stadium)
Brigham Young 4 (22-28,12-12 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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CHAMBERS, Ryan cf........  4  1  1  0   0  1  2  1   0
KNELL, Kory lf...........  3  1  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 BILLS, Kevin ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
TAYLOR, Brandon ss.......  3  0  0  1   0  1  0  3   1
HIESTAND, Jeff dh........  2  1  0  0   2  1  0  0   0
SAYLOR, Ben rf...........  4  1  1  2   0  2  3  0   0
WIENS, Ranger 3b.........  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  2   0
 LUCAS, Blair 3b.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
LAW, Tim 1b..............  4  0  1  1   0  0  8  2   1
CLOWARD, Casey c.........  2  0  0  0   0  0  5  0   1
 WILKES, Adam ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
VEST, Wade 2b............  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  3   0
JACINTO, Paul p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 STAMBAUGH,J.D. p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 PARSONS, Kalen p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 31  4  4  4   2  8 24 11   3
San Diego State 9 (30-27,16-9 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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BURT, Landon cf..........  5  1  2  0   0  1  4  0   0
GUERRERO, James ss.......  5  1  2  1   0  0  2  1   0
EMBREY, Rielly 1b........  4  1  2  1   1  2  3  1   2
UNGRICHT, Brock dh.......  3  1  1  0   1  0  0  0   1
ZAWADZKI, Lance 2b.......  4  2  2  5   0  1  4  2   3
HILL, Josh lf............  4  0  1  0   0  0  3  0   0
CORONA, Chad 3b..........  3  1  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
SWAYDAN, Jordan c........  4  1  2  0   0  1  8  0   0
MENDOZA, Curt rf.........  4  1  1  1   0  1  2  0   0
BILLINGS, Bruce p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 COON, Ben p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 SCHROYER, Ryan p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 36  9 13  8   3  7 27  5   6
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 400 000 -  4  4  1
San Diego State..... 015 101 01X -  9 13  1
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E - SAYLOR; BILLINGS. LOB - BYU 3; SDSU 6. 2B - SAYLOR; GUERRERO; HILL. HR -
ZAWADZKI 2(4); MENDOZA(4). SF - TAYLOR. SB - VEST.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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JACINTO, Paul.......  3.2 10  7  7  0  2 20 20
STAMBAUGH,J.D.......  3.1  1  1  1  2  3 11 13
PARSONS, Kalen......  1.0  2  1  1  1  2  5  6
San Diego State        IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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BILLINGS, Bruce.....  5.0  4  4  2  1  5 19 21
COON, Ben...........  3.0  0  0  0  0  2  9  9
SCHROYER, Ryan......  1.0  0  0  0  1  1  3  4
Win - BILLINGS (5-1).  Loss - JACINTO (2-9).  Save - None.
WP - STAMBAUGH; BILLINGS.
Umpires - HP: Rob Franceschiello  1B: Ray Belfiore  3B: Joe Burleson
Start: 6:07 pm   Time: 2:32   Attendance: 833
Game notes:
Game three of three
Play-by-Play 
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 400 000 -  4  4  1
San Diego State..... 015 101 01X -  9 13  1
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Brigham Young starters: 22/cf CHAMBERS; 12/lf KNELL; 3/ss TAYLOR; 16/dh
   HIESTAND; 25/rf SAYLOR; 8/3b WIENS; 1/1b LAW; 9/c CLOWARD; 5/2b VEST;
   15/p JACINTO;
San Diego State starters: 8/cf BURT; 1/ss GUERRERO; 7/1b EMBREY; 25/dh
   UNGRICHT; 5/2b ZAWADZKI; 29/lf HILL; 18/3b CORONA; 12/c SWAYDAN; 28/rf
   MENDOZA; 22/p BILLINGS;
Brigham Young - inning 1
   CHAMBERS struck out looking. KNELL struck out looking. TAYLOR struck out
   swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Diego State - inning 1
   BURT out at first 1b to p. GUERRERO grounded out to ss. EMBREY singled
   down the rf line, advanced to second on an error by rf. UNGRICHT flied
   out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 2
   HIESTAND struck out swinging. SAYLOR out at first 1b to p. WIENS popped
   up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Diego State - inning 2
   ZAWADZKI homered to center field, RBI. HILL doubled, out at third cf to
   ss to 3b. CORONA grounded out to 3b. SWAYDAN flied out to cf. 1 run, 2
   hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 3
   LAW flied out to lf. CLOWARD popped up to 2b. VEST flied out to cf. 0
   runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Diego State - inning 3
   MENDOZA grounded out to 3b. BURT singled to right field. GUERRERO singled
   up the middle; BURT advanced to third. EMBREY singled to left field, RBI;
   GUERRERO advanced to second; BURT scored. UNGRICHT singled to right
   field; EMBREY advanced to second; GUERRERO advanced to third. ZAWADZKI
   homered, 4 RBI; UNGRICHT scored; EMBREY scored; GUERRERO scored. HILL
   grounded out to 2b. CORONA struck out swinging. 5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors,
   0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 4
   CHAMBERS singled up the middle. CHAMBERS advanced to second on a wild
   pitch. KNELL reached on an error by p; CHAMBERS advanced to third. TAYLOR
   flied out to cf, RBI, SF; KNELL advanced to second on the throw; CHAMBERS
   scored. HIESTAND walked. SAYLOR doubled, 2 RBI; HIESTAND scored; KNELL
   scored, unearned. WIENS struck out looking. LAW singled to left field,
   RBI, advanced to second on the throw; SAYLOR scored, unearned. CLOWARD
   popped up to 2b. 4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
San Diego State - inning 4
   SWAYDAN singled up the middle. MENDOZA struck out swinging. BURT singled
   to right field; SWAYDAN advanced to second. GUERRERO flied out to rf;
   BURT advanced to second; SWAYDAN advanced to third. STAMBAUGH to p for
   JACINTO. EMBREY walked. EMBREY advanced to second; BURT advanced to
   third; SWAYDAN scored on a wild pitch. UNGRICHT walked. ZAWADZKI struck
   out looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 5
   VEST singled to right field. CHAMBERS flied out to cf. VEST stole second.
   KNELL popped up to ss. TAYLOR flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
   LOB.
San Diego State - inning 5
   HILL grounded out to 2b. CORONA grounded out to ss. SWAYDAN struck out
   swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 6
   COON to p for BILLINGS. HIESTAND grounded out to 2b. SAYLOR struck out
   swinging. WIENS struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Diego State - inning 6
   MENDOZA homered, RBI. BURT out at first 1b to p. GUERRERO flied out to
   rf. EMBREY struck out looking. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 7
   LAW popped up to ss. WILKES pinch hit for CLOWARD. WILKES grounded out to
   2b. VEST grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Diego State - inning 7
   WILKES to c. UNGRICHT grounded out to 2b. ZAWADZKI grounded out to 1b
   unassisted. HILL popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 8
   CHAMBERS flied out to lf. BILLS pinch hit for KNELL. BILLS flied out to
   cf. TAYLOR flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Diego State - inning 8
   PARSONS to p for STAMBAUGH. BILLS to lf. CORONA walked. SWAYDAN singled
   to left field; CORONA advanced to second. MENDOZA flied out to cf. BURT
   struck out looking. GUERRERO doubled, RBI; SWAYDAN advanced to third;
   CORONA scored. EMBREY struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
   LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 9
   SCHROYER to p for COON. HIESTAND walked. SAYLOR struck out swinging.
   LUCAS to 3b for WIENS. LUCAS pinch hit. LUCAS flied out to rf. LAW
   reached on a fielder's choice; HIESTAND out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0
   hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

After playing its first 26 games in California, BYU makes it final trip of the season to the west coast state as it takes on San Diego State in a three-game series beginning Wednesday.

The two teams will play at 6 p.m. (PST) on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. It will mark the first time this season the Cougars haven't played on Saturday during a series. The trip is the fifth this year to California.

BYU enters the series 21-26 and 11-10 in the Mountain West Conference, four games behind conference leading UNLV after winning two of three from New Mexico last week. It is the first time the Cougars have had a winning percentage over .500 in conference action. The Aztecs are a game behind the Rebels and a half game ahead of New Mexico for second place with a 27-26 and 14-7 record.

Patrick Wells (5-4, 5.91) is scheduled to start on Wednesday and Nick Lemon (2-3, 5.10) on Thursday with Friday's starter yet to be determined. Lemon earned his first victory as a starter last week against New Mexico.

The Cougars are 32-57-1 all-time against the Aztecs. In April, BYU won two of three against San Diego State in Provo. Last year the Cougars went 2-5 against the Aztecs who eliminated BYU from the MWC Tournament.

Shortstop Brandon Taylor leads the Cougars into the series after being named MWC Player of the Week. The sophomore slugger went 9-for-15 with three home runs and 10 RBI against New Mexico last week in Provo. Taylor helped the Cougars take two of three against the third place Aztecs. He leads the conference with 11 home runs and is one of only six players hitting above .400 in conference games.

All three games will be broadcast live by KOVO 960 AM with veteran broadcaster Brent Norton calling the play-by-play. Friday's broadcast is also available on the BYU Radio channel on DirecTV and the Dish Network as well as over the Internet. Live stats are available for all three games. Live audio is available for Wednesday and Thursday's games through a RealOne College Sports Pass fee based subscription. Links to the webcasts and audiocasts can be found on the BYU baseball's schedule page at www.byucougars.com.