BERKELEY -- California jumped to an early 4-0 lead in the first inning on Friday and never looked back in a 13-3 BYU loss.

California quickly began where it left off the previous day with huge innings. Friday the Bears began by hitting a grand slam off BYU starter Bryce Searle in the first. A single and two walks loaded the bases for first baseman Chris Errecart, who poked his two-out four bagger over the right-center wall. The freshman finished 3-for-4 with four RBI.

The Bears increased their lead to 5-0 when David Weiner tripled in Justin Nielson.

Ryan Chambers scored the first Cougar run on a single by Ben Saylor in the third inning. But Cal came right back in the fourth with two-straight extra base hits, knocking Searle out of the game. Searle took the loss, giving up seven runs in his three-plus innings of work.

Third baseman Rob Itri provided the Cougars with their final two runs in the sixth inning on a two-run home run, knocking in Saylor who had led off the inning with a single. Itri and Saylor both finished the night 2-for-4.

After scoring a lone run in the sixth, Cal increased its lead to 12-3 in the seventh inning, scoring four runs on four singles. A single and an error in the eighth gave the Bears their final run.

Junior Kyle Crist picked up his first win for Cal, pitching five innings, getting six strikeouts and allowing one run off four hits.

The final game of the three-game series is scheduled for noon (PST) on Saturday. The game can be followed live on Gametracker. A link to the webcast can be found at www.byucougars.com.

Brigham Young Univ. at Univ. of California
              Jan 30, 2004 at Berkeley, California (Evans Diamond)
Brigham Young Univ. 3 (0-2)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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CHAMBERS, Ryan cf........  4  1  0  0   1  1  2  0   0
LAW, Tim 1b..............  5  0  1  0   0  2 12  1   2
WIENS, Ranger dh.........  2  0  0  0   2  0  0  0   0
SAYLOR, Ben rf...........  4  1  2  1   0  1  1  0   1
ITRI, Rob 3b.............  4  1  2  2   0  0  0  5   0
TAYLOR, Brandon ss.......  4  0  1  0   0  2  1  3   3
WILKES, Adam c...........  3  0  0  0   0  2  6  0   0
BILLS, Kevin lf..........  4  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
HALES, Brad 2b...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  1   2
 HIESTAND, Jeff ph.......  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
SEARLE, Bryce p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 STAMBAUGH,J.D. p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 BURGER, Bryce p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 33  3  6  3   4 11 24 11   8
Univ. of California 13 (2-0)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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NICHOLSON, David 2b......  4  0  1  1   0  1  4  4   0
WEINER, David cf.........  5  1  3  3   0  1  2  0   1
HORWITZ, Brian rf........  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   1
 NESBITT, Robert ph/rf...  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
GROSSMAN, Chris c........  3  2  2  0   1  0  9  1   2
 BUSSIERE, Garrett c.....  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
BOESCH, Brennan dh.......  3  1  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
 SATIN, Josh ph/dh.......  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
ERRECART, Chris 1b.......  5  2  4  5   0  0 10  0   0
EINSPAHR, Matt 3b........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  2   1
 CRAIG, Allen 3b.........  0  0  0  1   1  0  0  1   0
NELSON, Justin lf........  5  4  4  2   0  1  0  0   2
DRAGICEVICH, Jeff ss.....  3  2  1  0   0  0  0  2   0
CRIST, Kyle p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 MORROW, Brandon p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 SWANSON, Matt p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BURCHETT, Jeremy p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 TRAFTON, Alex p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 37 13 15 12   4  6 27 12   7
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 001 002 000 -  3  6  2
Univ. of California. 410 201 41X - 13 15  1
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E - ITRI; WILKES; ERRECART. DP - BYU Cougars 1. LOB - BYU Cougars 8; Cal
Bears 7. 2B - GROSSMAN; DRAGICEVICH. 3B - WEINER. HR - ITRI(1); ERRECART(1);
NELSON(1). HBP - DRAGICEVICH. SH - WILKES; NICHOLSON. SF - CRAIG. SB -
WIENS; NELSON.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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SEARLE, Bryce.......  3.0  6  7  7  3  2 15 18
STAMBAUGH,J.D.......  3.2  7  4  4  0  1 15 17
BURGER, Bryce.......  1.1  2  2  0  1  3  7  9
Univ. of California    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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CRIST, Kyle.........  5.0  4  1  1  2  6 18 21
MORROW, Brandon.....  2.0  2  2  2  1  3  8  9
SWANSON, Matt.......  1.0  0  0  0  0  1  3  3
BURCHETT, Jeremy....  0.2  0  0  0  1  1  3  4
TRAFTON, Alex.......  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1
Win - CRIST (1-0).  Loss - SEARLE (0-1).  Save - None.
WP - STAMBAUGH. HBP - by BURGER (DRAGICEVICH).
Umpires - HP: Dan Payne  1B: Ted Kovach  3B: Ruben Candaleria
Start: 1:30 pm   Time: 2:48   Attendance: 173
Game notes:
Game 2 of 3
SEARLE faced 2 batters in the 4th.
MORROW faced 1 batter in the 8th.
Game: CAL2
Play-by-Play 
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 001 002 000 -  3  6  2
Univ. of California. 410 201 41X - 13 15  1
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Brigham Young Univ. starters: 22/cf CHAMBERS; 1/1b LAW; 8/dh WIENS; 25/rf
   SAYLOR; 21/3b ITRI; 3/ss TAYLOR; 24/c WILKES; 11/lf BILLS; 10/2b HALES;
   26/p SEARLE;
Univ. of California starters: 5/2b NICHOLSON; 15/cf WEINER; 24/rf HORWITZ;
   35/c GROSSMAN; 32/dh BOESCH; 22/1b ERRECART; 14/3b EINSPAHR; 6/lf NELSON;
   9/ss DRAGICEVICH; 17/p CRIST;
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 1
   CHAMBERS grounded out to 1b unassisted. LAW struck out. WIENS walked.
   WIENS stole second. SAYLOR struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Univ. of California - inning 1
   NICHOLSON struck out. WEINER singled to center field. HORWITZ flied out
   to rf. GROSSMAN walked; WEINER advanced to second. BOESCH walked;
   GROSSMAN advanced to second; WEINER advanced to third. ERRECART homered
   to right center, 4 RBI; BOESCH scored; GROSSMAN scored; WEINER scored.
   EINSPAHR struck out looking. 4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 2
   ITRI singled up the middle. TAYLOR singled through the right side; ITRI
   advanced to second. WILKES out at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; TAYLOR
   advanced to second; ITRI advanced to third. BILLS struck out. HALES
   struck out. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Univ. of California - inning 2
   NELSON singled to left field. DRAGICEVICH flied out to cf. NICHOLSON
   popped up to 2b. WEINER tripled to right center, RBI; NELSON scored.
   HORWITZ walked. GROSSMAN reached on a fielder's choice; HORWITZ out at
   second 3b to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 3
   CHAMBERS walked. LAW singled to left field; CHAMBERS advanced to second.
   WIENS flied out to cf. SAYLOR singled up the middle, RBI; LAW advanced to
   second; CHAMBERS scored. ITRI grounded out to 2b; SAYLOR advanced to
   second; LAW advanced to third. TAYLOR grounded out to p. 1 run, 2 hits, 0
   errors, 2 LOB.
Univ. of California - inning 3
   BOESCH grounded out to ss. ERRECART grounded out to ss. EINSPAHR fouled
   out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 4
   WILKES struck out looking. BILLS grounded out to ss. HALES grounded out
   to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Univ. of California - inning 4
   NELSON homered to right field, RBI. DRAGICEVICH doubled down the lf line.
   STAMBAUGH to p for SEARLE. NICHOLSON grounded out to p, SAC, bunt;
   DRAGICEVICH advanced to third. WEINER grounded out to 2b, RBI;
   DRAGICEVICH scored. HORWITZ grounded out to 3b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors,
   0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 5
   CHAMBERS popped up to 2b. LAW struck out. WIENS grounded out to 3b. 0
   runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Univ. of California - inning 5
   GROSSMAN doubled to left field. BOESCH lined into double play 1b to ss;
   GROSSMAN out on the play. ERRECART singled up the middle. EINSPAHR fouled
   out to 1b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 6
   MORROW to p for CRIST. SAYLOR singled to left center. ITRI homered to
   right center, 2 RBI; SAYLOR scored. TAYLOR struck out. WILKES struck out,
   out at first c to 1b. BILLS fouled out to c. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0
   LOB.
Univ. of California - inning 6
   NELSON singled to center field. NELSON stole second. DRAGICEVICH grounded
   out to 3b. NICHOLSON grounded out to ss. WEINER singled to right center,
   RBI; NELSON scored. HORWITZ grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors,
   1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 7
   CRAIG to 3b for EINSPAHR. HALES flied out to cf. CHAMBERS struck out. LAW
   grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Univ. of California - inning 7
   GROSSMAN singled down the lf line. GROSSMAN advanced to second on a wild
   pitch. BOESCH struck out looking. ERRECART singled to right field;
   GROSSMAN advanced to third. CRAIG flied out to cf, SF, RBI; ERRECART
   advanced to second; GROSSMAN scored. NELSON singled to right field, RBI,
   advanced to second; ERRECART scored. BURGER to p for STAMBAUGH.
   DRAGICEVICH hit by pitch. NICHOLSON singled through the left side, RBI,
   advanced to second; DRAGICEVICH advanced to third, scored on an error by
   c, unearned; NELSON scored. WEINER struck out. 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1
   LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 8
   BUSSIERE to c for GROSSMAN. WIENS walked. SWANSON to p for MORROW. SAYLOR
   reached on a fielder's choice; WIENS out at second ss to 2b. ITRI reached
   on a fielder's choice; SAYLOR out at second 3b to 2b. TAYLOR struck out.
   0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Univ. of California - inning 8
   NESBITT pinch hit for HORWITZ. NESBITT struck out. BUSSIERE grounded out
   to 3b. SATIN pinch hit for BOESCH. SATIN reached on an error by 3b,
   advanced to second. ERRECART singled to left field, RBI; SATIN scored,
   unearned. CRAIG walked; ERRECART advanced to second. NELSON struck out
   looking. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 9
   NESBITT to rf. SATIN to dh. BURCHETT to p for SWANSON. WILKES reached on
   an error by 1b, assist by 2b, advanced to second. BILLS struck out
   looking. HIESTAND pinch hit for HALES. HIESTAND walked. CHAMBERS grounded
   out to 2b; HIESTAND advanced to second; WILKES advanced to third. TRAFTON
   to p for BURCHETT. LAW grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1
   error, 2 LOB.

For the first time, a BYU team shows the benefit of its newly-opened Indoor Practice Facility when its baseball teams opens its season this week.

Cougar baseball begins Thursday when BYU travels to Berkeley, Calif., for a three-game series against California. The Cougars have been practicing as a full team since Jan. 12 in accord with NCAA rules, but this time it has been aided by the new 422-foot-wide, 86-foot-high facility.

After finishing 2003 tied for second place in the Mountain West Conference with a 30-24 record, the Cougars look to start the season strong against the Golden Bears. Third-team Preseason All-American Ranger Wiens is among five position starters returning from last season. Wiens led the Cougars last year in several offensive categories hitting, .405 with 25 doubles, 21 stolen bases and 55 RBI.

Head coach Vance Law, entering his fifth season with BYU, said he's optimistic about the season opener.

"We have a very talented team coming into the season," Law said. "We have some of the best hitters in the conference. Our pitching is talented, but inexperienced. This series will give us a chance to test our arms."

Likely throwing the first pitch for the Cougars will be last year's MWC Pitcher of the Year Paul Jacinto. The All-Conference player returns after leading BYU pitchers with a 10-5 record, 4.14 ERA and 83 strikeouts. Probable game two and three starters are Bryce Searle (0.00 in 2.1 innings) and Eastern Utah transfer Patrick Wells (8-2, 1.29).

Ranked 26th in Baseball America's Preseason Poll, the Bears also boast the fifth best freshman class in the nation. Cal senior catcher Chris Grossman enters the season as one of 10 finalists for the Johnny Bench Award given to the nations top collegiate catcher. He hit .341 with 16 doubles, eight home runs and 45 RBI.

The Cougars have split 16 games with Cal, winning two of three in their last meeting at Berkeley in 2001.

The three-game series begins a 26-game stretch of games played in California before BYU opens at home March 18 to play UNLV. The Cougars return to California on Thursday Feb. 5 joining St. Mary's and Nevada for a three-game tournament hosted by the University of Pacific.

Thursday's opener and Friday's game at Cal have both been changed to start at 1:30 p.m. (PST) and the Saturday finale is at noon (PST). BYU will not have live radio coverage through it's own network until league games begin in mid-March. The Cal-BYU games can be followed live on Gametracker, a link to this webcast can be found on www.byucougars.com.