CORVALLIS -- No. 17 Oregon State handed BYU its first series loss of the season, sweeping the Cougars 12-5 and 11-6 Tuesday.

Game one, suspended due to rain Monday night, finished Tuesday afternoon ending a six-game winning streak for BYU (17-7-1, 5-1 Mountain West Conference).

The Beavers (21-4) were leading 5-1 going into the bottom of the fifth when play was suspended.

Ryan Gipson's RBI double in the fourth inning is the game's only extra-base hit until OSU's Andy Jenkins doubled before Scott Nelson hit a pinch hit grand slam in the sixth when the game continued on Tuesday.

The Cougars faced a tough pitcher in OSU starter Jonah Nickerson, who was replaced by Kevin Gunderson when the game resumed. Nickerson came into the game with a 4-0 record and an ERA of 1.05. In five innings Monday, he struck out eight of the 13 BYU batters who went down at the plate.

The Cougars' first two runs of the game came on a Sean McNaughton RBI single in the top of the third and again in the eighth inning when he scored from second on a two-base error by the second baseman. McNaughton and Knell each had three singles to lead the Cougars in game one.

BYU scored four runs in that eighth inning, the next two coming from a two-run double with one out by Ryan Chambers. Chambers scored when Knell singled to center.

BYU regulars Jeff Hiestand--last week's MWC player of the week--Ben Saylor and Casey Nelson did not play in either game.

McNaughton led off game two with a first-inning homer. Not to be outdone, Jacoby Ellsbury countered with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the first to tie the score at one. OSU went on to take the lead 3-1 in its side of the first frame on a pair of RBI singles.

The Beavers extended their lead to 6-1 in the third inning highlighted by a Shea McFeely two-run single into left-center with one out in the inning.

Meanwhile, the Cougars were unable to generate any offense as Oregon State freshman starting pitcher Daniel Turpen kept the dangerous BYU bats in check through the middle innings.

The Cougars' Apana Nakayama was able to add a solo home run in the fifth to cut the lead to 7-2. OSU answered Nakayama's homer with a two-run round-tripper by Lonnie Lechelt in the bottom half of the same frame.

The Beavers added two more runs in the bottom of the sixth to cruise to an 11-2 lead. BYU added four runs on a series of walks in the eighth inning after the game was well out of hand.

Game two of the series marked the most hits BYU pitchers have given up in one game this season. Also, Oregon State held BYU hitters under 10 hits for only the sixth time.

Next up for the Cougars is a three game series against Air Force beginning Thursday at Larry H. Miller Field. Game times are 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday with an 8 p.m. opening pitch Saturday.

Saturday's late start is due to the LDS Church General Priesthood Meeting. All three of the games will be broadcast live on KOVO Radio 960 AM. There is a shirt and tie special for half-price admission to all who come straight from Priesthood Meeting. Saturday's game will also be carried via the Internet. A link can be found on the baseball schedule page of www.byucougars.com.

Brigham Young at Oregon State
Mar 28, 2005 at Corvallis, Ore. (Goss Std/Coleman Fld)
Brigham Young 5 (17-6-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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McNAUGHTON, Sean 2b......  5  1  3  1   0  1  3  2   0
VILLEZCAS, Marcos ss.....  5  0  0  0   0  1  0  2   2
NAKAYAMA, Apana 1b.......  4  1  1  0   0  0  9  0   0
TAYLOR, Brandon 3b.......  4  1  1  0   0  1  2  7   0
CHAMBERS, Ryan lf........  4  1  1  2   0  2  2  0   0
KNELL, Kory rf...........  4  0  3  1   0  0  3  1   0
AYOSO, Bryce dh..........  4  0  1  0   0  3  0  0   2
MOLINA, Adrian cf........  4  0  0  0   0  3  2  0   1
CLOWARD, Casey c.........  4  1  0  0   0  2  3  2   1
WOOLF, Mitch p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BINGHAM, Anthony p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BEUS, Lance p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BERGERON, Michel p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 38  5 10  4   0 13 24 14   6
Oregon State 12 (20-4)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Jacoby Ellsbury cf.......  3  1  1  0   1  0  2  0   1
Tyler Graham lf..........  3  2  1  0   2  0  2  0   0
 Chris Campos ph.........  0  0  0  1   1  0  0  0   0
Andy Jenkins 1b..........  6  1  2  0   0  0  7  0   3
Geoff Wagner dh..........  2  0  1  1   1  0  0  0   1
 Cole Gillespie ph.......  1  1  0  0   1  0  0  0   1
Shea McFeely 3b..........  2  1  0  2   3  0  1  1   0
Mitch Canham c...........  2  1  0  0   1  0  7  4   5
 Scott Nelson ph.........  1  1  1  4   0  0  0  0   0
 Casey Priseman c........  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  0   0
 Billy Munich c..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Darwin Barney ss.........  4  2  2  0   0  0  1  2   0
Mike Lissman rf..........  1  0  0  1   0  1  0  0   0
 Danny Anderson ph.......  2  1  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Ryan Gipson 2b...........  3  1  1  1   1  0  1  2   1
 Chris Kunda 2b..........  1  0  1  1   0  0  1  1   0
Jonah Nickerson p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Kevin Gunderson p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Eddie Kunz p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 31 12 10 11  11  2 27 10  12
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 001 000 040 -  5 10  2
Oregon State........ 011 305 02X - 12 10  2
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E - NAKAYAMA; WOOLF; Barney; Kunda. DP - Brig. Young 1. LOB - Brig. Young 6;
Oregon St. 12. 2B - CHAMBERS; Ellsbury; Jenkins; Gipson; Kunda. HR - Nelson.
HBP - Ellsbury 2; Priseman; Barney. SH - Lissman. SF - Lissman. SB - TAYLOR.
CS - KNELL; Ellsbury; Barney.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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WOOLF, Mitch........  3.0  4  5  3  3  0 11 19
BINGHAM, Anthony....  1.0  1  0  0  1  0  4  5
BEUS, Lance.........  3.0  4  5  5  4  2 12 16
BERGERON, Michel....  1.0  1  2  2  3  0  4  8
Oregon State           IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Jonah Nickerson.....  5.0  5  1  0  0  8 20 20
Kevin Gunderson.....  3.0  5  4  3  0  4 15 15
Eddie Kunz..........  1.0  0  0  0  0  1  3  3
Win - Nickerson (5-0).  Loss - WOOLF (1-1).  Save - None.
WP - WOOLF 2; Nickerson. HBP - by WOOLF (Barney); by WOOLF (Ellsbury); by WOOLF
(Ellsbury); by BERGERON (Priseman). PB - Priseman.
Umpires - HP: Dave Perez  1B: Mik Hendrickson  3B: Scott Eastburn
Start: 5:39 pm   Time: 2:56   Attendance: 248
Game notes:
Start of game delayed 39 minutes by rain.
Middle of 5th inning - Rain delay called at 7:11 pm;
  game suspended at 7:28 pm, to be resumed at 1:00 pm March 29.
Brigham Young at Oregon State - Play-by-Play
Mar 28, 2005 at Corvallis, Ore. (Goss Std/Coleman Fld)
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 001 000 040 -  5 10  2
Oregon State........ 011 305 02X - 12 10  2
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Brigham Young starters: 15/2b McNAUGHTON; 10/ss VILLEZCAS; 24/1b NAKAYAMA; 3/3b
TAYLOR; 22/lf CHAMBERS; 12/rf KNELL; 5/dh AYOSO; 1/cf MOLINA; 9/c CLOWARD; 18/p
WOOLF;
Oregon State starters: 23/cf Ellsbury; 21/lf Graham; 8/1b Jenkins; 37/dh Wagner;
29/3b McFeely; 11/c Canham; 10/ss Barney; 26/rf Lissman; 14/2b Gipson; 34/p
Nickerson;
Brigham Young 1st - McNAUGHTON struck out swinging. VILLEZCAS fouled out to
lf. NAKAYAMA fouled out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Oregon State 1st - Ellsbury grounded out to 2b. Graham singled to center
field. Jenkins reached on a fielder's choice; Graham out at second 3b to 2b. Wagner
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - TAYLOR struck out looking. CHAMBERS flied out to lf.
KNELL singled to left field. KNELL out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Oregon State 2nd - McFeely grounded out to 3b. Canham walked. Barney hit by
pitch; Canham advanced to second. Canham advanced to third on a wild pitch. Lissman
flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Canham scored. Gipson grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - AYOSO struck out, out at first c to 1b. MOLINA grounded
out to c. CLOWARD reached on a throwing error by ss. CLOWARD advanced to second on a
wild pitch. McNAUGHTON singled to right center, RBI; CLOWARD scored, unearned.
VILLEZCAS struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Oregon State 3rd - Ellsbury hit by pitch. Ellsbury out at second c to 2b,
caught stealing. Graham walked. Jenkins singled to right field; Graham advanced to
second. Wagner walked; Jenkins advanced to second; Graham advanced to third. Wagner
advanced to second on a wild pitch; Jenkins advanced to third; Graham scored.
McFeely grounded out to 3b. Canham flied out to lf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - NAKAYAMA singled to center field. TAYLOR reached on a
fielder's choice; NAKAYAMA out at second 2b to ss. TAYLOR stole second. CHAMBERS
struck out swinging. KNELL singled to shortstop; TAYLOR advanced to third. AYOSO
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Oregon State 4th - Barney singled to third base. Lissman reached on a
throwing error by p, SAC, advanced to second on a throwing error by 1b; Barney
advanced to third. Gipson doubled to center field, RBI; Lissman advanced to third;
Barney scored. Ellsbury hit by pitch. BINGHAM to p for WOOLF. Graham reached on a
fielder's choice; Ellsbury advanced to second; Gipson advanced to third; Lissman out
at home 3b to c. Jenkins flied out to rf. Wagner singled to second base, RBI; Graham
advanced to second; Ellsbury advanced to third; Gipson scored, unearned. McFeely
walked, RBI; Wagner advanced to second; Graham advanced to third; Ellsbury scored,
unearned. Canham flied out to lf. 3 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - MOLINA struck out looking. CLOWARD struck out swinging,
out at first c to 1b. McNAUGHTON singled up the middle. VILLEZCAS grounded out to
2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Oregon State 5th - BEUS to p for BINGHAM. Barney singled to right center.
Lissman struck out; Barney out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. Gipson walked.
Ellsbury grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - Gunderson to p for Nickerson. NAKAYAMA flied out to cf.
TAYLOR grounded out to ss. CHAMBERS struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Oregon State 6th - Graham walked. Jenkins doubled down the lf line; Graham
advanced to third. Gillespie pinch hit for Wagner. Gillespie walked. McFeely walked,
RBI; Gillespie advanced to second; Jenkins advanced to third; Graham scored. Nelson
pinch hit for Canham. Nelson homered to left center, 4 RBI; McFeely scored;
Gillespie scored; Jenkins scored. Barney flied out to cf. Anderson pinch hit for
Lissman. Anderson struck out looking. Gipson grounded out to 3b. 5 runs, 2 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - Priseman to c for Nelson. Anderson to rf. Kunda to 2b for
Gipson. KNELL grounded out to 3b. AYOSO singled to center field. MOLINA struck out.
CLOWARD reached on a fielder's choice; AYOSO out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Oregon State 7th - Ellsbury doubled to left center. Graham grounded out to
3b. Jenkins flied out to rf; Ellsbury advanced to third. Gillespie to dh. Gillespie
grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 8th - McNAUGHTON singled through the left side. VILLEZCAS
grounded out to 2b; McNAUGHTON advanced to second. NAKAYAMA reached on a fielding
error by 2b; McNAUGHTON scored. TAYLOR singled down the lf line; NAKAYAMA advanced
to second. CHAMBERS doubled to right field, 2 RBI; TAYLOR scored; NAKAYAMA scored,
unearned. CHAMBERS advanced to third on a passed ball. KNELL singled to center
field, RBI; CHAMBERS scored. AYOSO struck out. MOLINA struck out looking. 4 runs,
4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Oregon State 8th - BERGERON to p for BEUS. McFeely walked. Priseman hit by
pitch; McFeely advanced to second. Barney reached on a fielder's choice; Priseman
advanced to second; McFeely out at third 3b unassisted. Anderson reached on a
fielder's choice; Barney advanced to second; Priseman out at third rf to ss to 3b.
Kunda doubled to left center, RBI; Anderson advanced to third; Barney scored.
Ellsbury walked. Campos pinch hit for Graham. Campos walked, RBI; Ellsbury advanced
to second; Kunda advanced to third; Anderson scored. Jenkins flied out to cf. 2
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young 9th - Campos to lf. Munich to c for Priseman. Kunz to p for
Gunderson. CLOWARD struck out. McNAUGHTON lined out to p. VILLEZCAS flied out to cf.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young at Oregon State
Mar 29, 2005 at Corvallis, Ore. (Goss Std/Coleman Fld)
Brigham Young 6 (17-7-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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McNAUGHTON, Sean 2b......  3  1  1  1   0  0  4  1   0
 LAW, Andrew ph..........  1  0  0  1   1  0  0  0   0
VILLEZCAS, Marcos ss.....  3  0  1  1   1  0  4  2   1
NAKAYAMA, Apana 1b.......  5  1  1  1   0  0  5  1   4
TAYLOR, Brandon 3b.......  4  1  1  0   1  0  1  1   0
CHAMBERS, Ryan lf........  4  1  2  0   1  0  1  0   0
KNELL, Kory rf...........  5  0  0  0   0  2  2  0   1
RELF, Brandon dh.........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   3
 SLOAN, Kevin ph.........  1  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
MOLINA, Adrian cf........  2  0  0  0   0  0  3  0   0
 IORG, Seth ph...........  1  1  0  1   0  1  1  0   0
CLOWARD, Casey c.........  3  0  2  1   1  0  3  2   0
SU'A, Justin p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 PLATT, James p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 JENSEN, Matthew p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 HEID, Tyler p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 35  6  9  6   5  4 24  9   9
Oregon State 11 (21-4)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Jacoby Ellsbury cf.......  6  1  3  2   0  0  3  0   2
Mike Lissman lf..........  4  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Chris Campos lf.........  0  0  0  0   1  0  1  0   0
Andy Jenkins 1b..........  6  2  2  0   0  0 10  1   6
Geoff Wagner rf..........  4  1  0  0   1  0  4  0   1
 Danny Anderson rf.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Mitch Canham c...........  3  2  1  0   2  1  2  1   0
 Billy Munich c..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Darwin Barney ss.........  5  2  3  3   0  0  2  2   0
Joey Ledesma dh..........  3  0  2  2   1  0  0  0   2
 Scott Nelson ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Tyler Graham pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Shea McFeely 3b..........  4  1  3  2   1  0  1  1   2
Lonnie Lechelt 2b........  4  1  1  2   1  1  1  2   0
Daniel Turpen p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Kevin Joslyn p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Jake McCormick p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Kurt Steele p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 Nate Fogle p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 40 11 16 11   7  2 27  9  13
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 100 010 040 -  6  9  3
Oregon State........ 303 122 00X - 11 16  1
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E - McNAUGHTON; VILLEZCAS; TAYLOR; Barney. DP - Brig. Young 2. LOB - Brig.
Young 9; Oregon St. 13. 2B - Jenkins; Barney. HR - McNAUGHTON; NAKAYAMA;
Ellsbury; Lechelt. HBP - IORG; Campos. SF - VILLEZCAS. SB - Lissman. CS -
CHAMBERS.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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SU'A, Justin........  3.0  7  6  6  3  1 16 19
PLATT, James........  2.0  5  3  3  1  0 11 12
JENSEN, Matthew.....  2.0  3  2  0  2  1  9 11
HEID, Tyler.........  1.0  1  0  0  1  0  4  6
Oregon State           IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Daniel Turpen.......  5.0  5  2  2  1  2 21 22
Kevin Joslyn........  1.1  1  0  0  1  1  4  5
Jake McCormick......  0.2  0  0  0  1  0  2  3
Kurt Steele.........  0.1  3  4  4  0  0  4  5
Nate Fogle..........  1.2  0  0  0  2  1  4  7
Win - Turpen (1-0).  Loss - SU'A (2-1).  Save - None.
HBP - by Steele (IORG); by HEID (Campos).
Umpires - HP: Mike Hendrickson  1B: Scott Eastburn  3B: Dave Perez
Start: 3:26 pm   Time: 2:52   Attendance: 263
Brigham Young at Oregon State - Play-by-Play
Mar 29, 2005 at Corvallis, Ore. (Goss Std/Coleman Fld)
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 100 010 040 -  6  9  3
Oregon State........ 303 122 00X - 11 16  1
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Brigham Young starters: 15/2b McNAUGHTON; 10/ss VILLEZCAS; 24/1b NAKAYAMA; 3/3b
TAYLOR; 22/lf CHAMBERS; 12/rf KNELL; 26/dh RELF; 1/cf MOLINA; 9/c CLOWARD; 27/p
SU'A;
Oregon State starters: 23/cf Ellsbury; 26/lf Lissman; 8/1b Jenkins; 37/rf Wagner;
11/c Canham; 10/ss Barney; 25/dh Ledesma; 29/3b McFeely; 15/2b Lechelt; 28/p Turpen;
Brigham Young 1st - McNAUGHTON homered to left field, RBI. VILLEZCAS singled
to right field. NAKAYAMA grounded out to 1b unassisted; VILLEZCAS advanced to
second. TAYLOR walked. CHAMBERS flied out to ss. KNELL reached on a fielding error
by ss; TAYLOR advanced to second; VILLEZCAS advanced to third. RELF struck out. 1
run, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Oregon State 1st - Ellsbury homered to right field, RBI. Lissman singled to
third base. Jenkins flied out to 2b. Wagner walked; Lissman advanced to second.
Canham flied out to cf. Barney singled to left field, advanced to second on the
throw, RBI; Wagner advanced to third; Lissman scored. Ledesma singled to first base,
RBI; Barney advanced to third; Wagner scored. McFeely flied out to 3b. 3 runs, 4
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - MOLINA grounded out to ss. CLOWARD singled to right
field. McNAUGHTON flied out to rf. VILLEZCAS flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Oregon State 2nd - Lechelt flied out to 2b. Ellsbury lined out to ss. Lissman
grounded out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - NAKAYAMA grounded out to 2b. TAYLOR grounded out to 3b.
CHAMBERS singled through the right side. KNELL struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Oregon State 3rd - Jenkins singled to third base, advanced to second on a
throwing error by 3b. Wagner flied out to cf; Jenkins advanced to third. Canham
walked. Barney singled to center field, RBI; Canham advanced to second; Jenkins
scored. Ledesma walked; Barney advanced to second; Canham advanced to third. McFeely
singled to left center, 2 RBI; Ledesma advanced to second; Barney scored; Canham
scored. Lechelt struck out. Ellsbury grounded out to p. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error,
2 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - RELF grounded out to ss. MOLINA flied out to rf. CLOWARD
lined out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Oregon State 4th - PLATT to p for SU'A. Lissman grounded out to 3b. Jenkins
doubled down the lf line. Wagner lined out to lf. Canham walked. Barney doubled down
the rf line, RBI; Canham advanced to third; Jenkins scored. Ledesma lined out to ss.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - McNAUGHTON flied out to cf. VILLEZCAS flied out to rf.
NAKAYAMA homered to right field, RBI. TAYLOR grounded out to p. 1 run, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Oregon State 5th - McFeely singled to left field. Lechelt homered to left
field, 2 RBI; McFeely scored. Ellsbury singled down the rf line. Lissman reached on
a fielder's choice; Ellsbury out at second ss to 2b. Lissman stole second. Jenkins
flied out to rf. Wagner flied out to cf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - Campos to lf for Lissman. Joslyn to p for Turpen.
CHAMBERS walked. KNELL flied out to lf. CHAMBERS out at second p to 1b to ss, caught
stealing. RELF grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Oregon State 6th - JENSEN to p for PLATT. Canham singled to first base.
Barney reached on a fielder's choice; Canham advanced to second on a throwing error
by 2b, advanced to third. Ledesma singled to left field, RBI; Barney advanced to
second; Canham scored, unearned. McFeely walked; Ledesma advanced to second; Barney
advanced to third. Lechelt hit into double play 1b to 2b to ss; Ledesma out on the
play. Ellsbury singled through the left side, RBI; McFeely advanced to second;
Barney scored, unearned. Campos walked; Ellsbury advanced to second; McFeely
advanced to third. Jenkins flied out to rf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - IORG pinch hit for MOLINA. IORG struck out, out at first
c to 1b. CLOWARD singled to left field. LAW pinch hit for McNAUGHTON. McCormick to p
for Joslyn. LAW flied out to 2b. VILLEZCAS walked; CLOWARD advanced to second.
NAKAYAMA grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Oregon State 7th - LAW to 2b. IORG to cf. Wagner lined out to ss. Canham
struck out. Barney grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 8th - Munich to c for Canham. Steele to p for McCormick.
Anderson to rf for Wagner. TAYLOR singled to left field. CHAMBERS singled through
the right side; TAYLOR advanced to second. KNELL flied out to p. SLOAN pinch hit for
RELF. SLOAN singled to left field; CHAMBERS advanced to second; TAYLOR advanced to
third. IORG hit by pitch, RBI; SLOAN advanced to second; CHAMBERS advanced to third;
TAYLOR scored. Fogle to p for Steele. CLOWARD walked, RBI; IORG advanced to second;
SLOAN advanced to third; CHAMBERS scored. LAW walked, RBI; CLOWARD advanced to
second; IORG advanced to third; SLOAN scored. VILLEZCAS flied out to cf, SF, RBI;
IORG scored. NAKAYAMA flied out to cf. 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Oregon State 8th - HEID to p for JENSEN. Nelson pinch hit for Ledesma. Nelson
reached on a throwing error by ss. Graham pinch ran for Nelson. McFeely singled up
the middle; Graham advanced to third. Lechelt walked; McFeely advanced to second.
Ellsbury grounded into double play p to c to 1b; Lechelt advanced to second; McFeely
advanced to third; Graham out on the play. Campos hit by pitch. Jenkins flied out to
cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young 9th - Fogle to p for Campos. Graham to lf. /  for Fogle. TAYLOR
flied out to rf. CHAMBERS grounded out to 1b unassisted. KNELL struck out. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Baseball games Monday and Tuesday at Oregon State will be a showdown for BYU as it travels to Corvallis, Ore.

The Cougars, 17-5-1 overall and tied for first place with UNLV at 5-1 in the Mountain West Conference, have a pair of games against Oregon State, 19-4.

This is the second-best start for BYU in school history. BYU was 18-5 in 1980, 17-6 in 1983 (the year we were ranked No. 1 going into the NCAA Regionals), 15-6 in 1969, 15-6-2 in 1986 and 16-7 in 1972.

BYU has won its last six games in a row, 15 of its past 17 games, and had an eight-game win streak earlier in the season. OSU has won 10 of its last 12 games.

"This will give us a good indicator where we stand," said BYU Coach Vance Law, whose team has victories over nationally ranked UC Irvine, Oklahoma State and Oral Roberts thus far.

OSU is the highest-ranked team BYU has played to date. The Beavers are No. 14 in the NCBWA Poll, No. 18 in Baseball America, No. 23 in Sports Weekly/ESPN and No. 28 in Collegiate Baseball. BYU has not received votes in any of these national polls this season, but the Cougars are currently rated No. 14 by Boyd's World, a power-ranking system which has OSU at No. 2.

The Beavers open their Pac-10 Conference season this weekend when they host the University of California, starting on Friday. OSU moved up last Saturday's finale of a three-game series in Corvallis against Dallas Baptist to a Friday doubleheader which the Beavers swept.

The Cougars probable starters for the OSU games are juniors Matt Jensen (4-0, 5.03) and Mitch Woolf (1-0, 4.30), respectively for Monday's game at 5 p.m. (PST) and Tuesday's 1 p.m. (PST) tilt. Mainline starters David Horlacher (1-1), Brandon Christiansen (2-0) and Blake Torgerson (2-1) will not make the trip to Oregon in order to be rested for their usual weekend rotation as BYU prepares to host Air Force, 4-16 and 0-3, on Thursday.

Fans can follow the BYU-OSU games live on the Internet through live webcasts (free) and live audiocasts (fee-based) on links found on www.byucougars.com.

Both BYU and OSU swept the only common opponent between the two this season, New Mexico State. OSU won a pair of games against NMSU at a tournament in Arizona to start the season, while BYU swept the Aggies in a three-game series three weeks ago at Las Cruces.

OSU leads the series with BYU, 8-6 in a series that started in 1971. The Beavers won the last meeting in 1995 at a tournament in Spokane, Wash., 19-3. BYU won the previous meeting in 1991 at the Riverside Baseball Invitational in California, 5-1. The two teams have played one game away from tournament action in 1972, which BYU won, 5-2.

A multi-page release can be found by downloading the PDF file at the top of this story, which gives a detailed analysis of the Cougars.