Stockton, Calif. (March 4, 2008)--Sean McNaughton drove in Andrew Law in the two-run ninth inning Tuesday night to put BYU over the University of Pacific, 7-5.

The win was the first for southpaw Jake Wortham as the Cougars improved to 3-5 heading into a Wednesday evening rematch with the Tigers.

Wortham did not surrender a hit in his final three innings and teammate Jared Miller picked up his first save of the season.

Kent Walton extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a solo home run in the first inning. Walton gave BYU an insurance run in the ninth with a sacrifice fly to score McNaughton.

Cougar Jonathan Cluff hit off the leftfield fence in the fourth, but the Tigers got a good relay throw to put Steve Parker out at home to preserve a 5-1 lead.

The Cougars loaded the bases in the fifth to chase starter Larry Holscher out of the game and Dan Vargas cleared the bases with a triple on the first offering from the Pacific reliever, making the score 5-4.

BYU tied the game, 5-5, when Cluff hit a one-out double and scored when Bryce Ayoso stayed alive on an error by the Tigers' shortstop.

Former Cougar Mike McKeever started in right field for Pacific and knocked in the first run for UoP and scored after a lead-off triple in the third.

BYU Cougars at Pacific Tigers
Mar 04, 2008 at Stockton, CA (Klein Family Field)
BYU Cougars 7 (3-5)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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MCNAUGHTON, Sean lf......  4  2  1  1   1  0  2  0   0
VARGAS, Dan ss...........  4  0  2  1   0  1  1  3   0
WALTON, Kent cf..........  4  1  1  2   0  0  3  0   0
PARKER, Steve 3b.........  4  0  2  0   1  1  0  1   1
KO, Kasey 1b.............  4  0  0  0   0  1  9  0   3
CLUFF, Jonathan rf.......  4  1  2  0   0  1  4  0   0
AYOSO, Bryce dh..........  3  1  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
MUSSO, J.T. c............  4  1  1  0   0  0  6  0   0
LAW, Andrew 2b...........  4  1  1  0   0  1  2  2   1
WORTHAM, Jake p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 WARD, Michael p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 MILLER, Jared p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 35  7 10  4   3  6 27  9   6
Pacific Tigers 5 (2-6)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Ching 2b.................  5  1  3  0   0  0  0  1   0
Martin dh................  4  1  1  0   0  2  0  0   0
 St. Urbain ph...........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
Oliveira lf..............  3  1  0  0   1  0  2  1   2
McKeever rf..............  3  1  1  1   0  0  2  0   1
Walker 1b................  4  0  0  1   0  0 11  0   0
Wideman c................  4  1  1  2   0  0  9  0   0
Brown 3b.................  2  0  2  1   0  0  0  2   0
 Jenkins 3b..............  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Longmire cf..............  4  0  0  0   0  1  3  0   2
Lewis ss.................  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  2   0
 Haar ph.................  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Joines pr...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Holscher p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 McCain p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Berolzheimer p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 36  5  9  5   1  5 27 10   6
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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BYU Cougars......... 100 031 002 -  7 10  1
Pacific Tigers...... 401 000 000 -  5  9  3
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E - CLUFF(2); Oliveira(3); Lewis(3); Berolzheimer(1). LOB - Cougars 6;
Tigers 6. 2B - MCNAUGHTON(3); VARGAS(3); PARKER(3); CLUFF 2(3); Ching(3);
Brown 2(3). 3B - McKeever(1). HR - WALTON(1). SH - VARGAS(1). SF -
WALTON(2); McKeever(1).
BYU Cougars            IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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WORTHAM, Jake.......  8.0  8  5  1  1  5 32 34
WARD, Michael.......  0.2  1  0  0  0  0  3  3
MILLER, Jared.......  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1
Pacific Tigers         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Holscher............  4.1  5  4  2  2  4 17 19
McCain..............  3.2  3  1  0  1  2 15 16
Berolzheimer........  1.0  2  2  2  0  0  3  5
Win - WORTHAM (1-1).  Loss - Berolzheimer (0-1).  Save - MILLER (1).
Umpires - HP: Phil Benson  1B: Billy Haze  3B: Jeff Henrichs
Start: 6:00 pm   Time: 2:42   Attendance: 493
BYU Cougars starters: 15/lf MCNAUGHTON; 13/ss VARGAS; 9/cf WALTON; 5/3b PARKER;
22/1b KO; 8/rf CLUFF; 11/dh AYOSO; 10/c MUSSO; 6/2b LAW; 28/p WORTHAM;
Pacific Tigers starters: 3/2b Ching; 32/dh Martin; 8/lf Oliveira; 14/rf
McKeever; 20/1b Walker; 9/c Wideman; 16/3b Brown; 15/cf Longmire; 2/ss Lewis;
19/p Holscher;
BYU Cougars 1st - MCNAUGHTON grounded out to 3b. VARGAS struck out
swinging. WALTON homered to left field, RBI. PARKER doubled to left field. KO
grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Pacific Tigers 1st - Ching singled up the middle. Martin singled to
center field; Ching advanced to second. Oliveira reached on an error by rf;
Martin advanced to second; Ching advanced to third. McKeever flied out to cf,
SF, RBI; Oliveira advanced to second; Martin advanced to third; Ching scored,
unearned. Walker lined out to ss. Wideman singled to center field, 2 RBI;
Oliveira scored, unearned; Martin scored, unearned. Brown doubled to left
center, RBI; Wideman scored, unearned. Longmire struck out swinging. 4 runs,
4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
BYU Cougars 2nd - CLUFF struck out swinging. AYOSO struck out swinging.
MUSSO grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Pacific Tigers 2nd - Lewis struck out swinging. Ching singled to right
field. Martin reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; Ching out at second
ss to 2b. Oliveira grounded out to p, bunt. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
BYU Cougars 3rd - LAW struck out looking. MCNAUGHTON flied out to cf.
VARGAS grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Pacific Tigers 3rd - McKeever tripled to right field. Walker grounded
out to 2b, RBI; McKeever scored. Wideman flied out to rf. Brown doubled to
right field. Longmire flied out to rf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU Cougars 4th - Jenkins to 3b for Brown. WALTON lined out to 1b, bunt.
PARKER singled up the middle. KO flied out to lf. CLUFF doubled to left field;
PARKER advanced to third, out at home lf to 3b to c. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Pacific Tigers 4th - Lewis grounded out to 1b unassisted. Ching doubled
down the lf line. Martin struck out swinging. Oliveira flied out to rf. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU Cougars 5th - AYOSO walked. MUSSO singled to left field; AYOSO
advanced to second. LAW flied out to lf. MCNAUGHTON walked; MUSSO advanced to
second; AYOSO advanced to third. McCain to p for Holscher. VARGAS singled to
left field, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf, advanced to third on
the error, RBI; MCNAUGHTON advanced to second, advanced to third on the error,
scored on the error, unearned; MUSSO advanced to third, scored on the error,
unearned; AYOSO scored. WALTON reached on a fielder's choice to third base;
VARGAS out at home 3b to c. PARKER struck out looking. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1
error, 1 LOB.
Pacific Tigers 5th - McKeever grounded out to ss. Walker grounded out to
2b. Wideman flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU Cougars 6th - KO struck out swinging. CLUFF doubled to left field.
AYOSO reached on a throwing error by ss, advanced to second on the error; CLUFF
advanced to third, scored on the error, unearned. MUSSO grounded out to 3b. LAW
grounded out to 1b unassisted, bunt. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Pacific Tigers 6th - Jenkins flied out to cf. Longmire grounded out to
ss. Lewis struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU Cougars 7th - MCNAUGHTON fouled out to rf. VARGAS doubled down the
lf line. WALTON lined out to cf. PARKER walked. KO grounded out to 1b
unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Pacific Tigers 7th - Ching flied out to rf. Martin struck out swinging.
Oliveira walked. McKeever popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
BYU Cougars 8th - CLUFF grounded out to ss. AYOSO flied out to cf. MUSSO
fouled out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Pacific Tigers 8th - Walker fouled out to c. Wideman flied out to lf.
Jenkins lined out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU Cougars 9th - Berolzheimer to p for McCain. LAW singled through the
left side. LAW advanced to second on a throwing error by p. MCNAUGHTON doubled
down the lf line, RBI; LAW scored. VARGAS grounded out to p, SAC, bunt;
MCNAUGHTON advanced to third. WALTON flied out to rf, SF, RBI; MCNAUGHTON
scored. PARKER grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Pacific Tigers 9th - WARD to p for WORTHAM. Longmire grounded out to 3b.
Haar pinch hit for Lewis. Haar singled up the middle. Joines pinch ran for
Haar. Ching grounded out to p, bunt; Joines advanced to second. MILLER to p for
WARD. St. Urbain pinch hit for Martin. St. Urbain grounded out to p. 0 runs,
1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Pacific and BYU bring identical 2-5 records into Tuesday's game between the two baseball teams at Stockton, Calif.

The Cougars and Tigers square off again on Wednesday. Both of these games begin at 6 p.m. PT.

"We are swinging the bats well, but our pitchers haven't done as well and I know they will," said BYU Coach Vance Law. "With the experience we are getting, nothing but better performances will come."

The probable BYU pitchers against Pacific are Jake Wortham (0-1, 9.00) and Tyler Westensee (0-0, 13.50).

After the pair of games at Pacific, the Cougars bus to Sacramento to start the fifth annual River City Classic co-hosted by Cal State Sacramento and UC Davis, a tournament in which BYU first played in 2006.

The likely Cougar rotation on the mound will be a Thursday doubleheader vs. San Jose State with Jordan Muir (0-1, 3.75) at 10 a.m. and vs. Sacramento State with Nelson Castleberry (0-1,10.80) at 2 p.m. On Friday Sean Amerson (0-0, 10.80) is scheduled to face Utah Valley at10 a.m. And Wortham closes the week for BYU at UC Davis at 10 a.m.

Sac State (1-5) has former BYU third baseman Blake Crosby starting as its shortstop. The rest of teams in the tourney had the following records at the start of the week: San Jose State 5-2; UC Davis 6-3, after sweeping Utah last week; and Utah Valley 1-6-1; but all play again before the tourney begins. BYU does not play Portland in the tourney as does the rest of the field, but the Cougars opened the season with the Pilots and won one of three.

The Cougars are scheduled to also speak at a Friday night fireside in Sacramento.

Livestats and/or live audio for coverage on the Internet of all of this week's games can be found via links through www.byucougars.com.

For more information, see the PDF document at the top of this page.