SAN JOSE -- Ryan Bernal's single was the game-winning RBI in the seven-run ninth inning Thursday as BYU beat San Jose State, 11- 5.

Bernal and Jonathan Cluff were the big hitters for the Cougars and Kevin Sloan was one of three stalwart pitchers for BYU. Bernal and Cluff

each had a pair of RBI and had three and four hits, respectively. Bernal belted a lead-off homer in the fourth inning to put BYU up 2-0.

Teammate Sean McNaughton hit a two-run, one-out homer in the ninth, scoring BYU's 10th and 11th runs.

San Jose State tied the game at 3-3 in the seventh after Sloan inherited runners on the corners with one out when he entered the game. Sloan benefited from a double play in the eighth and remained undefeated at 4-0 as his teammates took a commanding lead before he was replaced by Mark Anderson to start the ninth.

BYU improved to 11-13, while SJSU falls to 9-14 as the two teams ready for a Friday night meeting in the second of a three-game series.

Brigham Young at San Jose State
Apr 01, 2010 at San Jose, Calif. (Municipal Stadium)
Brigham Young 11 (11-13)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........  6  1  1  0   0  0  2  0   2
RELF, Brandon ss.........  5  1  1  1   1  0  5  6   1
WOLFE, Alex 3b...........  5  1  1  0   0  2  0  0   0
AYOSO, Bryce c...........  3  2  1  0   1  2  1  0   0
BERNAL, Ryan 1b..........  4  2  3  2   1  0 10  0   2
CLUFF, Jonathan rf.......  5  3  4  2   0  0  3  0   0
McNAUGHTON, Sean lf......  3  1  1  3   1  0  2  0   0
FRAMPTON, Chase dh.......  4  0  0  1   0  1  0  0   0
NIELSEN, Dane 2b.........  4  0  1  1   1  1  3  4   4
CAPPER, Chris p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 SLOAN, Kevin p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 ANDERSON, Mark p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 39 11 13 10   5  6 27 11   9
San Jose State 5 (9-14)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Reiling, Michael 2b......  4  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   4
Quiery, Tim lf...........  3  0  0  0   1  0  3  0   0
 Rodriguez, Andrew ph....  0  1  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Martin, Jason cf.........  4  0  2  1   0  0  5  0   0
Sofranac, Alex dh........  4  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   1
 Jenkins, Kerry ph.......  1  0  1  2   0  0  0  0   0
Valine, Corey 3b.........  5  1  1  0   0  0  0  2   3
Stienstra, Danny 1b......  5  1  2  0   0  0  7  0   2
Borg, Nick ss............  4  0  2  0   0  0  1  1   0
Gale, Tommy rf...........  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 Hertler, Craig ph.......  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Klauer, Kolton rf.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
 Canez, Breyon ph........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Schulz, Nick rf.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Rahier, Bryson c.........  2  1  1  0   1  0  6  1   0
 Klauer, Karson ph.......  1  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
Mazzanti, Luke p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
 Guzman, Esteban p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Broussard, Craig p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 37  5 12  3   3  1 27  7  10
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 010 200 017 - 11 13  2
San Jose State...... 000 200 102 -  5 12  2
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E - RELF(11); WOLFE(8); Valine(8); Gale(1). DP - BYU 3. LOB - BYU 9; SJSU
10. 2B - WELLS(2); CLUFF 2(8); Sofranac(7); Borg(1); Rahier(3). HR -
BERNAL(7); McNAUGHTON(4). HBP - AYOSO; Martin, J.. SH - McNAUGHTON(3);
Reiling(5). SF - FRAMPTON(1). SB - AYOSO(1); Sofranac(2).
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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CAPPER, Chris.......  6.1  8  3  2  2  1 26 29  98
SLOAN, Kevin........  1.2  2  0  0  0  0  6  6  16
ANDERSON, Mark......  1.0  2  2  2  1  0  5  7  33
San Jose State         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Mazzanti, Luke......  7.1  7  4  3  3  5 29 34 107
Guzman, Esteban.....  0.2  3  4  4  1  0  4  6  18
Broussard, Craig....  1.0  3  3  3  1  1  6  7  28
Win - SLOAN (4-0).  Loss - Mazzanti (0-3).  Save - None.
WP - Mazzanti(4); Broussard(3). HBP - by Mazzanti (AYOSO); by ANDERSON (Martin,
J.). Pitches/strikes: CAPPER 98/65; SLOAN 16/12; ANDERSON 33/17; Mazzanti
107/69; Guzman 18/10; Broussard 28/13.
Umpires - HP: Robert Martinez  1B: Eric Petersen  3B: Wayne Acerogiles
Start: 6:00 pm   Time: 2:52   Attendance: 347
Weather: Clear, cool
Guzman faced 4 batters in the 9th.
Brigham Young 1st - WELLS flied out to lf (2-2). RELF walked (3-2).
WOLFE struck out swinging (1-2). AYOSO hit by pitch (2-0); RELF advanced to
second. BERNAL flied out to cf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
San Jose State 1st - Reiling fouled out to 1b (1-2). Quiery grounded out
to 2b (0-1). Martin, J. singled up the middle (1-2). Sofranac flied out to rf
(0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - CLUFF singled through the right side, advanced to
second on a fielding error by rf (3-2). McNAUGHTON grounded out to 3b (2-2).
FRAMPTON reached on a fielding error by 3b, advanced to second (0-1); CLUFF
scored, unearned. NIELSEN struck out looking (0-2). FRAMPTON advanced to third
on a wild pitch. WELLS flied out to lf (1-0). 1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1
LOB.
San Jose State 2nd - Valine reached on a throwing error by 3b (1-1).
Stienstra reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (2-0); Valine out at
second ss to 2b. Borg doubled to left center (0-0); Stienstra advanced to
third. Gale grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1). Rahier walked (3-2). Reiling
popped up to ss (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - RELF lined out to rf (2-0). WOLFE struck out
swinging (0-2). AYOSO struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
San Jose State 3rd - Quiery flied out to lf (1-2). Martin, J. singled to
left field (1-1). Sofranac grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (0-1);
Martin, J. out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - BERNAL homered down the lf line, RBI (1-1). CLUFF
doubled down the lf line (1-0). McNAUGHTON popped up to ss (1-2). FRAMPTON
grounded out to 2b (0-0); CLUFF advanced to third. NIELSEN singled to second
base, RBI (0-0); CLUFF scored. WELLS flied out to lf to left center (0-2). 2
runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
San Jose State 4th - Valine singled through the left side (1-0).
Stienstra singled to left center (3-1); Valine advanced to second. Borg singled
through the right side (2-0); Stienstra advanced to second; Valine advanced to
third. Gale grounded into double play ss to 1b (1-2); Borg out on the play;
Stienstra advanced to third; Valine scored. Rahier reached on a fielding error
by ss (1-1); Stienstra scored, unearned. Reiling reached on a fielder's choice
to shortstop (0-0); Rahier out at second ss unassisted. 2 runs, 3 hits, 1
error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - RELF grounded out to 2b (0-2). WOLFE flied out to cf
(1-1). AYOSO struck out looking (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Jose State 5th - Quiery grounded out to 1b unassisted (3-2). Martin,
J. flied out to rf (0-0). Sofranac singled to left center (0-2). Sofranac stole
second. Valine flied out to rf (0-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - BERNAL singled to left center (0-1). CLUFF singled
to shortstop (0-0); BERNAL advanced to second. McNAUGHTON grounded out to c,
SAC, bunt (1-0); CLUFF advanced to second; BERNAL advanced to third. FRAMPTON
grounded out to p (0-0). NIELSEN flied out to cf (3-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
San Jose State 6th - Stienstra grounded out to ss (1-0). Borg flied out
to cf to left center (2-2). Hertler pinch hit for Gale. Hertler struck out
swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - Klauer, Ko. to rf for Hertler. WELLS grounded out to
3b (1-2). RELF popped up to p (1-0). WOLFE grounded out to ss (1-0). 0 runs,
0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Jose State 7th - Rahier doubled down the lf line (2-0). Reiling out
at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt (0-0); Rahier advanced to third. Quiery walked
(3-1). SLOAN to p for CAPPER. Martin, J. reached on a fielder's choice to
shortstop, RBI (0-0); Quiery out at second ss to 2b; Rahier scored. Sofranac
doubled down the lf line (2-2); Martin, J. advanced to third. Valine popped up
to 1b (1-0). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 8th - AYOSO singled to right field (0-0). AYOSO stole
second. BERNAL walked (3-2). CLUFF flied out to cf to left center (0-0).
McNAUGHTON walked (3-0); BERNAL advanced to second; AYOSO advanced to third.
Guzman to p for Mazzanti. FRAMPTON flied out to rf, SF, RBI (3-2); BERNAL
advanced to third; AYOSO scored. NIELSEN flied out to rf (0-0). 1 run, 1
hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
San Jose State 8th - Stienstra singled through the right side (0-2).
Borg grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (0-0); Stienstra out on the play.
Canez pinch hit for Klauer, Ko.. Canez flied out to lf down the lf line (1-1).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 9th - Schulz to rf for Canez. WELLS doubled to right field
(1-1). RELF singled up the middle, RBI (0-2); WELLS scored. WOLFE singled to
third base, bunt (0-0); RELF advanced to second. AYOSO walked (3-0); WOLFE
advanced to second; RELF advanced to third. Broussard to p for Guzman. BERNAL
singled through the right side, RBI (2-1); AYOSO advanced to second; WOLFE
advanced to third; RELF scored. CLUFF doubled to left field, 2 RBI (2-0);
BERNAL advanced to third; AYOSO scored; WOLFE scored. McNAUGHTON homered to
left center, 3 RBI (1-0); CLUFF scored; BERNAL scored. FRAMPTON struck out
looking (2-2). NIELSEN walked (3-2). NIELSEN advanced to second on a wild
pitch. WELLS flied out to rf to right center (2-1). RELF flied out to cf (2-1).
7 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
San Jose State 9th - ANDERSON to p for SLOAN. Klauer, Ka. pinch hit for
Rahier. Klauer, Ka. singled to shortstop (3-2). Reiling flied out to cf to left
center (2-1). Rodriguez, A pinch hit for Quiery. Rodriguez, A walked (3-2);
Klauer, Ka. advanced to second. Martin, J. hit by pitch (1-0); Rodriguez, A
advanced to second; Klauer, Ka. advanced to third. Jenkins pinch hit for
Sofranac. Jenkins singled to center field, 2 RBI (3-2); Martin, J. advanced to
second; Rodriguez, A scored; Klauer, Ka. scored. Valine fouled out to p (2-2).
Stienstra grounded out to 2b (1-2). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

A third of four California trips is on tap this week as BYU's baseball team plays at San Francisco, followed by a three-game series at San Jose State.

The Cougars, now 10-12, are inching towards the .500 mark for the first time this season. On Wednesday, junior Shawn Hardesty (1-2, 7.82) is scheduled to pitch for BYU against the USF Dons.

Freshman Chris Capper (1-0, 3.43), sophomore Matthew Neil (3-2, 4.91) and freshman Chunner Nyberg (0-2, 10.03) are BYU's probable pitchers in the series starting Thursday at San Jose State.

"We are looking forward to improving as we play more games," said BYU coach Vance Law.

BYU senior outfielder Sean McNaughton is among the nation's leaders with a current 15-game hitting streak.

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