SEATTLE -- No rain, no victory for BYU baseball as its five-game winning streak came to an end with a 6-2 loss Saturday to Washington.

The Huskies, now 2-7, in turn stopped a seven-game losing streak, while BYU is at 6-4 after winning the previous two days in rainy weather.

"Mark (Anderson) struggled with his command today and we didn't swing the bat all that well," said BYU coach Vance Law. "The balls we hit were right at people, it was just one of those days. It is disappointing because I have such expectations for this team."

The third inning may have been indicative of BYU’s struggles for the day. Alex Hancock led off with a triple, then teammate Stephen Wells got on first with a fielder’s choice when pitcher Austin Voth threw out Hancock at home. Brigham struck out eight Cougars in six innings.

BYU picked up its second run in the ninth when Austin Hall drew his second lead-off walk of the day. He advanced to third on Dane Nielsen’s double and scored on Wells’ sacrifice fly.

Wells lost his six-game hitting streak. Nielsen was the only Cougar with more than one hit.

The Cougars now ready for a two-game series at the University of Portland, starting Monday afternoon.

Brigham Young Univ. at Washington
Mar 05, 2011 at Seattle, Wash. (Husky Ballpark)
Brigham Young Univ. 2 (6-4)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........  4  1  0  1   0  3  2  0   0
LAW, Andrew ss...........  5  0  1  0   0  1  3  1   3
WOLFE, Alex dh...........  3  0  0  0   1  2  0  0   1
BERNAL, Ryan lf..........  4  0  1  1   0  3  3  1   0
ROBINSON, Dillon 3b......  4  0  1  0   0  0  0  5   2
GUENTHER, Wes c..........  3  0  0  0   0  0  5  2   1
HALL, Austin 1b..........  1  1  0  0   3  0  8  1   0
NIELSEN, Dane 2b.........  4  0  2  0   0  0  3  3   2
HANCOCK, Alex rf.........  3  0  1  0   0  2  0  0   0
ANDERSON, Mark p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 NYBERG, Chunner p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 31  2  6  2   4 11 24 13   9
Washington 6 (3-7)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Rogers cf................  4  0  0  1   1  1  3  0   1
Meggs lf.................  3  1  2  1   1  0  2  0   0
Anselment rf.............  4  2  2  2   0  0  2  0   0
Wiggins dh...............  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Peterson 1b..............  3  0  0  0   1  1  6  0   0
Lamb 3b..................  4  0  1  1   0  0  1  4   4
Santy c..................  3  1  1  0   1  0 13  0   1
Stephens 2b..............  2  2  0  0   1  0  0  1   0
Afenir ss................  3  0  1  1   0  2  0  0   0
Voth p...................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Brigham p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 29  6  7  6   6  4 27  6   7
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 001 000 001 -  2  6  3
Washington.......... 010 210 20X -  6  7  0
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E - LAW 3(5). DP - BYU 1. LOB - BYU 9; Washington 7. 2B - NIELSEN(3). 3B -
HANCOCK(1). HR - Anselment(1). HBP - GUENTHER. SH - HANCOCK(1); Stephens(1);
Afenir(2). SF - WELLS(1).
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ANDERSON, Mark......  4.2  6  4  4  5  2 18 24
NYBERG, Chunner.....  3.1  1  2  2  1  2 11 13
Washington             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Voth................  6.0  3  1  1  2  8 21 24
Brigham.............  3.0  3  1  1  2  3 10 14
Win - Voth (1-0).  Loss - ANDERSON (1-1).  Save - Brigham (1).
WP - ANDERSON 2(4); Brigham(1). HBP - by Voth (GUENTHER). BK - ANDERSON(1).
Umpires - HP: Chris Thomas  1B: Dave Natali  3B: Randy Sutton
Start: 1:03 pm   Time: 2:16   Attendance: 557
Weather: 49 and sunny
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 5/cf WELLS; 6/ss LAW; 18/dh WOLFE; 10/lf BERNAL;
3/3b ROBINSON; 9/c GUENTHER; 26/1b HALL; 16/2b NIELSEN; 7/rf HANCOCK; 23/p
ANDERSON;
Washington starters: 26/cf Rogers; 40/lf Meggs; 11/rf Anselment; 38/dh Wiggins;
25/1b Peterson; 18/3b Lamb; 8/c Santy; 43/2b Stephens; 3/ss Afenir; 31/p Voth;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WELLS struck out swinging. LAW struck out
swinging. WOLFE struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Washington 1st - Rogers struck out swinging. Meggs singled to left
field. Anselment grounded out to 1b unassisted; Meggs advanced to second. Meggs
advanced to third on a wild pitch. Wiggins walked. Peterson walked; Wiggins
advanced to second. Lamb grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - BERNAL struck out swinging. ROBINSON fouled
out to c. GUENTHER hit by pitch. HALL walked; GUENTHER advanced to second.
NIELSEN lined out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Washington 2nd - Santy walked. Stephens reached on a fielder's choice;
Santy out at second c to ss. Afenir grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; Stephens
advanced to second. Rogers walked. Meggs singled to left field, RBI; Rogers
advanced to second, out at second lf to 3b to ss; Stephens scored. 1 run, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - HANCOCK tripled to left field. WELLS reached
on a fielder's choice; HANCOCK out at home p to c. LAW fouled out to 1b. WOLFE
walked; WELLS advanced to second. BERNAL singled through the left side, RBI;
WOLFE advanced to second; WELLS scored. ROBINSON popped up to lf. 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Washington 3rd - Anselment reached on a throwing error by ss. Wiggins
fouled out to c. Peterson grounded out to 2b; Anselment advanced to second.
Lamb reached on a throwing error by ss; Anselment advanced to third, out at
home 1b to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - GUENTHER grounded out to 2b. HALL flied out to
lf. NIELSEN popped up to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Washington 4th - Santy singled up the middle. Stephens walked; Santy
advanced to second. Stephens advanced to second on a balk; Santy advanced to
third. Afenir singled to third base, RBI; Stephens advanced to third; Santy
scored. Rogers reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Afenir out at second 3b to
2b; Stephens scored. Meggs grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Rogers out
on the play. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - HANCOCK struck out swinging. WELLS struck out
looking. LAW singled to third base, bunt. WOLFE struck out swinging. 0 runs,
1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Washington 5th - Anselment singled to shortstop. Wiggins flied out to
cf. Peterson struck out swinging. Anselment advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Lamb singled up the middle, RBI; Anselment scored. NYBERG to p for ANDERSON.
Santy reached on a fielder's choice; Lamb out at second 3b to 2b. 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - BERNAL struck out swinging. ROBINSON lined out
to rf. GUENTHER flied out to cf to left center. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Washington 6th - Stephens lined out to 2b. Afenir struck out swinging.
Rogers flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - Brigham to p for Voth. HALL walked. NIELSEN
singled up the middle; HALL advanced to second. HANCOCK grounded out to 3b,
SAC, bunt; NIELSEN advanced to second; HALL advanced to third. WELLS struck out
swinging. LAW grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Washington 7th - Meggs walked. Anselment homered to right center, 2 RBI;
Meggs scored. Wiggins flied out to cf. Peterson flied out to lf. Lamb grounded
out to 1b unassisted. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - WOLFE lined out to rf. BERNAL struck out
swinging. ROBINSON singled to center field. ROBINSON advanced to second on a
wild pitch. GUENTHER grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Washington 8th - Santy reached on a throwing error by ss. Stephens
grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; Santy advanced to second. Afenir struck out
swinging, out at first c to 1b. Rogers flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1
error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - HALL walked. NIELSEN doubled down the lf line;
HALL advanced to third. HANCOCK struck out swinging. WELLS flied out to cf, SF,
RBI; NIELSEN advanced to third; HALL scored. LAW grounded out to 3b. 1 run,
1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Artificial turf for the third straight week is the forage for BYU’s baseball team as it starts a three-game series at Washington on Thursday.

The Cougars, above .500 for the first time this year at 4-3, play Thursday and Friday nights at Washington, 1-5, concluding the series on Saturday afternoon.

Washington native Stephen Wells leads BYU’s team with a current four-game hitting streak and has one of the hottest bats, raising his average from .214 to .364. Wells, a centerfielder, was one of five teammates named to the all-tournament team last week in Texas. The other Cougars named to that honor were infielders Andrew Law and Ryan Bernal, and pitchers Matthew Neil and Taylor Cole.

Cole is scheduled to start Friday’s game and has a perfect 2-0 record with a 0.00 earned run average in 12 innings. Thursday’s starter is Chris Capper (0-1, 8.00) and southpaw Mark Anderson (1-0, 2.25) gets the nod for Saturday afternoon.

“We have had solid pitching, our hitters are going to continue to come around and I’m pleased we are playing hard,” said BYU coach Vance Law. “We had limited practices this week because we are trying to get ahead in school with the long road trip.”

The Cougars remain in the Northwest following the Washington series for games at Portland and the University of Oregon next week.