NATCHITOCHES -- Taylor Cole and Mark Anderson pitched well for BYU as the Cougars split a doubleheader Saturday, winning 19-1 and falling 4-1 to Northwestern State.

Both sophomore hurlers started, but only Cole emerged victorious as the BYU finished the weekend with a 1-2 record compared to 2-1 for the Demons.

“We had some positives, particularly in the first game today,” said BYU coach Vance Law. “Our approach at the plate was excellent in that game because we went for line drives. We pitched very well in both games with Taylor Cole and Mark Anderson being outstanding as well as our relievers Matthew Neil, Daniel Sechrest and Blake Torgerson.”

Cole, a transfer who had not pitched in two years because of a Church mission, scattered four hits in five innings for the victory in the 19-1 win. When he left the game, BYU had a 4-0 lead.

Two extra base hits helped Cole in the fourth inning when Austin Hall led off with a double and scored off Kelton Caldwell’s home run.

Neil and Sechrest recorded three scoreless innings between them, while the Cougar batters went to work, especially in the eighth inning on the heels of an 8-0 lead.

In the 11-run eighth inning, freshmen Dillon Robinson and Jaycob Brugman started it off with a leadoff double and a run-scoring single, respectively. Robinson scored twice in that inning.

In the nightcap, BYU took a 1-0 lead when Andrew Law led off with a single in the fourth, advanced to third on Alex Wolfe’s single to right and scored on Austin Hall’s one-out single.

Left-hander Anderson threw a one-hitter in seven complete innings before being replaced by Justin Shutt on the mound. In the third inning Jordan Buckley hit a two-out single to Anderson.

The Cougar lead vanished in the seventh when the Demons tied the score. NSU scored three runs in the eighth to take a 4-1 lead.

“We had too many strikeouts in the second game and didn’t make good adjustments. I see we have great potential and we are trying to address the fact that a regional berth depends on each game we play. These were three games we could have won.”

Wolfe and Hall continued to keep their current hitting streaks alive at 15 games apiece.

BYU now readies for four games at the Brooks Wallace Classic starting on Thursday with games against host Texas Tech and Northern Illinois.

Game 1, Saturday
Brigham Young Univ. at Northwestern State
Feb 19, 2011 at Natchitoches (Brown-Stroud Field)
Brigham Young Univ. 19 (1-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........  6  2  2  2   0  0  3  0   1
LAW, Andrew ss...........  4  3  2  1   0  0  0  4   0
 LOPEZ, Bret ss/3b.......  0  0  0  1   0  0  1  1   0
WOLFE, Alex c............  4  1  1  1   1  1  3  1   0
 PETERSON, Michael c.....  1  0  1  0   0  0  2  1   0
BERNAL, Ryan 1b..........  4  2  2  0   1  1 10  2   1
 PADGETT, Wyatt 1b.......  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   2
HALL, Austin 3b/ss.......  5  3  3  2   0  1  1  1   0
CALDWELL, Kelton lf......  4  3  1  2   1  1  1  0   1
 HANCOCK, Alex lf........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
FRAMPTON, Chase dh.......  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 ROBINSON, Dillon dh.....  3  2  1  0   1  0  0  0   0
NIELSEN, Dane 2b.........  2  1  0  1   1  0  2  2   0
 CROWDER, Matt ph/2b.....  1  1  1  1   0  0  0  0   0
BRUGMAN, Jaycob rf.......  4  1  2  2   0  0  1  0   0
 LUKER, Brock rf.........  0  0  0  1   1  0  1  1   0
COLE, Taylor p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 NEIL, Matthew p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 SECHREST, Daniel p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 TORGERSON, Blake p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 42 19 16 14   6  4 27 13   6
Northwestern State 1 (1-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Martinez, J. ss..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  3   1
 Hebert, C. ss...........  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
Helenihi, D. cf..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  6  0   2
 Buckley, J. cf..........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Bear, C. dh..............  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Gandy, S. dh............  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
Westbrook, R lf..........  2  0  1  0   1  0  3  0   0
 Yerby, M. lf............  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Keele, R. rf.............  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   1
 Jackson, A. rf..........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   3
Hinojos, N. 3b...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
 Garcia, O. 3b...........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Frias, R. 2b.............  3  0  2  0   0  0  1  3   0
 Northcott, C 2b.........  1  1  1  0   0  0  0  1   0
Watson, W. 1b............  2  0  0  0   1  1 10  0   0
 Parsons, M. 1b..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Munoz, A. c..............  2  0  1  0   0  0  3  1   0
 Farmer, M. c............  2  0  2  1   0  0  1  0   0
Melotakis, M p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 Scanio, J. p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Simmons, M. p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Remedies, T. p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Jones, C. p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 33  1  8  1   3  6 27 11   9
Score by Innings                       R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 101 203 1(11)0 - 19 16  1
Northwestern State.. 000 000 00   1 -  1  8  3
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E - CROWDER; Martinez, J.; Hinojos, N.; Frias, R.. DP - BY 1. LOB - BY 6;
NWLA 9. 2B - LAW; HALL; ROBINSON; BRUGMAN; Gandy, S.; Farmer, M.. HR -
CALDWELL. HBP - LAW. SF - LOPEZ; HALL; NIELSEN; Parsons, M.. SB - WELLS; LAW
2; Watson, W..
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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COLE, Taylor........  5.0  4  0  0  1  3 18 19
NEIL, Matthew.......  2.0  0  0  0  1  1  6  7
SECHREST, Daniel....  1.0  2  0  0  1  2  5  6
TORGERSON, Blake....  1.0  2  1  1  0  0  4  5
Northwestern State     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Melotakis, M........  5.0  6  7  6  2  3 21 24
Scanio, J...........  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  3  4
Simmons, M..........  1.0  4  4  4  1  0  6  8
Remedies, T.........  0.0  3  7  4  2  0  5  7
Jones, C............  2.0  2  1  1  1  1  7  9
Win - COLE (1-0).  Loss - Melotakis, M (0-1).  Save - None.
WP - Melotakis, M; Scanio, J. 2. HBP - by Melotakis, M (LAW).
Umpires - HP: Joe Brown  1B: Melvin Caldwell  3B: Bruce Siegel
Start: 2:00   Time: 2:46   Attendance: 619
Weather: Cloudy winds SSE at 3 mph
Melotakis, M faced 3 batters in the 6th.
Simmons, M. faced 3 batters in the 8th.
Remedies, T. faced 7 batters in the 8th.
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 5/cf WELLS; 6/ss LAW; 18/c WOLFE; 10/1b BERNAL;
26/3b HALL; 12/lf CALDWELL; 30/dh FRAMPTON; 16/2b NIELSEN; 4/rf BRUGMAN; 8/p
COLE;
Northwestern State starters: 6/ss Martinez, J.; 22/cf Helenihi, D.; 11/dh Bear,
C.; 3/lf Westbrook, R; 14/rf Keele, R.; 20/3b Hinojos, N.; 13/2b Frias, R.;
19/1b Watson, W.; 7/c Munoz, A.; 9/p Melotakis, M;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WELLS grounded out to ss. LAW hit by pitch.
LAW stole second. WOLFE walked. BERNAL struck out looking. HALL singled to
right field, RBI; WOLFE advanced to second; LAW scored. HALL picked off, out at
first c to 1b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northwestern State 1st - Martinez, J. struck out looking. Helenihi, D.
struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. Bear, C. flied out to cf. 0 runs,
0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - CALDWELL struck out looking. FRAMPTON flied
out to cf. NIELSEN grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northwestern State 2nd - Westbrook, R flied out to 2b. Keele, R. out at
first 1b to p. Hinojos, N. popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - BRUGMAN grounded out to p. WELLS singled to
left field. WELLS stole second. LAW reached on an error by 3b, advanced to
second; WELLS scored, unearned. WOLFE struck out looking. BERNAL grounded out
to p. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Northwestern State 3rd - Frias, R. singled up the middle. Watson, W.
walked; Frias, R. advanced to second. Munoz, A. popped up to 1b, bunt.
Martinez, J. popped up to cf; Frias, R. advanced to third. Watson, W. stole
second. Helenihi, D. grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - HALL doubled to left center. HALL advanced to
third on a wild pitch. CALDWELL homered, 2 RBI; HALL scored. FRAMPTON flied out
to cf. NIELSEN grounded out to 2b. BRUGMAN flied out to rf. 2 runs, 2 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northwestern State 4th - Bear, C. grounded out to 2b. Westbrook, R
singled to right center. Keele, R. lined out to rf. Hinojos, N. grounded out to
ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - WELLS flied out to cf. LAW grounded out to ss.
WOLFE flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northwestern State 5th - Frias, R. singled to right field. Watson, W.
struck out swinging. Munoz, A. singled to right field; Frias, R. advanced to
third. Martinez, J. hit into double play ss to 1b to 2b; Munoz, A. out on the
play, interference. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - BERNAL singled up the middle. HALL singled,
bunt; BERNAL advanced to second. CALDWELL walked; HALL advanced to second;
BERNAL advanced to third. Scanio, J. to p for Melotakis, M. ROBINSON to dh for
FRAMPTON. ROBINSON popped up to ss. NIELSEN popped up to cf, SAC, RBI; HALL
advanced to third; BERNAL scored. CALDWELL advanced to second; HALL scored on a
wild pitch. BRUGMAN doubled to left field, RBI; CALDWELL scored. BRUGMAN
advanced to third on a wild pitch. WELLS popped up to 2b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Northwestern State 6th - NEIL to p for COLE. Helenihi, D. grounded out
to 2b. Bear, C. fouled out to 3b. Westbrook, R walked. Keele, R. popped up to
lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - Simmons, M. to p for Scanio, J.. LAW singled
to right field. LAW stole second. WOLFE popped up to cf; LAW advanced to third.
BERNAL singled to second base. HALL popped up to cf, SAC, RBI; LAW scored.
CALDWELL reached on a fielder's choice; BERNAL out at second 2b to ss. 1
run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northwestern State 7th - Hinojos, N. struck out swinging. Frias, R.
grounded out to 3b. Watson, W. grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - Farmer, M. to c for Munoz, A.. ROBINSON
doubled to left field. NIELSEN walked. BRUGMAN singled to right field, RBI;
NIELSEN advanced to third; ROBINSON scored. Remedies, T. to p for Simmons, M..
WELLS singled down the rf line, RBI; BRUGMAN advanced to third; NIELSEN scored.
LAW doubled to left field, RBI; WELLS advanced to third; BRUGMAN scored. WOLFE
singled to center field, RBI; LAW advanced to third; WELLS scored. BERNAL
walked; WOLFE advanced to second. HALL reached on an error by 2b; BERNAL
advanced to second; WOLFE advanced to third; LAW scored, unearned. CALDWELL
reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second; HALL advanced to third;
BERNAL scored, unearned; WOLFE scored on an error by ss, unearned. ROBINSON
walked. Jones, C. to p for Remedies, T.. CROWDER pinch hit for NIELSEN. CROWDER
singled to right field, RBI; ROBINSON advanced to second; CALDWELL advanced to
third; HALL scored. LUKER to rf for BRUGMAN. LUKER walked, RBI; CROWDER
advanced to second; ROBINSON advanced to third; CALDWELL scored. WELLS grounded
out to 2b, RBI; LUKER advanced to second; CROWDER advanced to third; ROBINSON
scored. LOPEZ to ss for LAW. LOPEZ popped up to lf, SAC, RBI; CROWDER scored.
PETERSON to c for WOLFE. PETERSON singled up the middle; LUKER advanced to
third. PADGETT to 1b for BERNAL. PADGETT popped up to lf. 11 runs, 7 hits, 2
errors, 2 LOB.
Northwestern State 8th - LOPEZ to 3b. HALL to ss. HANCOCK to lf for
CALDWELL. CROWDER to 2b. SECHREST to p for NEIL. Farmer, M. singled to right
field. Hebert, C. to ss for Martinez, J.. Hebert, C. struck out swinging.
Buckley, J. to cf for Helenihi, D.. Buckley, J. struck out looking. Gandy, S.
to dh for Bear, C.. Gandy, S. doubled down the lf line; Farmer, M. advanced to
third. Yerby, M. to lf for Westbrook, R. Yerby, M. walked. Jackson, A. to rf
for Keele, R.. Jackson, A. grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - Garcia, O. to 3b for Hinojos, N.. Northcott, C
to 2b for Frias, R.. HALL struck out swinging. HANCOCK grounded out to 2b.
ROBINSON grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northwestern State 9th - TORGERSON to p for SECHREST. Garcia, O. reached
on an error by 2b. Northcott, C singled to center field; Garcia, O. advanced to
third. Parsons, M. to 1b for Watson, W.. Parsons, M. popped up to rf, SAC;
Garcia, O. out at third rf to c to 3b. Farmer, M. doubled to center field, RBI;
Northcott, C scored. Hebert, C. flied out to cf. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1
LOB.
Game 2
Brigham Young Univ. at Northwestern State
Feb 19, 2011 at Natchitoches, La (Brown-Stroud)
Brigham Young Univ. 1 (1-2)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........  4  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
LAW, Andrew ss...........  3  1  2  0   1  0  1  5   1
WOLFE, Alex dh...........  4  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
BERNAL, Ryan 1b..........  4  0  0  0   0  3 11  0   2
HALL, Austin 3b..........  4  0  1  1   0  2  0  1   0
CALDWELL, Kelton lf......  3  0  0  0   0  1  3  0   1
GUENTHER, Wes c..........  3  0  0  0   0  2  5  0   0
NIELSEN, Dane 2b.........  2  0  1  0   1  0  1  4   0
BRUGMAN, Jaycob rf.......  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   0
ANDERSON, Mark p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 SHUTT, Justin p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 McKNIGHT, David p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MILLER, Jared p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 30  1  6  1   2 10 24 12   4
Northwestern State 4 (2-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Buckley, J. rf...........  3  1  1  0   0  0  1  1   0
Helenihi, D. cf..........  3  0  0  1   0  0  2  0   1
Westbrook, R dh..........  3  1  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
Gandy, S. lf.............  3  0  1  0   0  1  3  0   1
Martinez, J. ss..........  3  1  0  0   1  1  5  3   0
Watson, W. 1b............  2  0  0  0   0  0  7  1   0
 Hinojos, N. 1b/3b.......  1  0  1  1   1  0  1  0   0
Frias, R. 2b.............  4  0  0  0   0  2  0  2   4
Hebert, C. 3b/1b.........  3  1  1  0   0  0  0  3   0
Munoz, A. c..............  2  0  0  0   0  0  7  4   0
Bear, C. p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Fredieu, B. p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 27  4  4  2   3  5 27 15   6
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 000 100 000 -  1  6  3
Northwestern State.. 000 000 13X -  4  4  1
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E - BERNAL; GUENTHER; ANDERSON; Bear, C.. DP - NWLA 1. LOB - BY 4; NWLA 6.
HBP - Buckley, J.; Gandy, S.. SH - Munoz, A.. SF - Helenihi, D.. SB - WOLFE;
Martinez, J.. CS - HALL.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ANDERSON, Mark......  7.0  1  1  1  1  4 23 25
SHUTT, Justin.......  0.2  1  3  3  1  0  1  5
McKNIGHT, David.....  0.0  2  0  0  1  0  2  3
MILLER, Jared.......  0.1  0  0  0  0  1  1  1
Northwestern State     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Bear, C.............  8.0  6  1  1  2  9 27 29
Fredieu, B..........  1.0  0  0  0  0  1  3  3
Win - Bear, C. (1-0).  Loss - SHUTT (0-1).  Save - Fredieu, B. (1).
WP - ANDERSON 2; SHUTT 2. HBP - by ANDERSON (Gandy, S.); by SHUTT (Buckley, J.).
Umpires - HP: Melvin Caldwell  1B: Bruce Siegel  3B: Joe Brown
Start: 5:30   Time: 2:09   Attendance: 752
Weather: 76 degrees and Clear
McKNIGHT faced 3 batters in the 8th.
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 5/cf WELLS; 6/ss LAW; 18/dh WOLFE; 10/1b BERNAL;
26/3b HALL; 12/lf CALDWELL; 9/c GUENTHER; 16/2b NIELSEN; 4/rf BRUGMAN; 23/p
ANDERSON;
Northwestern State starters: 2/rf Buckley, J.; 22/cf Helenihi, D.; 3/dh
Westbrook, R; 32/lf Gandy, S.; 6/ss Martinez, J.; 19/1b Watson, W.; 13/2b
Frias, R.; 15/3b Hebert, C.; 7/c Munoz, A.; 11/p Bear, C.;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WELLS flied out to lf. LAW walked. WOLFE flied
out to lf; LAW advanced to second. BERNAL struck out looking. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northwestern State 1st - Buckley, J. grounded out to ss. Helenihi, D.
lined out to rf. Westbrook, R reached on an error by 1b. Westbrook, R advanced
to second on an error by p. Westbrook, R advanced to third. Gandy, S. flied out
to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - HALL struck out swinging. CALDWELL struck out
swinging, out at first c to 1b. GUENTHER struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northwestern State 2nd - Martinez, J. struck out swinging. Watson, W.
grounded out to 2b. Frias, R. grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - NIELSEN singled to left field. BRUGMAN popped
up to rf. WELLS hit into double play 2b to ss to 1b; NIELSEN out on the play.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northwestern State 3rd - Hebert, C. grounded out to 2b. Munoz, A.
grounded out to 3b. Buckley, J. singled to pitcher. Helenihi, D. reached on a
fielder's choice; Buckley, J. out at second 2b to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - LAW singled to second base. WOLFE singled to
right field; LAW advanced to third. BERNAL struck out swinging; WOLFE stole
second. HALL singled to shortstop, RBI; WOLFE advanced to third; LAW scored.
HALL out at second c to ss, caught stealing. CALDWELL fouled out to lf. 1
run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northwestern State 4th - Westbrook, R struck out swinging. Gandy, S.
struck out looking. Martinez, J. flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - GUENTHER struck out looking. NIELSEN popped up
to ss. BRUGMAN struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Northwestern State 5th - Watson, W. grounded out to ss. Frias, R. flied
out to lf. Hebert, C. grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - WELLS flied out to cf. LAW singled up the
middle. WOLFE singled to right field; LAW out at first rf to ss to 3b to 1b.
BERNAL struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors,
1 LOB.
Northwestern State 6th - Munoz, A. popped up to rf. Buckley, J. grounded
out to 2b. Helenihi, D. grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - HALL reached on an error by p. HALL out at
second p to 1b to ss, picked off. CALDWELL grounded out to 2b. GUENTHER
grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Northwestern State 7th - Westbrook, R grounded out to ss. Gandy, S. hit
by pitch. Martinez, J. reached on a fielder's choice; Gandy, S. out at second
ss to 2b. Hinojos, N. to 1b for Watson, W.. Martinez, J. stole second.
Martinez, J. advanced to third on a wild pitch. Hinojos, N. walked. Hinojos, N.
advanced to second on an error by c; Martinez, J. scored on a wild pitch.
Hinojos, N. advanced to third. Frias, R. struck out looking. 1 run, 0 hits,
1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - NIELSEN walked. BRUGMAN reached on a fielder's
choice, bunt; NIELSEN out at second 3b to ss. WELLS struck out swinging. LAW
grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Northwestern State 8th - Hinojos, N. to 3b. Hebert, C. to 1b. SHUTT to p
for ANDERSON. Hebert, C. singled up the middle. Munoz, A. grounded out to p,
bunt, SAC; Hebert, C. advanced to second. Buckley, J. hit by pitch. Buckley, J.
advanced to second; Hebert, C. advanced to third on a wild pitch. Helenihi, D.
flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; Buckley, J. advanced to third; Hebert, C. scored.
Buckley, J. scored on a wild pitch. Westbrook, R walked. McKNIGHT to p for
SHUTT. Gandy, S. singled up the middle; Westbrook, R advanced to second.
Martinez, J. walked; Gandy, S. advanced to second; Westbrook, R advanced to
third. Hinojos, N. singled to left field, RBI; Martinez, J. advanced to second;
Gandy, S. advanced to third; Westbrook, R scored. MILLER to p for McKNIGHT.
Frias, R. struck out swinging. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - Fredieu, B. to p for Bear, C.. WOLFE flied out
to cf. BERNAL out at first 1b to p. HALL struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sophomores pitchers Chris Capper, Taylor Cole and Mark Anderson get the starting nod for BYU’s season openers this weekend at Northwestern State in Natchitoches, La.

Righthanders Capper (4-2, 2.80) and Cole (10-3, 1.37 in 2008 at the College of Southern Nevada) will be BYU’s pitchers in Friday and Saturday’s games at 6:30 p.m., and 2 p.m. CT, respectively. Southpaw Anderson (3-1, 6.14) will be the starter in Saturday’s second game of the doubleheader.

“This is the best pitching staff I’ve had in my 12 years,” said BYU coach Vance Law. “We have 10 solid guys.”

The twice-drafted transfer Cole was the 2008 Scenic West Conference Pitcher of the Year prior to serving a Church mission to Canada.

“We are tired of practicing against one another and are ready to go, well prepared and hope we get off to a good start,” said Law.

Northwestern State was 36-21 last season and returns 18 lettermen, including starters at the infield corners. BYU was 27-31 last year and returns 21 lettermen, including players who have started in all positions with the exception of freshmen outfielders Kelton Caldwell and Jaycob Brugman at left and right fields.

Caldwell and Brugman are two of a possible seven left-handed batters that could appear in the starting lineup.

“Having all of these left-handers is a bonus until we face a tough lefty,” Law said.

Fans can view livestats of all three games through links on www.byucougars.com.

This is BYU baseball’s first time playing in the state of Louisiana. The Cougars beat S.W. Louisiana in 1984 (5-4) at the Best in the West Classic in Fresno, Calif.

Following the trip to Louisiana, the Cougars return home to prepare for the Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic at Texas Tech University next week.