Brigham Young University
Apr 12 | 06:00 PM
9 - 3
Seattle University
Bannerwood Park

1630-132nd Avenue SE Bellevue WA 98006

Ralph R. Zobell | Posted: 12 Apr 2012 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
Ralph R. Zobell

Twin Bill Sweep Over Seattle

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SEATTLE—Two-out rallies by BYU in both games of Thursday’s baseball doubleheader led to a Cougar sweep over Seattle University, 6-3 and 9-3.

BYU (16-12) took the lead in the four-game series and a 3-1 advantage with two games remaining with the Redhawks (15-14) in Seattle.

Wes Guenther got RBI singles in both games, but his third inning poke through the right side was the game-winner in the opener. That run Guenther produced in game one was the only of six runs that did not score after two outs.

"Our offense banged out some clutch hits that were critical and put a damper on them," BYU coach Vance Law said. "When we have multiple, multiple-run innings, that is big."

The Cougars took a 3-0 lead after the first inning of game one thanks to five consecutive singles, which scored Brock Whitney, Jaycob Brugman and Austin Hall.

Brugman helped increase that lead to 5-0 in the second when he followed Stephen Wells lead-off single with a double of his own that scored Guenther. Those hits chased Redhawks’ starter Brandon Kizer off the mound. Kizer had been the winning pitcher when he stymied the Cougars in a 2-1 victory last month in Provo.

In the eighth, BYU loaded the bases, but only scored one run off Andrew Law’s sacrifice fly.

The early runs gave confidence to BYU starting pitcher Chris Capper, who earned his third victory of the season against four losses. Capper escaped jams in the second and sixth innings with men on the corners and a runner on third in the fifth, which accounted for some of the dozen runners stranded by Seattle in game one.

Capper helped himself by closing the first-inning threat with a pickoff at first base. His battery-mate Guenther threw out a Redhawk trying to steal second in the second. Capper was relieved by Tyler Westensee in the seventh and Chris Howard in the eighth. Howard gathered strength to finish the ninth from a 543 double play.

"We got good pitching performances by Capper, Howard, (Marc) Oslund, (David) Parry and (Adam) Miller," said Coach Law. "Capper was not as sharp as usual, but he continued to compete. Oslund pitched well to give us seven solid innings which was outstanding.  We were happy to get Miller acclimated again."

In the nightcap, back-to-back doubles both down the right-field line by Kelton Caldwell and Dillon Robinson in the fifth inning produced a 5-2 lead. Then with two outs, Guenther added another RBI double in the fifth, which took SU’s second pitcher off the hill with the Cougars leading 6-2.

That lead was enough to secure the victory for BYU sophomore Marc Oslund, who improved to 3-0 following his first start of the season.

"We did not get batting practice because of the rain and tarped field, but the guys are playing hard and not giving up," said Coach Law. "Our at bats were very solid. Hall swung the bat well. We were glad to get Alex (Wolfe) behind the plate catching again."

Friday evening’s game will be at 6 p.m., at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, before returning to Bannerwood Park for Saturday afternoon’s finale.

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Ralph R. Zobell | Posted: 10 Apr 2012 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
Ralph R. Zobell

Four-game Series at Seattle

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This week’s non-conference rematches in Washington could settle the score between Seattle University and BYU baseball.

The two teams split a doubleheader last month at BYU and now will play four games starting with Thursday’s twin bill at 3 p.m. (PDT).  Friday evening’s game has a bonus in being played in the 9,600-seat Cheney Stadium, home of the Tacoma Rainiers, the AAA-affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.

BYU (14-12) is shuffling its pitching rotation again going into the four-game series against Seattle (15-12). First-day starter Chris Capper (2-4, 2.72) will be followed by Marc Oslund (2-0, 3.05) in Thursday’s nightcap.  On Friday at Cheney Stadium it will be Desmond Poulson (0-2, 5.17) on the mound at 6 p.m. (PDT), for his second start in as many weeks.  And Saturday’s starting pitcher is TBA at 1 p.m. (PDT).

“We have our work cut out for us because Seattle plays good baseball,” BYU coach Vance Law said.  “We want to build and maintain the momentum from last week.”

Among the Cougar leaders are freshman Tanner Chauncey being ranked No. 7 in the nation for toughest to strike out (three in 86 at bats), Jaycob Brugman ranked 17th with four triples and Mason Marshall ranked 19th with his seven saves.

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Location: Bellevue, WA
Time: Date: 4/12/2012
Attendance: 121

Box Score

Linescore 123456789 R H E LOB
BYU 001023030 9 15 2 11
SU 000201000 3 5 2 3

Brigham Young Univ. 16-12

Batting/Fielding AB Runs Hits 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SF SH HBP AVG SLG OBP PO A E FLD
CHAUNCEY, Tannerss 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.750 0.600 2 1 0 1.000
LAW, Adampr/2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A 1.000 1 1 0 1.000
GUENTHER, Wesdh 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.750 0.500 0 0 0 N/A
FRAMPTON, Chaseph/dh 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 0 0 0 N/A
WHITNEY, Brock1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 5 3 0 1.000
BRUGMAN, Jaycobrf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.600 3 0 0 1.000
WOLFE, Alexc 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.400 5 1 0 1.000
HALL, Austin2b/ss 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.400 0.600 0.400 2 1 1 0.750
CALDWELL, Keltonlf 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667 1.333 0.667 2 0 1 0.667
MUA, Christianph/lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 1 0 0 1.000
ROBINSON, Dillon3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250 0.500 0.250 0 0 0 N/A
WELLS, Stephencf 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.600 4 0 0 1.000
Batting Totals 41 9 15 6 0 0 7 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 0.366 0.512 0.435 27 7 2 0.944
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF AB WP HBP BK SFA SHA AVG ERA
OSLUND, Marcp 7.0 5 3 3 3 4 0 1 0 27 24 0 0 0 0 0 0.208 3.857
PARRY, Davidp 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000
MILLER, Adamp 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000
Pitching Totals 9.0 5 3 3 4 4 0 1 0 33 29 0 0 0 0 0 0.172 3.000

Seattle University 15-14

Batting/Fielding AB Runs Hits 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SF SH HBP AVG SLG OBP PO A E FLD
Oleszczuk, Trent2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.250 2 2 0 1.000
Tevlin, Michaellf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.750 0.250 2 0 1 0.667
Tompkins, Riley1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.500 9 0 0 1.000
Somers, Ryanc 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 5 1 0 1.000
Newton, Grant3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 2 1 0 1.000
Latta, Nickss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A 1 2 1 0.750
Kirbach, Steveph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A 1.000 0 0 0 N/A
Koenig, Ericpr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 N/A
Sloan, Jacedh 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0 0 0 N/A
Roberts, Natess/3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 2 1 0 1.000
Kincaid, Dougrf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.667 2 0 0 1.000
Morales, Marcelinocf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 2 1 0 1.000
Batting Totals 29 3 5 0 1 0 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0.172 0.241 0.273 27 10 2 0.949
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF AB WP HBP BK SFA SHA AVG ERA
Dalton, Bryanp 4.2 5 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 22 18 3 0 0 0 1 0.278 5.786
Gunning, Grantp 1.0 5 3 3 0 1 3 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.714 27.000
Mack, Coryp 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.000
Anderson, Garrettp 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000
Chutney, Jakep 0.2 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 13.500
Stidham, Masonp 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.200 0.000
Pitching Totals 9.0 15 9 7 5 6 6 0 0 47 41 3 0 0 0 1 0.366 7.000

Play By Play

Inning 1

Play Outs BYU SU
CHAUNCEY struck out looking (2-2). 0 - -
GUENTHER flied out to lf (2-2). 1 - -
WHITNEY flied out to rf (1-2). 2 - -
Oleszczuk, T flied out to lf (2-2). 0 - -
Tevlin, M. flied out to cf (0-0). 1 - -
Tompkins, R. struck out looking (0-2). 2 - -

Inning 2

Play Outs BYU SU
BRUGMAN grounded out to 2b (2-2). 0 - -
WOLFE flied out to cf (0-0). 1 - -
HALL grounded out to ss (0-0). 2 - -
Somers, R. struck out swinging (2-2). 0 - -
Newton, G. reached on a fielding error by 2b (1-0). 1 - -
Sloan, J. flied out to rf (0-1). 1 - -
Newton, G. out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 2 - -

Inning 3

Play Outs BYU SU
CALDWELL doubled to center field, ground-rule (1-0). 0 - -
ROBINSON grounded out to p, bunt, SAC (1-1); CALDWELL advanced to third. 0 - -
WELLS singled to left field, RBI (0-1); CALDWELL scored. 1 1 0
CHAUNCEY flied out to rf (0-0). 1 - -
GUENTHER flied out to lf (0-0). 2 - -
Roberts, N. flied out to cf (1-0). 0 - -
Kincaid, D. popped up to ss (0-2). 1 - -
Morales, M. flied out to lf (1-0). 2 - -

Inning 4

Play Outs BYU SU
WHITNEY popped up to 2b (0-0). 0 - -
BRUGMAN singled through the left side (3-2). 1 - -
WOLFE singled to left field (1-0); BRUGMAN advanced to second. 1 - -
BRUGMAN advanced to third on a wild pitch. 1 - -
WOLFE advanced to second on a wild pitch. 1 - -
HALL struck out swinging (3-2). 1 - -
CALDWELL grounded out to 2b (3-1). 2 - -
Oleszczuk, T walked (3-2). 0 - -
Tevlin, M. flied out to cf (0-2). 0 - -
Tompkins, R. walked (3-2); Oleszczuk, T advanced to second. 1 - -
Somers, R. singled to right center (1-0); Tompkins, R. advanced to second; Oleszczuk, T advanced to third. 1 - -
Newton, G. reached on a fielder's choice (1-1); Somers, R. advanced to second; Tompkins, R. advanced to third; Oleszczuk, T out at home 1b to c. 1 - -
Sloan, J. singled to left field, 2 RBI, advanced to second on an error by lf (2-1); Newton, G. advanced to third; Somers, R. scored; Tompkins, R. scored. 2 1 2
Roberts, N. popped up to 2b (0-0). 2 - -

Inning 5

Play Outs BYU SU
ROBINSON popped up to 3b (0-1). 0 - -
WELLS walked (3-1). 1 - -
CHAUNCEY walked (3-1); WELLS advanced to second. 1 - -
GUENTHER singled to left field, RBI, advanced to second on a throwing error by lf (2-2); CHAUNCEY advanced to third; WELLS scored. 1 2 2
WHITNEY struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (0-2). 1 - -
GUENTHER advanced to third on a wild pitch; CHAUNCEY scored on a wild pitch. 2 3 2
BRUGMAN walked (3-2). 2 - -
Gunning, G. to p for Dalton, B.. 2 - -
WOLFE struck out swinging (2-2). 2 - -
Kincaid, D. singled to center field (0-2). 0 - -
Morales, M. lined into double play 1b unassisted (0-2); Kincaid, D. out on the play. 0 - -
Oleszczuk, T flied out to cf (3-1). 2 - -

Inning 6

Play Outs BYU SU
HALL popped up to ss (2-1). 0 - -
CALDWELL doubled down the rf line (1-0). 1 - -
ROBINSON doubled down the rf line, RBI (0-2); CALDWELL scored. 1 4 2
WELLS singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); ROBINSON scored. 1 5 2
CHAUNCEY singled to left center (2-2); WELLS advanced to second, out at third cf to 3b. 1 - -
GUENTHER doubled to right center, RBI (0-0); CHAUNCEY scored. 2 6 2
Mack, C. to p for Gunning, G.. 2 - -
WHITNEY grounded out to 3b (2-2). 2 - -
Tevlin, M. tripled to right center (0-0). 0 - -
Tompkins, R. singled to right field, RBI (2-2); Tevlin, M. scored. 0 6 3
Somers, R. grounded into double play ss to 1b (0-0); Tompkins, R. out on the play. 0 - -
Newton, G. out at first 1b to p (2-0). 2 - -

Inning 7

Play Outs BYU SU
Latta, N. to ss for Newton, G.. 0 - -
Roberts, N. to 3b. 0 - -
BRUGMAN popped up to ss (0-0). 0 - -
WOLFE walked (3-2). 1 - -
HALL doubled to left field (0-0); WOLFE advanced to third. 1 - -
MUA pinch hit for CALDWELL. 1 - -
Anderson, G. to p for Mack, C.. 1 - -
MUA grounded out to ss (0-2). 1 - -
ROBINSON grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-0). 2 - -
MUA to lf. 0 - -
Sloan, J. struck out looking (1-2). 0 - -
Roberts, N. flied out to rf (1-2). 1 - -
Kincaid, D. walked (3-1). 2 - -
Morales, M. struck out swinging (0-2). 2 - -

Inning 8

Play Outs BYU SU
Chutney, J. to p for Anderson, G.. 0 - -
WELLS struck out looking (0-2). 0 - -
CHAUNCEY doubled to right field (0-0). 1 - -
LAW pinch ran for CHAUNCEY. 1 - -
FRAMPTON pinch hit for GUENTHER. 1 - -
FRAMPTON singled up the middle, RBI (2-2); LAW scored. 1 7 3
WHITNEY struck out swinging (0-2). 1 - -
FRAMPTON stole second. 2 - -
BRUGMAN singled to right field (3-2); FRAMPTON advanced to third. 2 - -
WOLFE reached on a fielding error by ss (0-2); BRUGMAN advanced to second; FRAMPTON scored, unearned. 2 8 3
Stidham, M. to p for Chutney, J.. 2 - -
HALL singled to center field, RBI (0-0); WOLFE advanced to second; BRUGMAN scored, unearned. 2 9 3
MUA reached on a fielder's choice (2-2); HALL out at second ss to 2b. 2 - -
LAW to 2b. 0 - -
FRAMPTON to dh. 0 - -
HALL to ss. 0 - -
PARRY to p for OSLUND. 0 - -
Oleszczuk, T grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-1). 0 - -
Tevlin, M. flied out to rf (1-0). 1 - -
Tompkins, R. flied out to lf (1-0). 2 - -

Inning 9

Play Outs BYU SU
ROBINSON fouled out to 3b (1-1). 0 - -
WELLS grounded out to p (1-2). 1 - -
LAW walked (3-1). 2 - -
FRAMPTON flied out to cf (2-0). 2 - -
MILLER to p for PARRY. 0 - -
Somers, R. out at first 1b to p (1-0). 0 - -
Kirbach, S. pinch hit for Latta, N.. 1 - -
Kirbach, S. walked (3-2). 1 - -
Koenig, E. pinch ran for Kirbach, S.. 1 - -
Sloan, J. grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (0-0); Koenig, E. out on the play. 1 - -