No. 1 Stanford Wins, 8-1

PALO ALTO -- Stanford got two home runs Tuesday to power past BYU, 8-1.

No. 1 Stanford improved its record to 5-2, while BYU falls to 2-8.

Sam Fuld hit a line drive, two-run homer to right field to give the Cardinal their initial lead. The Cougars battled the top-ranked Cardinal for the next three innings. Then Donny Lucy belted a three-run homer in the fifth to chase Jeff Stone from the mound with a 7-0 lead as Jeff Mousser entered the game.

BYU scored its run in the seventh when Jack Stubblefield hit a two-out doubled to left-center. Mike Weingarten battled the count to get a base on balls and then Lars Birkeland singled in Stubblefield, making the score 7 1.

A 4-6-3 double play got BYU out of a jam in the second inning. Another double play in the fourth was turned by Stubblefield when he caught a line-drive and tagged first to end the inning. Stone retired Stanford in order in the third inning and Mousser had a three-up, three-down inning in the sixth.

Matt Carson extended his team-leading hitting streak to nine games with a single up the middle in the fourth inning.

BYU's Rob Itri, who started at third base, advanced to second base as the lead-off batter in the fifth, but was stranded. Itri got aboard on an error, then stole second as Weingarten struck out.

BYU's next game is on Thursday when it starts a three-game series at the University of Pacific, 2-1, in Stockton, Calif. None of the BYU-Pacific games will be available on audiostream or livestats.

Brigham Young               AB  R  H BI       Stanford                    AB  R  H BI
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Doug Jackson cf............  4  0  0  0       Chris O'Riordan 2b.........  5  1  1  0
Ranger Wiens ss............  2  0  0  0       Sam Fuld cf................  3  2  2  2
Matt Carson rf.............  4  0  1  0       Ryan Garko c...............  4  1  0  0
Dave Jensen lf.............  4  0  0  0       Jason Cooper dh............  4  0  0  0
Jake Stubblefield 1b.......  4  1  1  0        Jonny Ash ph..............  1  0  0  0
Rob Itri 3b................  4  0  0  0       Carlos Quentin lf..........  3  1  2  2
Mike Weingarten dh.........  2  0  0  0       Brian Hall rf..............  1  1  0  0
Lars Birkeland c...........  3  0  1  1        Chris Carter ph...........  1  0  0  0
Han Yi 2b..................  2  0  0  0        Danny Putnam rf...........  0  0  0  0
Jeff Stone p...............  0  0  0  0       Donny Lucy 1b..............  4  1  1  3
 Jeff Mousser p............  0  0  0  0        Arik VanZandt 1b..........  0  0  0  0
 Tyler Dabo p..............  0  0  0  0       Scott Dragicevich ss.......  3  1  3  0
                                              Andy Topham 3b.............  3  0  1  1
                                              Tim Cunningham p...........  0  0  0  0
                                               Darin Naatjes p...........  0  0  0  0
                                               David O'Hagan p...........  0  0  0  0
                                               Jonny Dyer p..............  0  0  0  0
Totals..................... 29  1  3  1       Totals..................... 32  8 10  8
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 000 100 -  1  3  0
Stanford............ 200 050 01X -  8 10  1
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E - Lucy(2). DP - Cougars 2; Cardinal 1. LOB - Cougars 5; Cardinal 8. 2B -
Stubblefield(1); Dragicevich(5). 3B - Dragicevich(1). HR - Fuld(1); Lucy(1). HBP -
Garko; Quentin; Hall; Topham. SB - Itri(1); Quentin(1).
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO      Stanford               IP  H  R ER BB SO
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Jeff Stone .........  4.2  5  7  7  4  2      Tim Cunningham .....  4.0  1  0  0  2  2
Jeff Mousser .......  1.1  1  0  0  0  1      Darin Naatjes ......  2.0  0  0  0  0  4
Tyler Dabo .........  2.0  4  1  1  0  2      David O'Hagan ......  2.0  2  1  1  2  2
                                              Jonny Dyer .........  1.0  0  0  0  0  3
Win - Cunningham (2-0).  Loss - Stone (0-2).  Save - None.
HBP - by Stone (Quentin); by Stone (Hall); by Stone (Topham); by Stone (Garko).
Pitches/strikes: Stone 90/49; Mousser 18/10; Dabo 42/28; Cunningham 54/28; Naatjes
30/18; O'Hagan 39/25; Dyer 12/9.
Strikeouts - Jackson 2; Carson, M.; Jensen 3; Stubblefield 2; Itri; Weingarten; Yi;
Cooper; Hall; Lucy 2; Topham. Walks - Wiens 2; Weingarten; Yi; Fuld 2; Hall;
Dragicevich.
Umpires - HP: Ron Ramirez  1B: Randy Parker  3B: Rick Davis
Start: 6:01 pm   Time: 2:38   Attendance: 1795
BATTERIES: BYU - Stone, Mousser (5), Dabo (7) and Birkeland. STAN -
Cunningham, Naatjes (5), O'Hagan (7), Dyer (9) and Garko.
HRs: STAN - Fuld (1st, 2-run in 1st), Lucy (1st, 3-run in 5th).
NOTES: First career homers for Fuld and Lucy.