Stearman Gets and Win and a Save vs. SDSU

SAN DIEGO -- A pair of victories Saturday gave BYU the series advantage over pre-season favorite San Diego State, 5-4 and 8-5.

The Cougars, now 12-10 overall and 4-2 in the Mountain West Conference, got key pitching from freshman Jeff Stearman who picked up a victory in Saturday's continued game even though he only pitched in that game Friday, and got a save in Saturday's nightcap.

After being suspended following seven complete innings because of rain Friday evening, the Cougars endured a four-hour rain delay on Saturday before sealing their first victory vs. SDSU. Freshman Scott Koffman helped retire six of seven Aztecs to secure his first save of the season.

Matt Carson hit a two-run homer in the first inning of the suspended game, followed immediately by Ty Haguewood's double.

In Saturday's nightcap, BYU got homers from Carson in the fifth and Jeff Hiestand. Hiestand's two-run shot in the second inning tied the game at 2-2. Tyler Perry also had an RBI triple in the fourth. The Cougars battled back from committing three errors and striking out 12 times in game three of the series.

With the count 2-0, Stearman entered the finale with two men on base and no outs in the ninth to pick up his first save. He improved his record to 1-2 with the victory earlier in the day. Ryan Adams got the victory in game three to improve his record to 5-1.

BYU opens its home season this Thursday and Friday in games at 1 p.m. against Mesa State at UVSC's field because Miller Park is still under construction.

The Automated ScoreBook
                   Brigham Young at San Diego State (Game 2)
             Mar 9-10, 2001 at San Diego, Calif. (Tony Gwynn Stadium)
Brigham Young 5 (11-10,3-2 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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BELLISTON, Shane cf......  5  1  2  0   0  2  2  0   0
HAGUEWOOD, Ty 1b.........  4  2  2  1   0  0  7  1   0
 LAW, Tim 1b.............  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  0   1
CARSON, Matt rf..........  4  1  3  2   0  0  1  0   0
KING, Seth dh............  3  0  1  1   1  0  0  1   0
WIRRICK, Michael lf......  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 JACKSON, Doug lf........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
OBREY, Kainoa 3b.........  4  0  1  0   0  1  0  3   0
DAVIES, Michael c........  4  0  0  0   0  2  7  0   4
PERRY, Tyler 2b..........  4  0  1  0   0  2  5  4   1
HALES, Brad ss...........  3  1  0  0   0  0  2  2   0
 WHITLEY, Aaron ph.......  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
STONE, Jeff p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
 STEARMAN, Jeff p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 KOFFMAN, Scott p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 36  5 10  4   1  8 27 15   6
San Diego State 4 (10-8,1-1 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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GWYNN cf.................  4  0  1  0   1  1  2  0   1
LEE ss...................  4  1  1  0   1  0  3  1   1
COTA 2b..................  4  0  3  1   0  1  2  6   0
COOK 1b..................  3  0  1  0   0  0 10  0   1
REDFERN lf...............  4  1  1  0   0  1  1  0   1
PIERCE dh................  4  2  2  1   0  0  0  0   2
LEUTHARD rf..............  3  0  1  0   1  2  0  0   0
AMAYA 3b.................  4  0  0  0   0  0  1  3   0
MANFRED c................  2  0  0  0   0  1  8  3   1
 HILL ph.................  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
MENDOZA p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MINTER, Jon p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 SKINNER p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 33  4 10  2   3  7 27 13   7
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 230 000 000 -  5 10  2
San Diego State..... 021 100 000 -  4 10  1
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E - HALES 2; LEE. DP - BYU 2. LOB - BYU 6; SDSU 7. 2B - HAGUEWOOD; REDFERN.
3B - PIERCE. HR - CARSON(8). HBP - WIRRICK; MANFRED. SH - COOK. SB - OBREY;
COTA. CS - CARSON; KING.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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STONE, Jeff.........  4.0  8  4  4  2  3 18 21
STEARMAN, Jeff......  3.0  2  0  0  0  2  9 10
KOFFMAN, Scott......  2.0  0  0  0  1  2  6  7
San Diego State        IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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MENDOZA.............  4.0  8  5  4  1  3 20 22
MINTER, Jon.........  3.0  1  0  0  0  2  9  9
SKINNER.............  2.0  1  0  0  0  3  7  7
Win - STEARMAN (1-2).  Loss - MENDOZA (1-3).  Save - KOFFMAN (1).
WP - STONE; MINTER, Jon. HB - STONE; MENDOZA. BK - STONE 2.
Umpires - Home:John DeLuca  1st:Robert Francesciello  3rd:Ken Bayne
Start: 6:00 pm   Time: 3:12   Attendance: 207
Game notes:
Game two of Friday doubleheader
Mountain West Conference Game
Game suspended due to rain at 8:50 pm/resumed at 4:05 p.m. on March 10
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                        Brigham Young at San Diego State  (Game 3)
             Mar 10, 2001 at San Diego, Calif. (Tony Gwynn Stadium)
Brigham Young 8 (12-10,4-2 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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BELLISTON, Shane cf......  6  0  1  0   0  2  3  0   4
JACKSON, Doug lf.........  4  2  0  0   1  0  2  0   1
CARSON, Matt rf..........  3  2  2  2   2  0  2  0   0
KING, Seth ss............  4  0  0  0   1  3  2  1   0
WIRRICK, Michael 1b......  2  2  1  2   1  0  2  0   0
 LAW, Tim 1b.............  1  0  0  0   0  0  4  0   0
OBREY, Kainoa 3b.........  5  0  2  0   0  2  0  2   4
HIESTAND, Jeff dh........  1  2  1  2   2  0  0  0   0
 COUGHLAN, Cameron dh....  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
BIRKELAND, Lars c........  5  0  0  0   0  4  8  1   2
PERRY, Tyler 2b..........  3  0  1  2   0  1  4  6   0
ADAMS, Ryan p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 RAY, James p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 SU'A, Justin p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 WARD, Matt p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 STEARMAN, Jeff p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 35  8  8  8   7 12 27 10  11
San Diego State 5 (10-9,1-2 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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GWYNN cf.................  5  1  2  0   0  0  0  0   1
LEE ss...................  5  1  3  0   0  0  1  2   4
COTA 2b..................  4  2  1  1   1  0  1  4   0
EMBREY 1b................  3  0  0  0   0  2  2  0   0
 LITTERAL ph.............  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
 COOK 1b.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  5  0   0
 HARANG ph/1b............  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   0
REDFERN lf...............  4  0  2  2   1  2  3  0   0
PIERCE dh................  3  1  0  0   2  2  0  0   4
LEUTHARD rf..............  4  0  2  0   0  0  1  0   0
 FIEDLER pr/rf...........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
AMAYA 3b.................  5  0  2  2   0  0  0  0   0
MANFRED c................  4  0  1  0   0  1 12  0   2
 HILL ph.................  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
SHORTELL p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 JULIANEL p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MOAT p..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 RING p..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 41  5 14  5   4  8 27  9  13
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 021 122 000 -  8  8  3
San Diego State..... 202 100 000 -  5 14  1
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E - WIRRICK; OBREY; ADAMS; AMAYA. DP - BYU 1. LOB - BYU 11; SDSU 13. 2B -
CARSON; LEE; AMAYA; MANFRED. 3B - PERRY. HR - CARSON(9); HIESTAND(2). HBP -
HIESTAND; PERRY 2. SF - WIRRICK. SB - JACKSON; HIESTAND. CS - LEE.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ADAMS, Ryan.........  6.2 13  5  2  2  7 34 36
RAY, James..........  0.1  1  0  0  0  0  2  2
SU'A, Justin........  1.0  0  0  0  0  1  2  2
WARD, Matt..........  0.0  0  0  0  2  0  0  2
STEARMAN, Jeff......  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  3  3
San Diego State        IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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SHORTELL............  4.2  6  6  5  4  8 21 27
JULIANEL............  0.1  1  2  2  1  1  2  3
MOAT................  2.1  1  0  0  2  2  7 10
RING................  1.2  0  0  0  0  1  5  6
Win - ADAMS (5-1).  Loss - SHORTELL (2-1).  Save - STEARMAN (1).
WP - ADAMS; SHORTELL. HB - SHORTELL 2; RING. BK - JULIANEL; MOAT 2.
Umpires - Home:Robert Francesciello  1st:Ken Bayne  3rd:John DeLuca
Start: 5:00 pm   Time: 3:31   Attendance: 213
JULIANEL faced 2 batters in the 6th.
RAY faced 1 batter in the 8th.
WARD faced 2 batters in the 9th.