Aztecs Win Game One, Second Suspended

SAN DIEGO -- Sean Pierce hit two of San Diego State's three homers off BYU's Nate Fernley to give the Aztecs a 7-5 victory in the first game of Friday's doubleheader.

BYU was leading in the nightcap, 5-4, when it was suspended after seven innings of play. Game two will be completed on Saturday, March 10th, at 1:00 p.m., PST.

The loss was Fernley's first of the season, giving him a 6-1 record. Pierce's first homer came on his first pitch of the second inning. His second dinger came in the sixth. Aztec Pilar Amaya had a solo homer in the fifth.

BYU's Shane Belliston hit a solo homer on a 2-0 pitch in the first inning. The Cougars manufactured four runs in the seventh inning to tie the game at five-all. Cougar Coach Vance Law was ejected in the fourth inning after umpires reversed their call for an Aztec runner who had been thrown out on a pickoff.

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

BYU's final game with SDSU is Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. MST. The game will be broadcast live locally in Utah over KSRR (1400 AM) or on the Internet at www.goaztecs.com.

The Automated ScoreBook
                   Brigham Young at San Diego State (Game 1)
             Mar 09, 2001 at San Diego, Calif. (Tony Gwynn Stadium)
Brigham Young 5 (10-10,2-2 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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COUGHLAN, Cameron 2b.....  3  0  1  0   0  0  2  1   0
 DAVIES, Michael ph......  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
 PERRY, Tyler pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
BELLISTON, Shane cf......  4  1  2  2   0  0  1  0   1
CARSON, Matt rf..........  4  0  0  0   0  2  3  0   0
KING, Seth ss............  4  1  1  0   0  1  1  2   0
HIESTAND, Jeff dh........  4  1  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
OBREY, Kainoa 3b.........  3  0  1  0   1  2  1  1   0
HAGUEWOOD, Ty 1b.........  3  1  0  0   1  1  7  0   0
BIRKELAND, Lars c........  3  0  0  0   1  2  8  1   0
JACKSON, Doug lf.........  4  1  0  1   0  0  1  0   2
FERNLEY, Nate p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 MOUSSER, Jeff p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 RAY, James p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 32  5  7  3   4  8 24  9   4
San Diego State 7 (10-7,1-0 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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GWYNN lf.................  5  0  1  0   0  2  3  0   2
LEE ss...................  4  1  1  1   0  1  5  3   0
COTA 2b..................  4  1  2  0   0  0  0  1   2
EMBREY 1b................  2  0  0  0   0  1  4  0   0
 COOK 1b.................  0  0  0  1   0  0  3  2   0
REDFERN cf...............  3  1  1  1   1  0  3  0   1
PIERCE dh................  3  2  2  3   0  0  0  0   0
LEUTHARD rf..............  4  0  1  0   0  1  1  1   1
AMAYA 3b.................  4  1  1  1   0  1  1  0   0
MANFRED c................  3  1  1  0   1  1  7  4   0
DUNWELL p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 GARBER p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 SKINNER p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 32  7 10  7   2  7 27 11   6
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 100 000 400 -  5  7  3
San Diego State..... 010 013 20X -  7 10  0
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E - COUGHLAN; HAGUEWOOD 2. DP - BYU 1. LOB - BYU 4; SDSU 6. 2B - REDFERN;
LEUTHARD. HR - BELLISTON(1); PIERCE 2(2); AMAYA(2). HBP - PIERCE. SH - COOK.
SF - COOK. SB - LEE. CS - CARSON; HIESTAND; LEE.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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FERNLEY, Nate.......  7.0  9  7  7  2  6 28 32
MOUSSER, Jeff.......  0.2  1  0  0  0  1  3  4
RAY, James..........  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1
San Diego State        IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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DUNWELL.............  6.2  6  5  5  3  6 25 28
GARBER..............  0.1  1  0  0  0  0  1  1
SKINNER.............  2.0  0  0  0  1  2  6  7
Win - GARBER (1-0).  Loss - FERNLEY (6-1).  Save - SKINNER (1).
WP - DUNWELL 3. HB - MOUSSER. BK - FERNLEY.
Umpires - Home:Ken Bayne  1st:John DeLuca  3rd:Rob Franceschiello
Start: 2:05 pm   Time: 2:40   Attendance: 158
Game notes:
Mountain West opener for SDSU
Game one of Friday doubleheader
BYU head coach Vance Law ejected from game in fourth inning (arguing)
SDSU catcher Brian Manfred charged with a catcher's balk in the 7th