Dons Win in Extra Innings

SAN FRANCISCO -- In the 13th inning BYU walked in the winning run Wednesday to lose a heartbreaking baseball game, 13-12.

The score had been tied 12-all through Tuesday's action which was called because of darkness at Benedetti Diamond after nine innings.

The Cougars had a runner on in each of the 10th, 11th, and 12th innings, but failed to score. The Dons also had a runner on in the 10th and 12th innings and got four innings of two-hit relief from winning pitcher Kevin Rose. James Ray, who was on the mound Tuesday in relief for the Cougars, pitched two more innings on Wednesday before giving way to Kevin Ward.

Cougar outfielder Matt Carson registered the best numbers, going four-of-seven with three RBI, including a double and a triple in Tuesday's innings. On Wednesday, Carson was the first Cougar to get on board with a single in the 10th when he also stole second. BYU pinch hitter Cameron Coughlan led off the 12th with a single and advance to second and third, but again a strikeout ended the Cougars' chances.

USF scored in the 13th after three consecutive walks brought in Steve Booth, who singled.

BYU's record is now 4-3 going into a three-day, three-game series at Cal-Berkeley starting on Thursday. USF is now 2-2. The Cougars are scheduled to start Ryan Adams in the first game against the Bears, who have a 3-0 record. There is no live internet coverage of the Cal-BYU games.

Brigham Young               AB  R  H BI       Univ. San Francisco         AB  R  H BI
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JACKSON cf.................  6  3  3  2       Jason Howard cf............  6  3  2  4
WHITLEY lf.................  5  0  1  1       David Seccombe lf..........  5  1  2  1
 LAW ph/lf.................  2  0  0  0        Nick Tarbat lf............  1  0  0  0
CARSON rf..................  7  1  4  3       Taggert Bozied 3b..........  6  0  1  0
HIESTAND dh................  3  0  1  1       Jeramy Janz rf.............  4  1  1  1
 DAVIES dh/c...............  4  0  0  0        Jason Heise rf............  1  0  1  0
HAGUEWOOD 1b...............  7  2  3  0       Armand Gaerlan ss..........  5  1  1  0
OBREY 3b...................  6  2  3  0        Jared Carvalho ss.........  2  0  0  0
PERRY 2b...................  3  1  0  1       Steve Booth c..............  6  4  3  1
BIRKELAND c................  5  2  3  3       Jesse Foppert dh...........  3  1  1  0
 BELLISTON pr..............  0  0  0  0        Chad Soares dh/1b.........  3  1  1  1
 COUGHLAN ph...............  1  0  1  0       Nick Cirbo 1b..............  2  1  1  2
HALES ss...................  6  1  0  1        Dan Akenhead pr...........  0  0  0  0
KOFFMAN p..................  0  0  0  0        Kevin Rose p..............  1  0  0  0
 HANCOCK p.................  0  0  0  0       Luke Gradishar 2b..........  5  0  0  2
 SU'A p....................  0  0  0  0       Chris Gossert p............  0  0  0  0
 RAY p.....................  0  0  0  0        Jeremy Kinney p...........  0  0  0  0
 WARD p....................  0  0  0  0        Chris Thogersen p.........  0  0  0  0
                                               Greg Moore p..............  0  0  0  0
                                               Peter Dunkle p............  0  0  0  0
Totals..................... 55 12 19 12       Totals..................... 50 13 14 12
Score by Innings                          R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 060 011 400 000 0 - 12 19  5
Univ. San Francisco. 200 410 500 000 1 - 13 14  5
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E - WHITLEY; COUGHLAN; OBREY; HALES; RAY; HOWARD; BOOTH 2; GOSSERT 2. DP - BYU 2. LOB -
BYU 8; USF 10. 2B - CARSON(1); OBREY(3); BIRKELAND(3); BOOTH(1). 3B - JACKSON(1);
CARSON(2). HR - HOWARD(1). HBP - CIRBO; GRADISHAR. SH - PERRY; TARBAT. SF - PERRY;
CIRBO. SB - CARSON; BIRKELAND. CS - JACKSON; BELLISTON; SECCOMBE.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO      Univ. San Francisco    IP  H  R ER BB SO
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KOFFMAN ............  4.0  5  6  4  3  4      Chris Gossert ......  1.2  6  6  5  1  1
HANCOCK ............  2.0  5  5  5  1  2      Jeremy Kinney ......  4.1  7  4  4  1  3
SU'A ...............  2.1  1  1  1  0  1      Chris Thogersen ....  0.0  0  0  0  0  0
RAY ................  2.2  1  0  0  1  1      Greg Moore .........  0.2  3  2  2  0  0
WARD ...............  1.1  2  1  1  4  1      Peter Dunkle .......  2.1  1  0  0  0  1
                                              Kevin Rose .........  4.0  2  0  0  0  3
Win - None.  Loss - None.  Save - None.
WP - DUNKLE. HBP - by KOFFMAN (GRADISHAR); by SU'A (CIRBO); by KOFFMAN (GRADISHAR); by
SU'A (CIRBO). PB - BIRKELAND.
Strikeouts - JACKSON; WHITLEY 2; LAW; HAGUEWOOD; PERRY; HALES 2; HOWARD; BOZIED;
JANZ; GAERLAN; CARVALHO; FOPPERT; ROSE; GRADISHAR 2. Walks - JACKSON; PERRY; HOWARD;
BOZIED; JANZ; HEISE; BOOTH; SOARES; CIRBO; ROSE; GRADISHAR.
Umpires - Home:Rick Davis  1st:Tony Patch  3rd:Ron Ramirez
Start:   Time: 3:25   Attendance: 247