Albers Throws a Complete Game in 8-4 UNM Win

ALBUQUERQUE -- Lefty Mike Albers recorded a complete game Saturday by throwing an 8-4 victory over BYU.

Albers improved his record to 6-1 by allowing only one big inning, the fifth for BYU.

In that fifth inning BYU took a 4-3 lead as Albers hit two BYU batters. Nick Day had a two-run single and later scored off Michael Davies' double. Davies scored off a double by Kainoa Obrey.

The Cougars struck out with the bases loaced in the first and were three- Up-three-down in the second, third, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth innings. Actually, BYU had a runner aboard in the third and sixth innings, but were picked off and caught stealing.

One of the big blows came in the seventh inning when Aaron Stanley's lead-off double to centerfield was lost in the sun.

"That ball we lost at centerfield opened the door for three runs," said BYU Coach Vance Law. "We pitched well, we just didn't back them up defensively."

Another big UNM hit was a two-run homer by Aaron Sisk in the third inning, his 16th of the season.

BYU's record is now 22-17 overall and 10-5 in the Mountain West Conference, while New Mexico is 23-13 and 12-2 for first place in the league.

The Cougars are next in action this Thursday when they host UNLV at 2 p.m. to start a three-game series.

The Automated ScoreBook
                    Brigham Young Univ. at New Mexico Lobos
            Apr 08, 2000 at Albuquerque, N.M. (Alb. Sports Stadium)
Brigham Young Univ. 4 (22-17,10-5 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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COUGHLAN, Cameron 2b.....  5  1  1  0   0  1  1  5   0
WHITLEY, Aaron dh........  4  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
DAY, Nick lf.............  4  1  2  2   0  0  0  0   0
DAVIES, Michael c........  3  1  1  1   0  1  6  0   0
CARSON, Matt rf..........  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
OBREY, Kainoa 3b.........  4  0  2  1   0  2  1  1   3
HAGUEWOOD, Ty 1b.........  3  0  0  0   0  1 11  0   3
 WIRRICK, Michael ph/1b..  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
JACKSON, DJ cf...........  4  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
MATHIS, Nate ss..........  3  1  0  0   0  3  2  5   0
RAY, James p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 OPDAHL, Jordan p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 FERNLEY, Nate p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 REX, Matt p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 CRUMP, Todd p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 33  4  8  4   0 11 24 14   6
New Mexico Lobos 8 (24-13,12-2 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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STANLEY lf...............  4  2  2  0   0  0  1  0   0
CANDELARIA dh............  4  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
SISK 3b..................  4  2  1  2   1  0  0  1   0
DENNIS 1b................  4  1  0  0   1  2  8  1   0
SEVIERI rf...............  5  2  3  2   0  0  3  0   3
OKANO cf.................  2  1  1  0   1  1  1  0   0
YOUNG ss.................  3  0  2  2   1  0  3  3   2
TAJIMA c.................  4  0  1  0   0  1  9  2   1
CAIRNS 2b................  4  0  1  0   0  2  2  1   3
ALBERS p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 34  8 13  6   4  6 27 10   9
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 000 040 000 -  4  8  1
New Mexico Lobos.... 012 001 40X -  8 13  0
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E - DAY. DP - BYU Cougars 1. LOB - BYU Cougars 6; UNM 9. 2B - COUGHLAN; DAY;
DAVIES; OBREY; STANLEY; SEVIERI; OKANO. HR - SISK(16). HBP - DAVIES; CARSON
2; MATHIS; STANLEY. SH - CANDELARIA; OKANO. SB - STANLEY; SISK; SEVIERI 3;
OKANO 2; YOUNG. CS - JACKSON.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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RAY, James..........  5.0  7  3  3  1  3 21 22
OPDAHL, Jordan......  0.1  2  1  1  0  0  2  3
FERNLEY, Nate.......  1.1  3  4  4  2  2  7  9
REX, Matt...........  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1
CRUMP, Todd.........  1.0  1  0  0  1  1  3  6
New Mexico Lobos       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ALBERS..............  9.0  8  4  4  0 11 33 37
Win - ALBERS (6-1).  Loss - FERNLEY (0-2).  Save - None.
WP - FERNLEY. HB - CRUMP; ALBERS 4.
Umpires - Home:Bill Boyd  1st:Phil Gonzales  3rd:Dan Perugini
Start: 1:06   Time: 2:22   Attendance: 528