Mangrum Strikes Out 13 in Loss to Aztecs

SAN DIEGO -- Despite 13 strikeouts Friday by pitcher Micah Mangrum and a 3-0 lead, BYU lost to San Diego State, 6-3.

BYU, now 18-14 overall and 8-3 in the Mountain West Conference, scored all of its runs in the fifth inning. Those runs came from a solo homer by Aaron Whitley to right centerfield, an RBI single by Nick Day to score Craig Peterson and Day scoring after two SDSU errors.

Mangrum, now 5-4, pitched 7.1 innings, scattering nine hits and giving up all six runs before Nate Fernley came in relief.

The Aztecs gathered six stolen bases and a three-for-three performance from catcher Brandon Rogers, including a double and stealing home for the final run. For the second game in a row John Skinner picked his second save.

SDSU, now 20-16 overall and also 8-3 in the MWC, hosts BYU in the final game of the series on Saturday afternoon.

The Automated ScoreBook
                        Brigham Young at San Diego State
             Mar 31, 2000 at San Diego, Calif. (Tony Gwynn Stadium)
Brigham Young 3 (18-14,8-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Whitley lf...............  4  1  1  1   0  1  0  0   0
Peterson 1b..............  4  1  2  0   0  1  6  2   1
Day cf...................  4  1  2  1   0  1  0  0   0
Davies dh................  4  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   1
Carson rf................  4  0  2  0   0  1  1  0   0
Obrey 3b.................  3  0  1  0   1  1  0  1   0
Perry ss.................  4  0  0  0   0  0  3  3   1
Mathis 2b................  2  0  1  0   0  0  3  3   3
 Coughlan ph.............  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Cloward c................  3  0  0  0   0  0 10  1   1
 Belliston ph............  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Mangrum p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
 Fernley p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 34  3 10  2   1  5 24 12   7
San Diego State 6 (20-16,8-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Montgomery cf............  5  2  3  1   0  0  1  0   0
Litteral lf..............  4  0  2  1   0  2  3  0   0
Lockhart rf..............  4  0  0  0   0  2  2  0   1
Chop 1b..................  4  0  0  1   0  3 12  0   1
Bowles dh................  4  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   2
Gonzalez 3b..............  3  0  0  0   1  2  1  2   0
Ricardy 2b...............  4  1  2  0   0  2  0  4   1
Rogers c.................  3  2  2  1   1  1  5  3   1
Shortell ss..............  4  1  1  0   0  0  2  2   1
J. Cook p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
 Julianel p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Garber p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Jon Minter p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Skinner p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 35  6 10  4   2 13 26 14   7
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 030 000 -  3 10  2
San Diego State..... 000 030 12X -  6 10  2
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Note: 2 outs, 0 runners LOB when the game ended.
E - Peterson; Cloward; Gonzalez; Rogers. DP - BYU 1. LOB - BYU 7; SDSU 7. 2B
- Rogers. HR - Whitley(3). HBP - Mathis. SB - Mathis; Montgomery 2; Litteral
2; Gonzalez; Ricardy; Rogers. CS - Carson; Obrey; Montgomery.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Mangrum.............  7.1  9  6  5  2 13 33 35
Fernley.............  0.2  1  0  0  0  0  2  2
San Diego State        IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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J. Cook.............  5.0  8  3  2  0  2 22 23
Julianel............  1.0  1  0  0  1  0  3  4
Garber..............  1.0  0  0  0  0  3  3  3
Jon Minter..........  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  4  4
Skinner.............  0.2  0  0  0  0  0  2  2
Win - Garber (1-0).  Loss - Mangrum (5-4).  Save - Skinner (2).
WP - Mangrum 3. HB - J. Cook. PB - Cloward 2; Rogers.
Umpires - Home:Jeff Jenkins  1st:Dan Perugini  3rd:Dan Pedersen
Start: 6:00 pm   Time: 2:23   Attendance: 357