Stone Throws Nine Innings in Inaugural MWC Victory

LAS VEGAS, Nev.--Sophomore Jeff Stone pitched a complete nine-inning game Thursday as BYU defeated UNLV, 9-1, in the inaugural Mountain West Conference baseball game.

Stone, now 4-2, surrendered six hits, gave up one unearned run and one walk in striking out three Rebels as BYU pulled even for the first time this season with a 10-10 record.

Stone received help from his teammates in the form of 16 hits, including a fourth-inning double by freshman Kainoa Obrey. Obrey's double opened the floodgates for a five-run, three-error fifth inning. Obrey was one of eight Cougars to get a hit in the victory. Co-captain Nate Mathis had three hits, including a lead-off triple in the third inning for BYU's initial run and a double in the fifth.

Aaron Whitley led all Cougars in a four-of-five effort, followed by Matt Carson with three hits and two RBI and Shane Belliston with two hits and three RBI. Carson hit a lead-off homer in the seventh for the only dinger of the day.

UNLV, now 6-16, hosts BYU on Friday in a game that can be heard live locally over KSRR Radio at 4 p.m. MDT and again on Saturday at 2 p.m. MDT.

Stone's complete game was BYU's second of the year. Earlier this season Micah Mangrum pitched a complete seven-inning game at Mesa State.

Brigham Young at UNLV Rebels
            Mar 09, 2000 at Las Vegas, NV (Earl E. Wilson)
Brigham Young 9 (10-10,1-0)
Name (Pos)                 AB  R  H RBI  BB SO PO  A
BELLISTON, Shane cf.......  5  0  2  3    0  0  2  0 
PETERSON, Craig 1b........  3  0  0  0    2  0  9  1 
 HAGUEWOOD, Ty 1b.......... 1  0  0  0    0  0  6  0 
DAY, Nick lf..............  5  0  1  1    1  0  1  0 
DAVIES, Michael c.........  5  1  1  0    1  0  3  0 
WHITLEY, Aaron dh.........  5  1  4  0    0  0  0  0 
OBREY, Kainoa 3b..........  5  1  1  1    0  1  1  5 
CARSON, Matt rf...........  5  2  3  2    0  0  0  0 
KING, Seth ss.............  5  2  1  0    0  0  1  3 
MATHIS, Nate 2b...........  4  2  3  1    1  0  3  6 
STONE, Jeff p.............  0  0  0  0    0  0  1  1 
Totals.................... 43  9 16  8    5  1 27 16 
UNLV Rebels 1 (6-16,0-1)
Name (Pos)                 AB  R  H RBI  BB SO PO  A
SEYBERT, Denny lf.........  4  0  0  0    0  0  5  1 
BETTS, Harold c...........  4  0  1  0    0  0  3  0 
DeMARCO, Tony 1b..........  4  1  3  0    0  0  6  1 
KAUP, Nate 3b.............  3  0  0  0    1  0  1  0 
KITSCH, Trent dh..........  3  0  0  0    0  2  0  0 
 BEASLEY, Brad ph.......... 1  0  0  0    0  0  0  0 
MANLEY, Adam rf...........  4  0  1  1    0  0  4  0 
STRONG, Zach ss...........  2  0  1  0    0  0  0  1 
 MALOFF, Brad ss........... 2  0  0  0    0  0  1  3 
SHITANISHI, Garett 2b.....  1  0  0  0    0  0  2  3 
 OKUDA, Cody ph/2b......... 1  0  0  0    0  0  0  0 
CRUZ, John cf.............  2  0  0  0    0  1  4  0 
MARUFFI, Joe p............  0  0  0  0    0  0  1  0 
 MARTIN, C.J. p............ 0  0  0  0    0  0  0  0 
 WATTS, Donnie p........... 0  0  0  0    0  0  0  1 
Totals.................... 31  1  6  1    1  3 27 10 
Score by innings:                      R  H  E
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Brigham Young         001 510 200   -  9 16  2
UNLV Rebels           001 000 000   -  1  6  3
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E - DAY; KING; KAUP; STRONG 2. 
DP - Cougars 2; UNLV 3. LOB - Cougars 13; UNLV 6. 
2B - BELLISTON; WHITLEY; OBREY; MATHIS; STRONG. 3B - MATHIS. 
HR - CARSON(1). 
SB - BELLISTON; PETERSON. 
SH - CRUZ. SF - BELLISTON. 
Brigham Young          IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  AB BF
STONE, Jeff.........  9.0   6   1   0   1   3  31 34 
UNLV Rebels            IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  AB BF
MARUFFI, Joe........  3.1   6   6   4   1   1  17 18 
MARTIN, C.J.........  2.2   6   3   3   3   0  14 18 
WATTS, Donnie.......  3.0   4   0   0   1   0  12 13 
Win - STONE 4-2.  Loss - MARUFFI 2-3.  Save - None.
WP - MARUFFI; MARTIN 2. 
HBP - by STONE (SHITANISHI). 
Umpires - Home:Ken Bayne  1st:Bill Speck  3rd:Dale Luker  
Start: 3:11   Time: 2:20   Attendance: 181
Game Notes:
Inaugural MWC game                                                         
MARTIN faced 3 batters in the 7th.