First Victory for Coach Vance Law

TUCSON -- Behind only once Monday, BYU's baseball team gave Coach Vance Law his first collegiate victory, 15-9, over the University of Arizona.

The Cougars, now 1-4, took the initial lead, 1-0 in the second inning, fell behind 2-1 in the bottom of that inning, then scored three runs the next inning to claim their first victory of the year. Lefty Jeff Stone started the game and went five and a third innings, scattering nine hits and striking out five to earn the win.

Stone was relieved by Nate Fernley, Todd Crump and Rusty Gray, who each gave up one run.

Leading the big bats for the Cougars was Stanford transfer Nick Day, who had four RBI, including his first home run of the season. Day played shortstop in place of an injured Seth King.

Cougar leftfielder DJ Jackson had a pair of doubles and was joined by teammates Michael Davies, Kainoa Obrey, David Rock and Nate Mathis with doubles. BYU first baseman Ty Haguewood also had a triple.

Arizona also had a homer by Erik Torres.

The Wildcats, now 4-3, host BYU again on Tuesday afternoon.

The Automated ScoreBook
                           Brigham Young at Arizona Wildcats
                  Jan 31, 2000 at Tucson, Arizona (Frank Sancet Field)
  Brigham Young 15 (1-4)                        Arizona Wildcats 9 (4-3)
  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Belliston cf...............  4  2  3  1       Gingrich cf................  6  0  2  2
  Jackson lf.................  3  3  2  1       O'Donnell lf...............  4  1  1  1
  Day ss.....................  5  3  3  4       DeRenne ss.................  5  0  2  0
  Davies c...................  6  2  3  0       Duncan rf..................  3  1  0  0
  Carson rf..................  5  0  2  1       Torres 3b..................  5  2  2  2
  Peterson 1b................  4  2  2  2       Abram dh...................  4  2  3  1
   Haguewood 1b..............  1  1  1  0       Meyer 1b...................  4  0  0  0
  Obrey 3b...................  4  0  1  2        Durazo ph.................  0  0  0  0
   Perry ph/3b...............  1  0  0  0        Osburn pr.................  0  1  0  0
  Rock dh....................  4  1  2  1       Riley c....................  1  0  0  0
   Whitley ph................  1  0  1  1        Diggins ph................  1  1  1  1
  Mathis 2b..................  6  1  1  0        Cunningham c..............  2  0  1  0
  Stone p....................  0  0  0  0       Hassey 2b..................  2  1  1  0
   Fernley p.................  0  0  0  0        Huff, Kenny ph............  1  0  0  0
   Crump p...................  0  0  0  0        Mote 2b...................  1  0  1  1
   Gray p....................  0  0  0  0       Milo p.....................  0  0  0  0
                                                 Elias p...................  0  0  0  0
                                                 Capek p...................  0  0  0  0
                                                 Huff, Kevin p.............  0  0  0  0
                                                 Burns p...................  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 44 15 21 13       Totals..................... 39  9 14  8
  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  Brigham Young....... 013 222 311 - 15 21  2
  Arizona Wildcats.... 020 103 111 -  9 14  2
  -------------------------------------------
  E - Day; Stone; Torres; Capek. LOB - Cougars 12; Wildcats 11. 2B - Jackson 2;
  Davies; Obrey; Rock; Mathis; O'Donnell; Abram; Diggins. 3B - Haguewood; Abram. HR -
  Day(1); Torres(2). HBP - Rock. SF - Belliston; Jackson; O'Donnell. SB - Peterson(1);
  DeRenne(3). CS - Belliston 2; Meyer.
  Brigham Young                  IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Stone  W,1-0...............   5.1  9  6  6  4  5   1  0  0  0   24 28   3  6
  Fernley ...................   1.2  2  1  1  1  1   0  0  0  0    6  8   3  1
  Crump .....................   1.0  1  1  1  1  1   1  0  0  0    4  5   0  2
  Gray ......................   1.0  2  1  1  1  1   0  0  0  0    5  6   1  1
  Arizona Wildcats               IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Milo  L,1-1................   4.0 12  6  5  1  1   1  0  1  0   23 25   4  5
  Elias .....................   2.0  4  4  4  1  4   2  0  0  0    8 11   2  0
  Capek .....................   0.0  1  2  2  1  0   0  0  0  0    1  2   0  0
  Huff, Kevin ...............   2.0  2  2  2  4  1   1  0  0  0    7 11   2  2
  Burns .....................   1.0  2  1  1  0  1   0  0  0  0    5  5   0  2
  WP - Stone; Crump; Milo; Elias 2; Huff, Kevin. HB - Milo.
  Strikeouts - Day; Davies; Carson 2; Rock 2; Mathis; O'Donnell; Duncan 3; Torres;
  Abram; Meyer; Riley. Walks - Belliston; Jackson 2; Day; Carson; Peterson; Obrey;
  O'Donnell; Duncan 2; Abram; Durazo; Riley; Hassey.
  Umpires - Home:Del Blunk  1st:Marty Camacho  3rd:Bob Murrieta
  Start: 2:58   Time: 3:20   Attendance: 385
  Game: BYUO5
  Capek faced 2 batters in the 7th.