Florida Atlantic, Arizona State Claim Repeat Victories

TEMPE -- Nine consecutive scoreless innings contributed to BYU's downfall Saturday as it lost a split doubleheader in the Tempe Diablos Classic, losing again to Florida Atlantic, 6-4, and to Arizona State, 14-2.

The winless Cougars, 0-4, came close in game three of the tournament against Florida Atlantic, who defeated BYU 12-9 on Friday. In Saturday's tilt against FAU, the Cougars jumped out to leads of 1-0 in the first inning and 4-2 in the third before a four-run rally by the Owls in the fifth inning.

Lefty James Ray, who helped end FAU's 40-game win-streak last season when he pitched for Jacksonville University, went six innings, striking out three and surrendering all six runs .

The Owls got help from a solo homer by Jeff Blair and a pair of doubles from Ryan Withey, who was a perfect three-for-three again against BYU for a pair of RBI. Teammate Nick Mattioni earned a save on the mound.

BYU's Matt Carson was credited with three RBI off three singles in five at bats against the Owls.

In the nightcap against host ASU, the Cougars were tied 0-0 until the third inning when Mitch Jones of Orem hit a three-run homer to pace a seven run rally. It was Jones' fourth homer of the season.

Two Cougars each had a pair of hits against the Sun Devils, first baseman Craig Peterson and catcher Michael Davies. BYU shortstop Nick Day also had a double.

ASU pitcher Chad Pennington struck out seven Cougars, while teammate Drew Friedberg earned a save in throwing three shutout innings. BYU starter Sean Noorda took the loss.

ASU, ranked No. 22, improved to 6-0 as it readies to host FAU, 2-1, in a rematch on Sunday. BYU travels to play single games on Monday and Tuesday at Tucson against Arizona at 3 p.m. each day.

The Automated ScoreBook
                        Brigham Young Univ. vs Florida Atlantic
                    Jan 29, 2000 at Tempe, Arizona (Packard Stadium)
  Brigham Young Univ. 4 (0-3)                   Florida Atlantic 6 (2-1)
  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Belliston cf...............  5  1  2  0       Withey lf..................  3  2  3  2
  Jackson lf.................  4  1  1  0       Murphy ss..................  4  0  0  0
  Day ss.....................  5  1  1  0       Mongelluzzo 3b.............  2  0  0  1
  Davies dh..................  3  1  2  0       Raffo 1b...................  3  0  1  1
  Carson rf..................  5  0  3  3       Roper rf...................  4  0  0  0
  Perry 2b...................  5  0  0  0       Blair dh...................  4  1  1  1
  Obrey 3b...................  4  0  1  0       Hugett c...................  3  1  2  0
  Haguewood 1b...............  3  0  0  0       Sullivan 2b................  2  1  1  0
   Peterson ph/1b............  2  0  1  0       Somarriba cf...............  2  1  0  0
  Cloward c..................  3  0  0  0       Benjamin p.................  0  0  0  0
   Whitley ph................  1  0  0  0        Mattioni p................  0  0  0  0
   Snow c....................  0  0  0  0
  Ray p......................  0  0  0  0
   Opdahl p..................  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 40  4 11  3       Totals..................... 27  6  8  5
  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  Brigham Young Univ.. 103 000 000 -  4 11  2
  Florida Atlantic.... 110 040 00X -  6  8  2
  -------------------------------------------
  E - Day 2; Mongelluzzo 2. DP - BYU Cougars 4. LOB - BYU Cougars 13; Owls 3. 2B -
  Withey 2; Sullivan. HR - Blair. HBP - Davies 2; Mongelluzzo. SH - Sullivan. SF -
  Mongelluzzo; Raffo. SB - Day; Obrey. CS - Withey.
  Brigham Young Univ.            IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Ray  L,0-1.................   6.0  7  6  5  2  3   0  1  1  0   21 27   7  5
  Opdahl ....................   2.0  1  0  0  0  2   0  0  0  0    6  6   3  1
  Florida Atlantic               IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Benjamin  W,1-0............   7.1  7  4  3  2  5   0  0  2  0   31 35   8  9
  Mattioni  S,1..............   1.2  4  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    9  9   4  1
  HB - Ray; Benjamin 2. BK - Ray. PB - Cloward.
  Strikeouts - Belliston; Day; Perry 2; Haguewood; Murphy 2; Mongelluzzo; Raffo;
  Hugett. Walks - Jackson; Obrey; Withey; Somarriba.
  Umpires - Home:Paul Arreola  1st:Kent Bruen  3rd:Kevin Daugherty
  Start: 11 a.m.   Time: 2:30   Attendance:
                                The Automated ScoreBook
                          Brigham Young Univ. at Arizona State
                    Jan 29, 2000 at Tempe, Arizona (Packard Stadium)
  Brigham Young Univ. 2 (0-4)                   Arizona State 14 (6-0)
  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Belliston cf...............  4  0  1  0       Martin rf..................  2  1  1  1
  Peterson 1b................  4  1  2  0        Downing ph/rf.............  2  1  0  0
  Day ss.....................  4  1  1  0       Duncan cf..................  5  1  1  1
  Davies c...................  3  0  2  1        Waldrip ph................  1  0  0  0
  Carson rf..................  4  0  0  0        Kartler rf................  0  0  0  0
  Rock dh....................  3  0  0  0       Myers 1b...................  3  1  2  1
  Obrey 3b...................  2  0  0  0        Berger pr/2b..............  0  1  0  0
   Coughlan ph/2b............  2  0  1  0       Jones lf...................  5  1  1  3
  Greene lf..................  4  0  1  0       Hines dh...................  4  0  1  1
  Mathis 2b/3b...............  3  0  1  0       Phelps 3b..................  4  2  1  0
  Noorda p...................  0  0  0  0        Gusich 1b.................  0  0  0  0
   Opdahl p..................  0  0  0  0       Conrad 2b/ss...............  4  3  1  1
   George p..................  0  0  0  0       Pratt c....................  3  1  1  1
   Crump p...................  0  0  0  0        Johnson ph/c..............  1  0  0  0
   Gray p....................  0  0  0  0       Wyrick ss..................  3  2  3  1
                                                 Stocker ph/2b.............  1  0  0  0
                                                 Grasis ph/3b..............  1  0  0  0
                                                Pennington p...............  0  0  0  0
                                                 Friedberg p...............  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 33  2  9  1       Totals..................... 39 14 12 10
  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  Brigham Young Univ.. 000 200 000 -  2  9  6
  Arizona State....... 007 130 21X - 14 12  1
  -------------------------------------------
  E - Day; Obrey; Coughlan 2; Mathis; George; Conrad(3). DP - BYU Cougars 1; Sun
  Devils 1. LOB - BYU Cougars 6; Sun Devils 9. 2B - Day; Hines(2); Phelps(3). 3B -
  Martin(1); Conrad(2). HR - Jones(4). HBP - Myers; Conrad. SH - Martin(1). SB -
  Davies; Conrad(1).
  Brigham Young Univ.            IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Noorda  L,0-1..............   2.2  5  7  7  1  3   0  0  1  0   14 16   2  2
  Opdahl ....................   1.1  1  1  0  1  2   1  0  0  0    5  7   1  1
  George ....................   0.0  3  3  2  0  0   0  0  1  0    3  4   0  0
  Crump .....................   2.0  1  0  0  2  4   1  0  0  0    7  9   2  0
  Gray ......................   2.0  2  3  2  1  1   0  0  0  0   10 11   2  3
  Arizona State                  IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Pennington  W,1-0..........   6.0  6  2  1  2  7   0  0  0  0   21 23   4  4
  Friedberg  S,1.............   3.0  3  0  0  0  4   0  0  0  0   12 12   1  4
  WP - Opdahl; Crump. HB - Noorda; George. PB - Pratt(1).
  Strikeouts - Belliston 2; Day; Carson 2; Rock 2; Greene 2; Mathis 2; Downing;
  Waldrip; Jones; Hines 3; Conrad; Pratt 2; Stocker. Walks - Davies; Rock; Downing;
  Myers; Hines; Phelps; Johnson.
  Umpires - Home:Ken Breun  1st:Kevin Daugherty  3rd:Paul Arreola
  Start: 3:00 pm   Time: 3:09   Attendance: 1732
  Game: BYU02
  George faced 4 batters in the 5th.