Sun Devils Win Game Two in Comeback

TEMPE -- For just over three innings Friday night BYU had No. 8 Arizona State and its national pitcher of the week wondering as the Cougars took a 4-0 lead.

Then ASU, now 13-1, exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the third and five more runs in the sixth to break the game open and defeat BYU, 17-6. It was the second straight loss for the Cougars, now 1-4, who had been dismantled by the Sun Devils.

For the second night in a row, BYU second baseman Rob Itri homered. Itri's dinger to right field started the second inning to give BYU a 1-0 lead. Jake Stubblefield drew a base on balls after Itri's homer and he advanced home thanks to Tim Law's one-out double after Ranger Wiens got aboard due to a fielding error by ASU's second baseman. With BYU up 2-0, Law ended the inning when he was put out trying to steal home.

The Cougars increased their lead to 3-0 in the third when Doug Jackson got on through another fielding error by the Sun Devil second baseman. Jackson stole second and scored off Stubblefield's two-out single up the middle. In the interim, Itri had drawn a base on balls and ended up scoring BYU's fourth run when Ryan Chambers singled through the right side.

In the fourth ASU loaded the bases and scored two runs due to a lead-off error and a pair of walks. Six unearned runs ended up scoring in that inning to give the Sun Devils a 7-4 advantage.

BYU closed the gap in the fourth when Brock Jacobsen hit a two-run homer with two out to right field. ASU got a solo homer in the fourth from Jeremy West to increase it's lead to 8-6.

Jared Liebeck, who had earned national pitcher of the week honors last week, left the mound after the fourth inning, having struck out four Cougars, giving up seven hits and six runs, three of them earned.

Two more ASU homers in the fifth by Jeff Larish, a solo which was his sixth dinger of the year, and Frank Mesa, a two-out blast, increased the Sun Devils' lead to 11-6.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Wiens and Itri were both ejected for arguing with umpires and were replaced by Clayton Carson and Wade Vest, respectively at shortstop and second base defensively for BYU.

The final game of the series is Saturday afternoon.

Brigham Young Univ at Arizona State
                Feb 07, 2003 at Tempe, Arizona (Packard Stadium)
Brigham Young Univ 6 (1-4)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WIENS, Ranger ss.........  4  0  0  0   0  1  2  1   0
 VEST, Wade 2b...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
JACKSON, Doug lf.........  5  2  1  0   0  1  0  0   1
JACOBSEN, Brock cf/1b....  5  1  2  2   0  0  3  0   0
OBREY, Kainoa 3b.........  4  0  1  0   1  2  0  0   1
ITRI, Rob 2b.............  2  2  1  1   1  0  2  2   0
 CARSON, Clayton ss......  1  0  1  0   1  0  1  1   0
STUBBLEFIELD, Jake dh....  3  1  1  1   1  0  0  0   2
 BARNES, Clayton ph......  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
CHAMBERS, Ryan rf........  4  0  1  1   0  0  2  0   1
 LUCAS, Blair ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
LAW, Tim 1b..............  3  0  1  0   0  0  3  0   2
 SEIL, Beau ph/cf........  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   3
CLOWARD, Casey c.........  3  0  0  0   0  1 10  0   0
 WEINGARTEN, Mike ph/c...  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
BERGERON, Michel p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 GARCIA, Jason p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 CHRISMAN, Jacob p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 BINGHAM, Anthony p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 38  6  9  5   5  8 24  6  11
Arizona State 17 (13-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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PEDROIA ss...............  6  2  2  1   0  0  0  1   3
BUCK lf/rf...............  7  1  3  1   0  2  1  0   2
LARISH 1b/3b.............  3  3  1  1   3  1  8  0   2
ETHIER rf................  4  2  2  3   2  0  1  0   0
 ALLEN lf................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WEST dh/c................  4  3  2  4   2  2  2  0   2
MESA 3b/2b...............  6  2  4  3   0  0  0  2   3
BOSCH cf.................  5  0  1  1   1  2  5  0   0
BOCCHI c.................  4  1  2  3   1  2  8  0   2
 KARTLER ph..............  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 McCLELLAN p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
GARRABRANTS 2b...........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
 WALSH ph/2b.............  0  2  0  0   3  0  0  2   0
 GUERRERO ph/1b..........  1  1  1  0   0  0  2  0   0
LIEBECK p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
 THURMOND p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 LEAF p..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BEATTY p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 42 17 18 17  12 10 27  9  15
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 022 200 000 -  6  9  2
Arizona State....... 007 135 10X - 17 18  3
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E - OBREY; LAW; GARRABRANTS 2; WALSH. DP - BYU Cougars 1. LOB - BYU Cougars
11; Sun Devils 15. 2B - OBREY; LAW; ETHIER; BOCCHI; GUERRERO. HR -
JACOBSEN(2); ITRI(2); LARISH(6); WEST(4); MESA(1). HBP - VEST; PEDROIA;
GUERRERO. SB - JACKSON; WALSH. CS - LAW.
Brigham Young Univ     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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BERGERON, Michel....  3.2  9  8  2  6  4 20 26
GARCIA, Jason.......  2.0  3  6  6  4  3  9 13
CHRISMAN, Jacob.....  1.1  5  3  3  2  2  9 12
BINGHAM, Anthony....  1.0  1  0  0  0  1  4  5
Arizona State          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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LIEBECK.............  4.0  7  6  3  3  4 21 24
THURMOND............  2.0  0  0  0  0  1  6  6
LEAF................  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  4  4
BEATTY..............  1.0  0  0  0  0  1  3  4
McCLELLAN...........  1.0  1  0  0  2  2  4  6
Win - THURMOND (1-0).  Loss - BERGERON (0-1).  Save - None.
WP - BERGERON; GARCIA. HBP - by CHRISMAN (GUERRERO); by BEATTY (VEST); by
BINGHAM (PEDROIA). BK - BERGERON.
Umpires - HP: Paul Arreola  1B: Steve Mattingly  3B: Kent Bruns
Start: 7 p.m.   Time: 3:44   Attendance: 2896
Game: ASU2
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
               Brigham Young Univ at Arizona State - Play-by-Play
                Feb 07, 2003 at Tempe, Arizona (Packard Stadium)
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 022 200 000 -  6  9  2
Arizona State....... 007 135 10X - 17 18  3
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Brigham Young Univ starters: 8/ss WIENS; 13/lf JACKSON; 3/cf JACOBSEN; 32/3b
   OBREY; 21/2b ITRI; 33/dh STUBBLEFIELD; 22/rf CHAMBERS; 1/1b LAW; 9/c
   CLOWARD; 30/p BERGERON;
Arizona State starters: 2/ss PEDROIA; 4/lf BUCK; 11/1b LARISH; 14/rf ETHIER;
   8/dh WEST; 32/3b MESA; 31/cf BOSCH; 19/c BOCCHI; 9/2b GARRABRANTS; 47/p
   LIEBECK;
Brigham Young Univ - inning 1
   WIENS fouled out to c. JACKSON flied out to cf. JACOBSEN singled to
   shortstop. OBREY struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Arizona State - inning 1
   PEDROIA flied out to rf to right center. BUCK singled to third base,
   bunt, advanced to second on a throwing error by 3b. LARISH struck out
   looking. BUCK advanced to third on a wild pitch. ETHIER walked. WEST
   struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 2
   ITRI homered to left field, RBI. STUBBLEFIELD walked. CHAMBERS flied out
   to lf. LAW doubled down the rf line; STUBBLEFIELD advanced to third.
   CLOWARD struck out swinging. WIENS reached on a fielding error by 2b; LAW
   advanced to third; STUBBLEFIELD scored, unearned. LAW out at home p to 3b
   to c, caught stealing. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Arizona State - inning 2
   MESA singled through the left side. BOSCH grounded into double play 2b to
   1b; MESA out on the play. BOCCHI walked. GARRABRANTS popped up to 2b. 0
   runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 3
   JACKSON reached on a fielding error by 2b. JACOBSEN flied out to cf.
   JACKSON stole second. OBREY struck out swinging. ITRI walked.
   STUBBLEFIELD singled up the middle, RBI; ITRI advanced to third; JACKSON
   scored, unearned. CHAMBERS singled through the right side, RBI;
   STUBBLEFIELD advanced to second; ITRI scored, unearned. LAW grounded out
   to p. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Arizona State - inning 3
   PEDROIA reached on a fielding error by 1b. BUCK singled through the left
   side; PEDROIA advanced to second. LARISH walked; BUCK advanced to second;
   PEDROIA advanced to third. ETHIER walked, RBI; LARISH advanced to second;
   BUCK advanced to third; PEDROIA scored, unearned. WEST struck out
   swinging. MESA singled to left field, RBI; ETHIER advanced to second;
   LARISH advanced to third; BUCK scored. BOSCH struck out looking. BOCCHI
   doubled to left field, 3 RBI; MESA scored, unearned; ETHIER scored,
   unearned; LARISH scored, unearned. WALSH pinch hit for GARRABRANTS.
   BOCCHI advanced to third on a balk. WALSH walked. PEDROIA singled to
   shortstop, RBI; WALSH advanced to second; BOCCHI scored, unearned. BUCK
   singled to right field, RBI; PEDROIA advanced to second; WALSH scored,
   unearned. LARISH reached on a fielder's choice; BUCK out at second 2b to
   ss. 7 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 4
   WALSH to 2b. CLOWARD grounded out to 2b. WIENS struck out looking.
   JACKSON singled to second base. JACOBSEN homered to right field, 2 RBI;
   JACKSON scored. OBREY walked. ITRI reached on a fielding error by 2b;
   OBREY advanced to second. STUBBLEFIELD grounded out to p. 2 runs, 2 hits,
   1 error, 2 LOB.
Arizona State - inning 4
   ETHIER grounded out to ss. WEST homered to left field, RBI. MESA popped
   up to ss. BOSCH walked. BOCCHI singled to right center; BOSCH advanced to
   third. GARCIA to p for BERGERON. WALSH walked; BOCCHI advanced to second.
   PEDROIA flied out to rf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 5
   THURMOND to p for LIEBECK. CHAMBERS grounded out to 2b. LAW flied out to
   cf. CLOWARD flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Arizona State - inning 5
   BUCK struck out looking. LARISH homered to center field, RBI. ETHIER
   flied out to cf. WEST walked. WEST advanced to second on a wild pitch.
   MESA homered to right field, 2 RBI; WEST scored. BOSCH struck out
   swinging. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 6
   WIENS grounded out to 1b unassisted. JACKSON struck out swinging.
   JACOBSEN grounded out to p, bunt. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Arizona State - inning 6
   BOCCHI struck out swinging. WALSH walked. WALSH stole second. PEDROIA
   singled to left field; WALSH advanced to third. BUCK grounded out to p;
   PEDROIA advanced to second. VEST to 2b for WIENS. CARSON to ss for ITRI.
   LARISH walked. CHRISMAN to p for GARCIA. ETHIER doubled down the rf line,
   2 RBI; LARISH advanced to third; PEDROIA scored; WALSH scored. WEST
   singled up the middle, 2 RBI; ETHIER scored; LARISH scored. MESA singled
   up the middle; WEST advanced to second. BOSCH singled to left field,
   advanced to second on the throw, RBI; MESA advanced to third; WEST
   scored. BOCCHI struck out looking. 5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 7
   LEAF to p for THURMOND. OBREY grounded out to ss. CARSON singled up the
   middle. STUBBLEFIELD flied out to cf. CHAMBERS grounded out to 1b
   unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Arizona State - inning 7
   GUERRERO pinch hit for WALSH. GUERRERO hit by pitch. PEDROIA flied out to
   cf. BUCK struck out looking. LARISH walked; GUERRERO advanced to second.
   ETHIER singled up the middle; LARISH advanced to second; GUERRERO
   advanced to third. WEST walked, RBI; ETHIER advanced to second; LARISH
   advanced to third; GUERRERO scored. MESA reached on a fielder's choice;
   WEST advanced to second; ETHIER advanced to third; LARISH out at home p
   to c. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 8
   BUCK to rf. LARISH to 3b. ALLEN to lf for ETHIER. MESA to 2b. GUERRERO to
   1b. BEATTY to p for LEAF. SEIL pinch hit for LAW. SEIL struck out
   looking. WEINGARTEN pinch hit for CLOWARD. WEINGARTEN flied out to cf.
   VEST hit by pitch. JACKSON fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
   LOB.
Arizona State - inning 8
   JACOBSEN to 1b. SEIL to cf. WEINGARTEN to c. BINGHAM to p for CHRISMAN.
   BOSCH grounded out to ss. KARTLER pinch hit for BOCCHI. KARTLER struck
   out swinging. GUERRERO doubled to right center. PEDROIA hit by pitch.
   BUCK popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 9
   WEST to c. McCLELLAN to p for KARTLER. /  for BEATTY. JACOBSEN grounded
   out to 2b. OBREY doubled down the lf line. CARSON walked. BARNES pinch
   hit for STUBBLEFIELD. BARNES walked; CARSON advanced to second; OBREY
   advanced to third. LUCAS pinch hit for CHAMBERS. LUCAS struck out
   swinging. SEIL struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.