Mousser Retires 19 straight in Loss

PROVO -- Despite an incredible outing by Jeff Mousser, who retired 19 consecutive batters, BYU came up short Thursday in a 6-5 loss against league-leading UNLV in its home opener.

Mousser (3-2) was tagged for five runs in the first three innings of the ball game, but was spectacular as the game wore on, giving up one hit to the final 22 batters he faced. Despite picking up the loss, the Cougar hurler went the distance, allowing just five hits and one walk.

Jake Stubblefield put the Cougars (6-13, 1-3) out to an early 2-1 lead in the first, sending the ball deep over the right-center field fence for his team-leading fifth home run of the season.

An RBI triple by Doug Jackson, who was 3-for-5 on the night, in the second inning, added another run to the Cougar tally, bringing the score to 3-1. Jackson's triple was his sixth of the season and the 21st of his career.

UNLV (18-7, 4-0) took a 5-3 lead in the third, when the first four Rebel hitters reached base and scored. A two-out rally by the Cougars in the fourth, which included three consecutive singles, cut the Rebels' lead in half, 5-4.

The score remained constant until the eighth when Brock Jacobsen hit a dramatic game-tying home run to center field, a hard line drive that cleared the fence by less than five feet. The Cougar momentum and Mousser's streak were stopped in the ninth when Patrick Dobson hit a one-out home run directly over the 400-foot marker in center. Despite putting a runner on in the ninth, the Cougars were unable to score.

Thursday's defeat was the sixth one-run loss for the Cougars, who had twice as many hits as the Rebels, but again came up short.

"We just seem to give up runs at inopportune times," said BYU Head Coach, Vance Law. "I feel that we played hard and hit the ball well, we just caught some bad breaks."

Thursday's attendance was 1,092.

The Cougars will be back in action Friday evening at 7 p.m. for the second game of a three-game series. Friday's game will be broadcast locally on KOVO 960 AM and will be webcast over the Internet through links on www.byucougars.com.

UNLV at Brigham Young Univ
Mar 20, 2003 at Provo, Utah (Larry H.Miller Field)
UNLV 6 (18-7,4-0 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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D'ANGELO cf..............  3  1  0  0   0  0  6  0   0
JOHNSON 3b...............  4  2  2  2   0  0  0  2   0
NIELSEN rf...............  4  1  1  2   0  2  3  1   0
VALENZUELA 1b............  3  0  0  1   0  1  9  0   0
DOBSON lf................  3  1  1  1   1  0  2  0   0
GILL dh..................  4  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
RUIZ 2b..................  4  0  0  0   0  1  2  3   0
VAN KIRK c...............  3  0  0  0   0  0  4  0   1
WHITE ss.................  3  1  1  0   0  1  1  3   0
LUCA p...................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 PUPO p..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 GUERRA p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 SCHEINBAUM p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 31  6  5  6   1  6 27 10   1
Brigham Young Univ 5 (6-13,1-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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JACKSON, Doug lf.........  5  1  3  1   0  0  3  0   1
WIENS, Ranger ss.........  4  0  1  1   0  0  0  1   1
STUBBLEFIELD, Jake 1b....  4  1  1  2   0  0  6  1   0
OBREY, Kainoa 3b.........  4  0  1  0   0  1  1  2   0
JACOBSEN, Brock cf.......  4  1  1  1   0  2  3  0   0
ITRI, Rob 2b.............  4  0  0  0   0  0  2  2   2
KNELL, Kory dh...........  2  0  1  0   1  0  0  0   0
 CARSON, Clayton ph......  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
CHAMBERS, Ryan rf........  4  0  1  0   0  0  5  0   0
WILKES, Adam c...........  3  2  1  0   0  0  6  1   0
 BARNES, Clayton ph......  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
MOUSSER, Jeff p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 36  5 10  5   1  5 27  7   5
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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UNLV................ 104 000 001 -  6  5  2
Brigham Young Univ.. 210 100 010 -  5 10  2
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E - VAN KIRK 2; ITRI; MOUSSER. DP - UNLV 1. LOB - UNLV 1; BYU Cougars 5. 2B
- OBREY. 3B - JACKSON. HR - JOHNSON(6); DOBSON(5); STUBBLEFIELD(5);
JACOBSEN(4). HBP - D'ANGELO. SF - VALENZUELA. SB - JOHNSON; JACKSON. CS -
DOBSON.
UNLV                   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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LUCA................  4.0  7  4  4  1  3 19 20
PUPO................  4.0  2  1  1  0  0 13 13
GUERRA..............  0.2  1  0  0  0  2  3  3
SCHEINBAUM..........  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1
Brigham Young Univ     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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MOUSSER, Jeff.......  9.0  5  6  5  1  6 31 34
Win - PUPO (1-0).  Loss - MOUSSER (3-2).  Save - SCHEINBAUM (1).
HBP - by MOUSSER (D'ANGELO).
Umpires - HP: Blake Jensen  1B: John Cortez  3B: Tom Chandler
Start: 7:10 pm   Time: 2:28   Attendance: 1092
Game notes:
Game 1 of 3
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Play-by-Play
UNLV at Brigham Young Univ - Play-by-Play
Mar 20, 2003 at Provo, Utah (Larry H.Miller Field)
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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UNLV................ 104 000 001 -  6  5  2
Brigham Young Univ.. 210 100 010 -  5 10  2
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UNLV starters: 1/cf D'ANGELO; 45/3b JOHNSON; 36/rf NIELSEN; 33/1b
   VALENZUELA; 5/lf DOBSON; 46/dh GILL; 4/2b RUIZ; 16/c VAN KIRK; 7/ss
   WHITE; 26/p LUCA;
Brigham Young Univ starters: 13/lf JACKSON; 8/ss WIENS; 33/1b STUBBLEFIELD;
   32/3b OBREY; 3/cf JACOBSEN; 21/2b ITRI; 12/dh KNELL; 22/rf CHAMBERS; 24/c
   WILKES; 35/p MOUSSER;
UNLV - inning 1
   D'ANGELO out at first 1b to p. JOHNSON homered to right field, RBI.
   NIELSEN struck out looking. VALENZUELA struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit,
   0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 1
   JACKSON singled to left center. WIENS flied out to cf. JACKSON stole
   second. JACKSON advanced to third on an error by c. STUBBLEFIELD homered
   to right field, 2 RBI; JACKSON scored. OBREY struck out swinging.
   JACOBSEN struck out swinging, reached first on an error by c. ITRI flied
   out to lf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV - inning 2
   DOBSON lined out to 2b. GILL reached on a fielding error by 2b, advanced
   to second. RUIZ grounded out to 3b. VAN KIRK flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0
   hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 2
   KNELL walked. CHAMBERS reached on a fielder's choice; KNELL out at second
   2b to ss. WILKES reached on a fielder's choice; CHAMBERS out at second 3b
   to 2b. JACKSON tripled to right center, RBI; WILKES scored. WIENS flied
   out to lf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV - inning 3
   WHITE singled to shortstop. D'ANGELO hit by pitch; WHITE advanced to
   second. JOHNSON singled to right center, RBI; D'ANGELO advanced to third;
   WHITE scored. JOHNSON stole second. NIELSEN singled to center field, 2
   RBI; JOHNSON scored; D'ANGELO scored. NIELSEN advanced to second on a
   throwing error by p, advanced to third. VALENZUELA flied out to lf, SF,
   RBI; NIELSEN scored, unearned. DOBSON flied out to rf. GILL grounded out
   to 1b unassisted. 4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 3
   STUBBLEFIELD flied out to rf. OBREY doubled to right center. JACOBSEN
   struck out swinging. ITRI grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
   LOB.
UNLV - inning 4
   RUIZ fouled out to rf. VAN KIRK grounded out to 2b. WHITE flied out to
   cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 4
   KNELL flied out to rf. CHAMBERS grounded out to 2b. WILKES singled to
   center field. JACKSON singled to left field; WILKES advanced to second.
   WIENS singled, out at second rf to 2b, RBI; JACKSON advanced to third;
   WILKES scored. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV - inning 5
   D'ANGELO flied out to lf. JOHNSON grounded out to ss. NIELSEN struck out
   swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 5
   PUPO to p for LUCA. STUBBLEFIELD flied out to cf. OBREY grounded out to
   ss. JACOBSEN flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV - inning 6
   VALENZUELA fouled out to 3b. DOBSON walked. GILL flied out to lf. DOBSON
   out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 6
   ITRI flied out to cf. KNELL singled to shortstop. CHAMBERS lined into
   double play 1b unassisted; KNELL out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
   errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV - inning 7
   RUIZ struck out swinging. VAN KIRK flied out to rf. WHITE struck out
   looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 7
   WILKES grounded out to ss. JACKSON flied out to cf. WIENS grounded out to
   2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV - inning 8
   D'ANGELO grounded out to 3b. JOHNSON grounded out to 2b. NIELSEN flied
   out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 8
   STUBBLEFIELD grounded out to p. OBREY flied out to cf. JACOBSEN homered
   to center field, RBI. ITRI flied out to cf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
   LOB.
UNLV - inning 9
   VALENZUELA flied out to rf. DOBSON homered to center field, RBI. GILL
   struck out looking. RUIZ flied out to rf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ - inning 9
   GUERRA to p for PUPO. CARSON pinch hit for KNELL. CARSON struck out
   looking. CHAMBERS singled up the middle. BARNES pinch hit for WILKES.
   BARNES struck out looking. SCHEINBAUM to p for GUERRA. JACKSON grounded
   out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.