Cougars Hold Off Dallas Baptist, 6-4

FRESNO -- After losing a three-run lead in the eighth, BYU scored three runs to defeat Dallas Baptist 6-4 on Monday.

Paul Jacinto (0-5) pitched seven-plus strong innings for BYU (6-15) in the opening game at the Pepsi-Johnny Quick Classic hosted by Fresno State. Jacinto held the Patriots (12-6) scoreless through the first seven innings, striking out seven and scattering five hits. Lance Beus (1-1) earned his first win in relief and Nick Lemon (0-1) captured his second save, pitching a scoreless ninth.

Beginning with a pitchers duel through the first five innings, the Cougars scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth. Wade Vest led off the inning with a single, extending his hitting streak to four games. After Ryan Chambers reached on an error and Rob Itri walked to load the bases, Ranger Wiens hit a sacrifice fly to score Vest. Chambers would also score on the Patriots' second error in the inning. Itri scored the third run on a RBI single by Brandon Taylor.

The Cougars kept the 3-0 lead into the eight inning. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases with nobody out for Dallas Baptist. Ryan Olivo then cleared the bases with a grand slam, giving the Patriots a 4-3 lead. The home run is Olivo's third of the year.

A two-out rally in the bottom of the eighth helped BYU score three runs and pull ahead for the final 6-4 score. Taylor doubled in Itri for his second RBI in the game. Ben Saylor and Tim Law also hit RBI singles in the inning.

BYU will play Chicago State at 1:30 p.m. (PST) on Tuesday for the first time in school history. Dallas Baptist will face Monmouth at 10 a.m. (PST) and Portland will face Fresno State at 6:35 p.m. (PST) in other Tuesday games in the tournament. Tuesday's BYU game is not available for live stats or live audio, but check www.byucougars.com for immediate updates following the game.

Dallas Baptist vs Brigham Young
Mar 08, 2004 at Fresno, Calif. (Beiden Field)
Dallas Baptist 4 (12-6)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Noss 2b..................  2  1  0  0   2  0  3  5   0
Montgomery 3b............  5  1  2  0   0  1  0  2   0
Olivo lf.................  4  1  1  4   0  1  2  0   1
Holder cf................  4  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   1
Zobrist ss...............  4  0  0  0   0  1  2  1   0
Magness 1b...............  2  0  1  0   2  0  9  1   0
Yost c...................  3  0  1  0   0  2  4  0   1
 Thornton c..............  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   1
McCulloch dh.............  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   2
 Knight pr...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Burgess rf...............  4  1  2  0   0  1  2  0   0
Bartosh p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Klusman p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Wells p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Mitchell p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Sparks p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 32  4  7  4   5  8 24 12   7
Brigham Young 6 (6-15)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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CHAMBERS, Ryan cf........  4  1  0  0   0  1  1  0   1
KNELL, Kory lf...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  4  0   0
ITRI, Rob dh.............  2  2  1  0   2  0  0  0   0
WIENS, Ranger 3b.........  3  0  0  1   0  0  1  2   1
TAYLOR, Brandon ss.......  4  1  2  2   0  0  1  2   0
SAYLOR, Ben rf...........  4  1  2  1   0  1  1  0   1
LAW, Tim 1b..............  4  0  1  1   0  1  8  1   0
CLOWARD, Casey c.........  3  0  1  0   1  1  9  1   1
VEST, Wade 2b............  3  1  1  0   0  0  1  4   0
JACINTO, Paul p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 BEUS, Lance p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 LEMON, Nick p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 30  6  8  5   3  5 27 11   5
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Dallas Baptist...... 000 000 040 -  4  7  3
Brigham Young....... 000 003 03X -  6  8  0
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E - Noss; Thornton; Burgess. LOB - Patriots 7; Cougars 5. 2B - TAYLOR;
SAYLOR. 3B - Yost. HR - Olivo(3). SH - Noss; KNELL. SF - WIENS. SB -
Montgomery(8); LAW(1). CS - CLOWARD.
Dallas Baptist         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Bartosh.............  5.1  3  3  0  1  4 19 21
Klusman.............  0.2  1  0  0  0  0  2  3
Wells...............  1.1  1  1  1  1  1  5  6
Mitchell............  0.1  3  2  2  0  0  4  4
Sparks..............  0.1  0  0  0  1  0  0  1
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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JACINTO, Paul.......  7.0  5  2  2  2  7 25 28
BEUS, Lance.........  1.0  2  2  2  1  0  5  6
LEMON, Nick.........  1.0  0  0  0  2  1  2  4
Win - BEUS (1-1).  Loss - Mitchell (0-2).  Save - LEMON (2).
WP - Bartosh; Klusman; Wells; JACINTO; LEMON.
Umpires - HP: Rick Saxton  1B: Robert Drake  3B: Rick Scarbery
Start: 10:03 am   Time: 2:31   Attendance: 33
JACINTO faced 2 batters in the 8th.
Play-by-Play 
Dallas Baptist vs Brigham Young - Play-by-Play
Mar 08, 2004 at Fresno, Calif. (Beiden Field)
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Dallas Baptist...... 000 000 040 -  4  7  3
Brigham Young....... 000 003 03X -  6  8  0
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Dallas Baptist starters: 4/2b Noss; 7/3b Montgomery; 6/lf Olivo; 24/cf
   Holder; 12/ss Zobrist; 25/1b Magness; 21/c Yost; 23/dh McCulloch; 13/rf
   Burgess; 34/p Bartosh;
Brigham Young starters: 22/cf CHAMBERS; 12/lf KNELL; 21/dh ITRI; 8/3b WIENS;
   3/ss TAYLOR; 25/rf SAYLOR; 1/1b LAW; 9/c CLOWARD; 5/2b VEST; 15/p
   JACINTO;
Dallas Baptist - inning 1
   Noss grounded out to 2b. Montgomery singled to shortstop. Montgomery
   stole second. Olivo popped up to c. Montgomery advanced to third on a
   wild pitch. Holder struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 1
   CHAMBERS grounded out to 2b. KNELL flied out to lf. ITRI singled to
   center field. WIENS flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Dallas Baptist - inning 2
   Zobrist grounded out to 2b. Magness walked. Yost struck out looking.
   McCulloch flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 2
   TAYLOR grounded out to 3b. SAYLOR struck out looking. LAW grounded out to
   2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Dallas Baptist - inning 3
   Burgess singled to second base. Noss grounded out to 3b, SAC; Burgess
   advanced to second. Montgomery struck out looking. Olivo struck out
   swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 3
   CLOWARD flied out to rf. VEST popped up to ss. CHAMBERS grounded out to
   2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Dallas Baptist - inning 4
   Holder struck out looking. Zobrist struck out swinging. Magness singled
   to center field. Yost struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
   LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 4
   KNELL struck out swinging. ITRI grounded out to 2b. WIENS popped up to
   2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Dallas Baptist - inning 5
   McCulloch flied out to lf. Burgess lined out to rf. Noss lined out to 2b.
   0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 5
   TAYLOR grounded out to ss. SAYLOR doubled to left center. SAYLOR advanced
   to third on a wild pitch. LAW struck out swinging. CLOWARD struck out
   looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Dallas Baptist - inning 6
   Montgomery grounded out to 2b. Olivo fouled out to 3b. Holder flied out
   to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 6
   VEST singled to shortstop. CHAMBERS reached on an error by 2b; VEST
   advanced to second. KNELL out at first p to 2b, SAC; CHAMBERS advanced to
   second; VEST advanced to third. ITRI intentionally walked. Klusman to p
   for Bartosh. WIENS fouled out to rf, SAC, RBI; ITRI advanced to second;
   CHAMBERS advanced to third, scored on an error by rf, unearned; VEST
   scored, unearned. ITRI advanced to third on a wild pitch. TAYLOR singled
   to center field, RBI; ITRI scored, unearned. SAYLOR flied out to lf. 3
   runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Dallas Baptist - inning 7
   Zobrist flied out to lf. Magness out at first p to ss to 1b. Yost tripled
   to right field. McCulloch grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
   LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 7
   Thornton to c for Yost. Wells to p for Klusman. LAW lined out to 2b.
   CLOWARD singled to right field. VEST grounded out to p; CLOWARD advanced
   to second. CLOWARD advanced to third on a wild pitch. CHAMBERS struck out
   looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Dallas Baptist - inning 8
   Burgess singled to right field. Noss walked; Burgess advanced to second.
   BEUS to p for JACINTO. Montgomery singled to center field; Noss advanced
   to second; Burgess advanced to third. Olivo homered to right field, 4
   RBI; Montgomery scored; Noss scored; Burgess scored. Holder grounded out
   to 3b. Zobrist grounded out to ss. Magness walked. Thornton flied out to
   lf. 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 8
   KNELL fouled out to 1b. ITRI walked. Mitchell to p for Wells. WIENS
   grounded out to 3b; ITRI advanced to second. TAYLOR doubled to left
   field, RBI; ITRI scored. SAYLOR singled to center field, advanced to
   second, RBI; TAYLOR scored. LAW singled to left field, RBI; SAYLOR
   scored. Sparks to p for Mitchell. LAW stole second, advanced to third on
   an error by c. CLOWARD walked. CLOWARD out at second p to 2b to 1b to ss,
   picked off, caught stealing. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Dallas Baptist - inning 9
   LEMON to p for BEUS. McCulloch walked. Knight pinch ran for McCulloch.
   Burgess struck out swinging. Knight advanced to second on a wild pitch.
   Noss walked. Montgomery reached on a fielder's choice; Noss out at second
   1b to ss; Knight advanced to third. Knight out at home c to p. 0 runs, 0
   hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.