Late Rally Falls Short

SPOKANE -- Another rally ended in the final inning for BYU’s baseball team Monday evening as it fell to Gonzaga, 9-7.

For the second time in as many days, the Cougars fell short in the final inning, this time to Gonzaga in the ninth. BYU, now 6-9, had an inning-ending rally last Saturday against Washington in Provo.

Gonzaga, now 8-7, overtook a 1-0 lead by BYU with a five-run Zag rally in the third.

Chase Frampton drove in BYU’s first run in the second to score Bryce Ayoso who had singled and advanced on a Ryan Bernal double. Bernal was thrown out at the plate in an inning-ending double play.

In the eighth inning Frampton singled in Alex Wolfe to make the score 8-2. Wolfe, the reigning Mountain West Conference Player of the Week, struggled through the night, but had gotten on board with a dropped pop-up to third base.

Wolfe returned the favor with a bases loaded walk in the ninth to start a four-run rally for BYU. Wolfe, Sean McNaughton and pinch-runner Alex Hancock all scored on Ayoso’s one-out double down the leftfield line to narrow the margin to 9-6. Ayoso then scored off Frampton’s single and third RBI of the night.

“We had terrible at bats for seven innings, then had a lot better approaches at the end of the game,” said BYU coach Vance Law. “They did a good job of changing speeds, credit their pitcher with a good job. We had a couple of scoring chances early in the game or it might have been a different outcome.”

The two teams meet again on Tuesday night.

BYU at GONZAGA BULLDOGS
Mar 15, 2010 at SPOKANE, Wash. (Patterson Complex)
BYU 7 (6-9)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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McNAUGHTON, Sean lf......  4  1  1  0   1  1  0  0   0
RELF, Brandon ss.........  5  0  1  0   0  2  0  3   0
WOLFE, Alex 3b...........  3  2  0  1   2  2  0  2   0
AYOSO, Bryce c...........  4  2  2  3   1  1 12  1   5
BERNAL, Ryan dh..........  5  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
FRAMPTON, Chase 1b.......  4  0  2  3   1  1  7  2   0
CLUFF, Jonathan rf.......  5  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   3
NIELSEN, Dane 2b.........  4  1  1  0   0  0  3  2   1
WELLS, Stephen cf........  3  0  2  0   1  0  0  0   0
 HANCOCK, Alex pr........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
HARDESTY, Shawn p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 CAPPER, Chris p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 WHITE, Coltin p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 McKNIGHT, David p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 37  7 10  7   6  7 24 12   9
GONZAGA BULLDOGS 9 (8-7)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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HEID, D cf...............  4  1  2  2   1  0  5  0   0
STURDIVANT rf............  2  0  0  1   2  2  4  1   0
HUNTER, A dh.............  5  0  1  1   0  3  0  0   3
CASTELLITTO lf...........  5  1  2  1   0  1  0  0   2
BOLINGER, R 1b...........  5  0  0  0   0  2  4  1   2
ESLICK, C 2b.............  3  3  1  0   1  0  1  2   0
WILSON, S 3b.............  3  0  1  0   0  2  0  0   0
HAWK, K c................  1  2  0  0   2  0  8  0   1
ORTIZ, E ss..............  4  2  3  4   0  1  4  1   0
STUMETZ, J p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 BARON, L p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 PHILLIPS, M p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 DANNER, A p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MOON, B p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 32  9 10  9   6 11 27  6   8
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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BYU................. 010 000 015 -  7 10  4
GONZAGA BULLDOGS.... 015 000 30X -  9 10  1
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E - RELF 2(8); AYOSO(1); FRAMPTON(2); WILSON, S(3). DP - BY 1. LOB - BY 9;
Gonzaga 8. 2B - McNAUGHTON(4); AYOSO(6); BERNAL(2); HEID, D(5). HR -
CASTELLITTO(4); ORTIZ, E(1). HBP - STURDIVANT. SH - WILSON, S(1); HAWK,
K(1). SB - ESLICK, C(1).
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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HARDESTY, Shawn.....  2.2  6  6  2  5  5 13 20
CAPPER, Chris.......  2.1  2  0  0  0  3  9  9
WHITE, Coltin.......  2.0  2  3  3  1  2  7  9
McKNIGHT, David.....  1.0  0  0  0  0  1  3  3
GONZAGA BULLDOGS       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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STUMETZ, J..........  7.1  5  2  1  4  6 27 31
BARON, L............  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1
PHILLIPS, M.........  0.2  4  5  5  2  1  6  8
DANNER, A...........  0.1  1  0  0  0  0  2  2
MOON, B.............  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1
Win - STUMETZ, J (1-1).  Loss - HARDESTY (1-2).  Save - MOON, B (3).
HBP - by HARDESTY (STURDIVANT). PB - AYOSO(2).
Umpires - HP: Rick Jaggars  1B: Randy Sutton  3B: Kevin Walker
Start: 6:30 pm   Time: 2:55   Attendance: 917
Weather: Clear, cool, 54
BYU 1st - McNAUGHTON flied out to cf. RELF flied out to cf. WOLFE struck
out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
GONZAGA BULLDOGS 1st - HEID, D doubled to right center. STURDIVANT
walked. HUNTER, A struck out swinging. CASTELLITTO singled to shortstop;
STURDIVANT advanced to second; HEID, D advanced to third. BOLINGER, R hit into
double play ss to 2b to 1b; CASTELLITTO out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 2nd - AYOSO singled to left field. BERNAL doubled to right center;
AYOSO advanced to third. FRAMPTON grounded out to ss, RBI; BERNAL advanced to
third; AYOSO scored. CLUFF flied out to rf; BERNAL out at home rf to c. 1
run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
GONZAGA BULLDOGS 2nd - ESLICK, C walked. WILSON, S singled down the rf
line; ESLICK, C advanced to second. HAWK, K out at first c to 2b, SAC, bunt;
WILSON, S advanced to second; ESLICK, C advanced to third. ORTIZ, E struck out
swinging. HEID, D walked. STURDIVANT walked, RBI; HEID, D advanced to second;
WILSON, S advanced to third; ESLICK, C scored. HUNTER, A struck out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
BYU 3rd - NIELSEN flied out to cf to left center. WELLS walked.
McNAUGHTON doubled to left center; WELLS advanced to third. RELF singled to
second base. WOLFE struck out looking. AYOSO struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
GONZAGA BULLDOGS 3rd - CASTELLITTO homered to left center, RBI.
BOLINGER, R struck out swinging. ESLICK, C reached on an error by ss, advanced
to second on the throw. WILSON, S struck out swinging. HAWK, K walked. ORTIZ, E
singled to left field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; HAWK, K advanced
to third; ESLICK, C scored, unearned. HEID, D singled through the left side, 2
RBI; ORTIZ, E scored, unearned; HAWK, K scored, unearned. STURDIVANT hit by
pitch; HEID, D advanced to second. CAPPER to p for HARDESTY. HUNTER, A singled
up the middle, RBI; STURDIVANT advanced to second; HEID, D scored, unearned.
HUNTER, A advanced to second on a passed ball; STURDIVANT advanced to third on
a passed ball. CASTELLITTO struck out swinging. 5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2
LOB.
BYU 4th - BERNAL grounded out to p. FRAMPTON walked. CLUFF popped up to
ss. NIELSEN popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
GONZAGA BULLDOGS 4th - BOLINGER, R grounded out to 3b. ESLICK, C reached
on an error by 1b. ESLICK, C stole second, advanced to third on an error by c.
WILSON, S struck out swinging. HAWK, K grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 2
errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 5th - WELLS singled to right center. McNAUGHTON struck out swinging.
RELF struck out swinging. WOLFE walked; WELLS advanced to second. AYOSO popped
up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
GONZAGA BULLDOGS 5th - ORTIZ, E singled to shortstop, advanced to second
on a throwing error by ss. HEID, D grounded out to 2b; ORTIZ, E advanced to
third, out at home 1b to 3b to c. STURDIVANT struck out looking. 0 runs, 1
hit, 1 error, 0 LOB.
BYU 6th - BERNAL flied out to cf. FRAMPTON struck out looking. CLUFF
flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
GONZAGA BULLDOGS 6th - WHITE to p for CAPPER. HUNTER, A struck out
swinging. CASTELLITTO grounded out to ss. BOLINGER, R grounded out to ss. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 7th - NIELSEN popped up to 2b. WELLS flied out to cf. McNAUGHTON
flied out to rf to right center. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
GONZAGA BULLDOGS 7th - ESLICK, C singled through the right side. WILSON,
S out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt; ESLICK, C advanced to second. HAWK, K
walked. ORTIZ, E homered to left field, 3 RBI; HAWK, K scored; ESLICK, C
scored. HEID, D flied out to rf to right center. STURDIVANT struck out
swinging. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 8th - RELF grounded out to 2b. WOLFE reached on a dropped fly by 3b.
AYOSO walked; WOLFE advanced to second. BARON, L to p for STUMETZ, J. BERNAL
out at first 1b to p; AYOSO advanced to second; WOLFE advanced to third.
PHILLIPS, M to p for BARON, L. FRAMPTON singled up the middle, RBI; AYOSO
advanced to third; WOLFE scored, unearned. CLUFF popped up to ss. 1 run, 1
hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
GONZAGA BULLDOGS 8th - McKNIGHT to p for WHITE. HUNTER, A grounded out
to p. CASTELLITTO flied out to rf. BOLINGER, R struck out swinging. 0 runs,
0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 9th - NIELSEN singled up the middle. WELLS singled to shortstop;
NIELSEN advanced to second. HANCOCK pinch ran for WELLS. McNAUGHTON walked;
HANCOCK advanced to second; NIELSEN advanced to third. RELF struck out looking.
WOLFE walked, RBI; McNAUGHTON advanced to second; HANCOCK advanced to third;
NIELSEN scored. AYOSO doubled down the lf line, 3 RBI; WOLFE scored; McNAUGHTON
scored; HANCOCK scored. DANNER, A to p for PHILLIPS, M. BERNAL grounded out to
2b; AYOSO advanced to third. FRAMPTON singled to center field, RBI; AYOSO
scored. MOON, B to p for DANNER, A. CLUFF flied out to rf. 5 runs, 4 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.