Sloan Stops Spartans

SAN JOSE -- Ryan Bernal's single was the game-winning RBI in the seven-run ninth inning Thursday as BYU beat San Jose State, 11- 5.

Bernal and Jonathan Cluff were the big hitters for the Cougars and Kevin Sloan was one of three stalwart pitchers for BYU. Bernal and Cluff

each had a pair of RBI and had three and four hits, respectively. Bernal belted a lead-off homer in the fourth inning to put BYU up 2-0.

Teammate Sean McNaughton hit a two-run, one-out homer in the ninth, scoring BYU's 10th and 11th runs.

San Jose State tied the game at 3-3 in the seventh after Sloan inherited runners on the corners with one out when he entered the game. Sloan benefited from a double play in the eighth and remained undefeated at 4-0 as his teammates took a commanding lead before he was replaced by Mark Anderson to start the ninth.

BYU improved to 11-13, while SJSU falls to 9-14 as the two teams ready for a Friday night meeting in the second of a three-game series.

Brigham Young at San Jose State
Apr 01, 2010 at San Jose, Calif. (Municipal Stadium)
Brigham Young 11 (11-13)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........  6  1  1  0   0  0  2  0   2
RELF, Brandon ss.........  5  1  1  1   1  0  5  6   1
WOLFE, Alex 3b...........  5  1  1  0   0  2  0  0   0
AYOSO, Bryce c...........  3  2  1  0   1  2  1  0   0
BERNAL, Ryan 1b..........  4  2  3  2   1  0 10  0   2
CLUFF, Jonathan rf.......  5  3  4  2   0  0  3  0   0
McNAUGHTON, Sean lf......  3  1  1  3   1  0  2  0   0
FRAMPTON, Chase dh.......  4  0  0  1   0  1  0  0   0
NIELSEN, Dane 2b.........  4  0  1  1   1  1  3  4   4
CAPPER, Chris p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 SLOAN, Kevin p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 ANDERSON, Mark p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 39 11 13 10   5  6 27 11   9
San Jose State 5 (9-14)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Reiling, Michael 2b......  4  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   4
Quiery, Tim lf...........  3  0  0  0   1  0  3  0   0
 Rodriguez, Andrew ph....  0  1  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Martin, Jason cf.........  4  0  2  1   0  0  5  0   0
Sofranac, Alex dh........  4  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   1
 Jenkins, Kerry ph.......  1  0  1  2   0  0  0  0   0
Valine, Corey 3b.........  5  1  1  0   0  0  0  2   3
Stienstra, Danny 1b......  5  1  2  0   0  0  7  0   2
Borg, Nick ss............  4  0  2  0   0  0  1  1   0
Gale, Tommy rf...........  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 Hertler, Craig ph.......  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Klauer, Kolton rf.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
 Canez, Breyon ph........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Schulz, Nick rf.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Rahier, Bryson c.........  2  1  1  0   1  0  6  1   0
 Klauer, Karson ph.......  1  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
Mazzanti, Luke p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
 Guzman, Esteban p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Broussard, Craig p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 37  5 12  3   3  1 27  7  10
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 010 200 017 - 11 13  2
San Jose State...... 000 200 102 -  5 12  2
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E - RELF(11); WOLFE(8); Valine(8); Gale(1). DP - BYU 3. LOB - BYU 9; SJSU
10. 2B - WELLS(2); CLUFF 2(8); Sofranac(7); Borg(1); Rahier(3). HR -
BERNAL(7); McNAUGHTON(4). HBP - AYOSO; Martin, J.. SH - McNAUGHTON(3);
Reiling(5). SF - FRAMPTON(1). SB - AYOSO(1); Sofranac(2).
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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CAPPER, Chris.......  6.1  8  3  2  2  1 26 29  98
SLOAN, Kevin........  1.2  2  0  0  0  0  6  6  16
ANDERSON, Mark......  1.0  2  2  2  1  0  5  7  33
San Jose State         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Mazzanti, Luke......  7.1  7  4  3  3  5 29 34 107
Guzman, Esteban.....  0.2  3  4  4  1  0  4  6  18
Broussard, Craig....  1.0  3  3  3  1  1  6  7  28
Win - SLOAN (4-0).  Loss - Mazzanti (0-3).  Save - None.
WP - Mazzanti(4); Broussard(3). HBP - by Mazzanti (AYOSO); by ANDERSON (Martin,
J.). Pitches/strikes: CAPPER 98/65; SLOAN 16/12; ANDERSON 33/17; Mazzanti
107/69; Guzman 18/10; Broussard 28/13.
Umpires - HP: Robert Martinez  1B: Eric Petersen  3B: Wayne Acerogiles
Start: 6:00 pm   Time: 2:52   Attendance: 347
Weather: Clear, cool
Guzman faced 4 batters in the 9th.
Brigham Young 1st - WELLS flied out to lf (2-2). RELF walked (3-2).
WOLFE struck out swinging (1-2). AYOSO hit by pitch (2-0); RELF advanced to
second. BERNAL flied out to cf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
San Jose State 1st - Reiling fouled out to 1b (1-2). Quiery grounded out
to 2b (0-1). Martin, J. singled up the middle (1-2). Sofranac flied out to rf
(0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - CLUFF singled through the right side, advanced to
second on a fielding error by rf (3-2). McNAUGHTON grounded out to 3b (2-2).
FRAMPTON reached on a fielding error by 3b, advanced to second (0-1); CLUFF
scored, unearned. NIELSEN struck out looking (0-2). FRAMPTON advanced to third
on a wild pitch. WELLS flied out to lf (1-0). 1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1
LOB.
San Jose State 2nd - Valine reached on a throwing error by 3b (1-1).
Stienstra reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (2-0); Valine out at
second ss to 2b. Borg doubled to left center (0-0); Stienstra advanced to
third. Gale grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1). Rahier walked (3-2). Reiling
popped up to ss (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - RELF lined out to rf (2-0). WOLFE struck out
swinging (0-2). AYOSO struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
San Jose State 3rd - Quiery flied out to lf (1-2). Martin, J. singled to
left field (1-1). Sofranac grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (0-1);
Martin, J. out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - BERNAL homered down the lf line, RBI (1-1). CLUFF
doubled down the lf line (1-0). McNAUGHTON popped up to ss (1-2). FRAMPTON
grounded out to 2b (0-0); CLUFF advanced to third. NIELSEN singled to second
base, RBI (0-0); CLUFF scored. WELLS flied out to lf to left center (0-2). 2
runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
San Jose State 4th - Valine singled through the left side (1-0).
Stienstra singled to left center (3-1); Valine advanced to second. Borg singled
through the right side (2-0); Stienstra advanced to second; Valine advanced to
third. Gale grounded into double play ss to 1b (1-2); Borg out on the play;
Stienstra advanced to third; Valine scored. Rahier reached on a fielding error
by ss (1-1); Stienstra scored, unearned. Reiling reached on a fielder's choice
to shortstop (0-0); Rahier out at second ss unassisted. 2 runs, 3 hits, 1
error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - RELF grounded out to 2b (0-2). WOLFE flied out to cf
(1-1). AYOSO struck out looking (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Jose State 5th - Quiery grounded out to 1b unassisted (3-2). Martin,
J. flied out to rf (0-0). Sofranac singled to left center (0-2). Sofranac stole
second. Valine flied out to rf (0-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - BERNAL singled to left center (0-1). CLUFF singled
to shortstop (0-0); BERNAL advanced to second. McNAUGHTON grounded out to c,
SAC, bunt (1-0); CLUFF advanced to second; BERNAL advanced to third. FRAMPTON
grounded out to p (0-0). NIELSEN flied out to cf (3-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
San Jose State 6th - Stienstra grounded out to ss (1-0). Borg flied out
to cf to left center (2-2). Hertler pinch hit for Gale. Hertler struck out
swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - Klauer, Ko. to rf for Hertler. WELLS grounded out to
3b (1-2). RELF popped up to p (1-0). WOLFE grounded out to ss (1-0). 0 runs,
0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Jose State 7th - Rahier doubled down the lf line (2-0). Reiling out
at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt (0-0); Rahier advanced to third. Quiery walked
(3-1). SLOAN to p for CAPPER. Martin, J. reached on a fielder's choice to
shortstop, RBI (0-0); Quiery out at second ss to 2b; Rahier scored. Sofranac
doubled down the lf line (2-2); Martin, J. advanced to third. Valine popped up
to 1b (1-0). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 8th - AYOSO singled to right field (0-0). AYOSO stole
second. BERNAL walked (3-2). CLUFF flied out to cf to left center (0-0).
McNAUGHTON walked (3-0); BERNAL advanced to second; AYOSO advanced to third.
Guzman to p for Mazzanti. FRAMPTON flied out to rf, SF, RBI (3-2); BERNAL
advanced to third; AYOSO scored. NIELSEN flied out to rf (0-0). 1 run, 1
hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
San Jose State 8th - Stienstra singled through the right side (0-2).
Borg grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (0-0); Stienstra out on the play.
Canez pinch hit for Klauer, Ko.. Canez flied out to lf down the lf line (1-1).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 9th - Schulz to rf for Canez. WELLS doubled to right field
(1-1). RELF singled up the middle, RBI (0-2); WELLS scored. WOLFE singled to
third base, bunt (0-0); RELF advanced to second. AYOSO walked (3-0); WOLFE
advanced to second; RELF advanced to third. Broussard to p for Guzman. BERNAL
singled through the right side, RBI (2-1); AYOSO advanced to second; WOLFE
advanced to third; RELF scored. CLUFF doubled to left field, 2 RBI (2-0);
BERNAL advanced to third; AYOSO scored; WOLFE scored. McNAUGHTON homered to
left center, 3 RBI (1-0); CLUFF scored; BERNAL scored. FRAMPTON struck out
looking (2-2). NIELSEN walked (3-2). NIELSEN advanced to second on a wild
pitch. WELLS flied out to rf to right center (2-1). RELF flied out to cf (2-1).
7 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
San Jose State 9th - ANDERSON to p for SLOAN. Klauer, Ka. pinch hit for
Rahier. Klauer, Ka. singled to shortstop (3-2). Reiling flied out to cf to left
center (2-1). Rodriguez, A pinch hit for Quiery. Rodriguez, A walked (3-2);
Klauer, Ka. advanced to second. Martin, J. hit by pitch (1-0); Rodriguez, A
advanced to second; Klauer, Ka. advanced to third. Jenkins pinch hit for
Sofranac. Jenkins singled to center field, 2 RBI (3-2); Martin, J. advanced to
second; Rodriguez, A scored; Klauer, Ka. scored. Valine fouled out to p (2-2).
Stienstra grounded out to 2b (1-2). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.