Red Raiders Take Classic Opener

LUBBOCK -- Three times the score was tied Thursday in a baseball game BYU lost to host Texas Tech, 7-4, to open the Brooks Wallace Classic.

The Red Raiders remained perfect at 5-0, while BYU fell to 1-3 after knotting the score at 1-1, 3-3 and 4-4.

“We swung the bats better, “ said BYU coach Vance Law. “We are still striking out too much, but that will change. We continue to battle, but I’m not discouraged, just disappointed.”

BYU’s Austin Hall hit a one-out double to left field, then stole third and scored on a sac-fly by Chase Frampton to tie the score 1-1 in the second.

Cougar Ryan Bernal, who played left field instead of first base, gave BYU a brief 2-1 lead in the fourth when he hit a solo homer to right field off a full count.

Catcher Alex Wolfe joined Hall in advancing their hitting streaks to 16 games apiece when he hit a one-out solo homer in the sixth. Wolfe’s homer, his first of the year, came off the Red Raiders’ third reliever of the game to tie the score 3-3.

In the seventh BYU tied the score once again when Frampton led off with a single and scored off Stephen Wells’ two-out double.

“I’m disappointed we didn’t score more runs with all of our hits and extra bases,” said Law. “We had runners at second base a lot with one out, then weren’t able to get a couple of big hits. We put ourselves into a bind by walking too many and hitting a batter. Each time we scored they came back.”

BYU co-captain Andrew Law went hitless to end his eight-game hitting streak.

Game times for Friday’s contests have been moved back one hour to 1 and 5 p.m., against Northern Illinois, 0-2, and Texas Tech, respectively.

Brigham Young Univ. at Texas Tech
Feb 24, 2011 at Lubbock, TX (Dan Law Field)
Brigham Young Univ. 4 (1-3)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........  4  0  3  1   0  1  2  0   1
LAW, Andrew ss...........  5  0  0  0   0  1  2  3   4
WOLFE, Alex c............  4  1  1  1   0  2  7  0   0
BERNAL, Ryan lf..........  4  1  3  1   0  0  4  0   0
HALL, Austin 1b..........  4  1  1  0   0  0  7  0   0
LOPEZ, Bret 3b...........  2  0  1  0   1  0  1  1   1
 ROBINSON, Dillon ph/3b..  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
FRAMPTON, Chase dh.......  2  1  2  1   0  0  0  0   0
 CALDWELL, Kelton ph.....  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
NIELSEN, Dane 2b.........  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  2   0
BRUGMAN, Jaycob rf.......  4  0  1  0   0  3  0  0   0
CAPPER, Chris p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 POULSON, Desmond p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MILLER, Jared p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 SHUTT, Justin p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 McKNIGHT, David p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 SECHREST, Daniel p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 34  4 12  4   1 10 24  6   7
Texas Tech 7 (5-0)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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McGruder lf..............  2  0  1  1   1  0  0  0   0
Tomlinson ss.............  5  1  1  0   0  2  1  3   7
Barnes cf................  4  1  1  0   1  0  2  1   0
Popescu 2b...............  5  1  2  1   0  2  1  4   1
Whitehead c..............  4  0  1  1   0  0 11  0   0
Paiz rf..................  4  0  1  0   0  2  2  1   2
Hagen 1b.................  4  3  1  0   1  1 10  1   2
Randolph dh..............  1  1  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Redman 3b................  3  0  2  3   1  0  0  1   0
Flora p..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Holub p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Bafidis p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 McCrummen p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
 Fowler p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Neely p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 32  7 10  6   5  7 27 15  12
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 010 101 100 -  4 12  1
Texas Tech.......... 100 201 30X -  7 10  1
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E - HALL(1); Flora(1). DP - BY 1; TTU 1. LOB - BY 7; TTU 12. 2B - WELLS
2(2); BERNAL 2(2); HALL(2); LOPEZ(2); Popescu(3); Hagen(2); Redman(2). HR -
WOLFE(1); BERNAL(1). HBP - WELLS; McGruder 2; Randolph 2. SH - NIELSEN(1);
Paiz(1). SF - FRAMPTON(1); Whitehead(1). SB - HALL(1).
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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CAPPER, Chris.......  5.1  5  4  3  3  5 19 25
POULSON, Desmond....  0.1  1  0  0  0  0  2  2
MILLER, Jared.......  0.0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1
SHUTT, Justin.......  1.0  2  3  3  0  1  5  7
McKNIGHT, David.....  0.0  0  0  0  1  0  0  2
SECHREST, Daniel....  1.1  2  0  0  0  1  6  6
Texas Tech             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Flora...............  4.0  4  2  2  1  4 12 15
Holub...............  0.1  1  0  0  0  0  2  2
Bafidis.............  0.2  0  0  0  0  2  2  2
McCrummen...........  1.1  3  2  2  0  0  6  7
Fowler..............  1.0  2  0  0  0  2  5  5
Neely...............  1.2  2  0  0  0  2  7  7
Win - Fowler (1-0).  Loss - SHUTT (0-2).  Save - Neely (2).
WP - MILLER(1). HBP - by Flora (WELLS); by CAPPER (Randolph); by CAPPER
(McGruder); by SHUTT (Randolph); by McKNIGHT (McGruder). BK - POULSON. PB -
WOLFE(2); Whitehead(1).
Umpires - HP: Doyle Sooter  1B: Curtis Alexander  3B: Joe Landin
Start: 5:03 PM   Time: 2:59   Attendance: 2316
Weather: 66 degrees/37 MPH, Out to LF
MILLER faced 1 batter in the 6th.
McKNIGHT faced 2 batters in the 7th.
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 5/cf WELLS; 6/ss LAW; 18/c WOLFE; 10/lf BERNAL;
26/1b HALL; 13/3b LOPEZ; 30/dh FRAMPTON; 16/2b NIELSEN; 4/rf BRUGMAN; 15/p
CAPPER;
Texas Tech starters: 2/lf McGruder; 4/ss Tomlinson; 8/cf Barnes; 7/2b Popescu;
9/c Whitehead; 10/rf Paiz; 12/1b Hagen; 18/dh Randolph; 6/3b Redman; 28/p
Flora;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WELLS hit by pitch. LAW grounded into double
play 3b to 2b to 1b; WELLS out on the play. WOLFE struck out looking. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas Tech 1st - McGruder grounded out to 2b. Tomlinson singled up the
middle. Barnes walked; Tomlinson advanced to second. Popescu singled to right
field; Barnes advanced to second; Tomlinson advanced to third. Whitehead flied
out to cf, SF, RBI; Tomlinson scored. Paiz struck out looking. 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - BERNAL grounded out to 2b. HALL doubled to
left field. HALL stole third. LOPEZ walked. FRAMPTON flied out to rf, SF, RBI;
LOPEZ out at second rf to 1b to ss; HALL scored. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Texas Tech 2nd - Hagen struck out swinging. Randolph hit by pitch.
Redman grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Randolph out on the play. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - NIELSEN struck out swinging. BRUGMAN struck
out looking. WELLS doubled to right field. LAW grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas Tech 3rd - McGruder singled through the right side. Tomlinson
struck out swinging. Barnes flied out to cf. Popescu flied out to lf. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - WOLFE struck out swinging. BERNAL homered to
right center, RBI. HALL grounded out to p. LOPEZ doubled down the lf line.
LOPEZ advanced to third on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt. LOPEZ
out at home cf to ss to c. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Texas Tech 4th - Whitehead grounded out to 1b unassisted. Paiz struck
out swinging. Hagen doubled to center field. Randolph walked. Redman doubled to
left center, advanced to third on the throw, 2 RBI; Randolph scored; Hagen
scored. McGruder hit by pitch. Tomlinson flied out to lf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - Holub to p for Flora. FRAMPTON singled to
center field. NIELSEN flied out to rf. Bafidis to p for Holub. BRUGMAN struck
out looking. FRAMPTON advanced to second on a passed ball. WELLS struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas Tech 5th - Barnes fouled out to 1b. Popescu struck out swinging.
Whitehead popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - McCrummen to p for Bafidis. LAW grounded out
to p. WOLFE homered to left field, RBI. BERNAL doubled down the rf line. HALL
flied out to cf. LOPEZ grounded out to p. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Texas Tech 6th - Paiz grounded out to ss. Hagen walked. POULSON to p for
CAPPER. Hagen advanced to second on a balk. Randolph flied out to lf. Hagen
advanced to third on a passed ball. Redman singled to third base, RBI; Hagen
scored, unearned. MILLER to p for POULSON. Redman advanced to second on a wild
pitch. McGruder walked. SHUTT to p for MILLER. Tomlinson struck out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - FRAMPTON singled to second base. NIELSEN
grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; FRAMPTON advanced to second. Fowler to p for
McCrummen. BRUGMAN struck out swinging. WELLS doubled to right field, RBI;
FRAMPTON scored. LAW struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Texas Tech 7th - Barnes singled to left field. Popescu doubled down the
lf line, RBI; Barnes scored. Whitehead reached on a fielding error by 1b;
Popescu scored. Paiz grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; Whitehead advanced to
second. Hagen reached on a fielder's choice to third base; Whitehead out at
third 3b unassisted. Randolph hit by pitch; Hagen advanced to second. McKNIGHT
to p for SHUTT. Redman walked; Randolph advanced to second; Hagen advanced to
third. McGruder hit by pitch, RBI; Redman advanced to second; Randolph advanced
to third; Hagen scored. SECHREST to p for McKNIGHT. Tomlinson grounded out to
ss. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - WOLFE grounded out to ss. BERNAL doubled down
the lf line. Neely to p for Fowler. HALL grounded out to 2b; BERNAL advanced to
third. ROBINSON pinch hit for LOPEZ. ROBINSON struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas Tech 8th - ROBINSON to 3b. Barnes lined out to ss. Popescu struck
out swinging. Whitehead singled through the right side. Paiz singled to left
field; Whitehead advanced to second. Hagen flied out to lf. 0 runs, 2 hits,
0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - CALDWELL pinch hit for FRAMPTON. CALDWELL
struck out looking. NIELSEN grounded out to 2b. BRUGMAN singled through the
right side. WELLS singled to right center; BRUGMAN advanced to third. LAW flied
out to cf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.