Brugman, Wolfe 4 RBI Each in 20-5 Romp

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Jaycob Brugman’s two home runs highlighted 20 wind-aided hits Saturday in BYU’s 20-5 romp over the Air Force Academy.

Brugman had a solo homer in the first and a towering 450-foot-plus, two-run belt in the fifth. The freshman rightfielder also turned a double play in the fifth when he caught a fly ball on the line, then threw a one-hoop strike into the wind to end the inning at third base.

BYU got two other home runs, a grand slam by Alex Wolfe in the seventh and a three-run shot by pinch-hitter Brock Luker in the eighth.

Wolfe and Brugman each had four RBI and a double for the afternoon, with Brugman going four-for six and Wolfe going three-for five.

Credit Dane Nielsen though with the eventual game-winning RBI, a one-out single in the sixth inning.

“I am pleased with our quality at bats,” said BYU coach Vance Law. “It was close the first four innings, then we regained the momentum and added on every inning.

“Our pitchers were outstanding. Mark Anderson was not as sharp as he has been his last two outings, but he was reasonably effective. Our three pitchers out of the bullpen did a wonderful job.”

BYU improves to 29-25 overall and finished with an 11-12 mark in the Mountain West Conference, while AFA ends its season at 19-36 and 4-20. The Cougars now advance to face New Mexico on Tuesday afternoon to start the MWC Tournament in San Diego.

Brigham Young Univ. at Air Force Academy
May 21, 2011 at USAF Academy, Colo. (Falcon Field)
Brigham Young Univ. 20 (29-25,11-12 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........  6  2  1  3   1  1  4  0   0
LAW, Andrew ss...........  3  4  0  1   3  0  0  4   0
BRUGMAN, Jaycob rf.......  6  4  4  4   0  2  4  1   0
BERNAL, Ryan lf..........  3  1  1  1   1  1  0  0   0
 LUKER, Brock ph.........  1  1  1  3   0  0  0  0   0
HALL, Austin 1b..........  5  2  4  2   1  0  7  0   1
WOLFE, Alex c............  5  2  3  4   1  0  7  1   2
FRAMPTON, Chase dh.......  2  1  1  1   1  0  0  0   0
 HANCOCK, Alex pr/dh.....  1  1  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
LOPEZ, Bret 3b...........  5  1  3  0   1  0  2  1   2
NIELSEN, Dane 2b.........  6  1  2  1   0  1  3  2   4
ANDERSON, Mark p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 NYBERG, Chunner p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 HOWARD, Chris p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MILLER, Jared p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 43 20 20 20  10  5 27  9   9
Air Force Academy 5 (19-36,4-20 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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BAST, Alex 1b............  4  0  1  1   0  0  7  0   0
ROBERTS, Blair 2b........  4  1  3  0   0  0  4  1   0
 ROBERTS, Matthew 3b.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
CUSTONS, Garrett lf......  2  1  2  2   1  0  2  0   0
 HULCE, Shayne ph/lf.....  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
CARTER, Nathan cf........  4  0  0  0   0  1  2  1   0
McMAHON, Jon rf..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  3  0   0
THORNE, Matt 3b..........  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  2   3
 IACOBBO, Victor 2b......  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
CAPRA, Vince dh..........  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
 LOBO, Patrick ph........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 KRAMER, Ryan ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
MAYO, Parker c...........  4  2  2  0   0  0  6  3   0
SCHIERHOLTZ, Vai ss......  3  1  1  0   0  0  3  3   0
PINGEL, Brad p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 ZETTLER, Matt p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BAKER, Alex p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 HOURIN, Jack p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 COLANGELO, Stephen p....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 VAN ALSTINE, Kyle p.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 CECI, Michael p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 33  5  9  3   1  7 27 12   3
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 111 025 730 - 20 20  1
Air Force Academy... 002 200 100 -  5  9  0
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E - BRUGMAN(3). DP - BYU 2. LOB - BYU 9; Falcons 3. 2B - WELLS(17);
BRUGMAN(18); BERNAL(15); HALL(15); WOLFE(10); LOPEZ 2(5); NIELSEN(10);
CUSTONS(21). 3B - MAYO(2). HR - BRUGMAN 2(9); LUKER(1); WOLFE(10);
CUSTONS(6). HBP - LAW; BERNAL; McMAHON. SH - FRAMPTON(2). CS - BERNAL(4);
HALL(4); FRAMPTON(2); ROBERTS, B.(3).
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ANDERSON, Mark......  6.0  7  4  3  1  6 23 25
NYBERG, Chunner.....  1.0  2  1  1  0  0  4  4
HOWARD, Chris.......  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  3  3
MILLER, Jared.......  1.0  0  0  0  0  1  3  3
Air Force Academy      IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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PINGEL, Brad........  4.2  8  5  5  2  4 19 23
ZETTLER, Matt.......  0.1  2  4  4  1  0  2  4
BAKER, Alex.........  1.0  1  1  1  2  1  4  6
HOURIN, Jack........  0.1  1  2  2  1  0  2  3
COLANGELO, Stephen..  0.1  3  5  5  3  0  4  7
VAN ALSTINE, Kyle...  0.2  5  3  3  1  0  7  8
CECI, Michael.......  1.2  0  0  0  0  0  5  5
Win - ANDERSON (4-2).  Loss - PINGEL (0-2).  Save - None.
WP - ANDERSON(9); PINGEL(3). HBP - by PINGEL (BERNAL); by ANDERSON (McMAHON); by
PINGEL (LAW). BK - ANDERSON 2(4).
Umpires - HP: Jon Wolfe  1B: Ray Belfiore  3B: Marc Lewis
Start: 12 p.m.   Time: 2:39   Attendance: 351
Weather: 70 degrees, sunny, light wind
ZETTLER faced 4 batters in the 6th.
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 5/cf WELLS; 6/ss LAW; 4/rf BRUGMAN; 10/lf BERNAL;
26/1b HALL; 18/c WOLFE; 30/dh FRAMPTON; 13/3b LOPEZ; 16/2b NIELSEN; 23/p
ANDERSON;
Air Force Academy starters: 20/1b BAST; 10/2b ROBERTS, B.; 4/lf CUSTONS; 5/cf
CARTER; 40/rf McMAHON; 7/3b THORNE; 29/dh CAPRA; 31/c MAYO; 15/ss SCHIERHOLTZ;
25/p PINGEL;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WELLS struck out swinging. LAW grounded out to
ss. BRUGMAN homered to right field, RBI. BERNAL hit by pitch. BERNAL out at
second c to 2b, caught stealing. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Air Force Academy 1st - BAST grounded out to 2b. ROBERTS, B. singled
down the rf line. CUSTONS walked; ROBERTS, B. advanced to second. CUSTONS
advanced to second on a balk; ROBERTS, B. advanced to third on a balk. CARTER
struck out swinging. McMAHON hit by pitch. THORNE struck out swinging. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - HALL doubled to right field. WOLFE flied out
to rf; HALL advanced to third. FRAMPTON singled to left field, RBI; HALL
scored. FRAMPTON out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. LOPEZ doubled to left
field. NIELSEN flied out to rf. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy 2nd - CAPRA struck out swinging. MAYO flied out to rf.
SCHIERHOLTZ flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - WELLS grounded out to 2b. LAW walked. LAW
advanced to second on a wild pitch. BRUGMAN struck out looking. BERNAL doubled
down the rf line, RBI; LAW scored. HALL grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy 3rd - BAST fouled out to 1b down the rf line. ROBERTS,
B. singled to right field. CUSTONS homered to right field, 2 RBI; ROBERTS, B.
scored. CARTER flied out to cf. McMAHON struck out swinging. 2 runs, 2 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - WOLFE singled, out at second cf to 2b.
FRAMPTON grounded out to 3b. LOPEZ walked. NIELSEN struck out swinging. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Air Force Academy 4th - THORNE grounded out to ss. CAPRA struck out
swinging. MAYO singled up the middle. SCHIERHOLTZ singled through the right
side, advanced to second on a throwing error by rf; MAYO advanced to third.
SCHIERHOLTZ advanced to third on a balk; MAYO scored on a balk. SCHIERHOLTZ
scored on a wild pitch, unearned. BAST fouled out to 2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1
error, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - WELLS popped up to ss. LAW hit by pitch.
BRUGMAN homered down the rf line, 2 RBI; LAW scored. BERNAL struck out
swinging. HALL singled to pitcher, bunt. ZETTLER to p for PINGEL. HALL out at
second c to ss, caught stealing. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Air Force Academy 5th - ROBERTS, B. singled up the middle. ROBERTS, B.
out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. CUSTONS doubled to left field. CARTER
flied into double play rf to 3b; CUSTONS out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - WOLFE walked. FRAMPTON reached on a fielder's
choice, SAC, bunt; WOLFE advanced to second. LOPEZ singled to third base, bunt;
FRAMPTON advanced to second; WOLFE advanced to third. NIELSEN singled to left
field, RBI; LOPEZ advanced to second; FRAMPTON advanced to third; WOLFE scored.
BAKER to p for ZETTLER. WELLS walked, RBI; NIELSEN advanced to second; LOPEZ
advanced to third; FRAMPTON scored. LAW walked, RBI; WELLS advanced to second;
NIELSEN advanced to third; LOPEZ scored. BRUGMAN struck out swinging. BERNAL
reached on a fielder's choice; LAW advanced to second; WELLS advanced to third;
NIELSEN out at home p to c. HALL singled through the left side, 2 RBI; BERNAL
advanced to second; LAW scored; WELLS scored. WOLFE flied out to lf to left
center. 5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Air Force Academy 6th - McMAHON grounded out to ss. THORNE struck out
swinging. LOBO pinch hit for CAPRA. LOBO flied out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - HOURIN to p for BAKER. FRAMPTON walked. LOPEZ
flied out to cf to right center. HANCOCK pinch ran for FRAMPTON. NIELSEN
doubled to right field; HANCOCK advanced to third. COLANGELO to p for HOURIN.
WELLS doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI; NIELSEN scored; HANCOCK scored. LAW
flied out to 2b. BRUGMAN singled up the middle, RBI; WELLS scored. BERNAL
walked; BRUGMAN advanced to second. HALL walked; BERNAL advanced to second;
BRUGMAN advanced to third. WOLFE homered to left field, 4 RBI; HALL scored;
BERNAL scored; BRUGMAN scored. HANCOCK to dh. HANCOCK walked. VAN ALSTINE to p
for COLANGELO. LOPEZ doubled to right center; HANCOCK advanced to third.
NIELSEN grounded out to ss. 7 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Air Force Academy 7th - NYBERG to p for ANDERSON. MAYO tripled to center
field. SCHIERHOLTZ grounded out to 3b. BAST singled through the left side, RBI;
MAYO scored. ROBERTS, B. grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; BAST out on
the play. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - WELLS flied out to cf. LAW walked. BRUGMAN
doubled to center field; LAW advanced to third. LUKER pinch hit for BERNAL.
LUKER homered to left field, 3 RBI; BRUGMAN scored; LAW scored. HALL singled to
right field. WOLFE doubled down the lf line; HALL advanced to third. CECI to p
for VAN ALSTINE. HANCOCK grounded out to p. LOPEZ flied out to lf. 3 runs, 4
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Air Force Academy 8th - HANCOCK to lf. HOWARD to p for NYBERG. HULCE
pinch hit for CUSTONS. HULCE flied out to cf. CARTER grounded out to ss.
McMAHON flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - ROBERTS, M. to 3b for ROBERTS, B.. HULCE to
lf. IACOBBO to 2b for THORNE. NIELSEN flied out to rf. WELLS lined out to ss.
LAW grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Air Force Academy 9th - MILLER to p for HOWARD. IACOBBO flied out to cf.
KRAMER pinch hit for LOBO. KRAMER struck out looking. MAYO flied out to rf.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.