Tobias Sweeps No 24 Aztecs

SAN -- Summer Tobias' pitching and timely BYU hitting led the Cougars to a sweep over No. 24 San Diego State, 4-0 and 5-3 Thursday night.

With the wins BYU improves to 38-18 (13-5 MWC) while the Mountain West Conference leading Aztecs fall to 28-11 (13-3 MWC). The Cougars now stand alone in second place with the victories.

In picking up wins in both games, Tobias (21-9) became the first 20-game winner in BYU program history.

Pitching dominated the early going of game one with BYU's Tobias holding the Aztecs scoreless while San Diego State's Christina Ross held the Cougars hitless through the first five innings.

In the top of the sixth, BYU got some early inning help from a pair of SDSU errors to get runners on first and second with no outs. Emi Snow laid down the Cougars' first hit of the game: a bunt single to load the bases with nobody out.

Ianeta Le`i came up clutch for BYU knocking a RBI single to left field to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead. Later in the inning, Paige Paramore picked up a RBI walk to extend the lead.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Aztecs picked up a one-out double from Monica Alnes, who went 3-for-3 on the day. Tobias forced consecutive groundouts to get out of the inning unscathed.

BYU added important insurance runs in the top of the seventh when Cortney Nix led the inning off with a single and scored three batters later when Emi Snow crushed a two-run home run over the center field fence.

Tobias did the rest for the Cougars retiring the Aztecs in the seventh to pick up the shut out victory.

San Diego State scored first in game two. The Aztecs scored on a RBI single by Melissa Owens in the bottom of the second inning.

BYU responded with a run of its own in the top of the third inning. Jennifer Whiteley drew a walk, stole second base and scored on a RBI single by Andrea Ramirez to even the score at 1-1. The Cougars took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth when Le`i led the inning off with a double. She later scored when Whiteley was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

In the bottom of the fifth SDSU grabbed a 3-2 lead on a two-run single by Owens. BYU fought back the next half inning as the first three Cougars' hitters picked up hits. Ashlyn Russell and Paige Paramore picked up singles and scored on Jodi Norton's 13th homer of the season, a three-run shot that gave BYU a 5-3 advantage.

After the Cougars regained the lead, Tobias retired the Aztecs in order in the sixth and seventh innings to shut the door.

BYU wraps up its regular season schedule when it heads to Las Vegas to play UNLV Saturday. The doubleheader is slated to start at 4 p.m. (MDT)

Brigham Young Univ. at #24 SDSU Aztecs (Game 1)
05-04-06 at San Diego, Calif. (SDSU Softball)
Brigham Young Univ. 4 (37-18,12-5 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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RAMIREZ, Andrea ss.......  4  1  0  0   0  1  2  0   0
SNOW, Emi cf/lf..........  4  1  2  2   0  0  2  0   0
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  4  0  1  1   0  1 12  0   0
 PLATT, Stephanie pr.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn lf/dp....  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
PARAMORE, Paige rf.......  1  0  0  1   1  0  1  0   0
 CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle lf.  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
URINCHO, Daniella dp/lf..  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
 WHITELEY, Jennifer cf...  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
NORTON, Jodi 3b..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  2   4
 ANDERSON, Jana pr.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
NIX, Cortney c...........  3  1  1  0   0  2  2  2   1
HOCH, Tracee 2b..........  2  1  0  0   0  0  1  6   0
TOBIAS, Summer p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  4   0
Totals................... 27  4  4  4   1  9 21 14   5
SDSU Aztecs 0 (28-10,13-2 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Hartung, Meagan cf.......  4  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   0
Wells, Tamani lf.........  4  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   1
Floros, Erin c...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  9  0   1
McDonald, Megan dp.......  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
Alnes, Monica 1b.........  3  0  3  0   0  0  7  1   0
Casillas, Taryin 3b......  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  3   0
Owens, Melissa ss........  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  2   1
Smith, Allison 2b........  2  0  1  0   0  0  2  0   2
 Mytinger, Kasey ph......  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Boyer, Bree rf...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   2
Ross, Christina p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 28  0  7  0   1  2 21  6   8
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Brigham Young Univ.. 000 002 2 -  4  4  1
SDSU Aztecs......... 000 000 0 -  0  7  3
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E - TOBIAS; OWENS(10); SMITH 2(5). LOB - BYU Cougars 5; SDSU 8. 2B -
ALNES(9). 3B - HARTUNG(2). HR - SNOW. HBP - PARAMORE. SH - HOCH. SB -
WELLS(8). CS - CASILLAS(1).
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
TOBIAS, Summer......  7.0  7  0  0  1  2 28 29
SDSU Aztecs            IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Ross, Christina.....  7.0  4  4  2  1  9 27 30
Win - TOBIAS (20-9).  Loss - ROSS (13-6).  Save - None.
HBP - by ROSS (PARAMORE). PB - NIX; FLOROS(2). Inherited runners/scored: None.
Umpires - HP: Dani Carson  1B: Smokey Edds  3B: Willie Newman
Start: 5:00 PM   Time: 1:55   Attendance: 242
Game notes:
Brigham Young Univ. at #24 SDSU Aztecs (Game 1) - Play-by-Play
05-04-06 at San Diego, Calif. (SDSU Softball)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Brigham Young Univ.. 000 002 2 -  4  4  1
SDSU Aztecs......... 000 000 0 -  0  7  3
-----------------------------------------
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 31/ss RAMIREZ; 18/cf SNOW; 66/1b LE`I; 25/lf
RUSSELL; 19/rf PARAMORE; 22/dp URINCHO; 8/3b NORTON; 10/c NIX; 4/2b HOCH; 12/p
TOBIAS;
SDSU Aztecs starters: 19/cf HARTUNG; 17/lf WELLS; 44/c FLOROS; 20/dp MCDONALD;
9/1b ALNES; 14/3b CASILLAS; 23/ss OWENS; 7/2b SMITH; 0/rf BOYER; 10/p ROSS;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - RAMIREZ struck out looking. SNOW popped up to
2b. LE`I grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 1st - RUSSELL to dp. URINCHO to lf. HARTUNG grounded out to
2b. WELLS singled through the left side. WELLS stole second. FLOROS reached on
a fielder's choice; WELLS out at third p to 3b to 2b to p. MCDONALD lined out
to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - RUSSELL struck out swinging. PARAMORE hit by
pitch. URINCHO struck out swinging. NORTON grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 2nd - ALNES singled to center field. CASILLAS reached on a
fielder's choice, bunt; ALNES out at second c to ss. CASILLAS out at second c
to ss, caught stealing. OWENS walked. SMITH singled to second base; OWENS
advanced to second. BOYER struck out looking. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - NIX struck out swinging. HOCH grounded out to
3b. RAMIREZ popped up to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 3rd - HARTUNG grounded out to 1b unassisted. WELLS grounded
out to p, bunt. FLOROS grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - SNOW grounded out to 3b. LE`I struck out
swinging. RUSSELL popped up to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 4th - MCDONALD popped up to 2b. ALNES singled to right
field. CASILLAS singled to right field; ALNES advanced to second. OWENS flied
out to cf. SMITH grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - PARAMORE grounded out to 1b unassisted.
URINCHO grounded out to ss. NORTON reached on an error by 2b. ANDERSON pinch
ran for NORTON. ANDERSON advanced to second on a passed ball. NIX struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 5th - NORTON to 3b for ANDERSON. BOYER grounded out to p.
HARTUNG grounded out to 3b. WELLS reached on an error by p. WELLS advanced to
second on a passed ball. FLOROS struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1
error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - HOCH reached on an error by ss. RAMIREZ
reached on a fielder's choice; HOCH advanced to second on an error by 2b. SNOW
singled, bunt; RAMIREZ advanced to second; HOCH advanced to third. LE`I singled
to left field, RBI; SNOW advanced to second; RAMIREZ advanced to third; HOCH
scored, unearned. RUSSELL struck out looking. PARAMORE walked, RBI; LE`I
advanced to second; SNOW advanced to third; RAMIREZ scored, unearned. PLATT
pinch ran for LE`I. URINCHO struck out swinging. NORTON struck out swinging.
2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 6th - SNOW to lf. LE`I to 1b for PLATT. WHITELEY to cf for
URINCHO. MCDONALD flied out to rf. ALNES doubled to right field. CASILLAS
grounded out to 1b unassisted; ALNES advanced to third. OWENS grounded out to
2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - NIX singled to shortstop. HOCH out at first 1b
to 2b, SAC, bunt; NIX advanced to second. RAMIREZ lined out to 1b. SNOW homered
to center field, 2 RBI; NIX scored. LE`I lined out to cf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 7th - SNOW to rf. CHAMBERLAIN to lf for PARAMORE. MYTINGER
pinch hit for SMITH. MYTINGER grounded out to 2b. BOYER grounded out to 2b.
HARTUNG tripled down the rf line. WELLS grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Game 2
Brigham Young Univ. 5 (38-18,13-5 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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RAMIREZ, Andrea ss.......  4  0  1  1   0  0  2  3   0
SNOW, Emi c/rf...........  3  0  0  0   1  2  3  0   1
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  4  1  2  0   0  1 12  1   0
 ANDERSON, Jana pr.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn dp.......  2  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
 PLATT, Stephanie dp.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 NIX, Cortney pr/c.......  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
PARAMORE, Paige rf/dp....  3  1  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
NORTON, Jodi 3b..........  3  1  1  3   0  1  1  4   0
HOCH, Tracee 2b..........  2  0  0  0   1  2  2  1   0
WHITELEY, Jennifer cf....  1  1  0  1   1  0  1  0   0
CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle lf..  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   3
 GONZALES, Monica lf.....  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
URINCHO, Daniella p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 TOBIAS, Summer p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 26  5  6  5   3 11 21 10   5
SDSU Aztecs 3 (28-11,13-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Hartung, Meagan cf.......  4  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
Wells, Tamani lf.........  4  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   2
Floros, Erin c...........  4  1  3  0   0  0 10  3   0
McDonald, Megan dp.......  2  0  0  0   2  0  0  0   0
 Burton, Jamie pr........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Alnes, Monica 1b.........  4  0  1  0   0  0  4  0   2
Casillas, Taryin 3b......  3  1  1  0   0  1  0  1   2
Owens, Melissa ss........  3  0  3  3   0  0  1  1   0
Smith, Allison 2b........  3  0  0  0   0  0  4  1   1
Boyer, Bree rf...........  2  0  1  0   1  0  0  0   0
Velasquez, Celena p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Ross, Christina p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 29  3  9  3   3  1 21  6   8
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Brigham Young Univ.. 001 103 0 -  5  6  1
SDSU Aztecs......... 010 020 0 -  3  9  0
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E - LE`I. DP - BYU Cougars 1. LOB - BYU Cougars 5; SDSU 8. 2B - LE`I;
FLOROS(11). HR - NORTON. HBP - RUSSELL; WHITELEY. SB - WHITELEY;
CASILLAS(4); OWENS(9). CS - SNOW; ANDERSON.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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URINCHO, Daniella...  4.0  8  2  2  2  1 19 21
TOBIAS, Summer......  3.0  1  1  1  1  0 10 11
SDSU Aztecs            IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Velasquez, Celena...  4.2  2  2  2  3  7 16 20
Ross, Christina.....  2.1  4  3  3  0  4 10 11
Win - TOBIAS (20-9).  Loss - VELASQUEZ (9-5).  Save - None.
WP - VELASQUEZ(6). HBP - by VELASQUEZ (RUSSELL); by ROSS (WHITELEY). Inherited
runners/scored: TOBIAS 1/1; ROSS 3/1.
Umpires - HP: Smokey Edds  1B: Willie Newman  3B: Dani Carson
Start: 7:18 PM   Time: 2:09   Attendance: 256
Game notes:
ID-390621
URINCHO faced 1 batter in the 5th.
Brigham Young Univ. at SDSU Aztecs (Game 2) - Play-by-Play
05-04-06 at San Diego, Calif. (SDSU Softball)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Brigham Young Univ.. 001 103 0 -  5  6  1
SDSU Aztecs......... 010 020 0 -  3  9  0
-----------------------------------------
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 31/ss RAMIREZ; 18/c SNOW; 66/1b LE`I; 25/dp
RUSSELL; 19/rf PARAMORE; 8/3b NORTON; 4/2b HOCH; 3/cf WHITELEY; 1/lf
CHAMBERLAIN; 22/p URINCHO;
SDSU Aztecs starters: 19/cf HARTUNG; 17/lf WELLS; 44/c FLOROS; 20/dp MCDONALD;
9/1b ALNES; 14/3b CASILLAS; 23/ss OWENS; 7/2b SMITH; 0/rf BOYER; 4/p VELASQUEZ;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - RAMIREZ popped up to 2b. SNOW fouled out to c.
LE`I flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 1st - HARTUNG grounded out to ss. WELLS popped up to ss.
FLOROS singled to center field. MCDONALD walked; FLOROS advanced to second.
ALNES grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - RUSSELL struck out looking. PARAMORE grounded
out to ss. NORTON struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 2nd - CASILLAS singled to right field. CASILLAS stole
second. OWENS singled to right field, RBI; CASILLAS scored. OWENS stole second.
SMITH grounded out to 1b unassisted; OWENS advanced to third. BOYER walked.
HARTUNG hit into double play c unassisted; OWENS out on the play. 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - HOCH struck out swinging. WHITELEY walked.
WHITELEY stole second. CHAMBERLAIN struck out looking. RAMIREZ singled to
center field, RBI; WHITELEY scored. SNOW struck out swinging. 1 run, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 3rd - WELLS grounded out to 3b. FLOROS singled to center
field. MCDONALD lined out to cf. ALNES singled to center field; FLOROS advanced
to second. CASILLAS struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - LE`I doubled to center field. RUSSELL hit by
pitch. PLATT to dp for RUSSELL. PARAMORE struck out swinging. NORTON popped up
to 2b. HOCH walked; PLATT advanced to second; LE`I advanced to third. ROSS to p
for VELASQUEZ. WHITELEY hit by pitch, RBI; HOCH advanced to second; PLATT
advanced to third; LE`I scored. CHAMBERLAIN struck out looking. 1 run, 1
hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 4th - RUSSELL to dp for PLATT. OWENS singled to shortstop.
GONZALES to lf for CHAMBERLAIN. SMITH popped up to 2b. BOYER singled, advanced
to second on an error by 1b; OWENS advanced to second, advanced to third on an
error by 1b. HARTUNG reached on a fielder's choice; OWENS out at third 3b
unassisted. WELLS grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - RAMIREZ grounded out to 2b. SNOW struck out
looking. LE`I singled through the right side. ANDERSON pinch ran for LE`I.
ANDERSON out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 5th - LE`I to 1b for ANDERSON. FLOROS doubled to right
center. TOBIAS to p for URINCHO. MCDONALD walked. BURTON pinch ran for
MCDONALD. ALNES popped up to ss. CASILLAS grounded out to 1b unassisted; BURTON
advanced to second; FLOROS advanced to third. OWENS singled to right field, 2
RBI; BURTON scored; FLOROS scored. SMITH grounded out to p. 2 runs, 2 hits,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - RUSSELL singled to left field. NIX pinch ran
for RUSSELL. PARAMORE singled, bunt; NIX advanced to second. NORTON homered to
right center, 3 RBI; PARAMORE scored; NIX scored. HOCH struck out swinging.
WHITELEY lined out to ss. GONZALES struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b.
3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 6th - SNOW to rf. NIX to c. PARAMORE to dp. BOYER grounded
out to 1b unassisted. HARTUNG out at first 1b to 2b, bunt. WELLS grounded out
to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - VELASQUEZ to p for ROSS. RAMIREZ flied out to
lf. SNOW walked. SNOW out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. LE`I struck out
swinging, reached first on a wild pitch. NIX grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
SDSU Aztecs 7th - FLOROS grounded out to ss. MCDONALD to dp for BURTON.
MCDONALD grounded out to 3b. ALNES grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.