"We need to put pressure on early in the game because they have a quality pitching staff," said BYU head coach Vance Law. "We hit a lot of balls hard and they made some good plays."
Down 6-1 going into the bottom of the ninth, the Cougars loaded the bases for Nielsen, who laced an RBI double to the right-center gap to make the score 6-4. However, BYU was unable to complete the comeback for the second consecutive night.
Two Cougar errors and a wild pitch in the top of the second set the table for two TCU hits to give the Horned Frogs an early 2-0 lead.
After TCU added another run in the top of the second, Capper struck out TCU’s Jason Coats and Guenther threw out a Horned Frog attempting to steal second. Capper proceeded to retire seven-consecutive Horned Frogs in the fourth and fifth innings, striking out four of the seven batters he faced during that period.
A two-run homer and an RBI single in the top of the sixth extended TCU’s lead to 6-0 advantage.
The final game of the series is set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Larry H. Miller Field.
TCU at Brigham Young Univ.
Apr 29, 2011 at Provo, Utah (Larry H Miller Field)
TCU 6 (31-13,15-2 MWC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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RIVERA, Brance rf........ 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0
WITTE, Jantzen 3b........ 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0
FEATHERSTON, Taylor ss... 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 1
COATS, Jason lf.......... 4 1 1 2 0 1 3 0 2
ELANDER, Josh c.......... 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 0 0
JORDAN, Zac dh........... 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PENA, Jerome 2b.......... 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0
WEIK, Joe 1b............. 4 0 2 2 0 1 12 0 1
SCHULTZ, Aaron cf........ 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1
MILLER, Erik p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
CRICHTON, Stefan p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 32 6 8 5 5 9 27 11 6
Brigham Young Univ. 4 (20-20,7-9 MWC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........ 5 1 2 0 0 2 5 1 2
LAW, Andrew ss........... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
BRUGMAN, Jaycob rf....... 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
BERNAL, Ryan 1b.......... 4 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 0
WOLFE, Alex dh........... 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
GUENTHER, Wes c.......... 3 0 1 1 0 0 9 2 1
LOPEZ, Bret 3b........... 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0
CALDWELL, Kelton lf...... 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
NIELSEN, Dane 2b......... 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
CAPPER, Chris p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
POULSON, Desmond p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 33 4 8 4 3 4 27 10 6
Score by Innings R H E
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TCU................. 021 003 000 - 6 8 1
Brigham Young Univ.. 000 001 003 - 4 8 2
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E - FEATHERSTON(19); WELLS(3); LOPEZ(3). DP - TC 2; BYU 1. LOB - TC 6; BYU
6. 2B - RIVERA(15); FEATHERSTON(10); NIELSEN(7). HR - COATS(6). SH -
JORDAN(2). SF - WITTE(2); GUENTHER(2). SB - RIVERA(10); JORDAN(2); WELLS(5);
BRUGMAN(10). CS - FEATHERSTON(4).
TCU IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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MILLER, Erik........ 8.0 7 4 4 2 3 30 32
CRICHTON, Stefan.... 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 3 5
Brigham Young Univ. IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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CAPPER, Chris....... 6.0 6 6 3 3 5 21 26
POULSON, Desmond.... 3.0 2 0 0 2 4 11 13
Win - MILLER (4-6). Loss - CAPPER (3-3). Save - CRICHTON (4).
WP - CAPPER(2). PB - GUENTHER(1).
Umpires - HP: Randy Upton 1B: Glenn Ballangao 3B: Rickey Scarbery
Start: 6:08 pm Time: 2:24 Attendance: 655
Weather: snow flurries, 34 degrees
MILLER faced 3 batters in the 9th.
TCU starters: 5/rf RIVERA; 35/3b WITTE; 12/ss FEATHERSTON; 38/lf COATS; 24/c
ELANDER; 23/dh JORDAN; 2/2b PENA; 33/1b WEIK; 29/cf SCHULTZ; 43/p MILLER;
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 5/cf WELLS; 6/ss LAW; 4/rf BRUGMAN; 10/1b BERNAL;
18/dh WOLFE; 9/c GUENTHER; 13/3b LOPEZ; 12/lf CALDWELL; 16/2b NIELSEN; 15/p
CAPPER;
TCU 1st - RIVERA struck out swinging. WITTE flied out to cf. FEATHERSTON
grounded out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WELLS flied out to lf. LAW grounded out to ss.
BRUGMAN struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
TCU 2nd - COATS grounded out to ss. ELANDER singled to center field.
JORDAN reached on a fielder's choice; ELANDER advanced to second on a throwing
error by 3b. PENA flied out to cf; JORDAN advanced to second on a throwing
error by cf; ELANDER advanced to third. JORDAN advanced to third; ELANDER
scored on a wild pitch, unearned. WEIK singled to right field, RBI; JORDAN
scored, unearned. SCHULTZ fouled out to 3b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - BERNAL grounded out to 1b unassisted. WOLFE
lined out to 3b. GUENTHER singled through the left side. LOPEZ walked; GUENTHER
advanced to second. CALDWELL flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
TCU 3rd - RIVERA doubled down the lf line. RIVERA advanced to third on a
passed ball. WITTE flied out to cf, SF, RBI; RIVERA scored, unearned.
FEATHERSTON walked. COATS struck out looking; FEATHERSTON out at second c to
2b, caught stealing. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - NIELSEN grounded out to ss. WELLS singled to
right field. LAW grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; WELLS out on the
play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
TCU 4th - ELANDER struck out looking. JORDAN grounded out to ss. PENA
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - BRUGMAN singled to third base. BERNAL flied
out to cf. BRUGMAN stole second. WOLFE lined out to 1b. GUENTHER flied out to
rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
TCU 5th - WEIK grounded out to ss. SCHULTZ struck out swinging. RIVERA
grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - LOPEZ struck out swinging. CALDWELL flied out
to lf. NIELSEN grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
TCU 6th - WITTE struck out looking. FEATHERSTON singled to left field.
COATS homered to center field, 2 RBI; FEATHERSTON scored. ELANDER walked.
JORDAN grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; ELANDER advanced to second. PENA walked.
WEIK singled to center field, RBI; PENA advanced to second, out at third cf to
3b; ELANDER scored. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - WELLS singled up the middle. WELLS stole
second. LAW grounded out to 3b; WELLS advanced to third. BRUGMAN grounded out
to 2b, RBI; WELLS scored. BERNAL grounded out to 1b unassisted. 1 run, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
TCU 7th - POULSON to p for CAPPER. SCHULTZ flied out to cf. RIVERA
grounded out to p. WITTE walked. FEATHERSTON doubled to center field; WITTE
advanced to third. COATS flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - WOLFE flied out to cf. GUENTHER grounded out
to 2b. LOPEZ singled to shortstop. CALDWELL grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
TCU 8th - ELANDER struck out swinging. JORDAN singled to left center.
JORDAN stole second. PENA struck out swinging. WEIK struck out swinging. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - NIELSEN reached on a throwing error by ss.
WELLS struck out swinging. LAW grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b;
NIELSEN out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
TCU 9th - SCHULTZ flied out to cf. RIVERA walked. RIVERA stole second.
WITTE flied out to lf. FEATHERSTON struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - BRUGMAN singled to second base. BERNAL singled
to center field; BRUGMAN advanced to second. WOLFE walked; BERNAL advanced to
second; BRUGMAN advanced to third. CRICHTON to p for MILLER. GUENTHER flied out
to lf, SF, RBI; BRUGMAN scored. LOPEZ flied out to rf; BERNAL advanced to
third. CALDWELL walked; WOLFE advanced to second. NIELSEN doubled to right
center, 2 RBI; CALDWELL advanced to third; WOLFE scored; BERNAL scored. WELLS
struck out looking. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
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