This was the first three-game sweep of a non-conference opponent for BYU since 2005 at New Mexico State. The Cougars improved to 18-10 overall, while WCU falls to 18-9 after starting off the season winning two of three in Los Angeles at No. 24 USC.
"It's great to get a sweep over a scrappy team like Western Carolina," said BYU coach Vance Law. "I'm really proud of how we bounced back. Walton (Kent) had an unbelievable series."
Indications looked good for a Catamount defeat as Walton’s bat remained hot in a 3-for-5 outing, batting 10-for-14 for a .714 average in three games. Walton had good support on Saturday in addition to Bowen.
Western Carolina countered with a homers of its own as BYU’s lead evaporated. A two-run blast by Reid Rollison chased Adam Miller off the mound in the fifth, closing the gap to 10-6. With Jared Miller in relief, WCU banged another two-run homer by Stephen Notaro before the inning was finished as the score closed to 10-9.
The blue Cougars now travel to meet the red Cougars of Washington State in a two-game series that starts Monday at Pullman, Wash.
Brigham Young at Western Carolina
Apr 04, 2009 at Cullowhee, N.C. (Hennon Stadium)
Brigham Young 18 (18-10)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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McNAUGHTON, Sean lf...... 6 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 1
BANKS, Stetson cf........ 5 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1
WALTON, Kent dh.......... 5 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
PARKER, Steve 3b......... 5 1 3 0 1 1 0 5 0
RELF, Brandon ss......... 3 4 1 2 3 0 3 3 0
BOWEN, Michael rf........ 6 2 3 5 0 0 1 0 1
KO, Kasey 1b............. 4 2 3 2 1 0 11 1 2
VARGAS, Dan pr.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BILLS, Thomas 1b........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
AYOSO, Bryce c........... 5 2 3 4 0 0 1 0 2
MUSSO, J.T. c........... 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0
LAW, Andrew 2b........... 5 1 2 2 0 1 4 4 1
MILLER, Adam p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MILLER, Jared p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HARDESTY, Shawn p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MICHON, Brandon p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MUIR, Jordan p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 46 18 22 17 6 6 27 14 8
Western Carolina 12 (18-9)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Nick Liles 2b............ 6 2 3 3 0 0 3 1 3
Stephen Notaro c......... 5 2 2 2 1 1 6 3 2
Ross Heffley 3b.......... 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
Brent Greer ss........... 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 2
J.C. Lyons rf............ 3 1 2 2 1 0 6 0 0
Lee Murray dh............ 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Kyle Stewart ph/dh...... 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Matt Johns pr/dh........ 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rembert Rollison 1b/lf... 5 3 3 2 0 0 6 0 0
Dylan de Graaf cf........ 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mitchell Hatley 1b...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Trevor Collias lf/cf..... 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0
Chris Masters p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Andrew Blackwell p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan Corbett p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Ottone p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garrett Ozar p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Tavernier p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Sullivan p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garrett Baker p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 39 12 12 11 6 4 27 13 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young....... 313 120 035 - 18 22 2
Western Carolina.... 101 253 000 - 12 12 0
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E - PARKER 2(11). LOB - Cougars 8; Catamounts 8. 2B -
McNAUGHTON(7); WALTON(6); PARKER(5); BOWEN(8); AYOSO(2); LAW, An.(8);
Notaro(8); Rollison 2(4). 3B - Greer(2). HR - WALTON(6); BOWEN(3); AYOSO(1);
LAW, An.(2); Notaro(7); Rollison(2). HBP - WALTON; Collias. SF - Lyons(3).
SB - BANKS(10); WALTON(9); Liles(12); Lyons(13); Collias 2(14). CS -
BANKS(3); AYOSO(2).
Brigham Young IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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MILLER, Adam........ 4.1 7 6 5 3 1 21 25 84
MILLER, Jared....... 0.2 2 3 0 0 0 5 5 19
HARDESTY, Shawn..... 1.0 3 3 3 2 0 5 8 28
MICHON, Brandon..... 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 14
MUIR, Jordan........ 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 6 6 24
Western Carolina IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Chris Masters....... 2.2 7 7 7 3 2 14 17 74
Andrew Blackwell.... 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 7 7 28
Bryan Corbett....... 0.1 2 2 2 0 1 3 3 12
Daniel Ottone....... 3.0 5 3 3 2 2 13 15 57
Garrett Ozar........ 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 6
Mike Tavernier...... 1.0 2 3 3 0 0 4 5 23
Jason Sullivan...... 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 5
Garrett Baker....... 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 3 3 14
Win - MICHON (1-2). Loss - Ottone (2-1). Save - MUIR (7).
WP - MILLER, A. 2(4); Masters 2(8); Ottone 2(3). HBP - by MILLER, A. (Collias);
by Tavernier (WALTON). PB - Notaro 2(4). Inherited runners/scored: Blackwell
1/1; Ozar 2/2; Tavernier 2/0; Sullivan 3/1; Baker 3/3. Pitches/strikes: MILLER,
A. 84/45; MILLER, J. 19/12; HARDESTY 28/15; MICHON 14/7; MUIR 24/18; Masters
74/38; Blackwell 28/21; Corbett 12/8; Ottone 57/34; Ozar 6/3; Tavernier 23/15;
Sullivan 5/1; Baker 14/9.
Umpires - HP: Randy Rogers 1B: Jamie Roebuck 3B: Gerald Trexler
Start: 2:03 pm Time: 3:50 Attendance: 539
Weather: Mostly sunny, mid-70s
Ozar faced 2 batters in the 8th.
Sullivan faced 1 batter in the 9th.
Play-by-Play
BYU 1st - No play. McNAUGHTON doubled to left center (2-0). BANKS walked
(3-1); McNAUGHTON advanced to third on a wild pitch. BANKS advanced to second
on a passed ball; McNAUGHTON scored on a passed ball. BANKS stole third. WALTON
doubled down the lf line, RBI (2-2); BANKS scored. PARKER struck out swinging
(1-2). WALTON stole third. RELF walked (3-2). RELF advanced to second on the
throw; WALTON out at home p to 3b to c, picked off. BOWEN doubled to left
center, RBI (2-2); RELF scored. KO walked (3-0). KO advanced to second; BOWEN
advanced to third on a passed ball. AYOSO flied out to rf (2-2). 3 runs, 3
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Western Carolina 1st - Liles singled up the middle (1-0). Liles advanced
to second on a wild pitch. Notaro grounded out to 2b (1-1); Liles advanced to
third. Heffley grounded out to 2b, RBI (1-0); Liles scored. Greer lined out to
ss (3-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 2nd - LAW, An. homered to center field, RBI (3-2). McNAUGHTON struck
out looking (3-2). BANKS flied out to rf to right center (0-0). WALTON grounded
out to 3b (3-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Western Carolina 2nd - Lyons lined out to 2b (0-1). Murray walked (3-2).
Rollison flied out to lf (1-1). de Graaf singled through the right side (1-0);
Murray advanced to second. Collias hit by pitch (1-1); de Graaf advanced to
second; Murray advanced to third. Liles grounded out to 2b (2-2). 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
BYU 3rd - PARKER singled through the right side (0-2). RELF reached on a
fielder's choice (0-1); PARKER out at second p to ss. BOWEN grounded out to 3b
(2-2); RELF advanced to second. RELF advanced to third on a wild pitch. KO
singled up the middle, RBI (2-0); RELF scored. AYOSO doubled down the lf line,
RBI (2-2); KO scored. Blackwell to p for Masters. LAW, An. doubled to center
field, RBI (0-2); AYOSO scored. McNAUGHTON flied out to rf (2-2). 3 runs, 4
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Western Carolina 3rd - Notaro doubled to right center (2-2). Heffley
grounded out to ss (1-0). Greer grounded out to 3b (1-0). Lyons singled to
right center, RBI (1-1); Notaro scored. Murray grounded out to 2b (0-0). 1
run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 4th - BANKS flied out to lf (3-2). WALTON homered to left field, RBI
(1-1). PARKER doubled up the middle (0-2). RELF flied out to cf (1-2). BOWEN
flied out to lf (0-0). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Western Carolina 4th - Rollison doubled to right center (3-1). de Graaf
grounded out to ss (0-1); Rollison advanced to third. Collias walked (3-1).
Liles reached on a fielding error by 3b (0-1); Collias advanced to second;
Rollison scored. Notaro walked (3-1); Liles advanced to second; Collias
advanced to third. Heffley reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (2-1); Notaro out
at second ss to 2b; Liles advanced to third; Collias scored, unearned. Greer
struck out swinging (3-2). 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
BYU 5th - Corbett to p for Blackwell. KO singled to right center (3-2).
AYOSO homered to left center, 2 RBI (0-0); KO scored. LAW, An. struck out
swinging, out at first c to 1b (1-2). Ottone to p for Corbett. McNAUGHTON
struck out swinging (2-2). BANKS singled up the middle (1-0). BANKS out at
second c to 2b, caught stealing. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Western Carolina 5th - Lyons singled to center field (0-0). Stewart
pinch hit for Murray. Stewart flied out to cf (1-0). Lyons advanced to second
on a wild pitch. Lyons stole third. Rollison homered to left field, 2 RBI
(2-0); Lyons scored. MILLER, J. to p for MILLER, A.. de Graaf popped up to 2b
(3-2). Collias reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second (2-2).
Collias stole third. Liles singled through the left side, RBI (2-2); Collias
scored, unearned. Notaro homered to left field, 2 RBI, unearned (0-0); Liles
scored, unearned. Heffley grounded out to 3b (0-0). 5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error,
0 LOB.
BYU 6th - WALTON struck out looking (1-2). PARKER walked (3-2). RELF
walked (3-2); PARKER advanced to second. BOWEN reached on a fielder's choice
(0-1); RELF out at second ss to 2b; PARKER advanced to third. KO grounded out
to 2b (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Western Carolina 6th - HARDESTY to p for MILLER, J.. Greer tripled to
right field (1-1). Lyons popped up to 2b, SAC, RBI (0-0); Greer scored. Stewart
to dh. Stewart walked (3-2). Johns pinch ran for Stewart. Rollison doubled down
the lf line (2-1); Johns advanced to third. de Graaf fouled out to 1b, bunt
(0-0). Collias walked (3-2). Liles singled through the left side, 2 RBI (1-0);
Collias advanced to second; Rollison scored; Johns scored. Liles stole second;
Collias stole third. Notaro grounded out to 3b (1-1). 3 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 7th - AYOSO grounded out to ss (0-1). LAW, An. grounded out to ss
(2-0). McNAUGHTON singled to second base (2-2). McNAUGHTON advanced to second
on a wild pitch. BANKS flied out to rf (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Western Carolina 7th - MICHON to p for HARDESTY. Heffley popped up to ss
(1-1). Greer grounded out to 3b (2-2). Lyons walked (3-0). Johns to dh. Lyons
out at second p to 1b to ss, picked off. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
BYU 8th - Hatley to 1b for de Graaf. Collias to cf. Rollison to lf.
WALTON singled to third base (0-0). PARKER flied out to cf (2-2). WALTON stole
second, advanced to third on a wild pitch. RELF singled up the middle, RBI
(2-2); WALTON scored. BOWEN singled to third base (1-0); RELF advanced to
second. Ozar to p for Ottone. KO singled through the right side, RBI (3-1);
BOWEN advanced to third; RELF scored. VARGAS pinch ran for KO. AYOSO singled to
shortstop, RBI (0-0); VARGAS advanced to third; BOWEN scored. Tavernier to p
for Ozar. AYOSO out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. LAW, An. flied out to
rf (2-2). 3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Western Carolina 8th - BILLS to 1b for VARGAS. MUSSO to c for AYOSO.
MUIR to p for MICHON. Johns struck out swinging (1-2). Rollison grounded out to
3b (3-2). Hatley flied out to rf (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 9th - McNAUGHTON grounded out to 3b (0-0). BANKS singled through the
left side (3-2). WALTON hit by pitch (0-1); BANKS advanced to second. PARKER
singled to left field (3-2); WALTON advanced to second; BANKS advanced to
third. Sullivan to p for Tavernier. RELF walked, RBI (3-1); PARKER advanced to
second; WALTON advanced to third; BANKS scored. Baker to p for Sullivan. BOWEN
homered to left field, 4 RBI (3-2); RELF scored; PARKER scored; WALTON scored.
BILLS flied out to rf (0-0). MUSSO struck out looking (2-2). 5 runs, 3 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Western Carolina 9th - Collias struck out swinging (0-2). Liles flied
out to cf (0-0). Notaro struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
0 LOB.
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