PROVO, Utah – Loyola Marymount visits Larry H. Miller Field to play BYU baseball March 12-14 in a three-game series.
The Lions hold a 17-15 edge in the all-time series with a tied 6-6 record in Provo. LMU has won five of the last seven in the series, including a 4-1 win in last year’s WCC Tournament and a sweep of the Cougars in the last series played in Provo in 2018.
Starters for BYU will again be RHP Justin Sterner (0-0, 2.53), LHP Cy Nielson (0-3, 4.29) and RHP Jarod Lessar (0-0, 4.21). Sterner has allowed no more than one run and four hits in three of four starts this season. Nielson is coming off a nine-strikeout performance at Oklahoma State while Lessar allowed only one hit in three innings in his start at OSU.
BYU is averaging 8.38 strikeouts per game which would be second-highest in program history if the season ended today. The program record is 8.85 set in 1967; the current second-best mark is 8.31 in 1969 and third is 7.74 set last season.
Freshman Andrew Pintar leads the team with a .286 average among players with 30 or more at bats. The freshman also leads BYU with 16 hits, 12 runs and three doubles. On the mound, freshman reliever Bryce Robison leads the team with a 1.32 ERA among pitchers with six innings pitched or more. Nielson leads the team with 27 strikeouts.