PROVO, Utah — BYU baseball returns from a seven-game road trip to open its 2024 home slate with a weekend series versus Gonzaga Feb. 29-March 2 at Miller Park.
| Gonzaga (1-6) at BYU (2-5) | |||
| Game Date & Time (MST) | Watch | Listen | Live Stats |
| Thursday, Feb. 29 at 3 p.m. | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | BYU Radio 107.9/BYU Radio App | Follow Here |
| Friday, March 1 at 3 p.m. | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | BYU Radio 107.9/BYU Radio App | Follow Here |
| Saturday, March 2 at 1 p.m. | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | BYU Radio 107.9/BYU Radio App | Follow Here |
BYU in Week Two
BYU played the second half of its seven-game road trip in California with four games Feb. 21-24. The Cougars fell to Cal in the midweek game and suffered a pair of losses at UC Davis to finish the weekend. BYU's second win of the season came in a 20-4 offensive showing at UC Davis on Feb. 22.
The Cougars' 20 runs came on 18 hits against the Aggies, including nine extra base hits. Easton Jones and Crew Robinson led BYU with two runs and homer a-piece along with five combined RBI. Robinson also registered a triple. BYU broke away for good in the fourth inning of the series-opener with 13 runs on nine hits spearheaded by a two-run homer from Jones and three-run blast off the bat of Robinson.
Through seven games, true freshman Kuhio Aloy leads BYU with a batting average of .370 and five runs on 10 hits, including a triple and three bombs with six RBI. Sophomore third baseman Jones is hitting .364 with five runs on eight hits, including two home runs, a double and five RBI.
Ben Hansen earned both of BYU’s wins on the mound and is currently tied with six others for the most wins in the Big 12. The sophomore righty has an ERA of 1.64 and has allowed just two earned runs in 11 innings of work with nine strikeouts.
Mason Olson has been solid out of the bullpen and has held batters to .125 on just two hits in 4.1 innings pitched. Olson has yet to allow a run this season, tied with two others for the best in the Big 12.
Know the Foe
GONZAGA (1-6): Thursday marks the 65th all-time meeting between BYU and Gonzaga. The Cougars’ former West Coast Conference foe leads the series 36-28 including a 2-1 series win in Spokane, Washington a season ago. BYU holds a 15-14 series lead when facing the Zags in Provo.
Gonzaga finished sixth in the WCC in 2023 with an 18-34 (14-13) record. The Zags were picked to again finish sixth in the 2024 WCC Preseason Coaches Poll. Head coach Mark Machtolf is in his 21st season leading Gonzaga and holds an all-time head coaching record of 576-469-2.
The Zags will play their eighth-straight road game to begin the season when they face the Cougars in Provo. After suffering three losses in a season-opening series at UCLA, Gonzaga traveled east to face then-sixth-ranked Vanderbilt and Austin Peay. Gonzaga took one of three games versus the Commodores in a 9-8 decision on Feb. 25, before falling 6-4 at Austin Peay on Monday.