FRESNO -- Host Fresno State won its first home baseball game of the season Saturday afternoon with a 6-3 victory over BYU.
The Cougars, who had won the first two games against the Bulldogs, fell behind 2-0 until Lars Birkeland doubled in the fifth inning and was singled home by Shane Belliston. Then FSU extended its lead to 5-1 in the bottom of the fifth when it got to BYU's pitching.
The Cougars used three freshmen pitchers in the game, with starter Jeff Stearman taking the loss. Stearman had to leave the game in the second inning after lead-off batter Simon Tafoya lined a single off the side of his head. BYU veteran lefty Jeff Stone made his first appearance of the season in the final inning after recuperating from an elbow injury last year.
In BYU's final inning at bat it got a two-run homer from Ty Haguewood, who drove in Tyler Perry.
Fresno State's record is now 2-4.
BYU's record is now 3-2 as it readies for a pair of 2 p.m. games at the University of San Francisco Monday and Tuesday. Fans wishing to log in and view a live webcast of the BYU-USF games can log in at www.USFDons.com/livestats/base.
BYU Baseball
BYU at Fresno State
Feb 03, 2001 at Fresno,Calif. (Pete Beiden Field)
BYU 3 Fresno State 6
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Belliston cf............... 4 0 1 1 T. Creighton 2b............ 5 1 2 0
Jackson lf................. 3 0 1 0 McGehee dh................. 5 2 3 1
Carson rf.................. 4 0 1 0 Gemoll 1b.................. 3 0 0 1
Obrey 3b................... 4 0 0 0 Garcia 3b.................. 4 1 1 0
Whitley dh................. 4 0 0 0 Labandeira ss.............. 4 0 1 1
Perry 2b................... 4 1 1 0 Tafoya rf/lf............... 3 2 3 0
Haguewood 1b............... 4 1 1 2 Guzman cf.................. 1 0 0 0
Birkeland c................ 4 1 2 0 Efrid ph/lf............... 2 0 0 0
Hales ss................... 3 0 1 0 Riday-White rf............ 0 0 0 0
Coughlan ss............... 1 0 0 0 Harper c................... 3 0 1 2
Stearman p................. 0 0 0 0 Young lf................... 2 0 1 0
Mousser p................. 0 0 0 0 Myers cf.................. 2 0 1 0
Doxey p................... 0 0 0 0 Nieves p................... 0 0 0 0
Su'a p.................... 0 0 0 0
Stone p................... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 35 3 8 3 Totals..................... 34 6 13 5
Score by Innings R H E
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BYU................. 000 010 002 - 3 8 1
Fresno State........ 110 030 01X - 6 13 0
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E - Hales(1). DP - BYU 2. LOB - BYU 6; Bulldogs 8. 2B - Birkeland(1); McGehee(1);
Labandeira(5); Tafoya(1). 3B - McGehee 2(1). HR - Haguewood. HBP - Tafoya. SF -
Gemoll(1); Harper(1). SB - Garcia(1); Young(1).
BYU IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Stearman .................. 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 3 0
Mousser ................... 3.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 12 3 5
Doxey ..................... 0.1 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 1 0
Su'a ...................... 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 8 3 3
Stone ..................... 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 6 2 0
Fresno State IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Nieves .................... 9.0 8 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 35 36 8 15
WP - Stone. HB - Doxey. BK - Mousser(1). PB - Birkeland.
Strikeouts - Obrey 2; Birkeland 2; McGehee; Myers. Walks - Jackson; Guzman.
Umpires - Home:Rick Saxton 1st:Chad McCardell 3rd:Rick Scarberry
Start: 1:05 p.m Time: Attendance:
Game: BYU3
Stearman faced 1 batter in the 2nd.