LAS VEGAS, Nev.--Sophomore Jeff Stone pitched a complete nine-inning game Thursday as BYU defeated UNLV, 9-1, in the inaugural Mountain West Conference baseball game.
Stone, now 4-2, surrendered six hits, gave up one unearned run and one walk in striking out three Rebels as BYU pulled even for the first time this season with a 10-10 record.
Stone received help from his teammates in the form of 16 hits, including a fourth-inning double by freshman Kainoa Obrey. Obrey's double opened the floodgates for a five-run, three-error fifth inning. Obrey was one of eight Cougars to get a hit in the victory. Co-captain Nate Mathis had three hits, including a lead-off triple in the third inning for BYU's initial run and a double in the fifth.
Aaron Whitley led all Cougars in a four-of-five effort, followed by Matt Carson with three hits and two RBI and Shane Belliston with two hits and three RBI. Carson hit a lead-off homer in the seventh for the only dinger of the day.
UNLV, now 6-16, hosts BYU on Friday in a game that can be heard live locally over KSRR Radio at 4 p.m. MDT and again on Saturday at 2 p.m. MDT.
Stone's complete game was BYU's second of the year. Earlier this season Micah Mangrum pitched a complete seven-inning game at Mesa State.
Brigham Young at UNLV Rebels
Mar 09, 2000 at Las Vegas, NV (Earl E. Wilson)
Brigham Young 9 (10-10,1-0)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
BELLISTON, Shane cf....... 5 0 2 3 0 0 2 0
PETERSON, Craig 1b........ 3 0 0 0 2 0 9 1
HAGUEWOOD, Ty 1b.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
DAY, Nick lf.............. 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
DAVIES, Michael c......... 5 1 1 0 1 0 3 0
WHITLEY, Aaron dh......... 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
OBREY, Kainoa 3b.......... 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 5
CARSON, Matt rf........... 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
KING, Seth ss............. 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 3
MATHIS, Nate 2b........... 4 2 3 1 1 0 3 6
STONE, Jeff p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals.................... 43 9 16 8 5 1 27 16
UNLV Rebels 1 (6-16,0-1)
Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
SEYBERT, Denny lf......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
BETTS, Harold c........... 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
DeMARCO, Tony 1b.......... 4 1 3 0 0 0 6 1
KAUP, Nate 3b............. 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
KITSCH, Trent dh.......... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
BEASLEY, Brad ph.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MANLEY, Adam rf........... 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0
STRONG, Zach ss........... 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
MALOFF, Brad ss........... 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
SHITANISHI, Garett 2b..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
OKUDA, Cody ph/2b......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CRUZ, John cf............. 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
MARUFFI, Joe p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MARTIN, C.J. p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WATTS, Donnie p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals.................... 31 1 6 1 1 3 27 10
Score by innings: R H E
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Brigham Young 001 510 200 - 9 16 2
UNLV Rebels 001 000 000 - 1 6 3
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E - DAY; KING; KAUP; STRONG 2.
DP - Cougars 2; UNLV 3. LOB - Cougars 13; UNLV 6.
2B - BELLISTON; WHITLEY; OBREY; MATHIS; STRONG. 3B - MATHIS.
HR - CARSON(1).
SB - BELLISTON; PETERSON.
SH - CRUZ. SF - BELLISTON.
Brigham Young IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
STONE, Jeff......... 9.0 6 1 0 1 3 31 34
UNLV Rebels IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
MARUFFI, Joe........ 3.1 6 6 4 1 1 17 18
MARTIN, C.J......... 2.2 6 3 3 3 0 14 18
WATTS, Donnie....... 3.0 4 0 0 1 0 12 13
Win - STONE 4-2. Loss - MARUFFI 2-3. Save - None.
WP - MARUFFI; MARTIN 2.
HBP - by STONE (SHITANISHI).
Umpires - Home:Ken Bayne 1st:Bill Speck 3rd:Dale Luker
Start: 3:11 Time: 2:20 Attendance: 181
Game Notes:
Inaugural MWC game
MARTIN faced 3 batters in the 7th.