OMAHA, Neb. -- Austin Hall’s two-run triple and Jaycob Brugman’s three-run homer capped a seven-run first inning Tuesday which lifted BYU to an 11-4 victory over Creighton.
That cushion gave freshman Desmond Poulson a substantial boost towards his second win of the season on the mound.
“We played well with good intensity,” said BYU coach Vance Law. “It was a big two-out rally in the first inning. Our hitters were more disciplined and determined at the plate. Desmond threw strikes and did a good job competing.”
Freshman Brugman added a two-run homer in the third, to increase BYU’s lead to 10-0. The rightfielder also had a one-out double off full count in the ninth.
The BYU combo of Stephen Wells, Andrew Law and Dillon Robinson completed a double play to end the fifth inning when a Bluejay attempted to take third base off a fly-out to centerfield.
No BYU batters were struck out by Creighton in this rematch.
BYU evened its record to 10-10, while the Jays’ record is now 16-5. The Cougars now ready for Thursday’s home opener against San Diego State.
Brigham Young Univ. at Creighton
03-22-11 at Omaha, Neb. (CU Sports Complex)
Brigham Young Univ. 11 (10-10)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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WELLS, Stephen cf........ 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 1
CALDWELL, Kelton lf..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAW, Andrew ss........... 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2
WOLFE, Alex dh........... 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
BERNAL, Ryan lf.......... 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
HANCOCK, Alex pr/rf..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
ROBINSON, Dillon 3b...... 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0
LOPEZ, Bret ph/3b....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
GUENTHER, Wes c.......... 5 1 1 2 0 0 8 2 1
HALL, Austin 1b.......... 4 2 2 2 0 0 7 1 3
PADGETT, Wyatt 1b....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NIELSEN, Dane 2b......... 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
CROWDER, Matt 2b........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BRUGMAN, Jaycob rf/cf.... 5 2 4 6 0 0 3 0 0
POULSON, Desmond p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
TORGERSON, Blake p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PARRY, David p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 42 11 17 11 3 0 27 10 9
Creighton 4 (16-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Staehely 2b.............. 5 0 1 1 0 1 4 6 0
Judkins 1b............... 4 1 0 0 0 2 10 2 2
Swift ss................. 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 3 0
Adams rf................. 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 2
Thornburg c.............. 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Bemboom c............... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Gerber cf................ 3 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 1
McKewon cf.............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ross 3b.................. 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Makovicka ph............ 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mattingly lf............. 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Blatchford lf........... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Thibodeaux dh............ 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Koenigstein p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Musec p................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Webb p.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
McGraw p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 36 4 8 4 1 9 27 13 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 703 000 010 - 11 17 2
Creighton........... 001 100 002 - 4 8 1
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E - ROBINSON; NIELSEN; Staehely(5). DP - Creighton 3. LOB - BYU 9; Creighton
7. 2B - WELLS; WOLFE; HALL; BRUGMAN; Thibodeaux(1). 3B - HALL. HR - BRUGMAN
2; Gerber(1). HBP - HALL; NIELSEN; Judkins. SB - LAW.
Brigham Young Univ. IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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POULSON, Desmond.... 7.0 4 2 2 0 5 26 27
TORGERSON, Blake.... 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 4 4
PARRY, David........ 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 6 7
Creighton IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Koenigstein......... 1.0 7 7 7 2 0 10 12
Musec............... 4.0 6 3 3 0 0 17 18
Webb................ 2.1 3 1 1 1 0 10 12
McGraw.............. 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 5 5
Win - POULSON (2-0). Loss - Koenigstein (0-1). Save - None.
HBP - by Musec (HALL); by POULSON (Judkins); by Webb (NIELSEN).
Umpires - HP: Andre Lanoue 1B: Bill McGuire 3B: George Drouches
Start: 1:00 pm Time: 2:11 Attendance: 259
Weather: 68 defrees, muggy, overcast
Koenigstein faced 1 batter in the 2nd.
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 5/cf WELLS; 6/ss LAW; 18/dh WOLFE; 10/lf BERNAL;
3/3b ROBINSON; 9/c GUENTHER; 26/1b HALL; 16/2b NIELSEN; 4/rf BRUGMAN; 19/p
POULSON;
Creighton starters: 11/2b Staehely; 4/1b Judkins; 3/ss Swift; 30/rf Adams; 7/c
Thornburg; 17/cf Gerber; 2/3b Ross; 22/lf Mattingly; 23/dh Thibodeaux; 34/p
Koenigstein;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - WELLS doubled to left center. LAW fouled out
to c, bunt. WOLFE walked. BERNAL fouled out to 3b. ROBINSON singled through the
right side, RBI; WOLFE advanced to second; WELLS scored. GUENTHER singled to
right field, RBI; ROBINSON advanced to third; WOLFE scored. HALL tripled to
right field, 2 RBI; GUENTHER scored; ROBINSON scored. NIELSEN walked. BRUGMAN
homered to right center, 3 RBI; NIELSEN scored; HALL scored. WELLS singled to
right field. LAW flied out to rf. 7 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Creighton 1st - Staehely struck out swinging. Judkins grounded out to
2b. Swift reached on a fielding error by 3b. Adams singled to third base; Swift
advanced to second. Thornburg flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - WOLFE doubled to right center. Musec to p for
Koenigstein. BERNAL fouled out to 3b. ROBINSON flied out to rf. GUENTHER out at
first 1b to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Creighton 2nd - Gerber struck out swinging. Ross popped up to p.
Mattingly out at first 1b to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - HALL hit by pitch. NIELSEN singled through the
right side; HALL advanced to third. BRUGMAN homered to right field, 3 RBI;
NIELSEN scored; HALL scored. WELLS flied out to cf. LAW flied out to rf. WOLFE
flied out to lf. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 3rd - Thibodeaux lined out to rf. Staehely grounded out to ss.
Judkins hit by pitch. Swift singled to center field, RBI; Judkins scored. Adams
grounded out to p. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - BERNAL singled to shortstop. ROBINSON singled
to right field; BERNAL advanced to second. GUENTHER reached on a fielder's
choice; ROBINSON out at second 1b to ss; BERNAL advanced to third. HALL lined
into double play 2b to 1b; GUENTHER out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Creighton 4th - Thornburg grounded out to 3b. Gerber homered to right
field, RBI. Ross popped up to 2b. Mattingly struck out swinging. 1 run, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - NIELSEN fouled out to 1b. BRUGMAN singled to
right field. WELLS flied out to cf. LAW singled to right center; BRUGMAN
advanced to third. LAW stole second. WOLFE grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Creighton 5th - Thibodeaux doubled to left center. Staehely flied out to
cf. Judkins flied out to cf; Thibodeaux out at third cf to ss to 3b. 0 runs,
1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - Webb to p for Musec. BERNAL grounded out to
2b. ROBINSON grounded out to p. GUENTHER grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Creighton 6th - Swift reached on a fielding error by 2b. Adams lined out
to rf. Thornburg grounded out to c; Swift advanced to second. Gerber struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - Bemboom to c for Thornburg. HALL doubled down
the lf line. NIELSEN hit by pitch. BRUGMAN grounded into double play ss to 2b
to 1b; NIELSEN out on the play; HALL advanced to third. WELLS grounded out to
ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Creighton 7th - Ross lined out to rf. Mattingly struck out swinging, out
at first c to 1b. Thibodeaux grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - McKewon to cf for Gerber. Blatchford to lf for
Mattingly. LAW walked. WOLFE singled to center field; LAW advanced to second.
BERNAL singled to shortstop; WOLFE advanced to second; LAW advanced to third.
LOPEZ pinch hit for ROBINSON. LOPEZ popped up to 2b. GUENTHER reached on a
fielder's choice, RBI; BERNAL advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b;
WOLFE advanced to third; LAW scored. HANCOCK pinch ran for BERNAL. McGraw to p
for Webb. HALL grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; GUENTHER out on the
play. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Creighton 8th - CALDWELL to lf for WELLS. HANCOCK to rf. LOPEZ to 3b.
PADGETT to 1b for HALL. CROWDER to 2b for NIELSEN. BRUGMAN to cf. TORGERSON to
p for POULSON. Staehely popped up to 3b. Judkins struck out swinging. Swift
singled through the right side. Adams struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 9th - CROWDER grounded out to c. BRUGMAN doubled to
right center. CALDWELL fouled out to 3b. LAW popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Creighton 9th - PARRY to p for TORGERSON. Bemboom walked. McKewon popped
up to rf. Makovicka pinch hit for Ross. Makovicka singled up the middle;
Bemboom advanced to second. Blatchford struck out swinging. Thibodeaux singled
to right field, RBI; Makovicka advanced to third; Bemboom scored. Staehely
singled through the right side, RBI; Thibodeaux advanced to second; Makovicka
scored. Judkins struck out looking. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.