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May 25 | 06:00 PM
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Miller Park
400 E University Parkway Provo UT 84604
Kenny Cox
| Posted: 25 May 2012 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
PROVO, Utah - The Gonzaga Bulldogs used a stellar pitching effort and two big innings to take down the BYU baseball team 13-1 on Friday at Miller Park.
Gonzaga’s starting pitcher Marco Gonzales was dominant on the mound for the Zags (33-22, 13-10). Gonzales went eight scoreless innings, allowing just four hits and striking out 12 Cougars (22-26, 10-13) for the win. He also went 2 for 3 at the plate with two RBI and a run scored, helping Gonzaga score 10 runs in a two-inning span.
Outfielder Kelton Caldwell was a bright spot in BYU’s lineup, collecting three of the Cougars' five total hits. Caldwell also scored BYU’s only run of the ballgame, coming in from third on a wild pitch in the ninth inning. Marc Oslund took the loss for the Cougars, going five innings, giving up six runs, four of them earned on nine hits.
The Zags struck first in the top of the third with two unearned runs. An errant throw put a runner on second base and a double drove them in. While trying to take third base on a wild pitch, Alex Stanford came home on another wild throw to make it 2-0.
Oslund saved a run from the mound with his glove in the top of the fourth inning. With a Gonzaga runner on third and two outs the right-hander plucked a line-drive coming right back at him for the third out.
After Gonzaga added another run on two hits in the top of the fifth inning, Gonzales helped himself at the plate with a two-run single to left to give the Zags a 5-0 lead. Gonzales came home on a double from the next batter for another run.
The top of the sixth inning was a forgettable one for the Cougars, giving up six runs, two of them unearned, on four hits. Gonzaga took a 12-0 lead after the big inning. Eleven batters came to the plate in the inning for the Zags, who added another run in the top of the seventh.
BYU will play its final game of the season at Miller Park on Saturday, May 26, at 1 p.m. MT. The game will be televised live on BYUtv.
Ralph R. Zobell
| Posted: 22 May 2012 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
Senior day and the final series of the season are this week when BYU baseball entertains Gonzaga starting Thursday.
BYU (19-25 overall, 9-12 in the West Coast Conference) hosts Gonzaga (32-20, 12-9) in a three-game series Thursday and Friday at 6 p.m., and Saturday at 1 p.m.
“All we ask is that our players continue to come out and play well,” BYU coach Vance Law said.
The starting pitching rotation remains the same with Desmond Poulson (1-3, 3.91) and Marc Oslund (5-1, 4.53) going for the Cougars the first two days and TBA on Saturday.
Cougar rightfielder Jaycob Brugman is cleared to play after injuring his big toe in an injury similar to turf toe Saturday against Santa Clara.
Gonzaga, currently tied for third in the league, is in contention for a post-season berth and brings the reigning WCC pitcher of the week in Tyler Olson and a Dick Howser Player of the Year semi-finalist in pitcher Marco Gonzales.
Gonzaga leads the overall series, 12-13, with the two teams splitting a pair last year in Provo. However, in Provo BYU leads the series 8-4, starting in 1971 when it won the final two of a three-game series to advance from the District Seven Championships to the College World Series.
The games will be televised live by BYUtv and by Radio 960 AM locally and on BYU Radio/Sirius 143 on the Internet.
