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Kent Walton went 4-for-4, including a homer in BYU's 1-0 victory at Western Carolina University BYU Photo/Mark Philbrick
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CULLOWHEE, N. C. (April 2, 2009)--Kent Walton's home run and combined efforts of three Cougar pitchers led BYU to a 1-0 non-conference victory Thursday over Western Carolina University.
Walton's one-out homer in the fourth inning was the only offense needed by BYU, now 16-10 overall, thanks to the pitching of Jeremy Toole, Marc Oslund and Jordan Muir.
"Pitching was the name of the game today," said BYU coach Vance Law. "Jeremy (Toole) was great and their guy threw well, too."
Toole threw 95 pitches and struck out 10 Catamounts in seven innings to improve his record to 5-2. Oslund spelled Toole to start the bottom of the eighth. And Muir earned his sixth save of the season by starting the ninth.
Toole retired WCU batters in order in the first, fourth, sixth and seventh innings. In the seventh Toole struck out all three batters he faced. Oslund and Muir followed suit retiring the Catamounts in order.
Walton's homer to right centerfield, his fifth of the season, came off a 2-0 count. The senior designated hitter from Yucaipa, Calif., batted 4-for-4 from the plate.
"Kent's home run cleared the fence by just enough and he had a very good day at the plate.
"In spite of three errors in pretty wet conditions we played well defensively. Relf (Brandon) and Andrew (Law) each had some good plays."
Thursday's game was delayed 45 minutes in starting because of rain. The first three innings were played in mist and sprinkling conditions.
WCU, now 18-6, hosts BYU in the second of a three-game series on Friday night.
Brigham Young at Western Carolina Apr 02, 2009 at Cullowhee, N.C. (Hennon Stadium) Brigham Young 1 (16-10) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg. ------------------------------------------------------------ McNAUGHTON, Sean lf...... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .245 LAW, Andrew 2b........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .279 WALTON, Kent dh.......... 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .451 PARKER, Steve 3b......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 .344 RELF, Brandon ss......... 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 .291 BOWEN, Michael rf........ 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 .333 KO, Kasey 1b............. 3 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 0 .288 CLUFF, Jonathan cf....... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .205 MUSSO, J.T. c............ 3 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 0 .294 TOOLE, Jeremy p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - OSLUND, Marc p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - MUIR, Jordan p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Totals................... 31 1 7 1 1 9 27 11 5 Western Carolina 0 (18-7) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg. ------------------------------------------------------------ Nick Liles 2b............ 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 .383 Ross Heffley 3b.......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 .462 Stephen Notaro c......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 2 .318 Brent Greer ss........... 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 .402 J.C. Lyons rf............ 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Matt Johns 1b............ 4 0 0 0 0 4 14 0 0 .272 Reid Rollison dh......... 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Dylan de Graaf cf........ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Lee Murray ph/lf........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .303 Trevor Collias lf/cf..... 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 .241 Corey Martin p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - Garrett Ozar p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Totals................... 33 0 4 0 0 12 27 14 6 Score by Innings R H E ------------------------------------------- Brigham Young....... 000 100 000 - 1 7 3 Western Carolina.... 000 000 000 - 0 4 0 ------------------------------------------- E - PARKER(9); MUSSO(3); TOOLE(2). DP - Catamounts 1. LOB - Cougars 5; Catamounts 6. 2B - Heffley(8). HR - WALTON(5). SH - BOWEN(1). Brigham Young IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA -------------------------------------------------------- TOOLE, Jeremy....... 7.0 4 0 0 0 10 27 27 98 3.74 OSLUND, Marc........ 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 20 1.98 MUIR, Jordan........ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 11 3.06 Western Carolina IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA -------------------------------------------------------- Corey Martin........ 8.0 6 1 1 1 9 27 29 97 4.76 Garrett Ozar........ 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 12 2.97 Win - TOOLE (5-2). Loss - Martin (4-3). Save - MUIR (6). Pitches/strikes: TOOLE 98/67; OSLUND 20/11; MUIR 11/7; Martin 97/63; Ozar 12/7. Umpires - HP: David Mabe 1B: David Brown 3B: Gerald Trexler Start: 6:48 pm Time: 2:11 Attendance: 169 Weather: Overcast, cool; chance of rain Play-by-Play Brigham Young 1st - No play. Start of game delayed due to rain. McNAUGHTON struck out looking (0-2 FFK). LAW, An. grounded out to 2b (2-0 BB). WALTON singled through the left side (2-2 BBFF). PARKER flied out to lf (1-1 BF). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Western Carolina 1st - Liles grounded out to ss (1-1 KB). Heffley struck out looking (1-2 FBFK). Notaro grounded out to ss (0-1 K). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Brigham Young 2nd - RELF singled through the left side (2-1 BBF). BOWEN grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-1 BF); RELF out on the play. KO struck out looking (0-2 KKK). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Western Carolina 2nd - Greer grounded out to 2b (1-2 KFB). Lyons reached on a fielding error by 3b (2-0 BB). Johns struck out swinging (1-2 BKKS). Rollison singled to third base, bunt (2-1 BKB); Lyons advanced to second. de Graaf reached on a throwing error by c, bunt (0-0); Rollison advanced to second; Lyons advanced to third. Collias grounded out to 3b, bunt (2-1 BKB). 0 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 3 LOB. Brigham Young 3rd - CLUFF grounded out to ss (1-0 B). MUSSO struck out looking (1-2 KBSFK). McNAUGHTON popped up to 2b (0-1 K). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Western Carolina 3rd - Liles singled through the left side (1-0 B). Liles advanced to second on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt. Heffley lined out to ss (0-2 KFFF). Notaro struck out looking (1-2 KBKK). Greer struck out looking (1-2 FBFK). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Brigham Young 4th - LAW, An. struck out swinging (1-2 KFBS). WALTON homered to right center, RBI (2-0 BB). PARKER struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (0-2 KS). RELF walked (3-1 BSBBB). BOWEN singled to center field (1-0 B); RELF advanced to third. BOWEN out at second p to 2b, picked off. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Western Carolina 4th - Lyons struck out swinging (1-2 BFSS). Johns struck out looking (1-2 BKSK). Rollison grounded out to p (2-1 BKB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Brigham Young 5th - KO grounded out to 2b (1-0 B). CLUFF struck out swinging (1-2 KBSFS). MUSSO struck out swinging to catcher (1-2 FSSB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Western Carolina 5th - de Graaf grounded out to 2b (1-2 BSS). Collias fouled out to 1b (0-2 KS). Liles singled through the right side (1-0 B). Heffley doubled to center field (2-1 BBF); Liles advanced to third. Notaro grounded out to p (0-1 K). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Brigham Young 6th - McNAUGHTON fouled out to 1b (1-0 B). LAW, An. flied out to lf (1-1 KB). WALTON singled up the middle (3-1 BBKB). PARKER grounded out to 2b (0-1 S). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Western Carolina 6th - Greer grounded out to 3b (0-1 S). Lyons grounded out to 3b (1-2 KSB). Johns struck out swinging (2-2 SBBFS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Brigham Young 7th - RELF singled up the middle (0-0). BOWEN grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (1-0 B); RELF advanced to second. KO struck out looking (0-2 KFK). CLUFF struck out swinging (1-2 BKFS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Western Carolina 7th - Rollison struck out swinging (3-2 SBKBBS). Murray pinch hit for de Graaf. Murray struck out looking (2-2 SBBFK). Collias struck out swinging (2-2 KFBBS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Brigham Young 8th - Murray to lf. Collias to cf. MUSSO grounded out to 3b (1-1 BF). McNAUGHTON fouled out to 1b (3-2 BKBSB). LAW, An. grounded out to c, bunt (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Western Carolina 8th - OSLUND to p for TOOLE. Liles grounded out to 3b (3-1 BBKB). Heffley grounded out to ss (3-2 KBBBFFF). Notaro flied out to rf (3-2 BSSBBF). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Brigham Young 9th - Ozar to p for Martin. WALTON singled, bunt (0-0). PARKER grounded out to ss (2-1 BBK); WALTON advanced to second. RELF grounded out to 3b (3-2 BBKBF). BOWEN grounded out to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Western Carolina 9th - MUIR to p for OSLUND. Greer struck out swinging (1-2 KSBS). Lyons flied out to rf down the rf line (0-0). Johns struck out swinging (3-2 SSBBBS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
