2013 BYU Cougars baseball team

The 2013 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood was in his 1st season as head coach of the Cougars. BYU's baseball team came off a 2012 season in which they were 22–27.[2] The Cougars played their home games at Larry H. Miller Field, part of the Miller Park Baseball/ Softball Complex. Picked to finish sixth in the WCC, BYU stunned most people and finished in a 3-way tie for second place.[3] The Cougars won the #3 seed in the WCC Tournament where they knocked out #1-seed Gonzaga. BYU lost twice to eventual tournament champion San Diego to finish the season 32–21.

2013 BYU Cougars baseball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record32–21 (15–9 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
  • Brock Whitney
  • Jaycob Brugman
  • Adam Law
  • Desmond Poulson
Home stadiumLarry H. Miller Field
2013 West Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Gonzaga  ‍†‍‍ 18–6–0 .75032–21–1 .602
BYU  ‍‍‍ 15–9–0 .62532–21–0 .604
San Francisco ‍‍‍y 15–9–0 .62537–25–0 .597
San Diego  ‍‍‡‍y 15–9–0 .62535–24–0 .593
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .54227–23–0 .540
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .50024–27–0 .471
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .45821–34–0 .382
Portland  ‍‍‍ 8–16–0 .33318–36–0 .333
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 1–23–0 .04214–39–0 .264
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 3, 2013[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2013 Roster
2013 BYU Cougars Roster[4]
 

Pitchers

  • 6 James Lengal – Sophomore
  • 9 Chunner Nyberg – Junior
  • 14 Daniel Welch – Senior
  • 17 Chris Howard – Senior
  • 18 Keaton Cenatiempo – Freshman
  • 19 Desmond Poulson – Junior
  • 21 Marc Oslund – Junior
  • 22 Adam Miller – Junior
  • 23 Mark Anderson – Senior
  • 25 Jeff Barker – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 28 Matt Milke – Junior
  • 32 Brandon Erickson – Freshman
  • 34 Drew Dennis – Junior
  • 35 Derek Speigner – Redshirt Junior
  

Infielders

  • 2 Brennon Anderson – Freshman
  • 3 Brock Whitney – Junior
  • 5 Hayden Nielsen – Freshman
  • 7 Adam Law – Junior
  • 8 Dillon Robinson – Junior
  • 13 Bret Lopez – Junior
  • 26 Trace Hansen – Freshman
  • 27 Nate Favero – Freshman
  • 32 Brandon Erickson – Freshman

Utility

  • 29 Cody Shepherd – Sophomore
  • 31 Morgan Flinders – Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 10 Dakota Hernandez- Sophomore
  • 11 Collin Brathwaite – Freshman
  • 16 Jarrett Jarvis – Sophomore

Outfielders

  

Schedule
2013 BYU Cougars Game Log[5]
Regular season
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
February 15vs. Northern Colorado–Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park9–0Desmond Poulson (1–0)Chris Hammer (0–1)None1171–0–
February 15vs. Northern Colorado–Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park4–6Jake Johnson (1–0)James Lengal (0–1)Josh Tinnon (1)1371–1–
February 16vs. Northern Illinois–Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park5–3Jeff Barker (1–0)Jordan Ruckman (0–1)Matt Milke (1)1972–1–
February 16at Texas Tech–Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park1–5Trey Masek (1–0)Adam Miller (0–1)Jonathon Tripp (1)2,7752–2–
February 21at #3 LSU–Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field5–6Joey Bourgeois (1–0)Matt Milke (0–1)None9,5792–3–
February 22vs. Southeastern Louisiana–Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field1–4Dylan Hills (1–0)Adam Miller (0–2)None4502–4–
February 23vs. Southeastern Louisiana–Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field2–3Tate Scioneaux (2–0)Jeff Barker (1–1)John Gremillion (2)4672–5–
February 23at #3 LSU–Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field9–4Mark Anderson (1–0)Nate Fury (1–1)James Lengal (1)6,7423–5–
February 26at Seattle–Bannerwood Park5–2Keaton Cenatiempo (1–0)Garrett Andersen (1–3)James Lengal (2)1274–5–
February 27at Seattle–Bannerwood Park10–0Jeff Barker (2–1)Skyler Genger (0–3)None1315–5–
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
March 1Creighton–Bruce Hurst Field9–0Desmond Poulson (2–0)Nick Musec (0–1)None4126–5–
March 1Creighton–Bruce Hurst Field1–5Tommy Strunc (1–0)Adam Miller (0–3)None4126–6–
March 2Creighton–Bruce Hurst Field14–5Matt Milke (1–1)Mark Lukowski (1–1)None4077–6–
March 7#21 UC Irvine–Larry H. Miller Field6–3Derek Speigner (1–0)Andrew Thurman (1–2)None4058–6–
March 8#21 UC Irvine–Larry H. Miller Field3–1Adam Miller (1–3)Matt Whitehouse (2–1)James Lengal (3)3259–6–
March 9#21 UC Irvine–Larry H. Miller Field3–8Andrew Morales (5–0)Jeff Barker (2–2)None1,1469–7–
March 14at San Diego*–Fowler Park5–7PJ Conlon (4–0)James Lengal (0–2)None6629–80–1
March 15at San Diego*–Fowler Park3–5Max Homick (3–0)Adam Miller (1–4)Max Mcnabb (2)8829–90–2
March 16at San Diego*–Fowler Park9–10 (14)Sheldon Ekstrand (2–0)Keaton Cenatiempo (0–1)None8079–100–3
March 19at UNLV–Earl Wilson Stadium3–10Mark Shannon (3–0)Mark Anderson (1–1)None4669–110–3
March 20Kansas–Larry H. Miller Field3–0Desmond Poulson (3–0)Tanner Poppe (1–1)None75810–110–3
March 21Kansas–Larry H. Miller Field4–15Frank Duncan (2–2)Adam Miller (1–5)None74410–120–3
March 23Kansas–Larry H. Miller Field6–3Jeff Barker (3–2)Wes Benjamin (2–3)James Lengal (4)22311–120–3
March 26at Utah–Spring Mobile Ballpark4–5 (10)Josh Chapman (3–1)James Lengal (0–3)None1,26811–130–3
March 28Pepperdine*–Larry H. Miller Field8–3Derek Speigner (2–0)Eric Karch (5–2)None77712–131–3
March 29Pepperdine*–Larry H. Miller Field10–9Mark Anderson (2–1)Scott Frazier (2–4)Derek Speigner (1)1,02313–132–3
March 30Pepperdine*–Larry H. Miller Field6–9Aaron Brown (2–1)Keaton Cenatiempo (1–2)Michael Swanner (6)1,59313–142–4
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
April 2Utah Valley–Larry H. Miller Field8–0Mark Anderson (3–1)Devin Nelson (1–3)None1,15914–142–4
April 4at Santa Clara*–Stephen Schott Stadium3–1Desmond Poulson (4–0)Reece Karalus (0–6)None18315–143–4
April 5at Santa Clara*–Stephen Schott Stadium8–2Adam Miller (2–6)Mike Couch (3–5)Matt Milke (2)38116–144–4
April 6at Santa Clara*–Stephen Schott Stadium5–2Derek Speigner (3–0)Max Deering (1–3)None28417–145–4
April 8Washington State–Larry H. Miller FieldCancelled due to weather
April 11Portland*–Larry H. Miller Field4–8Billy Sahlinger (2–2)Adam Miller (2–6)None74417–155–5
April 12at Portland*–Larry H. Miller Field11–7Desmond Poulson (5–0)Kurt Yinger (2–3)None99418–156–5
April 13at Portland*–Larry H. Miller Field7–6Matt Milke (2–1)J. R. Bunda (0–2)None1,05819–157–5
April 23Utah–Larry H. Miller Field9–3Keaton Cenatiempo (2–2)Chase Rezac (0–3)None1,43220–157–5
April 25at #22 Gonzaga*–Washington Trust Field and Patterson Baseball Complex4–6Marco Gonzales (6–2)Desmond Poulson (5–1)Arturo Reyes (3)71520–167–6
April 26at #22 Gonzaga*–Washington Trust Field and Patterson Baseball Complex1–5Tyler Olson (8–2)Jeff Barker (3–3)None1,53920–177–7
April 27at #22 Gonzaga*–Washington Trust Field and Patterson Baseball Complex9–6Adam Miller (3–6)Arturo Reyes (5–2)Matt Milke (3)70521–178–7
April 30at Utah Valley–Brent Brown Ballpark15–7Mark Anderson (4–1)Ryan Evans (2–1)None5,13322–178–7
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
May 2at Loyola Marymount*–George C. Page Stadium8–3Desmond Poulson (6–1)Colin Welmon (5–4)None12623–179–7
May 3at Loyola Marymount*–George C. Page Stadium3–2Jeff Barker (4–3)Aaron Griffin (3–5)None20424–1710–7
May 4at Loyola Marymount*–George C. Page Stadium1–2Patrick Mcgrath (4–2)Adam Miller (3–7)Bret Dhalson (7)48524–1810–8
May 7at Utah–Spring Mobile BallparkCancelled due to weather
May 9San Francisco*–Larry H. Miller Field1–10Abe Bobb (5–5)Desmond Poulson (6–2)None78624–1910–9
May 10San Francisco*–Larry H. Miller Field10–9Derek Speigner (4–0)Logan West (0–1)None95525–1911–9
May 11San Francisco*–Larry H. Miller Field6–4James Lengal (1–3)Adam Cimber (5–3)None1,56826–1912–9
May 14Utah–Larry H. Miller Field5–4Matt Milke (3–1)Nick Green (0–2)None1,32727–1912–9
May 16Saint Mary's*–Larry H. Miller Field11–1Desmond Poulson (7–2)Ben Griset (4–4)None1,13328–1913–9
May 17Saint Mary's*–Larry H. Miller Field6–3Jeff Baker (5–3)Jordan Mills (4–4)Matt Milke (4)1,13129–1914–9
May 18Saint Mary's*–Larry H. Miller Field14–3Adam Miller (4–7)Gary Cornish (2–6)None1,03230–1915–9
May 21at #18 Arizona State–Packard Stadium8–3Mark Anderson (5–1)Billy Young (0–2)None2,95731–1915–9
WCC Tournament
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordTournament record
May 23(2) San Diego*–Banner Island Ballpark8–9 (10)Max Homick (5–1)Matt Milke (3–2)None83831–200–1
May 24(1) Gonzaga*–Banner Island Ballpark8–1Jeff Barker (6–3)Tyler Olson (9–4)None70732–201–1
May 24(2) San Diego*–Banner Island Ballpark4–7Louie Lechich (3–3)Adam Miller (4–8)Max Homick (5)90432–211–2
Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
*West Coast Conference games

TV & Radio Information

All conference games, most home games, and select road games (at Utah, UNLV, and Utah Valley) were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton (play-by-play) calling the games for his 24th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts was used. Jeff Bills acted as analyst for games in California, Nevada, & Utah while Gary Pullins called the games in Oregon & Washington. Pullins was used as the sole analyst for the WCC Tournament. Many of these broadcasts were also broadcast on BYU Radio.

BYUtv broadcast 9 home games (Mar. 21 vs. Kansas, Mar. 29 vs. Pepperdine, Apr. 2 vs. Utah Valley, Apr. 12 vs. Portland, May 10–11 vs. San Francisco, and May 16–18 vs. Saint Mary's). BYUtv used a broadcast team of Robbie Bullough as play-by-play man on weekday games, Dave McCann as play-by-play man on Saturday's, and Gary Sheide as the analyst. The WCC Tournament games were broadcast on WCC Network with a team of Andy Masur (play-by-play), Keith Ramsey (analyst), and Amanda Blackwell (reporter).

Post-season awards

4 BYU Cougars- Jaycob Brugman, Jacob Hanneman, Adam Law, and Brock Whitney were selected to the 2013 All-Conference Baseball Team.[6]

4 members of the 2013 BYU Cougars baseball team, and 1 incoming Junior College Player, were drafted in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.[7] NCAA Rules allow players drafted to return as long as they don't sign a contract with the team that has drafted them. Should they do so, they will be eligible to be drafted again next season as rights last only for 1 year for members who don't sign a contract with the team who drafts them. All the drafted Cougar players would sign the contracts and go professional instead of returning.

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes
Jacob Hannemann24OF6'1"195FreshmanAlpine, UtahSelected 3rd Round, 75th pick, by the Chicago Cubs
Adam Law72B/SS6'1"193JuniorProvo, UtahSelected 12th Round, 364th pick, by the Los Angeles Dodgers
Jaycob Brugman4OF6'0"195JuniorPhoenix, ArizonaSelected 17th Round, 521st pick, by the Oakland Athletics
Adam Miller22RHP6'2"190JuniorYucaipa, CaliforniaSelected 20th round, 600th pick, by the Arizona Diamondbacks
JC Snyder28RHP/3B6'2"170SophomoreSalem, UtahJC Transfer who spent Freshman and Sophomore years at SLCC, Selected 36th Round, 1,077th pick, by the Seattle Mariners

References
  1. "2013 West Coast Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  2. "2012 Baseball Schedule | The Official Site of BYU Athletics". byucougars.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011.
  3. "Bozars Predicted 2013 WCC Finish". sjswacwccbaseball.blogspot.com. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  4. "2012 Men's Baseball Roster | The Official Site of BYU Athletics". byucougars.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011.
  5. "2013 Baseball Schedule | the Official Site of BYU Athletics". Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  6. "Four Cougars named to All-WCC squad". BYUCougars.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  7. "Five Cougars selected in Major League Draft". KSL. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
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