2020 BYU Cougars baseball team

The 2020 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted as head coach of the Cougars for an eighth consecutive season. The Cougars were picked to finish second in the WCC Pre-season poll.[2] However they secured more first place votes from the WCC Media than any team with 5 and were named the team to beat by Baseball America.[3] The Cougars never got to play in conference though as all athletic events were shut down by the school March 12 due to COVID-19.[4]

2020 BYU Cougars baseball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record7-9 (0-0 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Trent Pratt (8th season)
  • Brent Haring (8th season)
  • Michael Bradshaw (2nd season)
Home stadiumLarry H. Miller Field
2020 West Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 1–0 1.00010–8 .556
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 2–1 .66713–5 .722
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 2–1 .66710–9 .526
Portland  ‍‍‍ 1–1 .50013–5 .722
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 3–6 .33312–14 .462
No. 21 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –12–3 .800
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –12–5 .706
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –8–8 .500
BYU  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –7–9 .438
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –6–10 .375
‡ – Tournament champion
As of March 12, 2020[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

2020 Roster
2019 BYU Cougars roster[5]

Pitchers

  • 4 Andrew Pintar - Freshman
  • 6 Mitch McIntyre - Junior
  • 9 Easton Walker - Junior
  • 13 Cy Nielson - Freshman
  • 14 Chase Bauerle - Junior
  • 18 Justin Sterner - Junior
  • 19 Bryce Robinson - Freshman
  • 21 Jack Sterner - Redshirt Freshman
  • 22 Jarod Lessar - Senior
  • 24 Drew Zimmerman - Junior
  • 25 Austin Deming - Sophomore
  • 26 Carter Smith - Freshman
  • 31 Reid McLaughlin - Sophomore
  • 32 Tyson Heaton - Freshman
  • 34 Cutter Clawson - Freshman
  • 37 Cooper McKeehan - Freshman
  • 39 Mikade Johnson - Freshman
  • 40 Ayden Callahan - Junior
  • 45 Ben Weese - Senior
  

Infielders

  • 2 Brock Watson - Freshman
  • 4 Andrew Pintar - Freshman
  • 8 Bryan Call - Sophomore
  • 16 Jacob Rogers - Sophomore
  • 23 Peyton Call - Freshman
  • 25 Austin Deming - Sophomore
  • 28 Zack Peterson - Sophomore
  • 29 Sean Rimmer - Freshman
  • 41 Russell Parry - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 11 Abraham Valdez - Senior
  • 17 Joshua Cowden - Sophomore
  • 44 Chase Taylor - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 3 Danny Gelalich - Junior
  • 5 Hunter Swapp - Freshman
  • 6 Mitch McIntyre - Junior
  • 7 Hobbs Nyberg - Sophomore
  • 10 Hayden Leatham - Junior
  • 12 McKay Barney - Freshman
  • 27 Ryan Sepede - Sophomore
  • 29 Sean Rimmer - Freshman
  • 43 Jaren Hall - Sophomore

Schedule
2020 BYU Cougars Game Log[6]
Regular season
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
February 14vs. Gonzaga–Surprise StadiumFloBaseball7–1Reid McLaughlin (1–0)Daniel Naughton (0–1)None6351–0–
February 15vs. New Mexico–Surprise StadiumFloBaseball0–2Aaron Makil (1–0)Cy Neilson (0–1)None7411–1–
February 15vs. New Mexico–Surprise Stadium AuxiliaryFacebook4–5Will Armbruester (1–0)Carter Smith (0–1)Miguel Reyes Jr. (1)3111–2–
February 17vs. #25 Oregon State–Surprise StadiumFloBaseball4–3Drew Zimmerman (1–0)Joey Mundt (0–1)Mikade Johnson (1)2,5982–2–
February 20at Cal Poly–Baggett StadiumBig West TV3–2Justin Sterner (1–0)Taylor Dollard (1–1)None1,5233–2–
February 21at Cal Poly–Baggett StadiumBig West TV4–3Bryce Robinson (1–0)Kyle Scott (0–1)None1,5984–2–
February 22at Cal Poly–Baggett StadiumBig West TV0–10Drew Thorpe (1–0)Easton Walker (0–1)None1,6684–3–
February 22at Cal Poly–Baggett StadiumBig West TV5–4(14)Tyson Heaton (1–0)Bryan Woo (0–1)None1,6685–3–
February 27at New Mexico–Santa Ana Star FieldMW Net7–8Payton Strambler (1–1)Reid McLaughlin (2–1)None7515–4–
February 28at New Mexico–Santa Ana Star FieldMW Net0–4Justin Armbruster (1-0)Cy Nelson (0–2)Terrell Hudson (1)7895–5–
February 28at New Mexico–Santa Ana Star FieldMW Net18–9Tyson Heaton (2–0)Cody Dye (0–2)None7896–5–
February 29at New Mexico–Santa Ana Star FieldMW Net1–12Nathaniel Garley (1–0)Easton Walker (0–2)None8266–5–
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
March 3Utah Valley–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org5–4Cooper McKeehan (1–0)Bobby Voortmeyer (0–2)Reid McLaughlin (1)1,6407–6–
March 5at Oklahoma State–Allie P. Reynolds StadiumESPN+0–2Scott Parker (3–1)Cooper McKeehan (1–1) None3827–7–
March 6at Oklahoma State–Allie P. Reynolds StadiumESPN+1–6Justin Campbell (1–2)Cy Nielson (0–3)None6727–8–
March 7at Oklahoma State–Allie P. Reynolds Stadium3–8Bryce Osmond (1–1)Reid McLaughlin (2–2)None1,3207–9–
March 12Loyola Marymount*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.orgCancelled- COVID-19
March 13Loyola Marymount*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv
March 14Loyola Marymount*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv
March 19at Pepperdine*–Eddy D. Field StadiumWCC Network
March 20at Pepperdine*–Eddy D. Field StadiumWCC Network
March 21at Pepperdine*–Eddy D. Field StadiumWCC Network
March 24Utah–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org
March 26Santa Clara*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org
March 27Santa Clara*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv
March 28Santa Clara*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv
March 30at Boise State–Memorial StadiumMW Net
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
April 2at Portland*–Joe Etzel FieldWCC NetworkCancelled- COVID-19
April 3at Portland*–Joe Etzel FieldWCC Network
April 4at Portland*–Joe Etzel FieldWCC Network
April 6at Oregon–PK ParkP12+ ORE
April 9Pacific*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org
April 10Pacific*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org
April 11Pacific*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv
April 13Boise State–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv
April 16San Diego*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org
April 17San Diego*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv
April 18San Diego*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv
April 21Utah–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org
April 22at Utah Valley–UCCU BallparkWAC DN
April 30at San Francisco*–Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich FieldWCC Network
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
May 1at San Francisco*Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich FieldWCC NetworkCancelled- COVID-19
May 2at San Francisco*–Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich FieldWCC Network
May 4Cal Baptist–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv
May 7at Saint Mary's*–Louis Guisto FieldWCC Network
May 8at Saint Mary's*–Louis Guisto FieldWCC Network
May 9at Saint Mary's*–Louis Guisto FieldWCC Network
May 12at Utah–Smith's BallparkP12
May 14at Gonzaga*–Washington Trust Field and Patterson Baseball ComplexESPNU
May 15at Gonzaga*–Washington Trust Field and Patterson Baseball ComplexWCC Network
May 16at Gonzaga*–Washington Trust Field and Patterson Baseball ComplexWCC Network
2020 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
May 21–23–Banner Island BallparkWCC NetworkCancelled- COVID-19
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
*West Coast Conference games

Rivalries

BYU had two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley. The first game against UVU was played, but the remaining 3 rivalry games were cancelled because of COVID-19.

Radio Information

For the third consecutive season BYU Baseball was broadcast as part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network, and for the second time ever every BYU Baseball game was broadcast on radio. Brent Norton was scheduled to provide play-by-play for his 28th consecutive season beginning with conference play, but when all games beginning March 12 were canceled it was Jason Shepherd who had called every game. Tuckett Slade provided analysis for all but 1 games. Games were carried on KOVO and KUMT. KOVO had 3 exclusives (Gm. 1 Feb. 15, Gm. 2 Feb. 22, and Gm. 2 Feb. 28), while BYU Radio's KUMT had 4 exclusives (Gm. 2 Feb. 15, Feb. 20, Gm. 1 Feb. 22, and Mar. 7). All games were carried live on the BYU Sports Radio App and are archived on BYU Radio.

TV Announcers

References
See also: 2019 BYU Cougars football team, 2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2019–20 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2019 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2019 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2020 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, and 2020 BYU Cougars softball team
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  5. "2013 Baseball Roster | the Official Site of BYU Athletics". Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
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