2021 BYU Cougars baseball team

The 2021 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted as head coach of the Cougars for a ninth consecutive season. The Cougars were picked to finish fourth in the WCC Pre-season poll.[2] The Cougars entered the season after having watched the WCC cancel the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] As a cost containment measure, the WCC cut the 2021 baseball tournament, so the regular season champion will got the conferences auto-bid to the NCAA Tournament.[4] The Cougars went 23–27 overall, 15–12 in conference, and finished fourth in the standings.

2021 BYU Cougars baseball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record23–27 (15–12 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Trent Pratt (9th season)
  • Brent Haring (9th season)
  • Michael Bradshaw (3rd season)
Home stadiumLarry H. Miller Field
2021 West Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 25 Gonzaga  ‍†‍‍y 20–7 .74134–19 .642
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 19–8 .70433–12 .733
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 16–11 .59325–28 .472
BYU  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .55623–27 .460
Portland  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .51924–26 .480
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .48120–29 .408
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 12–15 .44420–25 .444
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 11–16 .40725–26 .490
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 8–19 .29618–33 .353
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 7–20 .25917–34 .333
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 6, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

2021 Roster
2021 BYU Cougars roster[5]

Pitchers

  • 4 Andrew Pintar – Sophomore
  • 6 Mitch McIntyre – Senior
  • 7 Cooper Vest – Freshman
  • 9 Easton Walker – Senior
  • 13 Cy Nielson – Sophomore
  • 19 Bryce Robison – Sophomore
  • 21 Jack Sterner – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 23 Peyton Cole – Sophomore
  • 24 Drew Zimmerman – Senior
  • 25 Austin Deming – Junior
  • 26 Carter Smith – Sophomore
  • 28 Trystan Plunkett – Sophomore
  • 31 Reid McLaughlin – Junior
  • 32 Tyson Heaton – Sophomore
  • 36 Luke Sterner – Freshman
  • 37 Cooper McKeehan – Sophomore
  • 39 Mikade Johnson – Sophomore
  • 40 Ayden Callahan – Junior
  • 42 Boston Mabeus – Freshman
  

Infielders

  • 2 Brock Watson – Sophomore
  • 4 Andrew Pintar – Sophomore
  • 8 Bryan Call – Junior
  • 14 Bitner Workman – Freshman
  • 16 Jacob Rogers – Junior
  • 23 Peyton Call – Sophomore
  • 25 Austin Deming – Junior
  • 29 Sean Rimmer – Sophomore
  • 35 Jacob Wilk- Junior
  • 45 Freddy Achecar – Senior
  

Catchers

  • 11 Abraham Valdez – Senior
  • 17 Joshua Cowden – Junior
  • 34 Joshua Youngblood – Sophomore
  • 38 JD Gardner – Freshman
  • 44 Chase Taylor – Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 3 Danny Gelalich – Senior
  • 5 Hunter Swapp – Sophomore
  • 6 Mitch McIntyre – Senior
  • 7 Cooper Vest – Freshman
  • 10 Hayden Leatham – Senior
  • 22 Cole Gambill – Junior
  • 27 Ryan Sepede – Sophomore
  • 28 Trystan Plunkett – Sophomore
  • 29 Sean Rimmer – Sophomore

Schedule
2021 BYU Cougars Game Log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
February 20at Texas State–Bobcat BallparkESPN+4–5Austin Smith (1–0)Easton Walker (0–1)Tristan Stivors (1)1650–1–
February 20at Texas State–Bobcat BallparkESPN+9–4Bryce Robison (1–0)Trevis Sundgren (0–1)Reid McLaughlin (1)1511–1–
February 22at Texas State–Bobcat BallparkFacebook6–11Austin Smith (2–0)Boston Mabeus (0–1)None7001–2–
February 23at Texas State–Bobcat BallparkESPN+7–6(10)Mitch McIntyre (1–0)Tristan Stivors (0–1)None7002–2–
February 24at #19 Texas–UFCU Disch-Falk FieldLHN1–3Cole Quintanilla (1–0)Boston Mabeus (0–2)Tanner Witt (1)1,4742–3–
February 25at #19 Texas–UFCU Disch-Falk FieldLHN6–12Palmer Wenzel (1–0)Bryce Robison (1–1)None1,4242–4–
February 26at #19 Texas–UFCU Disch-Falk FieldLHN1–11Ty Madden (1–1)Cy Nielson (0–1)None1,5042–5–
February 27at #19 Texas–UFCU Disch-Falk FieldLHN5–4Reid McLaughlin (1–0)Caden Noah (0–1)Mitch McIntyre (1)1,5243–5–
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
March 4at Oregon State–Goss Stadium at Coleman FieldP12+ OSU0–1Reid Sebby (2–0)Mikade Johnson (0–1)Jake Mulholland (2)03–6–
March 5at Oregon State–Goss Stadium at Coleman FieldP12+ OSU3–5Joey Mundt (1–0)Carter Smith (0–1)Nathan Burns (1)03–7–
March 6at Oregon State–Goss Stadium at Coleman FieldP12+ OSU3–4Jake Mulholland (1–0)Tyson Heaton (0–1)None03–8–
March 11at Utah–Smith's BallparkP12+ UT3–6Matthew Sox (2–0)Mikade Johnson (0–2)None03–9–
March 12at Utah–Smith's BallparkP12+ UT1–7Kyle Robeniol (1–1)Cy Nielson (0–2)None03–10–
March 13Utah–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtvCancelled- Snowstorm
March 16at Dixie State–Bruce Hurst FieldWAC DN4–5Brayden Bonner (1–0)Mikade Johnson (0–3)None7213–11–
March 18at Loyola Marymount*–George C. Page StadiumWCC Net5–4Easton Walker (1–1)CJ Fernandezees (1–1)Reid McLaughlin (2)04–111–0
March 19at Loyola Marymount*–George C. Page Stadium9–2Boston Mabeus (1–2)Jimmy Galicia (1–4)None05–112–0
March 20at Loyola Marymount*–George C. Page Stadium4–1Cy Nielson (1–2)Holden Chtistian (0–1)Bryce Robison (1)06–113–0
March 23Utah Valley–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org11–7Boston Mabeus (2–2)Jaxson Otis (0–2)Bryce Robison (2)4957–11–
March 25San Francisco*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org8–7(10)Bryce Robison (2–1)Max Jones (0–1)None4928–114–0
March 26San Francisco*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org6–10(10)Jesse Barron (1–2)Mitch McIntyre (1–1)None7988–124–1
March 27San Francisco*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org1–3Eric Reyzelman (1–1)Jack Sterner (0–1)Jesse Barron (3)7998–134–2
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
April 1at Santa Clara*–Stephen Schott StadiumWCC Net0–5Nick Sando (1–1)Easton Walker (1–2)Alex Reelfs (1)08–144–3
April 2at Santa Clara*–Stephen Schott StadiumWCC Net3–11Brandon Buckley (2–1)Carter Smith (0–2)Jared Feikes (1)08–154–4
April 3at Santa Clara*–Stephen Schott StadiumWCC Net3–1Bryce Robison (3–1)Cole Kitchen (5–1)None09–155–4
April 8Portland*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org3–5Caleb Franzen (1–2)Bryce Robison (3–2)Eli Morse (8)4929–165–5
April 9Portland*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv1–0Reid McLaughlin (2–1)Eli Morse (0–1)None48710–166–5
April 10Portland*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv6–7Eli Morse (1–1)Carter Smith (0–3) None49610–176–6
April 13Utah–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org7–4Bryce Robison (4–2)Dustyn Schramm (0–2)Reid McLaughlin (3)74211–17–
April 15at Omaha–Tal Anderson FieldMavs All-Access1–2Joey Machado (3–3)Easton Walker (1–3)Tanner Howe (1)36111–18–
April 16at Omaha–Tal Anderson FieldNET5–6Josiah Scott (3–1)Reid McLaughlin (2–1)None32211–19–
April 17at Omaha–Tal Anderson FieldMavs All-Access1–4Mark Timmins (3–2)Carter Smith (0–4)None53311–20–
April 20Dixie State–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org3–2Cy Nielson (2–2)Haiden Hendricks (0–1)Reid McLaughlin (4)49312–20–
April 22at Gonzaga*–Patterson Baseball ComplexWCC Net1–12Alek Jacob (4–1)Easton Walker (1–4)None25012–216–7
April 23at Gonzaga*–Patterson Baseball ComplexWCC Net1–2Gabriel Hughes (3–2)Jack Sterner (0–2)Brody Jessee (3)40012–226–8
April 24at Gonzaga*–Patterson Baseball ComplexSWX3–7Michael Spellacy (3–2)Boston Mabeus (3–3)Trystan Vrieling (1)15012–236–9
April 27#26 Arizona State–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org8–5Bryce Robison (5–2)Jared Glenn (4–1)Reid McLaughlin (5)42213–23–
April 29Saint Mary's*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org12–0Easton Walker (2–4)Ryan Taurek (2–2)None49714–237–9
April 30Saint Mary's*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv4–2Cooper McKeehan (1–0)Sam Bower (4–4)Reid McLaughlin (6)49215–238–9
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
May 1Saint Mary's*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv4–3Bryce Robison (6–2)Ky Bush (5–4)Cooper McKeehan (1–0)49616–239–9
May 4at Utah Valley–UCCU BallparkWAC DN11–4Cy Nielson (3–2)Devin Smith (0–3)None2,05317–23–
May 6at San Diego*–Fowler ParkWCC Net6–4 (10)Reid McLaughlin (3–1)Ryan Robinson (2–1)None10018–2310–9
May 7at San Diego*–Fowler ParkWCC Net11–10Cooper McKeehan (2–0)Conner Thurman (5–3)Carter Smith (1)10019–2311–9
May 8at San Diego*–Fowler ParkWCC Net12–13Brycen Mautz (3–1)Easton Walker (2–5)None10019–2411–10
May 13at Pacific*–Klein Family FieldWCC Net3–6Joe Solomon (1–1)Cooper McKeehan (2–1)Zach Patterson (3)6019–2511–11
May 14at Pacific*–Klein Family FieldWCC Net5–0Jack Sterner (1–2)Hayden Pearce (3–7)Carter Smith (2)8020–2512–11
May 15at Pacific*–Klein Family FieldWCC Net6–0Bryce Robison (7–2)Hunter Schilperoort (1–2)None10021–2513–11
May 18Utah–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org5–11Randon Hostert (3–0)Cy Nielson (3–3)None49421–26–
May 20Pepperdine*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org3–6Brandon Llewellyn (4–1)Easton Walker (2–6)Trevor Hinkel (1)49221–2713–12
May 21Pepperdine*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org14–5Carter Smith (1–4)Shane Telfer (2–1)None49022–2714–12
May 22Pepperdine*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv.org14–7Drew Zimmerman (1–0)Nathan Diamond (2–4)None50023–2715–12
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. New D1 state team Dixie State also played the Cougars.

Radio Information

BYU Baseball was once again broadcast as part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network. BYU Radio 107.9 KUMT served as the flagship station. However, because of a women's soccer and general conference conflicts, some radio broadcasts were App exclusives, and the first three games against Texas State didn't have a radio broadcast. Jason Shepherd and Greg Wrubell rotated providing play-by-play after Brent Norton retired from the position after 30 seasons. Tuckett Slade served as analyst on most broadcasts.

TV Announcers

References
See also: 2020 BYU Cougars football team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2021 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, and 2021 BYU Cougars softball team
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