May 13, 1999 

PROVO–Former BYU pitcher Brett McDermaid threw 170 pitches and struck out 11 Cougars Thursday  to lead Utah to an 11-9 victory.

The senior McDermaid, who pitched his first two years at BYU, scattered 13 hits in eight-plus innings to pick up his third win of the season.  He got timely hitting from his fellow Utes who belted five home runs.  Among those key
homers was a two-run shot by Eric Wallace in the sixth inning which put Utah on top for good.

First baseman Ryan Johnerson hit a grand slam in the fifth inning to chase Curtis Rodriguez from the mound and give Utah a 7-6 advantage.  Utah took the initial lead when Adam Castleton hit a solo homer in the first.  Teammate
Mike Goff had a two-run dinger and Jared Larsen hit a solo homer in the ninth. 

Gary Johnson hit a three-run homer in the first to give BYU the lead and he added to it with a two-run blast in the third to put the Cougars up 5-1.  Teammate Ryan Pond hit his 22nd homer of the season, a solo in the fifth.

The Cougars made a last-ditch rally in the ninth inning when they scored one run off an RBI single from pinch hitter George Gourley, whose brother T.R. is on the Ute squad.  BYU stranded two runners in the ninth when Brandon
Ballard got Shane Belliston to fly out to deep left field.

Utah’s record improves to 22-28 overall and 8-18 in the Western Athletic Conference, while BYU is 24-31 and 10-17.  The two teams meet again on Friday at 2 p.m. and Saturday at noon.  The Cougars had won two previous non-league games with Utah by identical 9-2 scores earlier this season in Salt Lake City.

Utah 11, BYU 9

UU      100     242     101     11      17      0 
BYU     302     120     001     9       14      1 

McDermaid, Ballard (9) and Larsen.  Rodriguez, Mangrum (5), Thomas (8) and Freeman.  
WP-McDermaid, 3-6.  LP-Mangrum, 3-8.  Sv.-Ballard (2).  
2B-Hilts (U), Iorg 2 (BYU), Belliston (BYU), Jensen 2 (BYU), Castleton (U), Johnerson (U). 
HR-Castleton (U), Johnson 2 (BYU), Goff (U), Johnerson (U), Pond (BYU), Wallace (U), Larsen (U).  
A-318.

Source: BYU Press Release

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