May 14, 1999 

PROVO–Catcher Ryan Freeman scored the first of six runs for BYU in the fourth inning Friday to break the game open as the Cougars defeated Utah, 16-7.

With no outs in the fourth, Freeman was on third and teammate Shane Belliston had stolen second before Chris Circuit hit directly to pitcher Ryan Bailey.  Bailey noticed Freeman had over-committed to home on the play and threw to third to get the Cougar catcher in the hot box.  Freeman charged home as the toss from third glanced off his back and also allowed Belliston to score.

Freeman also opened the seventh inning with a homer. 

The Cougars took a 3-0 lead in the first inning before Ute leftfielder Eric Wallace tied the game with a three-run homer in the third.  It was Wallace’s 14th dinger of the season.

The Utes also got solo homers from Jared Larsen in the sixth and Adam Castleton in the ninth.  BYU’s Mark Smith had a two-run homer in the fourth and teammate Chris Circuit hit the first pitch of new reliever Jared Cavaness for a
solo homer.

BYU’s Sean Noorda was the winning pitcher in scattering nine hits and collecting five strikeouts in six innings to improve his record to 3-2.

BYU improves to 25-31 overall and 11-17 in the Western Athletic Conference, while Utah is 22-29 and 8-19 as the two teams prepare for the final game of the season on Saturday at noon in Provo.

BYU 16, Utah 7

UU      003     001     003     7       15      3 
BYU     301     610     50x     16      17      0 

Bailey, Bolser (4), Cavaness (7), Maio (7) and Larsen, Hawes (9).  Noorda, Rex (7), Holland (9) and Freeman, Wilkes (9).  
WP-Noorda, 3-2.  LP-Bailey, 3-3. 
2B-Jensen 2 (BYU), Johnerson (UU).  
HR-Wallace (UU), Smith (BYU), Larsen (UU), Freeman (BYU), Circuit (BYU), Castleton (UU).  
A-491.

Source: BYU Press Release

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