2019 BYU Cougars baseball team

The 2019 BYU Cougars baseball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acts in his seventh season as head coach of the Cougars. After being picked to finish first in the conference in 2018, BYU suffered through a season with many injuries on both sides of play.[1] The end result was a 22–28 season with BYU finishing tied with Pacific at 11–17 for ninth place in conference play. The result led Littlewood to clean house in the off-season, and BYU enters 2019 with 20 new players on the roster: 17 newcomers and 3 returning missionaries.[2] The Cougars were picked to finish sixth in the WCC Pre-season poll.[3]

2019 BYU Cougars baseball
2019 Kleberg Bank College Classic Champions
Conference	West Coast Conference
2019 record	36-17 (19-8 WCC)
Head coach	Mike Littlewood (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Trent Pratt (7th season) Brent Haring (7th season) Michael Bradshaw (1st season)
Home stadium	Larry H. Miller Field

2019 West Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
BYU  ‍†‍‍	19	–	8		.704			36	–	17		.679
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍	18	–	9		.667			31	–	24		.564
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍	17	–	10		.630			35	–	22		.614
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	12		.556			34	–	25		.576
San Francisco  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			30	–	26		.536
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			24	–	25		.490
San Diego  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			32	–	21		.604
Pacific  ‍‍‍	10	–	16		.385			23	–	26		.469
Portland  ‍‍‍	7	–	19		.269			25	–	27		.481
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍	5	–	22		.185			12	–	40		.231
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 5, 2019; Rankings from D1Baseball

2019 Roster

2019 BYU Cougars roster[4]
Pitchers 6 Mitch McIntyre - Sophomore 9 Easton Walker - Sophomore 14 Blake Inouye - Senior 18 Justin Sterner - Sophomore 21 Jack Sterner - Freshman 22 Jarod Lessar - Junior 23 Ryan Brady - Freshman 24 Drew Zimmerman - Sophomore 25 Austin Deming - Freshman 26 Riley Gates - Senior 29 Jake Porter - Freshman 31 Reid McLaughlin - Freshman 34 Jordan Wood - Senior 36 Cooper Foss - Freshman 40 Ayden Callahan - Sophomore 42 Bo Burrup - Senior 45 Ben Weese - Junior		Infielders 4 Jackson Cluff - Sophomore 5 Carson Matthews - Freshman 7 Hobbs Nyberg - Freshman 8 Bryan Call - Freshman 12 DJ McNew - Sophomore 13 Brian Hsu - Senior 16 Casey Jacobsen - Senior 17 Keaton Kringlen - Senior 25 Austin Deming - Freshman 28 Zack Peterson - Freshman		Catchers 2 Noah Hill - Senior 11 Abraham Valdez - Junior 19 Koby Kelton - Sophomore 32 Colton Easton - Freshman Outfielders 3 Danny Gelalich - Sophomore 6 Mitch McIntyre - Sophomore 7 Hobbs Nyberg - Freshman 17 Keaton Kringlen - Senior 19 Koby Kelton - Sophomore 27 Ryan Sepede - Freshman 41 Noah Hughes - Freshman 43 Jaren Hall - Freshman 44 Brock Hale - Senior

Schedule

2019 BYU Cougars Game Log[5]
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record WCC Record February 15 vs. Northwestern – Sloan Park Facebook 4–3 (10) Jarod Lessar (1–0) Josh Levy (0–1) None 333 1–0 – February 16 vs. Northwestern – Sloan Park Facebook 2–3 Sam Lawrence (1–0) Justin Sterner (0–1) None 333 1–1 – February 16 vs. Northwestern – Sloan Park Facebook 11–2 Drew Zimmerman (1–0) Ryan Bader (0–1) None 333 2–1 – February 18 vs. Cal – Tempe Diablo Stadium Facebook 6–10 Jack Delmore (1–0) Ben Weese (0–1) Sean Sullivan (1) N/A 2–2 – February 21 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – Whataburger Field Team 1 Sports 6–2 Reid McLaughlin (1–0) Cody LeCompte (0–1) None 625 3–2 – February 22 vs. Ohio State – Whataburger Field Team 1 Sports 5–1 Jordan Wood (1–0) Seth Lonsway (1–1) None 309 4–2 – February 23 vs. Oral Roberts – Whataburger Field Team 1 Sports 8–3 Justin Sterner (1–1) Landon Odom (0–1) None 1,375 5–2 – February 28 at Lamar – Vincent-Beck Stadium Facebook 4–2 (10) Reid McLaughlin (2–0) Ryan Erickson (0–1) Drew Zimmerman (1) 417 6–2 –
March Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record WCC Record March 1 at Lamar – Vincent-Beck Stadium Facebook 1–3 Jason Blanchard (2–1) Jarod Lessar (1–1) AJ Ozorio-Brace (1) 1,091 6–3 – March 2 at Lamar – Vincent-Beck Stadium Facebook 4–0 Justin Sterner (2–1) Noah Sills (0–1) None 712 7–3 – March 5 Utah Valley – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 5–1 Reid McLaughlin (3–0) Spenser Triplett (0–1) None 958 8–3 – March 7 Milwaukee – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 11–8 Jordan Wood (2–0) Jared Reklaitis (1–3) None 985 9–3 – March 8 Milwaukee – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 14–6 (5) Jarod Lessar (2–1) Elijah Goodman (0–1) None 643 10–3 – March 8 Milwaukee – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv Cancelled- Snow March 9 Milwaukee – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 5–3 Justin Sterner (3–1) Mike Edwards (2–1) Reid McLaughlin (1) 989 11–3 – March 12 Niagara – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 11–5 Mitch McIntyre (1–0) Jackson Jones (0–1) None 247 12–3 – March 14 Gonzaga* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 2–4 (11) Alek Jacob (2–2) Blake Inouye (0–1) None 913 12–4 0–1 March 15 Gonzaga* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 7–4 Easton Walker (1–0) Justin Blatner (1–2) Drew Zimmerman (2) 965 13–4 1–1 March 16 Gonzaga* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 2–4 Mac Lardner (1–3) Justin Sterner (3–2) Alek Jacob (5) 1,447 13–5 1–2 March 19 at Utah Valley – UCCU Ballpark WAC DN 14–13 (10) Mitch McIntyre (2–0) Jesse Schmit (2–2) None 1,068 14–5 – March 21 Portland* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 10–1 Jordan Wood (3–0) Kevin Baker (0–2) None 872 15–5 2–2 March 22 Portland* – Larry H. Miller Field Stadium on Livestream 3–1 Easton Walker (2–0) Eli Morse (2–2) Drew Zimmerman (3) 867 16–5 3–2 March 23 Portland* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 11–1 Justin Sterner (4–2) Nate Packard (2–1) None 1,343 17–5 4–2 March 26 Oregon – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 7–3 Reid McLaughlin (4–0) Nico Tellache (3–2) None 1,594 18–5 – March 28 Saint Mary's* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 10–6 Jordan Wood (4–0) Kevin Milam (3–3) Reid McLaughlin (2) 1,358 19–5 5–2 March 29 Saint Mary's* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 11–0 Easton Walker (3–0) Ken Waldichuk (3–2) None 789 20–5 6–2 March 30 Saint Mary's* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 5–3 Justin Sterner (5–2) Carlos Lomeli (4–2) None 1,532 21–5 7–2
April Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record WCC Record April 2 at Utah #24 Smith's Ballpark P12 6–8 Jacob Rebar (1–0) Drew Zimmerman (1–1) Zac McCleve (1) 1,814 21–6 – April 4 at San Diego* #24 Fowler Park TheW.tv 5–15 Chris Murphy (4–1) Jordan Wood (4–1) None 592 21–7 7–3 April 5 at San Diego* #24 Fowler Park TheW.tv 5–6 (10) Grady Miller (3–2) Mitch McIntyre (2–1) None 625 21–8 7–4 April 6 at San Diego* #24 Fowler Park TheW.tv 17–4 Justin Sterner (6–2) Jack Dolak (3–3) Blake Inouye (1) 385 22–8 8–4 April 9 Utah – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org Cancelled- Rain April 11 Pepperdine* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 13–7 Reid McLaughlin (5–0) Christian Stoutland (1–3) None 991 23–8 9–4 April 12 Pepperdine* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 4–2 Easton Walker (4–0) Easton Lucas (3–3) Drew Zimmerman (4) 2,470 24–8 10–4 April 13 Pepperdine* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 0–7 Jonathan Pendergast (4–2) Justin Sterner (6–3) None 1,612 24–9 10–5 April 18 at Washington – Husky Ballpark P12+ UW 0–1 Chris Micheles (3–1) Reid McLaughlin (5–1) Stevie Emenuels (2) 387 24–10 – April 19 at Washington – Husky Ballpark P12+ UW 7–3 Easton Walker (5–0) Josh Burgmann (3–3) None 554 25–10 – April 20 at Washington – Husky Ballpark P12+ UW 4–0 Justin Sterner (7–3) Chris Micheles (3–2) Reid McLaughlin (3) 744 26–10 – April 25 at Pacific* #29 Klein Family Field TheW.tv 11–7 (10) Mitch McIntyre (3–1) Nic Swanson (1–1) None 238 27–10 11–5 April 26 at Pacific* #29 Klein Family Field TheW.tv 12–1 Easton Walker (6–0) Hayden Pearce (2–1) None 365 28–10 12–5 April 27 at Pacific* #29 Klein Family Field TheW.tv 5–0 Justin Sterner (8–3) Ryan Shreve (4–4) None 352 29–10 13–5 April 29 at Cal #27 Evans Diamond P12 2–3 Rogelio Reyes (4–1) Drew Zimmerman (1–2) Arman Sabouri (4) 244 29–11 –
May Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record WCC Record May 2 at Loyola Marymount* #27 George C. Page Stadium TheW.tv 1–5 Codie Pavia (4–2) Jordan Wood (4–2) Nick Frasso (6) 388 29–12 13–6 May 3 at Loyola Marymount* #27 George C. Page Stadium TheW.tv 8–5 Jarod Lessar (3–1) Josh Agnew (4–4) Blake Inouye (2) 581 30–12 14–6 May 4 at Loyola Marymount* #27 George C. Page Stadium TheW.tv 10–3 Blake Inouye (1–1) Matt Voelker (1–4) None 470 31–12 15–6 May 6 at San Diego State #30 Tony Gwynn Stadium 5–10 Daniel Ritcheson (2–1) Jarod Lessar (3–2) None 101 31–13 – May 9 San Francisco* #30 Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 20–3 Jordan Wood (5–2) Riley Ornido (6–6) None 1,554 32–13 16–6 May 10 San Francisco* #30 Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 1–9 Scott Parker (7–3) Easton Walker (6–1) Alex Pham (6) 3,189 32–14 16–7 May 11 San Francisco* #30 Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 17–9 Blake Inouye (2–1) Julian Washburn (8–2) None 2,337 33–14 17–7 May 14 at Utah #30 Smith's Ballpark P12 10–3 Reid McLaughlin (6–1) Zac McCleve (1–5) None 4,011 34–14 – May 16 at Santa Clara* #30 Stephen Schott Stadium TheW.tv 2–4 Russell Grant II (3–4) Jordan Wood (5–3) Eric Lex (4) 415 34–15 17–8 May 17 at Santa Clara* #30 Stephen Schott Stadium TheW.tv 7–5 Easton Walker (7–1) Holden Bernhardt (1–7) None 531 35–15 18–8 May 18 at Santa Clara* #30 Stephen Schott Stadium TheW.tv 2–1 Reid McLaughlin (7–1) Eric Lex (0–1) None 395 36–15 19–8
2019 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
May Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record WCC Record May 23 vs. Loyola Marymount* #30 Banner Island Ballpark TheW.tv – May 24 #30 Banner Island Ballpark TheW.tv – Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings. *West Coast Conference games

•The BYU/Gonzaga series was originally scheduled to take place in Spokane, but it was moved to Provo due to the weather.
•The BYU/San Diego State game was originally scheduled to take place at Lake Elsinore Diamond but was moved to Tony Gwynn Stadium. •After splitting the series with Utah, BYU was awarded the Deseret First Duel trophy via run differential.

Rivalries

BYU has two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley. The Cougars will also participate in the Kleberg Bank College Classic.

Radio Information

For the second consecutive season BYU Baseball will be broadcast as part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network, and for the first time ever every BYU Baseball game will be broadcast on radio. Brent Norton returns to provide play-by-play for his 27th consecutive season, with Jason Shepherd or Greg Wrubell subbing in when Brent is unavailable. Tuckett Slade will provide analysis for most games, but a small selection of former players will also be used. Games will once again be carried on KOVO and BYU Radio. KOVO will have five exclusives (Gm. 1 Feb. 16, Mar. 8, Mar. 12, Mar. 23, and Apr. 6), BYU Radio's KUMT will have one exclusive (Feb. 21), and BYU Radio will carry three others exclusively across all their stations (Gm. 2 Feb. 16, Mar. 7, and Mar. 19). The Mar. 5 game will have hour one only on KOVO before BYU Radio JIP's the game at 7 PM MST. All other games will air on both KOVO and BYU Radio.

TV Announcers

• Feb 15: Jason Shepherd & Tuckett Slade
• Feb 16 (1): Jason Shepherd & Tuckett Slade
• Feb 16 (2): Jason Shepherd & Mason Marshall
• Feb 18: Jason Shepherd & Tuckett Slade
• Feb 21: Chad Keys
• Feb 22: Chad Keys
• Feb 23: Chad Keys
• Feb 26: Harold Mann
• Mar 1: Harold Mann
• Mar 2: No commentary
• Mar 5: Jason Shepherd & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 7: Greg Wrubell & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 8: Jason Shepherd & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 9: Jason Shepherd & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 12: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 14: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 15: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 16: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 19: Jordan Bianucci & Ryan Pickens
• Mar 21: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 22: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 23: Jarom Jordan & Gary Sheide
• Mar 26: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Mar 28: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Mar 29: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 30: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Apr 2: J.B. Long & Javy López
• Apr 4: Jack Murray & John "JC" Cunningham
• Apr 5: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien
• Apr 6: Jack Murray & John Cunningham
• Apr 11: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Apr 12: Greg Wrubell & Tuckett Slade
• Apr 13: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Apr 18: Bill Abelson
• Apr 19: Bill Abelson
• Apr 20: Bill Abelson
• Apr 25: Ben Ross
• Apr 26: Jeff Dominick
• Apr 27: Jeff Dominick
• Apr 29: Roxy Bernstein & Dean Stotz
• May 2: Chris Turkmany
• May 3: Sam Farber, Keith Benjamin, & Sammy O'Brien
• May 4: Chris Turkmany & Jim Collins
• May 9: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• May 10: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• May 11: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• May 14: J.B. Long & Dean Stotz
• May 16: David Gentile
• May 17: David Gentile
• May 18: David Gentile
• May 23: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien
• May 24: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien

References

See also: 2018 BYU Cougars football team, 2018–19 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2018–19 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2018 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2019 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, and 2019 BYU Cougars softball team

1. "WCC coaches pick Cougars No. 1 in preseason poll". Deseret News. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
2. "BYU baseball coach Mike Littlewood cleaned house after a disappointing 2018 season". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
3. "BYU Baseball team looking to bounce back in 2019, contend for WCC title". Deseret News. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
4. http://byucougars.com/roster/m-baseball
5. "Cougars face soft schedule". Lawless Republic. Retrieved September 26, 2018.