2017 BYU Cougars baseball team

The 2017 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted in his fifth season as head coach of the Cougars. BYU was picked to finish fourth in the WCC Pre-season rankings.^[1] The Cougars overcame expectations to claim a tri-team championship in the regular season. Afterwards, the Cougars won the West Coast Conference tournament for the first time in their history, claiming the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the Cougars first tournament berth since 2002.^[2] The Cougars were placed in the Stanford Regional, where they went 1–2. The Cougars finished the season 38–21.

2017 BYU Cougars baseball
2017 WCC Tri-Regular season Champions 2017 WCC Tournament champions
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	38–21 (20–7 WCC)
Head coach	Mike Littlewood (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Trent Pratt (5th season) Brent Haring (5th season) Jeremy Thomas (5th season)
Home stadium	Larry H. Miller Field
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 West Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Gonzaga  ‍†‍‍	20	–	7	–	0		.741			33	–	20	–	0		.623
BYU  ‍†‍‡‍y	20	–	7	–	0		.741			38	–	21	–	0		.644
Loyola Marymount †  ‍‍‍	20	–	7	–	0		.741			38	–	18	–	0		.679
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍	18	–	9	–	0		.667			37	–	20	–	0		.649
San Diego  ‍‍‍	18	–	9	–	0		.667			35	–	18	–	1		.657
San Francisco  ‍‍‍	11	–	16	–	0		.407			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍	9	–	18	–	0		.333			13	–	40	–	0		.245
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍	8	–	19	–	0		.296			20	–	32	–	0		.385
Pacific  ‍‍‍	6	–	21	–	0		.222			18	–	35	–	0		.340
Portland  ‍‍‍	5	–	22	–	0		.185			10	–	41	–	1		.202
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2017 roster

2017 BYU Cougars roster[3]
Pitchers 5 Jackson Bishop – Freshman 8 Keaton Cenatiempo – Senior 9 Mason Marshall – Senior 13 Aaron Cross – Junior 18 Brady Corless – Senior 23 Hayden Rodgers – Junior 26 Riley Gates – Junior 28 Rhett Parkinson – Junior 29 Shep Shephard – Freshman 32 Maverik Buffo – Junior 34 Jordan Wood – Sophomore 36 Matt Favero – Freshman 38 Connor Williams – Junior 41 Kendall Motes – Junior 42 Bo Burrup – Sophomore xx Kenny Saenz – Junior		Infielders 2 Noah Hill – Sophomore 3 Brennon Anderson – Junior 4 Cam Richins – Freshman 11 Mackay Jacobsen – Sophomore 12 Tanner Chauncey – Senior 24 Brian Hsu – Sophomore 25 Nate Favero- Junior 35 Colton Shaver – Junior		Catchers 2 Noah Hill – Sophomore 14 Bronson Larsen – Senior 22 David Clawson – Freshman 35 Colton Shaver – Junior Outfielders 3 Brennon Anderson – Junior 5 Jackson Bishop – Freshman 7 Kyle Dean – Freshman 17 Keaton Kringlen – Sophomore 38 Connor Williams – Junior 40 Matt Bushman – Freshman 44 Brock Hale – Sophomore

Schedule

2017 BYU Cougars Game Log[4]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record February 17 at #21 Georgia Tech – Russ Chandler Stadium ACC Extra 3–5 X. Curry (1–0) Maverik Buffo (0–1) Z. Ryan (1) 1,660 0–1 – February 18 at Kennesaw State – Stillwell Stadium Eversport 13–4 Brady Corless (1–0) A. Moore (0–1) None 742 1–1 – February 20 at Georgia State – Georgia State Baseball Complex Facebook 2–3 (10) L. Barnette (1–0) Riley Gates (0–1) None 315 1–2 – February 23 vs. Northern Colorado – Billy Hebert Field Facebook 6–0 Maverik Buffo (1–1) C. Carroll (0–1) None 127 2–2 – February 23 vs. San Jose State – Billy Hebert Field Facebook 2–3 (13) J. Goldberg (1–0) Mason Marshall (0–1) None 131 2–3 – February 24 vs. Northern Colorado – Billy Hebert Field Facebook 10–9 (10) Riley Gates (1–1) B. Minnick (1–1) None 141 3–3 – February 25 vs. San Jose State – Billy Hebert Field Facebook 2–4 J. Banger (1–0) Bo Burrup (0–1) J. Goldberg 199 3–4 –
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record March 2 at CSU Bakersfield – Hardt Field YouTube 4–5 M. Carter (2–0) Maverik Buffo (1–2) Dewsnap 653 3–5 – March 3 at CSU Bakersfield – Hardt Field YouTube 10–2 Brady Corless (2–0) Mahlik Jones (1–1) None 777 4–5 – March 4 at CSU Bakersfield – Hardt Field YouTube 5–7 Moten (2–1) Kendall Motes (0–1) None 640 4–6 – March 9 UCSB – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 8–10 N. Davis (3–1) Maverik Buffo (1–3) A. Garcia 1,447 4–7 – March 10 UCSB – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 7–6 Aaron Cross (1–0) S. Barry (0–1) None 2,747 5–7 – March 10 UCSB – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 17–3 Hayden Rogers (1–0) C. Clements (0–3) None 2,747 6–7 – March 11 UCSB – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 14–8 Bo Burrup (1–1) S. Ledesma (0–2) Aaron Cross (1) 1,997 7–7 – March 14 New Mexico State – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 6–8 Mattew McHugh (2–1) Mason Marshall (0–2) Ruger Rodriguez 1,166 7–8 – March 16 UConn – Larry H. Miller Field Facebook 7–6 Maverik Buffo (2–3) R. Radue (0–2) Aaron Cross (2) 1,099 8–8 – March 17 UConn – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 7–8 J. Russell (1–0) Aaron Cross (1–1) None 1,538 8–9 – March 18 UConn – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 10–9 Jordan Wood (1–0) D. Rajkowski (0–1) None 1,622 9–9 – March 23 at Loyola Marymount* – George C. Page Stadium TheW.tv 5–3 Maverik Buffo (3–3) B. Redman (2–4) Keaton Cenatiempo (1) 175 10–9 1–0 March 24 at Loyola Marymount* – George C. Page Stadium TheW.tv 5–9 B. Arriaga (3–0) Bo Burrup (1–2) H. Simon 237 10–10 1–1 March 25 at Loyola Marymount* – George C. Page Stadium TheW.tv 0–2 C. Abbott (4–1) Hayden Rogers (1–1) None 386 10–11 1–2 March 28 at Utah – Smith's Ballpark P12 MTN 11–6 Mason Marshall (1–2) J. Rebar (2–4) Keaton Cenatiempo (2) 2,666 11–11 – March 30 Saint Mary's* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 7–6 Riley Gates (2–1) A. Hansen (0–1) Keaton Cenatiempo (3) 731 12–11 2–2 March 31 Saint Mary's* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 6–2 Brady Corless (3–0) J. Valdez (3–2) None 1,147 13–11 3–2
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record April 1 Saint Mary's* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 14–1 Hayden Rogers (2–1) J. York (3–2) None 1,016 14–11 4–2 April 3 Oregon – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 6–9 C. Zwetsch (1–2) Aaron Cross (1–2) K. Yovan 1,845 14–12 – April 6 at Pacific* – Klein Family Field TheW.tv 6–0 Maverik Buffo (4–3) Shreve (1–3) None 149 15–12 5–2 April 7 at Pacific* – Klein Family Field TheW.tv 12–1 Brady Corless (4–0) W. Lyndon (3–3) Mason Marshall (1) 393 16–12 6–2 April 8 at Pacific* – Klein Family Field TheW.tv 5–2 Hayden Rogers (3–1) R. Reynoso (3–4) Keaton Cenatiempo (4) 393 17–12 7–2 April 11 at Utah Valley – Brent Brown Ballpark WAC DN 8–3 Jordan Wood (2–0) O. Sebek (0–2) None 3,892 18–12 – April 13 Pepperdine* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 7–11 R. Wilson (2–3) Maverik Buffo (4–4) M. Mahony 2,058 18–13 7–3 April 14 Pepperdine* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 7–2 Brady Corless (5–0) J. Pendergast (4–3) None 2,386 19–13 8–3 April 15 Pepperdine* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 9–4 Hayden Rogers (4–1) W. Jensen (2–4) Riley Gates (1) 2,126 20–13 9–3 April 18 at Utah – Smith's Ballpark P12 MTN Cancelled- inclement weather April 20 at #19 San Diego* – Fowler Park TheW.tv 3–6 Nick Sprengel (7–1) Maverik Buffo (4–5) Troy Conyers (10) 546 20–14 9–4 April 21 at #19 San Diego* – Fowler Park TheW.tv 9–8 (10) Riley Gates (3–1) C. Burdick (2–2) None 1,099 21–14 10–4 April 22 at #19 San Diego* – Fowler Park TheW.tv 12–8 Jordan Wood (3–0) P. Richan (4–1) None 436 22–14 11–4 April 27 San Francisco* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 19–6 Maverik Buffo (5–5) G. Goodman (3–4) None 1,247 23–14 12–4 April 28 San Francisco* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 8–5 Bo Burrup (2–2) B. Jenkins (0–3) Riley Gates (2) 1,188 24–14 13–4 April 29 San Francisco* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 11–5 Hayden Rogers (5–1) D. Slominski (3–5) None 2,115 25–14 14–4
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record May 2 at Utah Valley #22 Brent Brown Ballpark WAC DN 23–4 Jordan Wood (4–0) E. Olguin (2–3) None 4,619 26–14 – May 4 at Santa Clara* #22 Stephen Schott Stadium TheW.tv 9–3 Maverik Buffo (6–5) G. Nechak (1–6) None 155 27–14 15–4 May 5 at Santa Clara* #22 Stephen Schott Stadium TheW.tv 13–7 Mason Marshall (1–0) E. Lex (3–7) None 188 28–14 16–4 May 6 at Santa Clara* #22 Stephen Schott Stadium TheW.tv 8–4 Hayden Rogers (6–1) J. Steffens (3–6) None 188 29–14 17–4 May 9 Utah #18 Larry H. Miller Field KBYU 6–7 (13) T. Thomas (2–0) Kendall Motes (0–1) R. Ottesen 2,392 29–15 – May 11 Portland* #18 Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 23–19 Mason Marshall (3–2) C. Richman (0–1) None 1,567 30–15 18–4 May 12 Portland* #18 Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 11–3 Brady Corless (6–0) G. Miller (1–8) None 2,158 31–15 19–4 May 13 Portland* #18 Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 16–3 Hayden Rogers (7–1) K. Baker (3–6) None 1,631 32–15 20–4 May 16 Utah Valley #18 Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 7–6 Bo Burrup (3–2) M. Briones (2–1) Mason Marshall (2) 1,702 33–15 – May 18 at Gonzaga* #18 Patterson Complex SWX 2–10 E. Morgan (9–2) Maverik Buffo (6–6) None 629 33–16 20–5 May 19 at Gonzaga* #18 Patterson Complex TheW.tv 4–10 J. Vernia (6–4) Bo Burrup (3–3) C. Legumina 918 33–17 20–6 May 20 at Gonzaga* #18 Patterson Complex ESPNU 2–6 D. Bies (5–2) Hayden Rogers (7–2) W. Mills 1,125 33–18 20–7
2017 West Coast Conference baseball tournament
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record May 25 vs. #27 Loyola Marymount* – Banner Island Ballpark TheW.tv 2–3[5] B. Arriaga (7–2) Brady Corless (6–1) C. Paiva 1,321 33–19 – May 26 vs. Saint Mary's* – Banner Island Ballpark TheW.tv 8–4[6] Hayden Rogers (8–2) J. Valdez (4–3) None 1,561 34–19 – May 26 vs. #27 Loyola Marymount* – Banner Island Ballpark TheW.tv 5–4[6] Maverik Buffo (7–6) B. Redman (5–7) Riley Gates (3) 1,561 35–19 – May 27 vs. #22 Gonzaga* – Banner Island Ballpark TheW.tv 10–3[7] Jordan Wood (5–0) D. Bies (5–3) None 1,442 36–19 – May 27 vs. #22 Gonzaga* – Banner Island Ballpark TheW.tv 16–3[7] Bo Burrup (4–3) S. Hellinger (4–3) None 1,442 37–19 –
2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
June Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record June 1 vs. #23 CS Fullerton #26 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond ESPN3 2–10[8] C. Seabold (11–4) Brady Corless (6–2) None 1,390 37–20 – June 2 vs. Sacramento State #26 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond ESPN3 6–1[9] Hayden Rogers (9–2) P. Brahms (8–4) None 1,420 38–20 – June 3 vs. #6 Stanford #26 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond ESPN3 1–9 C. Castellanos (9–3) Maverik Buffo (7–7) None 1,736 38–21 –
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
*West Coast Conference games

Rivalries

BYU has two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley.

Radio Information

Many BYU Baseball series had a radio/internet broadcast available. 44 games were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton (play-by-play) calling the games for his 25th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts were used. 42 of the games were simulcast on BYU Radio. BYU Radio also had 1 radio exclusive this season: the early Mar. 10 game vs. UC Santa Barbara.

TV Announcers

For the first time every game was shown on television or streamed live online as BYU Baseball carried the road games that weren't going to be streamed on Facebook Live.

• Feb 17: Wylie Ballard & Alex Keller
• Feb 18: No commentators
• Feb 20: Tuckett Slade
• Feb 23: Tuckett Slade
• Feb 23: Tuckett Slade
• Feb 24: Tuckett Slade
• Feb 25: Tuckett Slade
• March 2: Corey Costelloe
• March 3: Corey Costelloe
• March 4: Corey Costelloe
• March 9: Brent Norton & Gary Pullins^{[permanent dead link]}
• March 10: Brent Norton & Jeff Bills
• March 10: Brent Norton
• March 11: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• March 14: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• March 16: Mitchell Marshall
• March 17: Robbie Bullough & Marc Oslund
• March 18: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• March 23: Jesse Kass & Dalton Green
• March 24: Jesse Kass & Raihan Ball
• March 25: Jesse Kass & Javier Villagomez
• March 28: Thad Anderson & Andy Lopez
• March 30: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• March 31: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• April 1: Brent Norton & Cameron Coughlan
• April 3: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• April 6: Jeff Dominick & Mark Walch
• April 7: Jeff Dominick & Mark Walch
• April 8: Jeff Dominick & Mark Walch
• April 11: Jordan Bianucci & Ryan Pickens
• April 13: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• April 14: Brent Norton & Ryan Hancock
• April 15: Brent Norton & Cameron Coughlan
• April 20: Jack Murray & John "JC" Cunningham
• April 21: Jack Murray & John Cunningham
• April 22: Jack Murray & John Cunningham
• April 27: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• April 28: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• April 29: Brent Norton
• May 2: Jordan Bianucci & Ryan Pickens
• May 4: David Gentile
• May 5: David Gentile
• May 6: David Gentile
• May 9: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• May 11: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• May 12: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• May 13: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• May 16: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• May 18: Sam Adams & Michael Jackson
• May 19: George Devine & Alex Jensen
• May 20: Roxy Bernstein & Wes Clements
• May 25: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Meghan von Behren
• May 26: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Meghan von Behren
• May 26: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Meghan von Behren
• May 27: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Meghan von Behren
• May 27: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Meghan von Behren
• June 1: Steve Lenox & JT Snow
• June 2: Steve Lenox & JT Snow
• June 3: Steve Lenox & JT Snow