2018 BYU Cougars baseball team

The 2018 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted in his sixth season as head coach of the Cougars. The Cougars overcame expectations in 2017 and claimed 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.^[1] The Cougars were placed in the Stanford Regional where they would go 1–2. The Cougars finished the season 38–21. For 2018 BYU was picked to finish first in the WCC Pre-season rankings.^[2]

2018 BYU Cougars baseball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	22–28 (11–16 WCC)
Head coach	Mike Littlewood (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Trent Pratt (6th season) Brent Haring (6th season) Jeremy Thomas (6th season)
Home stadium	Larry H. Miller Field
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 West Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Pepperdine  ‍†‍‍	17	–	10		.630			31	–	24		.564
Gonzaga ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	11		.593			33	–	24		.579
San Francisco  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			28	–	30		.483
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍	14	–	12		.538			25	–	30		.455
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			31	–	23		.574
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			26	–	26		.500
Portland  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			23	–	30		.434
San Diego  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			23	–	32		.418
Pacific  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			22	–	27		.449
BYU  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			22	–	28		.440
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of Jun 3, 2018 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2018 roster

2018 BYU Cougars roster[3]
Pitchers 6 Mitch McIntyre - Freshman 8 Rhett Parkinson - Senior 14 Blake Inouye - Junior 18 Justin Sterner - Freshman 21 Kenny Saenz - Junior 23 Hayden Rodgers - Senior 24 Drew Zimmerman - Freshman 26 Riley Gates - Senior 27 Alex Perron - Junior 32 Walker Sigman - Freshman 34 Jordan Wood - Junior 35 James Barker - Freshman 37 Ryan Brady - Freshman 41 Kendall Motes - Senior 42 Bo Burrup - Junior 43 Jake Suddreth - Sophomore		Infielders 2 Noah Hill - Junior 3 Brennon Anderson - Senior 4 Cam Richins - Sophomore 9 Paxton Larson - Sophomore 10 Daniel Schneemann - Junior 11 Mackay Jacobsen - Junior 12 Colton Kent - Freshman 13 Brian Hsu - Junior 16 Casey Jacobsen - Junior 19 Koby Kelton - Freshman 25 Nate Favero - Senior		Catchers 2 Noah Hill - Junior 11 Mackay Jacobsen - Junior 22 David Clawson - Sophomore 28 Dustin Thelander - Freshman 31 Cooper Hansen - Freshman Outfielders 3 Brennon Anderson - Senior 5 Jarrett Perns - Junior 6 Mitch McIntyre - Freshman 7 Kyle Dean - Sophomore 17 Keaton Kringlen - Junior 19 Koby Kelton - Freshman 36 Jake Brown - Sophomore 44 Brock Hale - Junior

Schedule

2018 BYU Cougars Game Log[4]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record February 16 at CSUN – Matador Field Big West TV 5–3 Jake Suddreth (1–0) Matt Acosta (0–1) Riley Gates (1) 512 1–0 – February 17 at CSUN – Matador Field Facebook 9–10 Hayden Shenefield (1–0) Drew Zimmerman (0–1) None 451 1–1 – February 17 at CSUN – Matador Field Facebook 6–5 Hayden Rogers (1–0) Wesley Moore (0–1) Riley Gates (2) 590 2–1 – February 19 at CSUN – Matador Field Big West TV 10–8 Bo Burrup (1–0) Matt Acosta (0–2) Drew Zimmerman (1) 276 3–1 – February 22 at Hawai'i – Les Murakami Stadium Facebook 2–3 Kyle Hatton (1–0) Blake Inouye (0–1) Dylan Thomas (3) 2,211 3–2 – February 23 at Hawai'i – Les Murakami Stadium Facebook 4–3 (10) Riley Gates (1–0) Colin Ashworth (0–1) Jake Suddreth (1) 2,804 4–2 – February 24 at Hawai'i – Les Murakami Stadium Facebook 4–3 Hayden Rogers (2–0) Neil Uskali (1–1) Jake Suddreth (2) 2,757 5–2 – February 24 at Hawai'i – Les Murakami Stadium Facebook 3–8 Logan Pouelsen (1–0) Kenny Saenz (0–1) None 2,757 5–3 –
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record March 2 at #18 Auburn – Plainsman Park SEC+ 3–4 Casey Mize (3–0) Jordan Wood (0–1) Calvin Coker (2) 3,401 5–4 – March 3 at #18 Auburn – Plainsman Park Facebook 4–21 Daniel Davis (2–0) Hayden Rogers (2–1) None 4,021 5–5 – March 3 at #18 Auburn – Plainsman Park Facebook 5–9 Tanner Burns (2–0) Kenny Saenz (0–2) Cody Greenhill (2) 4,021 5–6 – March 8 Omaha – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 8–1 Jordan Wood (1–1) Grant Suponchick (1–1) None 1,288 6–6 – March 9 Omaha – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 13–3 Blake Inouye (1–1) Joey Machado (0–3) None 1,362 7–6 – March 10 Omaha – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 6–4 Drew Zimmerman (1–1) Jake Pennington (2–2) Jake Suddreth (3) 1,731 8–6 – March 13 Utah Valley – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 9–3 Kenny Saenz (1–2) Marco Briones (0–1) None 1,743 9–6 – March 15/16 Loyola Marymount* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 4–7 Matt Voelker (1–1) Blake Inouye (1–2) None 1,652 9–7 0–1 March 16 Loyola Marymount* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 8–9 (12) Josh Robbins (1–1) Jake Suddreth (1–1) None 1,652 9–8 0–2 March 17 Loyola Marymount* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 4–9 Nick Frasso (2–2) Hayden Rogers (2–2) None 1,110 9–9 0–3 March 20 Utah – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 7–6 (10) Jake Suddreth (2–1) Trenton Stolz (0–1) None 1,902 10–9 – March 22 Gonzaga* – Larry H. Miller Field ESPNU 6–4 Jordan Wood (2–1) Alex Jacob (1–3) Drew Zimmerman (2) 955 11–9 1–3 March 23 Gonzaga* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 6–2 Hayden Rogers (3–2) Daniel Bies (3–2) None 1,587 12–9 2–3 March 24 Gonzaga* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 3–4 Casey Legumina (2–1) Bo Burrup (1–1) None 1,668 12–10 2–4 March 27 at Utah Valley – UCCU Ballpark UVUtv WAC DN 14–2 Kendall Motes (1–0) Paxton Schultz (1–2) None 2,108 13–10 – March 29 at Pepperdine* – Eddy D. Field Stadium TheW.tv 0–2 Wil Jensen (5–0) Jordan Wood (2–2) Jordan Qsar (2) 307 13–11 2–5 March 30 at Pepperdine* – Eddy D. Field Stadium TheW.tv 13–6 Hayden Rogers (4–2) Christian Stotland (3–1) Drew Zimmerman (3) 357 14–11 3–5 March 31 at Pepperdine* – Eddy D. Field Stadium TheW.tv 2–5 Jonathan Pendergast (1–4) Blake Inouye (1–3) Jordan Qsar (3) 413 14–12 3–6
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record April 3 at Utah – Smith's Ballpark P12 MTN 3–4 Josh Lapiana (1–2) Jake Suddreth (2–2) Trenton Stoltz (2) 2,920 14–13 – April 5 Santa Clara* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 2–1 Drew Zimmerman (2–1) Eric Lex (2–4) None 1,717 15–13 4–6 April 6 Santa Clara* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 6–4 (10) Bo Burrup (2–1) Michael Praszker (0–1) None 1,821 16–13 5–6 April 6 Santa Clara* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 6–5 Rhett Parinkson (1–0) Alex Waldsmith (0–4) None 1,821 17–13 6–6 April 12 at Portland* – Joe Etzel Field TheW.tv 3–4 Christian Peters (1–0) Jordan Wood (2–3) Connor Knutson (5) 242 17–14 6–7 April 13 at Portland* – Joe Etzel Field TheW.tv 6–2 Hayden Rogers (5–2) Eli Morse (2–5) None 302 18–14 7–6 April 14 at Portland* – Joe Etzel Field TheW.tv 6–8 Tate Budnick (2–1) Justin Sterner (0–1) Connor Knutson (6) 284 18–15 7–7 April 17 at Arizona – Hi Corbett Field P12 1–6 Juan Aguilera (5–0) Jordan Wood (2–4) None 2,471 18–16 – April 24 Utah – Larry H. Miller Field KBYU 4–8 Spencer Kevin Johnson (1–0) Rhett Parkinson (1–1) None 2,605 18–17 – April 26 San Diego* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 9–1 Jordan Wood (3–4) Anthony Donatella (2–4) None 1,365 19–17 8–7 April 27 San Diego* – Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 6–11 Paul Richan (3–4) Hayden Rogers (5–3) None 2,035 19–18 8–8 April 28 San Diego* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 5–9 Chris Murphy (5–4) Blake Inouye (1–4) None 2,367 19–19 8–9
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record May 1 at Cal – Evans Diamond P12 0–1 Tanner Dodson (2–0) Bo Burrup (2–2) None 353 19–20 – May 3 at Saint Mary's* – Louis Guisto Field TheW.tv 1–2 Ty Madrigal (2–1) Blake Inouye (1–5) None 108 19–21 8–10 May 4 at Saint Mary's* – Louis Guisto Field TheW.tv 3–7 Ken Waldichuk (8–2) Hayden Rogers (5–4) Andrew Hansen (1) 215 19–22 8–11 May 5 at Saint Mary's* – Louis Guisto Field TheW.tv 1–10 Nick Frank (5–4) Drew Zimmerman (2–2) None 449 19–23 8–12 May 8 at Utah – Smith's Ballpark P12 MTN 3–6 – May 10 at San Francisco* – Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field TheW.tv 9–2 – – May 11 at San Francisco* – Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field TheW.tv 9–7 – May 12 at San Francisco* – Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field TheW.tv 2–6 – May 15 at Stanford – Klein Field at Sunken Diamond P12+ STAN 1–5 – – May 17 Pacific* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 3–1 – May 18 Pacific* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 3–9 – May 19 Pacific* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 5–6 –
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

BYU Baseball broadcasts were officially made part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network broadcast package for the 2018 season. BYU Radio and KOVO will serve as the flagship station with each station carrying most of the games and some exclusives (KOVO has exclusives on Feb 24 (Gm 1), Mar 3, Mar 17, & Mar 31; BYU Radio has exclusives on Mar 8, 9, & 16). Brent Norton returns to provide play-by-play for his 26th consecutive season. Tuckett Slade will provide analysis for most games, but a small selection of former players will also be used.

TV Announcers

• Feb 16: Ross Porter
• Feb 17 (DH): Tuckett Slade
• Feb 19: Ross Porter
• Feb 22: Tuckett Slade
• Feb 23: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Feb 24 (Gm 1): Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Feb 24 (Gm 2): Tuckett Slade
• Mar 2: Brad Law & Mark Fuller
• Mar 3 (DH): Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 8: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 9: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Mar 10: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Mar. 13: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Mar. 15: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Mar. 16: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Mar. 17: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Mar. 20: Jarom Jordan, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Mar. 22: Roxy Bernstein & Wes Clements
• Mar. 23: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Mar. 24: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Mar. 27: Jordan Bianucci & Ryan Pickens
• Mar. 29: Al Epstein
• Mar. 30: Sam Farber, Keith Ramsey, & Sammy O'Brien
• Mar. 31: Al Epstein
• Apr. 3: Daron Sutton & Ben Francisco
• Apr. 5: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Apr. 6 (Gm 1): Brent Norton & Jeff Bills
• Apr. 6 (Gm 2): Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
• Apr. 12: No commentary
• Apr. 13: No commentary
• Apr. 14: No commentary
• Apr. 17: Daron Sutton & Ben Francisco
• Apr. 24: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Apr. 26: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Apr. 27: Robbie Bullough & Marc Oslund
• Apr. 28: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• May 1: Ted Robinson & J.T. Snow
• May 3: Alex Jensen & Austin Lonestar
• May 4: George Devine & Alex Jensen
• May 5: Dean Burner
• May 8: Thad Anderson & Kevin Stocker
• May 10: Cheyene Inman
• May 11: Pat Olsen
• May 12:
• May 15: Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz
• May 17:
• May 18:
• May 19: