# 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. 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.

## Schedule

2018 BYU Cougars Game Log :
Regular season :
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
February 16at CSUN–Matador FieldBig West TV5–3Jake Suddreth (1–0)Matt Acosta (0–1)Riley Gates (1)5121–0–
February 17at CSUN–Matador FieldFacebook9–10Hayden Shenefield (1–0)Drew Zimmerman (0–1)None4511–1–
February 17at CSUN–Matador FieldFacebook6–5Hayden Rogers (1–0)Wesley Moore (0–1)Riley Gates (2)5902–1–
February 19at CSUN–Matador FieldBig West TV10–8Bo Burrup (1–0)Matt Acosta (0–2)Drew Zimmerman (1)2763–1–
February 22at Hawai'i–Les Murakami StadiumFacebook2–3Kyle Hatton (1–0)Blake Inouye (0–1)Dylan Thomas (3)2,2113–2–
February 23at Hawai'i–Les Murakami StadiumFacebook4–3 (10)Riley Gates (1–0)Colin Ashworth (0–1)Jake Suddreth (1)2,8044–2–
February 24at Hawai'i–Les Murakami StadiumFacebook4–3Hayden Rogers (2–0)Neil Uskali (1–1)Jake Suddreth (2)2,7575–2–
February 24at Hawai'i–Les Murakami StadiumFacebook3–8Logan Pouelsen (1–0)Kenny Saenz (0–1)None2,7575–3– :
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
March 2at #18 Auburn–Plainsman ParkSEC+3–4Casey Mize (3–0)Jordan Wood (0–1)Calvin Coker (2)3,4015–4–
March 3at #18 Auburn–Plainsman ParkFacebook4–21Daniel Davis (2–0)Hayden Rogers (2–1)None4,0215–5–
March 3at #18 Auburn–Plainsman ParkFacebook5–9Tanner Burns (2–0)Kenny Saenz (0–2)Cody Greenhill (2)4,0215–6–
March 8Omaha–Larry H. Miller FieldTheW.tv8–1Jordan Wood (1–1)Grant Suponchick (1–1)None1,2886–6–
March 9Omaha–Larry H. Miller FieldTheW.tv13–3Blake Inouye (1–1)Joey Machado (0–3)None1,3627–6–
March 10Omaha–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv6–4Drew Zimmerman (1–1)Jake Pennington (2–2)Jake Suddreth (3)1,7318–6–
March 13Utah Valley–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv9–3Kenny Saenz (1–2)Marco Briones (0–1)None1,7439–6–
March 15/16Loyola Marymount*–Larry H. Miller FieldTheW.tv4–7Matt Voelker (1–1)Blake Inouye (1–2)None1,6529–70–1
March 16Loyola Marymount*–Larry H. Miller FieldTheW.tv8–9 (12)Josh Robbins (1–1)Jake Suddreth (1–1)None1,6529–80–2
March 17Loyola Marymount*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv4–9Nick Frasso (2–2)Hayden Rogers (2–2)None1,1109–90–3
March 20Utah–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv7–6 (10)Jake Suddreth (2–1)Trenton Stolz (0–1)None1,90210–9–
March 22Gonzaga*–Larry H. Miller FieldESPNU6–4Jordan Wood (2–1)Alex Jacob (1–3)Drew Zimmerman (2)95511–91–3
March 23Gonzaga*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv6–2Hayden Rogers (3–2)Daniel Bies (3–2)None1,58712–92–3
March 24Gonzaga*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv3–4Casey Legumina (2–1)Bo Burrup (1–1)None1,66812–102–4
March 27at Utah Valley–UCCU BallparkUVUtv WAC DN14–2Kendall Motes (1–0)Paxton Schultz (1–2)None2,10813–10–
March 29at Pepperdine*–Eddy D. Field StadiumTheW.tv0–2Wil Jensen (5–0)Jordan Wood (2–2)Jordan Qsar (2)30713–112–5
March 30at Pepperdine*–Eddy D. Field StadiumTheW.tv13–6Hayden Rogers (4–2)Christian Stotland (3–1)Drew Zimmerman (3)35714–113–5
March 31at Pepperdine*–Eddy D. Field StadiumTheW.tv2–5Jonathan Pendergast (1–4)Blake Inouye (1–3)Jordan Qsar (3)41314–123–6 :
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
April 3at Utah–Smith's BallparkP12 MTN3–4Josh Lapiana (1–2)Jake Suddreth (2–2)Trenton Stoltz (2)2,92014–13–
April 5Santa Clara*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv2–1Drew Zimmerman (2–1)Eric Lex (2–4)None1,71715–134–6
April 6Santa Clara*–Larry H. Miller FieldTheW.tv6–4 (10)Bo Burrup (2–1)Michael Praszker (0–1)None1,82116–135–6
April 6Santa Clara*–Larry H. Miller FieldTheW.tv6–5Rhett Parinkson (1–0)Alex Waldsmith (0–4)None1,82117–136–6
April 12at Portland*–Joe Etzel FieldTheW.tv3–4Christian Peters (1–0)Jordan Wood (2–3)Connor Knutson (5)24217–146–7
April 13at Portland*–Joe Etzel FieldTheW.tv6–2Hayden Rogers (5–2)Eli Morse (2–5)None30218–147–6
April 14at Portland*–Joe Etzel FieldTheW.tv6–8Tate Budnick (2–1)Justin Sterner (0–1)Connor Knutson (6)28418–157–7
April 17at Arizona–Hi Corbett FieldP121–6Juan Aguilera (5–0)Jordan Wood (2–4)None2,47118–16–
April 24Utah–Larry H. Miller FieldKBYU4–8Spencer Kevin Johnson (1–0)Rhett Parkinson (1–1)None2,60518–17–
April 26San Diego*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv9–1Jordan Wood (3–4)Anthony Donatella (2–4)None1,36519–178–7
April 27San Diego*–Larry H. Miller FieldTheW.tv6–11Paul Richan (3–4)Hayden Rogers (5–3)None2,03519–188–8
April 28San Diego*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv5–9Chris Murphy (5–4)Blake Inouye (1–4)None2,36719–198–9 :
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
May 1at Cal–Evans DiamondP120–1Tanner Dodson (2–0)Bo Burrup (2–2)None35319–20–
May 3at Saint Mary's*–Louis Guisto FieldTheW.tv1–2Ty Madrigal (2–1)Blake Inouye (1–5)None10819–218–10
May 4at Saint Mary's*–Louis Guisto FieldTheW.tv3–7Ken Waldichuk (8–2)Hayden Rogers (5–4)Andrew Hansen (1)21519–228–11
May 5at Saint Mary's*–Louis Guisto FieldTheW.tv1–10Nick Frank (5–4)Drew Zimmerman (2–2)None44919–238–12
May 8at Utah–Smith's BallparkP12 MTN3–6–
May 10at San Francisco*–Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich FieldTheW.tv9–2––
May 11at San Francisco*–Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich FieldTheW.tv9–7–
May 12at San Francisco*–Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich FieldTheW.tv2–6–
May 15at Stanford–Klein Field at Sunken DiamondP12+ STAN1–5––
May 17Pacific*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv3–1–
May 18Pacific*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv3–9–
May 19Pacific*–Larry H. Miller FieldBYUtv5–6– :
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: