May 3, 2010
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Wolverines Host In-State Rival BYU on Tuesday
Utah Valley takes a break from Great West Conference action to host BYU on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Brent Brown Ballpark. The Wolverines (25-14) have won a school record 11 straight games and ranked third in the nation with a team batting average of .365.
Series Probable Pitchers
Tues, May 4 - RHP, Blake Krahenbuhl (5-1, 5.51) vs. RHP, Matthew Neil (3-4, 5.46)
About the Wolverines
UVU is a win away from setting a new school record for wins in a season at the Division I level. The Wolverines swept four games from Texas-Pan American over the weekend, winning the final two games of the series by indentical 8-7 scores.
In the series as a whole, Kevin Arendse went 9-for-13 (.692) with five doubles and actually began the series with hits in his first six at-bats and reached base in his first eight plate appearances. Arendse was named the Great West Conference Player of the Week on Monday for his performance.
Jace Brinkerhoff became the first Utah Valley player to surpass 300 career hits in the series opener, a 19-11 win in which he went 3-for-5. His 301st hit was a solo home run, his team-leading ninth of the year, on a towering shot to right. Chris Benson and Goose Kallunki also both have nine home runs while Billy Burgess has eight.
Benson homered twice and drove in five runs in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, a 7-2 win. Benson leads the team with 55 runs batted in. Also in the win, Zane Gray tossed a seven-inning complete game, his second CG of the season.
Sam Armstrong also had a strong weekend on the mound. He picked up a save after throwing 3.2 scoreless innings in the opener and then came back with 4.0 innings of work on Sunday to earn the win.
Closer Brian Whatcott picked up two saves and upped his total to seven, which is far and away a single season school record.
On Deck
The Wolverines travel to Old Westbury, New York for a key GWC series at NYIT beginning Friday afternoon. NYIT is tied with Northern Colorado at 11-5 in second place in the conference.
About the Opposition
BYU is 18-23 and dropped three games last week, two coming on heartbreaking walk-off hits to Seattle. The Cougars also lost to Portland 5-1 behind UP pitcher Kyle Kraus. Kraus threw complete game against UVU on March 19 in a 10-4 Pilot win.
Alex Wolfe and Ryan Bernal both have 10 home runs to lead BYU with Brandon Relf hitting a team-high .351. The Cougars are batting .313 as a team and have a 6.34 team ERA.
Promotions
Fans can get into Tuesday's game for free by donating working, used baseball equipment at the gate to go towards an Eagle Scout project. Limited to one entrance per item.
