Utah Valley vs BYU
Tuesday, April 11  |  6 p.m. MT
Orem, Utah  |  Brent Brown Ballpark
Live Video: UVU TV / WAC Digital Network
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UVU Game Notes  |  BYU Game Notes
 

ON DECK
Utah Valley University and BYU will meet for the first of three games this season on Tuesday at 6 p.m. MT as part of the UCCU Crosstown Clash. The game wraps up a four game homestand and a string of seven out of eight games at Brent Brown Ballpark for the Wolverines.

IN THE HOLE
The Wolverines travel to CSU Bakersfield for a three-game WAC series that starts Thursday at 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT. Friday's game has the same start time with Saturday's series finale at noon PT/1 p.m. MT. All league games are played a day early this week due to Easter Sunday. 

LAST TIME OUT
Utah Valley comes into Tuesday's game having won two straight to secure a home series win against Incarnate Word last weekend. After dropping the series opener in game one of a doubleheader on Friday, 6-4, the Wolverines came back to win 5-0 and 11-8 to clinch the series. 

In the 5-0 shutout, junior right-hander Jake Mayer had the best start of his career, allowing just three hits while striking out seven. It was his first career complete game and shutout and the team's first individual shutout since the 2014 season. Jake Berry hit his first career home run in the win and drove in two runs. David Modler also had two hits and two RBIs.

In the rubber match, the Wolverines used an eight-run fourth inning to build a big lead and held on late. Jackson Overlund had two, two-run doubles and leads the WAC and is 10th nationally with 15 doubles on the season. Trevor Peterson hit his second home run for UVU while Marco Briones came out of the bullpen and pitched 3.2 scoreless innings to pick up his first win of the season. Patrick Wolfe entered on the mound with two outs in the ninth and the tying run at the plate but got a groundout to second to end it and notch his seventh save. 

ABOUT THE COUGARS
BYU enters Tuesday's game having won three straight and seven out of its last eight. The Cougars (17-12) sit atop the West Coast Conference standings at 7-2 in league play, and host Pepperdine this weekend. BYU has played six games against WAC schools, going 3-3 overall against Northern Colorado (2-0), CSU Bakersfield (1-2) and New Mexico State (0-1). Brock Hale is batting .398 to lead the team in hitting while Bronson Larsen has six home runs and is tied for the team lead with 33 RBIs with Keaton Kringlen. UVU and BYU will also meet on May 2, again in Orem, and on May 16 in Provo. 

SERIES HISTORY AGAINST BYU
BYU leads the all-time series 22-9 and has won six of the last seven meeting. The Wolverines were 1-2 against the Cougars in 2016, winning 7-6 in Provo on May 3. UVU is 5-10 all-time in games at Brent Brown Ballpark.