BYU Baseball Round-up - March 9

Welcome to the BYU baseball Round-up! In these round-ups, we like to make a quick recap of events in the Cougars' season since our last update. As this is the first round-up of the season, each game since the beginning of the season will be mentioned in this roundup.

The BYU Cougars baseball team stands at 7-7 as of March 9th, 2023. Here is your recap of each game's score up to this point.

MLB Desert Invitational

BYU opened the season with 3 games in the MLB Desert Invitational, where teams got to play in Major League fields. The Cougars finished their 3-game slate with a 1-2 record.

BYU - 8
USC -1

BYU - 2
Ohio State - 7

BYU - 2
Grand Canyon - 6

Cali Road Trip

BYU followed their MLB Desert Invitational outing with a 4-game road trip against Cal and UC Davis. The Cougars got one win out of these 4 games and left with a 2-5 record.

BYU - 0
Cal - 8

BYU - 20 (YEESH)
UC Davis - 4

BYU - 2
UC Davis - 6

BYU - 5
UC Davis - 9

Home, Sweet Home

Finally back home in Provo, the Cougars hosted former conference foe, Gonzaga. The Cougars turned around their poor starting record with a satisfying 3-game sweep of the Bulldogs in Miller Park. The Cougars evened out their record at 5-5 following this series.

BYU - 3
Gonzaga - 2

BYU - 11
Gonzaga - 2

BYU - 6
Gonzaga - 4

Quick Trip to Vegas

BYU took off to Las Vegas to challenge the UNLV Rebels in a single-game series, where the Cougars found themselves victorious over a previously 9-2 Rebels team. BYU finally gets above .500 for the first time since their season-opening win over USC.

BYU - 6
UNLV - 4

Big 12 Action

The Cougars got their first taste of the Big 12 this season in a 3-game road series against the West Virginia Mountaineers. In Big 12 country, the Cougars won their first game as a Big 12 member, though dropped two more contests in the process.

BYU - 4
WVU - 10

BYU - 4
WVU - 1

BYU - 0
WVU - 2

BYU picks up their schedule again on Tuesday, March 12 in Smith's Ballpark to take on the Utah Utes, who own a 9-4 record at the time of this posting but are currently in a series against Wazzu.

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