2021 BYU Cougars baseball team

2021 BYU Cougars baseball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record23–27 (15–12 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Trent Pratt (9th season)
  • Brent Haring (9th season)
  • Michael Bradshaw (3rd season)
Home stadiumLarry H. Miller Field
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 25 Gonzaga  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 7   .741 34 – 19   .642
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 19 – 8   .704 33 – 12   .733
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11   .593 25 – 28   .472
BYU  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 23 – 27   .460
Portland  ‍‍‍ 14 – 13   .519 24 – 26   .480
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14   .481 20 – 29   .408
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 20 – 25   .444
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 25 – 26   .490
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296 18 – 33   .353
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259 17 – 34   .333
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 6, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted as head coach of the Cougars for a ninth consecutive season. The Cougars were picked to finish fourth in the WCC Pre-season poll.[2] The Cougars entered the season after having watched the WCC cancel the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] As a cost containment measure, the WCC cut the 2021 baseball tournament, so the regular season champion will got the conferences auto-bid to the NCAA Tournament.[4] The Cougars went 23–27 overall, 15–12 in conference, and finished fourth in the standings.

2021 Roster

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2021 BYU Cougars roster[5]

Pitchers

  • 4 Andrew Pintar – Sophomore
  • 6 Mitch McIntyre – Senior
  • 7 Cooper Vest – Freshman
  • 9 Easton Walker – Senior
  • 13 Cy Nielson – Sophomore
  • 19 Bryce Robison – Sophomore
  • 21 Jack Sterner – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 23 Peyton Cole – Sophomore
  • 24 Drew Zimmerman – Senior
  • 25 Austin Deming – Junior
  • 26 Carter Smith – Sophomore
  • 28 Trystan Plunkett – Sophomore
  • 31 Reid McLaughlin – Junior
  • 32 Tyson Heaton – Sophomore
  • 36 Luke Sterner – Freshman
  • 37 Cooper McKeehan – Sophomore
  • 39 Mikade Johnson – Sophomore
  • 40 Ayden Callahan – Junior
  • 42 Boston Mabeus – Freshman
  

Infielders

  • 2 Brock Watson – Sophomore
  • 4 Andrew Pintar – Sophomore
  • 8 Bryan Call – Junior
  • 14 Bitner Workman – Freshman
  • 16 Jacob Rogers – Junior
  • 23 Peyton Call – Sophomore
  • 25 Austin Deming – Junior
  • 29 Sean Rimmer – Sophomore
  • 35 Jacob Wilk- Junior
  • 45 Freddy Achecar – Senior
  

Catchers

  • 11 Abraham Valdez – Senior
  • 17 Joshua Cowden – Junior
  • 34 Joshua Youngblood – Sophomore
  • 38 JD Gardner – Freshman
  • 44 Chase Taylor – Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 3 Danny Gelalich – Senior
  • 5 Hunter Swapp – Sophomore
  • 6 Mitch McIntyre – Senior
  • 7 Cooper Vest – Freshman
  • 10 Hayden Leatham – Senior
  • 22 Cole Gambill – Junior
  • 27 Ryan Sepede – Sophomore
  • 28 Trystan Plunkett – Sophomore
  • 29 Sean Rimmer – Sophomore

Schedule

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2021 BYU Cougars Game Log
Regular season
February
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record
February 20 at Texas State – Bobcat Ballpark ESPN+ 4–5 Austin Smith (1–0) Easton Walker (0–1) Tristan Stivors (1) 165 0–1 –
February 20 at Texas State – Bobcat Ballpark ESPN+ 9–4 Bryce Robison (1–0) Trevis Sundgren (0–1) Reid McLaughlin (1) 151 1–1 –
February 22 at Texas State – Bobcat Ballpark Facebook 6–11 Austin Smith (2–0) Boston Mabeus (0–1) None 700 1–2 –
February 23 at Texas State – Bobcat Ballpark ESPN+ 7–6(10) Mitch McIntyre (1–0) Tristan Stivors (0–1) None 700 2–2 –
February 24 at #19 Texas – UFCU Disch-Falk Field LHN 1–3 Cole Quintanilla (1–0) Boston Mabeus (0–2) Tanner Witt (1) 1,474 2–3 –
February 25 at #19 Texas – UFCU Disch-Falk Field LHN 6–12 Palmer Wenzel (1–0) Bryce Robison (1–1) None 1,424 2–4 –
February 26 at #19 Texas – UFCU Disch-Falk Field LHN 1–11 Ty Madden (1–1) Cy Nielson (0–1) None 1,504 2–5 –
February 27 at #19 Texas – UFCU Disch-Falk Field LHN 5–4 Reid McLaughlin (1–0) Caden Noah (0–1) Mitch McIntyre (1) 1,524 3–5 –
March
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record
March 4 at Oregon State – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field P12+ OSU 0–1 Reid Sebby (2–0) Mikade Johnson (0–1) Jake Mulholland (2) 0 3–6 –
March 5 at Oregon State – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field P12+ OSU 3–5 Joey Mundt (1–0) Carter Smith (0–1) Nathan Burns (1) 0 3–7 –
March 6 at Oregon State – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field P12+ OSU 3–4 Jake Mulholland (1–0) Tyson Heaton (0–1) None 0 3–8 –
March 11 at Utah – Smith's Ballpark P12+ UT 3–6 Matthew Sox (2–0) Mikade Johnson (0–2) None 0 3–9 –
March 12 at Utah – Smith's Ballpark P12+ UT 1–7 Kyle Robeniol (1–1) Cy Nielson (0–2) None 0 3–10 –
March 13 Utah – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv Cancelled- Snowstorm
March 16 at Dixie State – Bruce Hurst Field WAC DN 4–5 Brayden Bonner (1–0) Mikade Johnson (0–3) None 721 3–11 –
March 18 at Loyola Marymount* – George C. Page Stadium WCC Net 5–4 Easton Walker (1–1) CJ Fernandezees (1–1) Reid McLaughlin (2) 0 4–11 1–0
March 19 at Loyola Marymount* – George C. Page Stadium 9–2 Boston Mabeus (1–2) Jimmy Galicia (1–4) None 0 5–11 2–0
March 20 at Loyola Marymount* – George C. Page Stadium 4–1 Cy Nielson (1–2) Holden Chtistian (0–1) Bryce Robison (1) 0 6–11 3–0
March 23 Utah Valley – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 11–7 Boston Mabeus (2–2) Jaxson Otis (0–2) Bryce Robison (2) 495 7–11 –
March 25 San Francisco* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 8–7(10) Bryce Robison (2–1) Max Jones (0–1) None 492 8–11 4–0
March 26 San Francisco* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 6–10(10) Jesse Barron (1–2) Mitch McIntyre (1–1) None 798 8–12 4–1
March 27 San Francisco* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 1–3 Eric Reyzelman (1–1) Jack Sterner (0–1) Jesse Barron (3) 799 8–13 4–2
April
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record
April 1 at Santa Clara* – Stephen Schott Stadium WCC Net 0–5 Nick Sando (1–1) Easton Walker (1–2) Alex Reelfs (1) 0 8–14 4–3
April 2 at Santa Clara* – Stephen Schott Stadium WCC Net 3–11 Brandon Buckley (2–1) Carter Smith (0–2) Jared Feikes (1) 0 8–15 4–4
April 3 at Santa Clara* – Stephen Schott Stadium WCC Net 3–1 Bryce Robison (3–1) Cole Kitchen (5–1) None 0 9–15 5–4
April 8 Portland* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 3–5 Caleb Franzen (1–2) Bryce Robison (3–2) Eli Morse (8) 492 9–16 5–5
April 9 Portland* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 1–0 Reid McLaughlin (2–1) Eli Morse (0–1) None 487 10–16 6–5
April 10 Portland* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 6–7 Eli Morse (1–1) Carter Smith (0–3) None 496 10–17 6–6
April 13 Utah – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 7–4 Bryce Robison (4–2) Dustyn Schramm (0–2) Reid McLaughlin (3) 742 11–17 –
April 15 at Omaha – Tal Anderson Field Mavs All-Access 1–2 Joey Machado (3–3) Easton Walker (1–3) Tanner Howe (1) 361 11–18 –
April 16 at Omaha – Tal Anderson Field NET 5–6 Josiah Scott (3–1) Reid McLaughlin (2–1) None 322 11–19 –
April 17 at Omaha – Tal Anderson Field Mavs All-Access 1–4 Mark Timmins (3–2) Carter Smith (0–4) None 533 11–20 –
April 20 Dixie State – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 3–2 Cy Nielson (2–2) Haiden Hendricks (0–1) Reid McLaughlin (4) 493 12–20 –
April 22 at Gonzaga* – Patterson Baseball Complex WCC Net 1–12 Alek Jacob (4–1) Easton Walker (1–4) None 250 12–21 6–7
April 23 at Gonzaga* – Patterson Baseball Complex WCC Net 1–2 Gabriel Hughes (3–2) Jack Sterner (0–2) Brody Jessee (3) 400 12–22 6–8
April 24 at Gonzaga* – Patterson Baseball Complex SWX 3–7 Michael Spellacy (3–2) Boston Mabeus (3–3) Trystan Vrieling (1) 150 12–23 6–9
April 27 #26 Arizona State – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 8–5 Bryce Robison (5–2) Jared Glenn (4–1) Reid McLaughlin (5) 422 13–23 –
April 29 Saint Mary's* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 12–0 Easton Walker (2–4) Ryan Taurek (2–2) None 497 14–23 7–9
April 30 Saint Mary's* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 4–2 Cooper McKeehan (1–0) Sam Bower (4–4) Reid McLaughlin (6) 492 15–23 8–9
May
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record
May 1 Saint Mary's* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 4–3 Bryce Robison (6–2) Ky Bush (5–4) Cooper McKeehan (1–0) 496 16–23 9–9
May 4 at Utah Valley – UCCU Ballpark WAC DN 11–4 Cy Nielson (3–2) Devin Smith (0–3) None 2,053 17–23 –
May 6 at San Diego* – Fowler Park WCC Net 6–4 (10) Reid McLaughlin (3–1) Ryan Robinson (2–1) None 100 18–23 10–9
May 7 at San Diego* – Fowler Park WCC Net 11–10 Cooper McKeehan (2–0) Conner Thurman (5–3) Carter Smith (1) 100 19–23 11–9
May 8 at San Diego* – Fowler Park WCC Net 12–13 Brycen Mautz (3–1) Easton Walker (2–5) None 100 19–24 11–10
May 13 at Pacific* – Klein Family Field WCC Net 3–6 Joe Solomon (1–1) Cooper McKeehan (2–1) Zach Patterson (3) 60 19–25 11–11
May 14 at Pacific* – Klein Family Field WCC Net 5–0 Jack Sterner (1–2) Hayden Pearce (3–7) Carter Smith (2) 80 20–25 12–11
May 15 at Pacific* – Klein Family Field WCC Net 6–0 Bryce Robison (7–2) Hunter Schilperoort (1–2) None 100 21–25 13–11
May 18 Utah – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 5–11 Randon Hostert (3–0) Cy Nielson (3–3) None 494 21–26 –
May 20 Pepperdine* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 3–6 Brandon Llewellyn (4–1) Easton Walker (2–6) Trevor Hinkel (1) 492 21–27 13–12
May 21 Pepperdine* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 14–5 Carter Smith (1–4) Shane Telfer (2–1) None 490 22–27 14–12
May 22 Pepperdine* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv.org 14–7 Drew Zimmerman (1–0) Nathan Diamond (2–4) None 500 23–27 15–12
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
*West Coast Conference games

Rivalries

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BYU had two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley. New D1 state team Dixie State also played the Cougars.

Radio Information

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BYU Baseball was once again broadcast as part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network. BYU Radio 107.9 KUMT served as the flagship station. However, because of a women's soccer and general conference conflicts, some radio broadcasts were App exclusives, and the first three games against Texas State didn't have a radio broadcast. Jason Shepherd and Greg Wrubell rotated providing play-by-play after Brent Norton retired from the position after 30 seasons. Tuckett Slade served as analyst on most broadcasts.

TV Announcers

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References

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See also: 2020 BYU Cougars football team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2020–21 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2021 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, and 2021 BYU Cougars softball team
  1. ^ "West Coast Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "WCC coaches appoint Pepperdine to the top spot of the baseball preseason coaches poll". WCC. February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "West Coast Conference cancels all spring sports competitions". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on March 14, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "WCC adopts cost containment measures". WCC. November 14, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  5. ^ https://byucougars.com/roster/baseball/2021
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