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2021 BYU Cougars baseball
2021 BYU Cougars baseball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	23–27 (15–12 WCC)
Head coach	Mike Littlewood (9th season);
Assistant coaches	Trent Pratt (9th season); Brent Haring (9th season); Michael Bradshaw (3rd season);
Home stadium	Larry H. Miller Field
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 BYU Cougars baseball team

American college baseball season

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.

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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

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v t e	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