Anteaters win again

ANTEATER BALLPARK - UC Irvine’s baseball team punished visiting

Brigham Young University for the second straight day Saturday as the

Anteaters unloaded 12 base hits en route to a 10-2 nonconferece victory

before 814 fans.

Shortstop B. J. Bucce was 3 for 3 with two RBI and scored twice, and

catcher Chris Miller was 2 for 4 with a three-run homer.

Brett Smith went five scoreless innings to get the victory as the

Anteters improved to 3-4.

Aside from a first-inning threat when BYU’s Doug Jackson led off with

a single and proceeded to steal two bases before Smith put the fire out,

it was relatively quiet through 41/2 innings.

That’s when Miller made his presence known when he slugged a three-run

homer to highlight a four-run uprising.

Brigham Young answered with two runs in the sixth off reliever Glenn

Swanson, but the Anteaters got a run back in the bottom of the frame when

Eucce singled Danny Miramontes home.

Five more runs poured across in the eighth inning to complete the

rout.

Aside from Miller’s shot, the Anteaters had two other extra base hits.

Steve Guthrie had a triple, drove in a run and scored; and Matt Anderson,

who was 2 for 5 with two RBIs and two runs, had a double.

Smith struck out three and walked one, allowing two hits to record his

first win of the season.

Freshman Michael Koehler pitched two inings of no-hit, no-run relief

to get his second save on the young season.

The Cougars, who opened a three-game series with UCI Thursday night

with a 10-7 victory in 10 innings, fell to 1-5.

The Anteaters will return to their diamond Tuesday night, hosting

Pepperdine at 7 in another nonconference duel.

NONCONFERENCE

UC Irvine 10, Brigham Young 2

Brigham Young 000 002 000 - 2 4 1

UC Irvine 000 041 05x - 10 12 2

Koffman, Jacinto (7), Dabo (8), Fernley (8) and Weingarten; Smith,

Swanson (6), Koehler (8) and Miller, Werhun. W - Smith, 1-0. L - Koffman,

0-2. Sv - Koehler (1). 2B - Obrey (BYU), Anderson (UCI). 3B - Guthrie

(UCI). HR - Miller (UCI).