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You’ve got to throw strikes and you’ve got to get each guy out. I was fortunate enough to do that today.
PROVO — When BYU relief pitcher Riley Gates strode to the mound in the eighth inning Saturday afternoon at Miller Park, the Cougars led by five runs but Pepperdine had the bases loaded and no outs.
In that pressure-packed situation, Gates calmly struck out two and induced a groundout to get out of the jam. Then he pitched a scoreless ninth to help BYU preserve a 9-4 win over the Waves before a crowd of 1,126.