Two home runs and 13 hits solidified the BYU baseball team's 10-4 victory over San Diego State on Friday.

The entire team proved to be hot at the plate and outplayed the Aztecs offensively, earning 13 hits over San Diego State's nine.

"We did a good job tonight at the plate," said BYU head coach Vance Law. "We executed well, especially with our situational hitting. Some real good things happened at the plate."

As a result, pitcher Jake Wortham said he was able to relax a bit. He now is at 6.75 ERA after throwing 129 pitches in six of the nine innings enroute to improving his record to 4-4.

"Everything felt pretty good tonight," Wortham said. "It's always good when the guys come out firing. It's really easy to settle down and throw strikes.

The Cougars stepped out early in the game when lead-off batter, McNaughton hit a single up the middle. Later in the inning Kent Walton hit a sacrifice fly to center, allowing McNaughton to score.

Though BYU jumped out to a lead in the first, the Cougars got hot at the plate during the second, scoring five runs off four hits on the inning. The momentum started when Parker, the first Cougar to take the bat, hit a solo home run to right field. With the bases loaded Andrew Law hit a single to right field, allowing Brandon Relf and Jonathan Cluff to score.

"One of the key at bats tonight was when Andrew (Law) hit a base hit to the right side," coach Law said. "It ended up being a big at bat. We were able to get two runs out of it and continue to score after that. It was exceptional."

Even after a pitching change by the San Diego State, BYU still kept scoring. The first run came off a sacrifice fly by Walton, allowing J.T. Musso to advance home. That run proved to be the game winning RBI. On the same play Law scored on a fielding error. The Cougars topped the Aztecs 6-0 at the close of the second inning.

San Diego State responded in the fourth scoring. With Aztec's Brandon Decker in scoring position, Nick Romero hit a RBI single to right field. As runners stood on the corners, the very next batter grounded out to third base allowing another run for San Diego State. The Aztecs again scored in the fifth as they hit another RBI single.

Though the Cougars still have one more home game, the BYU team is now looking forward to its competition next week. The Cougars will go head-to-head with University of Utah in the Deseret First Duel. The three-game series with the Utes will start on Thursday at 6 p.m. in Salt Lake.

The Cougars will finish the three-game series against the Aztecs today at 1 p.m. It will be the final home game of the season for BYU.

• UVSC track: The Utah Valley women's track and field team finished the first day of the two-day National Athletic Conference 2008 Track and Field Outdoor Championship leading all five teams with a score of 95 at BYU's Clarence F. Robison Track Friday. The UVSC men's track and field team is in second place with a score of 44 points.

Senior Mariama Salifu broke two meet records as she finished in first place in the preliminary rounds in both the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. Her times were, 11.84 and 24.12 respectfully. Sophomore Rachelle St. Jeor also broke the previous school record reaching a height of 10-feet-6.75-inches in the women's pole vault competition.

"We did really well here today to set us up quite nicely for the majority of the finals to come tomorrow," UV head coach Scott Houle said. "We were able to set the school record in the women's pole vault with St. Jeor's great vault. We also started off the day correctly as our team was able to excel in both finals of the men's and women's steeplechases."

Cal State Bakersfield's women's team followed the leading Wolverines and are currently in second with a score of 36. Houston Baptist is standing in third place with 19, San Francisco finished in fourth with 10 points, and NJIT is in fifth with five.