BYU starting pitcher Jordan Muir was almost off the hook.

But sometimes getting the final out of the inning can be as tough as getting a New York Yankees fan to congratulate the Boston Red Sox on winning the World Series.

Muir couldn't get it. Neither could reliever Justin Shutt.

New Mexico scored seven runs with two outs in the fourth inning to help the Lobos beat BYU 15-6 on Saturday afternoon at Miller Field.

The win helped New Mexico improve to 13-5 in conference play, a game behind first-place TCU, while BYU dropped to 7-11.

"That's a good ball club. They don't strike out much, they put the ball in play. They have a very good team," said BYU coach Vance Law. "I felt like our hitters hit a lot of balls hard to their outfield, but they did a good job in positioning their outfielders."

BYU took a 4-3 lead to the fourth inning when Muir walked Scott Gracey, New Mexico's No. 9 hitter, to start the fourth inning. Mike Brownstein reached base on an error and Ian Hollick bunted the runners over to second and third.

Muir then got Matt Hibbitts to ground out to Steve Parker at third. Parker held the runner at third and then threw out Hibbitts for the second out of the inning. But Brian Cavazos-Galvez delivered the big hit of the game when he doubled in two runs to put the Lobos back on top at 5-4. A pair of wild pitches allowed another run to score to give New Mexico a 6-4 lead.

Suddenly, BYU couldn't get New Mexico out. Shutt releived Muir, but couldn't get an out. Tyler Westensee relieved Shutt, but promptly gave up a two-run double to Brownstein.

By the time Hibbitts grounded out, the Lobos had sent 13 men to the plate and had scored seven runs.

"We got lucky with Hibbitts rolled over a 3-0 pitch. Then we tried to pitch around Cavazos-Galvez, but he hit a pitch that was out of the zone and then we couldn't get an out," Law said. "What's disappointing was we scored four runs to take the lead and then we came right back and gave up seven. I don't know how many times we've talked about the importance of coming back and shutting teams out after we score."

BYU tried to get the runs back in the sixth. Andrew Law led off the inning with a single and moved to second when Sean McNaughton walked. Bryce Ayoso singled home Law.

New Mexico made a pitching change to Daniel Grubbs, who got Brandon Relf to fly out and retired Kasey Ko on a fly ball to right field to end the inning.

New Mexico then put its stamp of approval on the win when Cavazos-Galvez hit a two-run homer to left in the seventh to give the Lobs a 12-5 lead and finish off the Cougars.

BYU took an early 4-3 lead on the strength of a four-run third inning that started off with a McNaughton walk. Ayoso was hit by a pitch and Relf singled in a run. Ko followed with an RBI single and Parker doubled in a run to tie the game. The go-ahead run came home on a New Mexico balk.

Parker was one of the bright spots for the Cougars. He went a near perfect 4-for-5. Relf, Ko and Law all had two hits for BYU's offense that had to do without the bat of Kent Walton, who was a late scratch due to the flu.

BYU will now take a break from conference action next week. The Cougars will play at UVSC on Monday and will host Washington State for a two-game series on Tuesday and Wednesday.