April 25, 2001

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The UNLV baseball team dropped an 8-2 decision to UC-Riverside in non-conference action on Wednesday. With the loss, the Rebels fall to 18-25. The Highlanders improve to 16-25.

UNLV used seven pitchers in the game, with starter Robbie Van the only Rebel to pitch more than 1.1 innings. Van pitched three innings with one run on four hits and four strikeouts.

Ben Scheinbaum (1-1) picked up the loss for the Rebels. He pitched one inning and gave up two unearned runs on two hits. Doug Thornton, Brad Maloff, Joe Maruffi, C.J. Martin and Donnie Watts also saw action on the mound.

UC-Riverside's Drew Murphy (2-0) earned the win. He pitched two scoreless innings with three hits and one strikeout.

David Trujillo led the Rebels offensively, going 2-for-4 with one RBI. The two-hit performance extends his hitting streak to a Mountain West Conference leading 18 games.

Joe Jacobitz, Trent Kitsch, Jason Reuss, Dan Price and James Nepa all added a single hit each.

Randy Blood, who finished 3-for-5 with one RBI and one run scored, led UC-Riverside.

UNLV returns home this weekend for a three-game conference series with Utah. Friday's game is set to begin at 4:00 p.m. PST.