March 22, 2005
Final Stats
LAS VEGAS - UNLV rallied from a four-run deficit to tie the game at six but could not complete the comeback, losing 7-6 to Loyola Marymount in a non-conference game on a windy and rainy Tuesday night at Earl E. Wilson Stadium.
With two out in the top of the ninth inning and the scored tied at six, LMU had Matt White on third and Sean Dovell at the plate facing Rebel reliever Kyle Tabeek. Dovell, who was 0-4 on the night entering that at bat, hit a ground ball through the left side of the infield that scored White to break the tie and ultimately give the Lions the win. It was just Dovell's third RBI of the year and the first run the Lions had scored in the ninth inning this season.
UNLV had the tying run on base in its half of the ninth when Justin Tellam hit a one-out single. LMU reliever Blake Feaser kept the Rebels off the board, getting two ground outs to end the game. UNLV fell to 9-16 with the loss and the defeat snapped a three-game winning for the Rebels. LMU improved to 9-12 on the year.
Tabeek took the loss for the Rebels, dropping his record to 2-1. Gabe Bueno earned the win, his first decision in 2005 and Feaser picked up his second save. The game was delayed for 20 minutes by rain in the top of the third inning.
UNLV survived an eighth-inning threat by LMU to keep the game tied at six.
Tabeek came in out of the Rebels' bullpen with two out and the bases loaded to face LMU pinch hitter Anthony DeSota in the top of the frame. Tabeek jammed DeSota on an inside pitch to get a pop out and UNLV escaped with no damage done.
In the top of the fourth inning with the score tied at two, the Rebels committed two costly errors that allowed four unearned Lion runs to cross the plate.
With one out in the top of inning and the bases loaded, Rebel pitcher Eric Brock fielded a grounder and threw to second base to start the double play. His throw was off the mark though and a run scored. After a strike out Brock got A.J. LaMonda lifted a fly ball to center field that Ryan Kowalski misplayed, allowing two more runs to score. A wild pitch by Brock brought home the fourth run of the inning and the Lions had a 6-2 lead.
UNLV battled back to tie the game, scoring a run in the bottom of the fourth on sacrifice fly by CJ Lang, another run in the sixth on a passed ball and two more in the seventh a double by Mike Cruz that drove in Chris Bonnell and Tellam.
UNLV hits for the first time in Mountain West Conference play, traveling to Albuquerque, N.M., for a three-game series with the Lobos that gets underway Thursday at 11:00 a.m. (PST).
