March 22, 2006
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IN THE BATTER'S BOX UNLV opens up a three-game series on the road against the University of San Diego at Cunningham Stadium on Friday at 2:00 p.m. (PST). The series will continue into the weekend, with games on Saturday and Sunday at 1:00 p.m. The series begins a seven-game road trip for the Rebels, who had played 15 of their last 16 at home.
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UNLV(12-12, 0-0 Mountain West Conference)Head Coach: Buddy Gouldsmith(84-65, 3rd year; Overall, same)
The Rebels: UNLV enters Friday's game against the University of San Diego with a 12-12 record after it swept The Citadel last weekend at home. Zach Borba leads the Rebel regulars in batting average with a .376 clip (32-85) and his 32 hits are tops on the team. Chris Bonnell paces the team with 26 RBI and 10 doubles. Mike Cruz has a .515 on-base percentage. Chris Saddoris (3-3) leads the Rebel staff with seven starts and 39.2 innings of work from the mound. Jabe Beard has made 12 appearances out of the Rebel bullpen and has recorded three saves, both tops on the staff. Kevin Skogley paces the Rebels with 26 strikeouts.
SAN DIEGO(15-10, 0-0 West Coast Conference)Head Coach: Rich Hill(248-186-3, 8th year; Overall 581-406-3, 19th year)
The Toreros: San Diego comes into the weekend series having won three of its last four, including two of three against Houston. These will be the first home games for USD in two weeks, as the Toreros were on a five-game road trip. USD opened the year with a sweep of then-No. 1 Texas. Steve Singleton leads the Toreros offensively, hitting .407 (44-108) with three home runs and 17 RBI. Singleton is the only USD regular hitting over .300. Jordan Abruzzo paces the club in RBI with 20 and his nine doubles are also tops on the team. Josh Butler is the staff ace and is 5-2 in seven starts with a 0.72 ERA and 44 strikeouts. Matt Couch is 3-0 in six starts and Brian Matusz leads the staff in strikeouts with 44.
THE SERIES UNLV leads the all-time series with the University of San Diego 7-1 (.875).
LAST TIME OUT UNLV swept The Citadel last weekend at home, the first time this season that the Rebels have swept a three-game series from an opponent. In the opener the Rebels posted 11 runs in the opening inning and never looked back, beating The Citadel 22-6 on Friday night. UNLV baseball got out of the gate quickly once again, scoring five first-inning runs on its way to an 8-1 win over The Citadel on Saturday afternoon. In what is quickly becoming the norm this season, UNLV baseball tied the game in the ninth and then won it in the 10th on a Mike Cruz single, giving the Rebels an 8-7 win against the Bulldogs in the final game of the series on Sunday. Trailing 8-7 heading into the ninth inning, Chris Bonnell hit a sacrifice fly to right field that scored CJ Lang, tying the score at eight after the Bulldogs had grabbed an 8-7 lead of their own in the top half of the frame.
