Final Stats

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV baseball (20-24, 6-16 Mountain West) scored first, but couldn't sustain its lead as it fell 4-1 to San Diego State (31-16, 17-8 MW) on Friday night at Tony Gwynn Stadium.

The Rebels scored their only run of the game in the top of the second inning when Nick Rodriguez hit a two-out single into center field, driving in Morgan Stotts from second.

The Aztecs tied the game in the bottom of the sixth, but stranded two runners in scoring position. SDSU took the lead in the home half of the seventh, plating two runs on a UNLV error and a third run after a single was hit to the Rebels' shortstop.

Kenny Oakley was masterful for the Rebels as he allowed only one run on four hits and recorded five strikeouts without allowing a walk in six innings of work. The outing marks the junior's fourth quality start of the year. Joey Lauria allowed three unearned runs on two hits to go with two walks and two strikeouts in two innings of relief.

UNLV was limited to only five hits in the game, as Erik VanMeetren, Dylan Ellis, Andrew Yazdanbakhsh, Stotts and Rodriguez each collected a hit.

The Rebels and Aztecs will meet for game two of the three-game series on Saturday. UNLV is slated to send D.J. Myers (2-2, 4.25 ERA) to the mound while SDSU is expected to start Mark Seyler (8-2, 3.12 ERA).

Fans can listen to the game on Sports Radio 920 The Game. Dug Dugless will have the call and first pitch is set for 2:00 p.m. PT.