Box Score March 29, 2018 Box Score
RENO, Nev. (UNLVRebels.com) - The No. 24 UNLV baseball team (21-6, 6-4 MW) suffered a 5-4 loss in game one of its Mountain West series against the UNR Wolf Pack (14-8, 8-2 MW) at Peccole Park Thursday night. The host Wolf Pack held a four-run lead through four innings of play, but watched as the Rebels scored twice in the fifth and seventh to knot the affair at 4-all. Unfortunately, UNR capitalized on an error in the bottom of the ninth en route to a walk-off win.
Moments after UNLV was retired in order, UNR was able to get its lead-off batter on base -- hit by pitch -- in its half of the ninth inning. Conner Woods (1-1) was able to get the next batter he faced to strike out; however, he uncorked an errant pickoff throw towards first base during the next at-bat which allowed the base runner to advance to third base. Woods then walked the batter to set up a double-play opportunity. The Rebels went to the bullpen and brought in Donavon McCrystal, who allowed the game-winning hit -- an RBI single to right field.
The Wolf Pack scored once in both the second and third and twice more in the fourth to stake itself to a four-run advantage; however, Bryson Stott cut the deficit in half with a two-run single in the fifth. Two innings later, Stott got a two-out rally going with a single before scoring off Dillon Johnson's RBI double. Nick Rodriguez evened the affair at 4-all two batters later with an RBI single.
REBEL OF THE GAME: Stott went 3-for-5 with three singles, and factored in three of UNLV's four runs with two RBI and one run scored. He had a two-run single in the fifth and scored a run in the seventh.
QUOTABLE: "This was a good, hard-fought game by both teams," said head coach Stan Stolte. I'm proud that we came back from a 4-0 deficit against one of the best pitchers in our conference. We just made a couple late mistakes that you can't get away with in a tight game."
STAT OF THE GAME: UNLV hit into a season-high four double plays -- three of which were inning-ending (third, fourth and fifth).
REBEL NOTES:
- The Rebels' 21-6 record is the best start through 27 games in program history.
- The Rebels are 15-2 in nonconference contests and 6-4 in Mountain West games.
- The Rebels are 15-3 in home games and 6-3 in road games.
- The Rebels are no 5-1 in the first game of a series -- the lone loss was Thursday at UNR.
- The Rebels are now 6-1 in one-run games -- the lone loss was Thursday at UNR.
- The Rebels are now 6-3 when they score five or fewer runs and 15-3 when an opponent scores five or fewer runs.
- The Rebels are now 5-6 when an opponent scores first.
- The Rebels are now 4-1 when tied after seven innings and 2-1 wen tied after eight innings.
- The Rebels are now 4-5 when they are outhit by an opponent.
- The Rebels have notched 10 or more hits in 22 games, and own a 17-5 record in those contests.
- Two Rebels notched multiple-hit games: Stott (18th) and Johnson (eighth).
- Stott notched his fifth multiple-RBI game.
- Four Rebels extended their double-digit reached-base streaks: Grant Robbins (21st), Rodriguez (18th), Stott (15) and Kyle Isbel (15).
- Max Smith saw his reached-base streak come to an end at 25 games.
- Blaze Bohall made his 85th career appearance on the mound, which is three shy of tying Ben Scheinbaum (2001-04) for second all-time in program history with 88.
UP NEXT: UNLV and UNR resume their Mountain West series Friday night at 6:00 pm, while the third contest is Saturday at 1:00 pm. The results of these games and the series hosted by the Rebels in mid-May will decide which side will earn the three points associated for the sport in the standings of the Governor's Series presented by NV Energy and Barrick Gold.
BACK AT EARL E.: UNLV returns to Las Vegas and Earl E. Wilson Stadium on April 10 (6:05 pm) against the Ariona State Sun Devils.
SINGLE-GAME TICKETS: Fans can purchase single-game tickets online and in-advance for only $5; however, they must be purchased through UNLVTickets.com three hours prior to first pitch. Single-game tickets for the 12 remaining home games are priced at $8 for adults, $6 for senior/faculty/staff and $4 for groups of 15 or more. As always, UNLV students (with Rebel Card) and kids 12 and under are always free.
