Box Score

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV baseball team (24-11) completed the season sweep of the Arizona State Sun Devils (14-19) Tuesday evening with its 14-6 victory at Earl E. Wilson Stadium. The Rebels scored seven of the game's final eight runs to pull away from the Sun Devils after a six-run cushion was cut to two after the visitors scored four over the fourth and fifth innings.

With the win, the Rebels improved to 5-0 against teams from the Pac-12 Conference this season, which includes a pair of wins over Utah and a triumph over Oregon.

The Scarlet & Gray's offense registered 20 hits -- six of which went for extra bases -- off of ASU pitching with all nine offensive starters collecting one apiece, while seven of those had multiple-hit efforts. Vince Taormina paced the team with a 4-for-5 performance, while Bryson Stott and Kyle Isbel had three hits each. Overall, the offense registered a .476 batting average (20-for-42) against the Sun Devils.

Delving deeper, the 20 hits produced 14 runs and 13 RBI with four players having multiple-run efforts and five had multiple-RBI games.

ASU opened the game with a solo home run from Spencer Torkeleson, but the lead was short lived as the Rebels plated four in the bottom of the first with help from five hits and a pair of walks. Kyle Isbel opened the scoring barrage with an RBI double, while Nick Rodriguez followed with a two-run single. Later in the frame, Vince Taormina brought a run home off an RBI single. The lead grew to six when Isbel and Nick Ames produced an RBI double and RBI single, respectively, and Rodriguez scored off a wild pitch in the second.

After the Sun Devils pulled within two after their fifth-inning at-bat, Stott gave UNLV some breathing room with a sacrifice fly in the home half of the fifth. He and the Rebels put the game away in the seventh with six runs sparked by a two-run triple by Dillon Johnson. Rodriguez, Ames, Grant Robbins and Taormina kept padding the lead with run-scoring base hits.

THE TURNING POINT: Moments after ASU pulled within two runs following a fifth-inning, three-run home run, UNLV went to the bullpen and brought in Blaze Bohall, who inherited a runner on base. Bohall allowed one single, but got out of the inning with a fly out and a 4-6-3 double play. The Rebels followed up offensively with Stott's sacrifice fly.

REBEL OF THE GAME: Taormina went 4-for-5 with one double and added two RBI and one run.

STAT OF THE GAME: UNLV had seven batters register multiple-hit games.

STAT OF THE GAME, PART DEUX: UNLV's 1-4 batters scored 11 of the team's 14 runs, and also knocked in eight of the team's RBI.

QUOTABLE: "Hopefully, this game gets us going again," said head coach Stan Stolte. "They've lacked energy this past week; although, travel may have had something to do with that, but they were challenged and answered the bell tonight. We need to carry this into the weekend against a tough Air Force team.

REBEL NOTES:
- Blaze Bohall, who picked up the win in one inning of relief to move to 2-1, sits solely in second place in the program's record book for most pitching appearances when he made his way to the mound in the fifth inning. Bohall surpassed Rebel alum Ben Scheinbaum (2001-04) for the second-most appearances with his 89th. Koji Pupo sits first with 92 appearances from 2004-07.
- Stott extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a three-hit night.
- Three Rebels extended their reached-base streaks: Robbins (29th), Isbel (23rd) and Stott (23rd).
- The Rebels are 17-6 in nonconference contests and 7-5 in Mountain West games.
- The Rebels are 16-3 in home games and 8-8 in road games.
- The Rebels are 12-2 in games with a five run or larger score differential.
- The Rebels are 11-1 when they score 10 or more runs.
- The Rebels are 21-4 when they limit an opponent to six runs or less.
- The Rebels are 11-4 when they score in the first inning and 7-8 when an opponent scores in the first inning.
- The Rebels are 18-3 when they outhit an opponent.
- The Rebels are 19-7 when they notch 10 or more hits in a game.

UP NEXT: UNLV stays home this weekend to continue its six-game homestand at Earl E. Wilson Stadium with a three-game, Mountain West series against the Air Force Falcons. Game one is scheduled for Friday at 6:05 pm. The series will continue Saturday and Sunday at 2:05 pm and 1:05 pm. This is our "Heroes Series;" all active and former military personnel as well as medical professionals and first responders can receive two free tickets with valid I.D.

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 11 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.