Weekly Notes (Games 53-55)

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV baseball team closes out the 2018 regular season with a three-game Mountain West series in Fresno, California, against the Fresno State Bulldogs. Games one and two are scheduled for 6:05 pm Thursday and Friday, while the series finale is Saturday at 2:05 pm.

The Rebels enter the weekend series 32-20 overall and in a tie with San Jose State for third place in the Mountain West with identical 13-14 records. UNLV is coming off a 2-1 effort against intrastate rival UNR last weekend.

The Bulldogs are 28-23 on the year, but sixth in the MW at 11-16. They have only won two of their last eight with one of those victories coming in the finale of their three-game home series against Hawai'i.

UNLV hosted FS in early March to kick off the 2018 MW slate and won all three meetings, all by one run.

WIN AND THEY'RE IN: The Mountain West Tournament is scheduled for May 24-27 in San Diego. To date, UNR and San Diego State have already secured two of the four spots in the postseason field, while UNLV, San Jose State, Air Force and Fresno State all have an opportunity to extend their seasons pending play this weekend.

Coincidentally, there are three conference series this weekend that will decide the MW regular-season champion as well as the final two qualifying squads. UNR plays hosts to SDSU, while UNLV travels to Fresno State and Air Force heads to San Jose State.

To earn at least one more week of play, the Rebels must win at least two of three games against the Bulldogs. Things get a bit trickier for the Scarlet & Gray if there is any other result than two or three wins.

FOLLOW ALONG: Fans can follow along with UNLV's three-game Mountain West series against Fresno State through a live video stream via the Mountain West Network, radio (Fresno's ESPN am 940) as well as live stats. Links to video, radio and stats can be found at UNLVRebels.com.

Additionally, the team's official Twitter feed (@unlvbaseball) will also have real-time updates.

WEEKLY WINNERS: UNLV baseball's Trevor Horn and Nick Rodriguez were named the Mountain West's Pitcher and Player of the Week, respectively, after they helped the Rebels to a series win over intrastate rival UNR last weekend. This is the first career accolade for Horn and the second for Rodriguez.

Horn pitched 6.1 innings in Saturday's 8-1 victory over the Wolf Pack. The right-hander from Scottsdale, Arizona, struck out two batters and allowed only one unearned run off of five hits. He threw three 1-2-3 innings and walked none.

Rodriguez hit .500 against Wolf Pack pitching with seven hits, three of which went for extra bases with two home runs and one double. The second baseman from San Fernando, California, registered a 1.000 slugging percentage and a .467 on-base percentage, while adding four RBI and three runs. He had at least one hit in all three games with multiple-hits in two of those. In game two, he went 4-for-5 with three extra base hits that resulted in two RBI and two runs. In the field, he was perfect in 14 chances with eight assists and six putouts.

Rodriguez previously won the MW's weekly honor on April 16, while fellow Rebel teammates Nick Ames, Kyle Isbel, Max Smith and Bryson Stott have also been recipients of award this season.

RPI RAMBLINGS: The UNLV baseball team's RPI sits at No. 75 entering the weekend portion of week 14. The Rebels have played squads this season that sit No. 45 (West Virginia), No. 60 (San Diego State), No. 61 (UNR), No. 64 (Iowa), No. 85 (Indiana State), and No. 90 (Oregon).

REBELS IN THE NCAA STATISTICS ... TEAM: The UNLV baseball team sits in the top 100 of 20 NCAA statistical categories. The Rebels are first in doubles (129) and third in both doubles per game (2.48) and hits (592). They are also fifth in batting average (.316) and slugging percentage (.499). They come in 10th in double plays (52), 13th in doubles per game (2.48), 16th in runs (377) and scoring (7.3), 17th in home runs (62), 19th in home runs per game (1.19), and 20th in walks allowed per nine innings (3.09).

REBELS IN THE NCAA STATISTICS ... INDIVIDUALS: The UNLV baseball has team has a number of its own players ranked highly in the NCAA's statistics, with several in the top 10 of numerous categories.

Offensively, the team has numerous players ranked within the top 100 of various categories. For instance, Bryson Stott sits first in the country in doubles (29) and doubles per game (0.56), second in hits (88), seventh in hits per game (1.69), and ninth in runs (58). Nick Ames is sixth in RBI (65) and eighth in RBI per game (1.33). Kyle Isbel is eighth in total bases (141).

On the mound, Blaze Bohall is second overall in pitching appearances with 34.