LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – With the wind blowing in excess of 20 miles per hour and temperatures hovering around 50 degrees, the UNLV Rebels (0-1) and Seattle Redhawks (1-0) played a scoreless affair through six innings. The game turned in the seventh; however, when the visitors from the Pacific Northwest scored once before they tacked on three insurance runs in the ninth for a 4-0, road win at Earl E. Wilson Stadium.
 
The Scarlet & Gray's offense was limited to only five hits, all of which came from its 1-4 batters. Dillon Johnson scattered two hits and recorded one walk, while Bryson Stott, Jack-Thomas Wold and Vince Taormina had one hit apiece.
 
The season-opening affair began with UNLV's Cameron Jabara and Seattle's Jake Prizina (1-0) holding each other's offense at bay through six innings of play. Jabara, who was making his Rebel debut after pitching at Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, California) the past two seasons, struck out seven and allowed seven hits and no walks. Prizina, on the other hand, only surrendered five hits and walked one against five strikeouts en route to the 98-pitch, complete-game shutout.
 
SCOREBOARD UNVEILING: Prior to the contest, UNLV Baseball unveiled the new, state-of-the-art scoreboard, which is located behind the left-field fence at Wilson Stadium, and was made possible by a major gift from Rebel alum Bruce Layne and his family. Layne was a standout player for the Scarlet & Gray from 1966-69, who later built one of the most successful insurance firms in Southern Nevada, Layne and Associates Insurance.
 
During the ceremony, Layne was presented with numerous proclamations, including ones from Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson. Moreover, the cities of Henderson and Las Vegas proclaimed Feb. 15, 2019, as "Bruce Layne Day."
 
THE TURNING POINT: The Redhawks broke the scoreless tie in the seventh inning off back-to-back, one-out hits from Jake Taylor and Kyler Murphy off of Rebel reliever Donavon McCrystal. Taylor got the offense started with a triple to right-center and promptly made his way home when Murphy singled through the right side of the infield.
 
The duo was responsible for two runs in the ninth, as Taylor hit a solo home run to up the lead to 2-0, while Murphy and Austin Lively combined for a double and a two-run homer, respectively, later in the final frame.
 
REBEL OF THE GAME: Jabara tossed six scoreless innings and struck out seven in his first start in a UNLV uniform. He allowed only five base runners in the game seven base runners in the game, but stranded five of them, as he picked off one and another was put out on an inning-ending double play in the fourth. Of those seven, only one made it as far as third base.
 
QUOTABLE: "We just ran into a seasoned veteran pitcher that was really good tonight," said UNLV head coach Stan Stolte. He threw a strike whenever he wanted to and was very dominating especially against the bottom half of our order. He was very impressive. We had a good performance out of (Cameron) Jabara, and a couple relievers, but we couldn't match their guy."
 
STAT OF THE GAME: Seattle's offense notched 15 hits with all nine batters recording at least one hit apiece, while Lively and Murphy had three each, and Taylor had two.
 
REBEL NOTES:
- Dating back to the 2018 season, Johnson has hit safely in seven straight games and 12 of the last 13 played by UNLV. During this stretch, he has hit at a staggering .404 clip with 23 hits, four of which have gone for doubles, 12 runs and nine RBI.  
- UNLV had won two straight and four of its last five openers prior to Friday's loss to Seattle, and is now 33-19 in the first game of the season dating back to the first year of the program in 1967.
- Six Rebels made their NCAA Division I debut Friday night: James Gamble (freshman), Jabara (junior/Orange Coast College), Matthew Mitchell (sophomore/College of Southern Nevada), Trevor Rosenberg (junior/University of San Diego), Tallon Thomas (junior/South Mountain CC), Edarian Williams (freshman).
 
UP NEXT: UNLV and Seattle will return to Earl E. Wilson Stadium for game two of their nonconference series Saturday, with first pitch slated for 2:05 pm. Game three will take place Sunday at 1:05 pm.
 
PURCHASE TICKETS: Tickets are now on sale for the 2019 season. Season tickets are just $90 for adults (13 and older) and $75 for UNLV faculty, staff and alumni, and seniors (62-plus). Single-game ticket prices this season are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, faculty and staff seniors, and $4 for groups of 15 or more. Fans that purchase tickets online up to three hours prior to first pitch can get them for an advanced single-game price of $5.
 
All high school, middle school and elementary students are now free under UNLV's new admission policy. To receive free admission, high school students must present valid Nevada area school I.D. at the box office on gameday to receive one (1) complimentary ticket. All other students will receive a complimentary ticket at the box office (no I.D. required). Kids not yet elementary school age will continue to receive free admission for all UNLV Olympic sports.