LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV Rebels close out their four-game road trip with a stop in Phoenix Tuesday (6:30 pm) to wrap up their home-and-home series with the nationally ranked Arizona State Sun Devils at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
 
UNLV and ASU, which enters the week ranked as high as No. 10 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll, squared off two weeks ago in Las Vegas on April 9. In that affair, the Rebels went into the home half of the ninth inning trailing by five runs, 9-4, and strung together six walks, three singles, a balk and a wild pitch to rally for a 10-9 victory over the then-No. 9 Sun Devils.
 
Both teams enter Tuesday's tussle coming off road trips; the Rebels went 1-2 against intrastate rival UNR in Reno, and the Sun Devils went 2-1 against the Utah Utes in Salt Lake City.
 
Historically speaking, UNLV and ASU have squared off a total of 84 times with the first meeting taking place in Tempe in 1974. The Sun Devils hold a 63-20-1 overall mark in the series; however, the Rebels have won four straight and six of the last nine contests dating back to 2015. The Scarlet & Gray's four-game winning streak began with a 13-12 triumph in Las Vegas on April 18, 2017, and has continued with a pair of victories in 2018 – 10-3 in Tempe (March 20) and 14-6 in Las Vegas (April 10) – as well as the come-from-behind upset two weeks ago.
 
FOLLOW ALONG: Fans can follow this week's nonconference contest between UNLV and ASU through live stats, video, radio and Twitter (@UNLVbaseball). The game will be video streamed live via the Pac-12 Network, while radio play-by-play will be provided through Phoenix's NBC Sports 1060 AM. Links to the video and radio streams as well as statistics will be made available at UNLVRebels.com.
 
ON DECK: UNLV returns to Earl E. Wilson Stadium and Las Vegas this weekend for a three-game, Mountain West series against the San Diego State Aztecs. The Rebels and Aztecs open play Friday night at 6:05 pm. Games two and three continue Saturday at 6:05 pm and Sunday at 1:05 pm. These contests are also three of the final six the Scarlet & Gray will play at home this season, with the final three coming against Fresno State on May 16-18.
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING – TEAM: UNLV is ranked in the top 100 of 12 different NCAA categories.
 
- UNLV ranks fifth overall in double plays (42) and "turns two" 1.02 times per game, which puts them 10th overall in the nation.
- UNLV ranks eighth in hits (439) and eighth in doubles (90), and sits outside the top 100 in home runs (132nd: 26) and triples (136th: eight).
- UNLV ranks 26th in batting average (.297), 75th in slugging percentage (.422) and 85th in on-base percentage (.376).
- UNLV ranks 68th in runs (256).
- UNLV ranks 72nd in fielding percentage (.974).
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING – INDIVIDUAL: UNLV has multiple players ranked in the top 100 of numerous NCAA statistical categories – top-100 statistics listed below.
 
- Bryson Stott is ranked in the top 100 of 10 categories, most notably: fifth in walks (44), ninth in doubles (17), 13th in runs (49), 22nd in on-base percentage (.500), 31st in total bases (99), 40th in hits (57) and 75th in slugging percentage (.623).
- Max Smith is ranked 49th in RBI (42), 66th in total bases (92), 73rd in doubles (13) and 77th in home runs (nine).
- Dillon Johnson is ranked 35th in hits (58).
- Edarian Williams is ranked 66th in hits (55).
- Jackson Cofer is 12th in saves (nine).
- Ryan Hare is 14th in WHIP (0.84), 36th in victories (six), 37th in hits allowed per 9.0 IP (5.74) and 95th in walks allowed per 9.0 IP (1.86).
- Cameron Jabara is 21st in games started (10) and 52nd in complete games (one).
- Chase Maddux is 21st in games started (10) and 56th in walks allowed per 9.0 IP (1.60).
- Conner Woods is 30th in pitching appearances (21).
- Donavon McCrystal is 30th in pitching appearances (21).
 
RANKED OPPONENTS: To date, UNLV has played three teams that are currently ranked in the top-25 polls. Four of those contests came against the Pac-12's Stanford Cardinal (Feb. 23-24) and Arizona State Sun Devils who were ranked at the time of play, with the former coming in as high as No. 5 and the latter at No. 9. The Rebels went 1-2 at Stanford and are 1-0, thus far, against ASU with Tuesday's game pending. To date, the Cardinal are ranked No. 2 overall in three polls, while the Sun Devils are No. 10 in the CBN poll.
 
Additionally, the Scarlet & Gray split a two-game, midweek series against UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 19-20) in Las Vegas. The Gauchos, who are ranked No. 6 in the CBN poll this week, were not ranked when they played at Earl E. Wilson Stadium prior to the Stanford series.
 
QUICK HITS:
- UNLV is 17-8 at home and 6-10 on the road.
- UNLV is 13-7 in nonconference and 10-11 in conference games.
- UNLV is 10-8 in games decided by one or two runs: 9-7 in one-run games and 1-1 in two-run games.
- UNLV is 4-1 in extra innings and 1-1 in shutouts.
- UNLV is 18-4 when scoring six or more runs in a game, but 5-14 when limited to five or fewer runs.
- UNLV is 15-4 when it limits an opponent to five or fewer runs, but 8-14 when it allows six or more runs.
- UNLV is 12-7 when it scores first and 7-6 when it scores in the first inning.
- UNLV is 11-11 when an opponent scores first and 6-8 when an opponent scores in the first inning.
- UNLV owns impressive figures when leading after six (17-2), seven (15-2) and eight (16-3) innings.
- UNLV is 17-3 when it outhits and opponent, 4-11 when it is outhit and 2-4 when hits are tied in a game.
- UNLV has registered double-digit hits in four straight games, and in 11 of its last 14, and 17 of its last 20.
- Smith enters the week with a 25-game reached-base streak, while Stott (17 games), James Gamble (13) and Johnson (13) own streaks of 13 or more games.
- Stott and Johnson enter the week with identical 12-game hitting streaks.
- In his last 12 games, Stott is hitting .480 (24-for-50) with 11 extra-base hits (nine doubles and two homers) that has helped amass a .780 slugging percentage. With the combination of hits and 11 walks, he has a .574 on-base percentage. He's also scored 20 runs and knocked in 14 RBI.
- In the three-game series at UNR, Stott hit .571 with eight hits (two doubles), six runs and three RBI.
- In his last 12 games, Johnson is hitting .400 (20-for-50) with seven extra-base hits (six doubles and one homer), 12 runs and 10 RBI. He's also been walked six times. Additionally, he has .580 slugging and .466 on-base percentages during this run.
- In the three-game series at UNR, Johnson hit .462 with six hits (one double), four RBI and two runs.
- In the three-game series at UNR, Williams hit .538 with seven hits (two doubles), four RBI and one run.
- Cofer moved into a three-way tie for third with former Rebels Brayden Torres (2014) and Rob Luce (1996) for the most saves in a single season, with his ninth-inning closure of Friday's 7-4 win at UNR. Only Bryan Menendez (2018: 12) and Ben Wright (2016: 11) have more than the aforementioned trio.
 
PURCHASE TICKETS: 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.