LUBBOCK, Texas (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV baseball team suffered an 11-2 loss to the No. 2 Texas Tech Red Raiders Tuesday at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. The Red Raiders jumped out to an early 3-0 lead through two innings of play to extend their win streak to eight and improve to 12-1 on the year, while the Rebels saw their record move to 3-9.
 
The Scarlet & Gray got six hits from six different players, with Alex Amelburu cashing in his ninth-inning single for the team's second run of the affair. The Rebels' first score occurred in the fifth off a groundout by James Gamble.
 
The Red Raiders opened the scoring in the second with back-to-back, run-producing hits after getting its first two batters on base off a single and a walk. Max Marusak and Cal Conley were the guilty parties pushing the West Texas hosts ahead off an RBI single and RBI double, respectively. A sacrifice fly by Dru Baker capped the three-run frame.
 
Marusak was responsible for a fourth-inning tally that upped Texas Tech's lead to four. Marusak began the frame by reaching on an error and stealing second before making his way home off a groundout and later a sac fly put in play by Dillon Carter.
 
Moments after UNLV was able to score off Gamble's groundout in the fifth, the Red Raiders countered with four more runs. Texas Tech pushed across two more in the seventh and one in the eighth to up the lead to 10 – 11-1 – before the Rebels' final at-bat that featured Alex Amelburu knocking in his brother, Gavin, from second base with a single to center field.
 
QUOTABLE: "If you can only throw one pitch effectively against a team of this caliber, you have zero chance for success," said head coach Stan Stolte. "And that's what happened today; plain and simple."
 
NOTES:
-Tuesday's game was originally scheduled to start at 4:30 pm PT (6:30 pm CT), but forecasted weather prompted the contest to be moved up 3:30 hours.
-With Tuesday's result, Texas Tech moved ahead of UNLV by one game, 10-9, in the all-time head-to-head series.
-Mason Montgomery improved to 3-0 after throwing 5.0 innings against UNLV, allowing one run off of three hits, while striking out three against two walks.
-Noah Mattera (0-2) was saddled with the loss, giving up three runs off of three hits and three walks in 2.0 innings.
 
UP NEXT: UNLV and Texas Tech wrap up their two-game, midweek series Wednesday at 11:00 am PT (1:00 pm PT) at Rip Griffin Park.
 
BACK AT EARL E.: UNLV returns to Las Vegas and Earl E. Wilson Stadium for five straight, beginning with its second straight visit from a Big East squad as well as a foe from the American Athletic Conference. The Rebels welcome St. John's to town for a three-game set that begins Friday and runs through Sunday, while a two-game, midweek series against Houston follows Tuesday and Wednesday.