Nevada 15, Pacific 4
RENO, Nev. – (Nevada Media Relations) The University of Nevada (22-18) baseball team scored a season-high 15 runs on Tuesday night at Peccole Park to defeat Pacific (11-28) in a nonconference game15-4. The Wolf Pack lost the first meeting in the Stockton, Calif. 6-5 back on Apr. 2 but pounded out a season-high 20 hits tonight to improve to 22-18 on the season while the Tigers fell to 11-28.
Nevada scored the first 11 runs on the game and cruised to the easy victory over the Tigers. The Pack scored two or more runs in each of the first five innings of the game.
Seven Pack players had multiple hits in the game. Jay Anderson (3-for-5,3R,RBI), Carlos Escobar (3-for-4,3R,4RBI) and Joe Kohan (3-for-4,2R,2RBI) each collected three hits in the game. Escobar hit two home runs in the game including an inside the park homer in the fifth. Kewby Meyer and Escobar each drove in a career-high four runs.
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Fresno State 3, Cal Poly 2
FRESNO, Calif. - (FS Media Relations) Freshman outfielder Jordan Luplow picked a great night to notch his second three-hit game of the season, sparking Fresno State to a 3-2 win on Tuesday evening with his bat and his legs. The Bulldog pitching staff was near flawless, allowing only four hits to beat Cal Poly for the second time in eight days at Beiden Field.
"It's been a while since we had a really good win like this," said head coach Mike Batesole. "We made some nice calls and switches on defense; we had a couple good outs for RBIs."
Luplow ignited Fresno State's tie-breaking inning by beating out a groundball to third for an infield single with one out in the seventh. He promptly stole second base and advanced to third after Cal Poly catcher Chris Hoo's throw skipped into center field. After freshman infielder Chris Mariscal walked, Luplow scored on a Pat Hutcheson groundout for the go-ahead run.
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Louisiana Tech 11, UALR 2
RUSTON - (LT Media Relations) The Louisiana Tech (18-22) offense exploded for 11 runs and 13 hits as the Bulldogs defeated the Trojans of UALR (20-20), 11-2, on Tuesday evening at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.
Trevor Petersen (3-4) was credited with his third win of the season after four shutout innings in relief of starter Chris Sadberry. Sadberry went three innings and struck out four while Petersen did not allow a hit and struck out four in the victory. Ethan Schlechte (2-2) was charged with his second loss on the year after allowing four runs - two earned - and eight hits in 5.1 innings.
"Petersen and Sadberry did a good job against a good hitting team," said head coach Wade Simoneaux. "We finally broke it open offensively and we needed a win tonight to give us some confidence going into Thursday."
Freshman Bre'shon Kimbell hit a three-run shot in the seventh inning for his third home run of the season while Alex Williams went 1-for-2 at the dish with two runs, two walks and one RBI. Ryan Gebhardt went 2-for-4 with two singles, two runs scored and two RBI and outfielder Sam Alvis scored three times and recorded two hits in three at-bats. Austin Hedges picked up two singles while pinch hitters Tyler Qualls and Jacob Derouen singled in their only plate appearances.
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Fresno Pacific 14, San Jose State 5
SAN JOSE, Calif. - (SJSU Media Relations) Fresno Pacific scored 14 runs on 17 hits Tuesday against San Jose State to win the Tuesday afternoon affair, 14-5, over the Spartans at Blethen Field.
Six different Sunbirds had multiple hits Tuesday and eight different players drove in at least one run. Fresno Pacific (25-22) also had six players score at least two runs. The 1-2-3 hitters in the Sunbirds' lineup went a combined 10-for-17 with five RBIs and five runs scored. Alec Mehrten led the way with a 5-for-6 performance.
Tuesday's game was the Spartans' fourth in five days. San Jose State (19-17) used seven pitchers and 16 position players in an attempt to keep everyone fresh for this weekend's Western Athletic Conference series versus Sacramento State at Municipal Stadium.
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Hawai‘i 11, Grambling State 8
GRAMBLING, La. – (UH Media Relations) The University of Hawai'i baseball team rallied from an early five-run deficit to top Grambling State University 11-8 in Tuesday at Tigers Field. UH won its first non-conference road game to improve to 24-16. Grambling falls to 17-20 on the season.
Stephen Ventimilia had three hits, one run, and two RBI to lead the Rainbows who uncharacteristically walked 10 Tiger batters. A.J. Bayus and Kaeo Aliviado both recorded two hits, two runs, and one RBI with Cody Clark grabbing a pair of hits and scoring two runs. Aliviado tripled to lead off the sixth inning and later scored to help UH put the game away.
Jon Flinn (1-1) earned his first win in a Rainbow uniform. He allowed two runs on four hits with five strikeouts in five innings of relief. Kyle Dowdy worked a scoreless ninth inning for his third save. Tiger starter Pervis Mann was tagged with the loss in 2.2 innings of work, surrendering eight runs on six hits.
The Rainbows got off to a slow start as they watched the Tigers score five runs in their first at bats. The first inning was highlighted by a three-run homer from Brian Knuckles who finished the game hitting 2-4 with one run and three RBI.
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