| Upcoming Nevada Games | | | | |
| Friday, May 2 | at Louisiana Tech | JC Love Field, 3,000 | Ruston, La. | 6:00 p.m. |
| Saturday, May 3-Game 1 | at Louisiana Tech | JC Love Field, 3,000 | Ruston, La. | 1:00 p.m. |
| Saturday, May 3-Game 2 | at Louisiana Tech | JC Love Field, 3,000 | Ruston, La. | TBA |
| Sunday, May 4 | at Louisiana Tech | JC Love Field, 3,000 | Ruston, La. | 1:00 p.m. |
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| NEVADA ON RADIO: Nevada baseball will again be carried on ESPN Radio 630AM this season with pregame starting 15 minutes prior to first pitch. Veteran Wolf Pack announcers Dan Gustin and Don Marchand will call most of the action this season. All four games of the Louisiana Tech series will be carried live this weekend. WOLF PACK ON THE INTERNET: Nevada baseball can be heard over the internet at http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10000&ATCLID=1147034 LIVE STATS: Live up to the minute stats during games can be viewed on the internet for Nevada baseball at
http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?&&&SPSID=45412&SPID=4083&DB_OEM_ID=10000&LIST_SPORT_ID= |
| | NEVADA WOLF PACK | Record: | Overall: 25-18 WAC: 12-8 | | Head Coach: | Gary Powers(Nevada, 1971) | | at Nevada: | 786-613-4(26th season) | | Overall Record: | Same | | Powers vs. LTU: | 27-7 | |
| | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | Record: | Overall: 19-24 WAC: 4-18 | | Head Coach: | Wade Simoneaux(Nicholls State, 1984) | | at La Tech: | 142-184-1(Sixth season) | | Overall: | Same | | The Series: | Nevada leads 27-7 | | Upcoming Games: | none | |
Nevada Probable Lineup
| No. | | Name(B/T) | Pos | Ht | Wt | Yr | Statistics |
| 29 | | Shaun Kort (L/L) | 1B | 5-9 | 180 | So. | .338, 26R, 52H, 11-2B, 3B, 4HR, 42RBI |
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| 6 | | David Ciarlo (R/R) | 2B | 5-9 | 189 | Sr. | .366, 28R, 45H, 9-2B, 4-3B, 3HR, 21RBI |
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| 8 | | Kevin Rodland (R/R) | SS | 6-0 | 195 | So. | .202, 23R, 22H, 6-2B, 2-3B, HR, 17RBI |
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| 4 | | Jason Rodriguez (L/R) | 3B | 6-0 | 175 | Sr. | .394, 33R, 63H, 20-2B, 8HR, 48RBI |
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| 19 | | Tyson Jaquez (R/R) | C | 6-0 | 220 | Jr. | .272, 17R, 22H, 5-2B, 4HR, 16RBI |
| or 36 | | 36 Travis Simas (R/R) | C | 6-5 | 205 | Jr. | .196, 12R, 10H, 2-2B, 2-3B, HR, 13RBI |
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| 7 | | Matt Bowman (R/R) | LF | 5-7 | 175 | Jr. | .356, 41R, 53H, 11-2B, 3B, 4HR, 29RBI |
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| 26 | | Jason Sadoian (R/R) | CF | 6-0 | 170 | Sr. | .353, 41R, 53H, 13-2B, 2-3B, HR, 17RBI |
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| 7 | | Mike Hale (L/R) | RF | 6-0 | 185 | Sr. | .311, 27R, 37H, 8-2B, 4HR, 21RBI |
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| 14 | | Terry Walsh (R/R) | DH | 5-11 | 190 | Sr. | .259, 25R, 38H, 8-2B, 3B, 6HR, 25RBI |
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| | Wolf Pack Probable Pitching Rotation | | | | | |
| No. | | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Yr | Statistics |
| 40 | | Rod Scurry (Fri.) | RHP | 6-7 | 210 | Sr. | 4-6, 1SV, 5.20ERA, 55.1IP, 48K’s, 1CG |
| 24 | | Kyle Howe(Game 1 Sat.) | RHP | 6-4 | 210 | Sr. | 6-1, 3.48ERA, 54.1IP, 31K’s, 3CG |
| | TBA(Game 2 Sat.) | | | | | |
| | TBA(Sun) | | | | | |
NEVADA TRAVELS TO LOUISIANA TECH, SITE OF WAC TOURNAMENT
After winning three of four games at home from Western Athletic Conference leading Fresno State, Nevada(25-18, 12-8 WAC) returns to the road for a four-game conference series at Louisiana Tech(19-24, 4-18 WAC) this weekend in Ruston, La. Tech’s JC Love Field will also be the site of the 2008 WAC Tournament, May 22-5. The Wolf Pack swept a four-game series from the Bulldogs in late March in Reno to open WAC play. Friday’s game gets underway at 4:00 p.m. Pacific time with Saturday’s doubleheader starting at 11:00 a.m. as does Sunday’s series finale.
Currently the Pack sit in second place with 12-8 record while La Tech is seventh at 4-18. The Bulldogs are in jeopardy of not making the season ending WAC Tournament as they are six games back of New Mexico State’s 9-11 conference mark for the sixth and final spot and they have just eight conference games remaining on their schedule. La Tech was picked to finish second in the preseason coaches poll.
Nevada leads the series with La Tech 27-7 including a 11-4 advantage at JC Love Field. Overall the Pack are 113-109 in WAC play since joining the conference in 2001. La Tech is 65-125 after beginning play in the WAC in 2002.
TEAM: Nevada became the first team to win a WAC series from league leading Fresno State this season winning 3-of-4 games from the Bulldogs and to sweep them in a doubleheader last weekend...The Pack turned 14 double plays last weekend vs. Fresno State, 5 in the first game and 2, 3 and 4 in the next three...nationally the Pack rank fourth in double plays and sixth in double plays per game...Nevada’s 53 double plays per game leads the WAC...Nevada is second in the WAC with a .308 batting average, second with a .974 field percentage and fourth with a 5.72 ERA...nationally the team ranks 74th in hitting, 91st in scoring, 82nd in runs, 45th in doubles per game, 45th in doubles, 44th in triples per game, 36th in triples, 70th in hit by pitch and 168th in ERA...in WAC play the Pack are third in hitting(.295), third in fielding(.973) and fifth in ERA(6.11)...playing 7 doubleheaders this season Nevada has swept four vs. CSUMB, vs. La Tech, vs. NMSU, vs. UVU and vs. Fresno State and split two at Fresno State and at Hawai`i...14 times this season the Pack have scored in double figures winning 13 of those contests, the only loss when scoring double digits was a 17-10 setback to #22 Oregon State...Nevada has made use of the WAC’s new 10-run rule after 7-innings twice defeating La Tech 14-3 and NMSU 11-1 but had it turned on them three times falling 11-1 and 13-3 at Fresno State and 13-3 at Hawai`i...Nevada went 11-3 during a season-high 14-game homestand that ended with a 4-game sweep of La Tech...Nevada has won five series this year taking 2-of-3 from UC Riverside(3/7-9), 3-of-4 from NMSU(4/4-6), 3-of-4 from Fresno State(4/25-27) and all four from La Tech(3/20-22) and Utah Valley(4/11-13)...Nevada’s 9-4 loss to UNLV(3/25) snapped a season-high 5-game win streak and 8-game win streak vs. the Rebels...The Pack split its two games with the two-time College World Series Champion Oregon State Beavers winning 10-1, losing 17-10 and the third game was cancelled due to weather...Nevada had a season-high 26 hits and 24 runs in game 1 vs. CSUMB...Nevada was picked to finish third in the Preseason WAC Coaches’ Poll behind Fresno State and Louisiana Tech...Head coach Gary Powers is in his 26th season of directing the Wolf Pack baseball program in 2008 and is the longest tenured coach in the history of Nevada athletics.
AT THE PLATE: 3B-Jason Rodriguez was named WAC Player of the Week for the second time this season after hitting .571(9-for-13) with 3 walks, 3 doubles, a home run and 9RBI vs. Fresno State last weekend...Rodriguez leads the WAC with a .492 on base percentage and ranks in the top 10 in the WAC in nine offensive categories...C-Tyson Jaquez hit a 3-run homer in the bottom of the 8th of game 2 vs. Fresno State to give Nevada a 4-1 victory and C-Travis Simas hit a 3-run homer in the bottom of the 8th of game 4 to give the Pack a 12-11 win...Jaquez’ 3-run homer in the first game of the doubleheader and RF-Mike Hale’s 3-for-3 performance in game two earned them CBS College Sports Network Player of the Game honors in the nationally televised doubleheader...Nevada boasts four of the top 10 hitters in the WAC: Rodriguez(.394,2nd), 2B-David Ciarlo(.366,6th), LF-Matt Bowman(.356,9th) and CF-Jason Sadoian(.336,15th)...Sadoian collected hits in 7 consecutive at bats vs. Fresno State last weekend, the final 3 at bats in game 3 and the first 4 in game 4 then scored 5 runs in those 7 hits...Sadoian vs. Fresno State(4/27) and Bowman vs. CSUMB(3/4) have hit 3 doubles in game this season which is the most by any player in the WAC this season...Ciarlo, 1B-Shaun Kort and Rodriguez were named the WAC Hitters of the Week three consecutive weeks from Feb. 25 to Mar. 16...Rodriguez hit .375(21-for-56) with 9 runs scored, 14RBI, 8 doubles and a home run during a team season and career-high 14-game hit streak that ended in the final game at Hawai`i(4/20)...Rodriguez’ 14-game hit streak is tied for the fifth longest in the WAC this season...Rodriguez ranks nationally in doubles(9th), doubles per game(18th) and batting average(88th)...Bowman is hitting .419((13-for-31) with 11 runs scored, 6RBI, 2 doubles and a home run during a 10-game hit streak which is the longest active streak on the team and 4th longest active streak in the WAC...in WAC only games Bowman is batting .396(19-48) with 12 runs scored, 5RBI and 5 doubles during a current 14-game hit streak which is the second longest active streak in WAC action...Kort hit .352(19-for-54) with 10 runs scored, 15RBI, 5 doubles and 3 home runs during a career-high 13-game hit streak that ended in game 3 of the Fresno State(3/29) series...Ciarlo hit .595(25-for-42) with 15 runs scored, 11RBI, 4 doubles, 2 triples and 2 home runs during a career-high 12-game hit streak that was snapped vs. Oregon State(3/14)...Hale’s .381 average in WAC play is 10th in the conference...Hale drove in a career-high 5 in the final game vs. NMSU(4/6) with 4 coming on his two, 2-run homers...Rodriguez, DH-Terry Walsh and Hale have hit 2 home runs in a game this season...Ciarlo had started 88 consecutive games at second base and played in 113 in a row until missing game 2 of the La Tech series due to illness...Ciarlo(.800,4R,2B,2HR,6RBI) and Kort(.444, R,3RBI) were named to the Southwest Diamond Classic All-Tournament squad...Kort(1B) and Rodriguez(3B) have started all 43 games at the same position...Jaquez(24) and Simas(18) have split most of catching duties for the Pack this season with freshman Matt Langenfeld starting the other game...Jaquez had a career-high 10-game hit streak this season...Bowman hit an inside the park home run vs. Utah Valley in game 4 that scored 2 runs after the left fielder ran into the wall trying to make the catch...Bowman also supplied all the offense with his solo home run leading off the 4th inning in the Pack’s 1-0 victory over Utah Valley in the series opener...Rodriguez leads the team with 21 multi hit games which is tied for third in the WAC...Kort and Rodriguez are tied the team lead and 8th in the WAC with 11 multi RBI games...Nevada pinch hitters are hitting .217(13-for-60) with 10 runs scored, a double, a home run and 10RBI...reserve IF/OF-Nick Leid drove in a team and WAC high 7 runs in game 1 vs. CSUMB...Bowman and Kort each had 5 hits in game 1 vs. CSUMB which is tied for the high by any player in the WAC this season and their career highs...six different Pack players, Kort, Bowman, Leid, Sadoian, and P-Dan Eastham hit home runs in Nevada’s doubleheader sweep of CSUMB...Kort drove in a career-high 5 runs in game 1 vs. CS Monterey Bay and Bowman had a career-high 4 RBI.
ON THE MOUND: RHP-Kyle Howe became the first Pack hurler to earn WAC Pitcher of the Week honors after allowing 1 run on 7 hits with 5 strikeouts tossing a complete game gem in a 4-1 win over WAC leading Fresno State last weekend...Howe(6-1) has six wins on the season which is tied for second in the WAC while his 3.48ERA is fourth and .226 opponent batting average is also fourth...Howe has pitched a WAC high 3 complete games this season twice in 4-1 wins over Fresno State and the other was a 3-1 victory vs. Utah Valley...RHP-Rod Scurry(4-6) made his first career relief appearance in the final game of the Fresno State series and retired the side in the 9th to earn the save after suffering the loss as the Friday night starter...Scurry pitched the first complete game of his career and first 1-0 shutout in Peccole Park history as the Pack defeated Utah Valley(4/11) in the first game of the series allowing 4 hits and struck out 6...Scurry ranks in the top 10 in seven pitching categories in the WAC...Scurry and Howe tossed back-to-back complete games in the first two games of the UVU series...RHP-Sammy Miller(2-0) pitched 6.1 innings of 2 hit shutout relief with a career-high 4 strikeouts in game 3 vs. Fresno State last weekend to earn his second win of the season...LHP-Brock Stassi(3-0) improved to 3-0 on the season earning the win in the Pack’s 4-3 victory at Hawai`i(4/19) allowing 3 runs, 2 earned and struck out a career-high 5 in a career-high 7-innings on the mound...RHP-Mario Rivera(2-1) retired all six hitters he faced in game 3 at Hawai`i(4/19) striking out three to earn his team leading second save of the season...Rivera’s 7 career saves is tied for 9th most in Pack history...Howe is 6-1 with a 3.26ERA, 28 strikeouts, 17 walks and 3 complete games in his last 7 starts...Stassi has won 3 of his 5 starts on the season vs. UNLV, NMSU and at Hawai`i but received a no decision vs. Utah Valley and Fresno State...Stassi won his first two career starts in the same week vs. UNLV and NMSU...RHP-Dan Eastman had been in the weekend rotation 3 weekends but has been moved to the bullpen...RHP-Derek Achelpohl pitched 6.1 innings of 6 hit, 8 strikeout relief vs. La Tech to earn his first win at Nevada...Achelpohl pitched 3 shutout innings with 5 strikeouts vs. Utah Valley to earn his first save at Nevada and has split time between the rotation and bullpen...8 Pack pitchers RHP-Bryan Suarez(2ip), Miller(1ip), LHP-Jacob Kaup(1ip), Achelpohl(1ip), Stassi(1ip), Eastham(1ip), RHP-Ryan Iodence(1ip) and RHP-Ben Colton(1ip) combined to allow just 5 hits in a 10-0 shutout of Pacific(3/18)...Eastham(4ip), Iodence(1ip), Miller(1ip) and Stassi(1ip) combined earlier in the season to shutout CSUMB 16-0 in the second game of a doubleheader back on Mar. 4...Scurry, Stassi, Achelpohl and Miller each have one save on the season...Miller leads the team with 14 appearances...after making 6 starts to begin the season LHP-Chris Garcia has been moved to the bullpen where he has earned 2 wins...Eastham got the first win of his career tossing 4 shutout innings in his start vs. CSUMB, and was the first starter to earn a win this season.
