University of Nevada Athletics

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Pack And Aces Play Silver City Classic Before 3631 Fans: The University of Nevada and Reno Aces Baseball Club played the Silver City Classic, an exhibition game at Aces Ballpark on Tuesday night before 3631 fans. The Aces are the Triple A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.  When the game ended after eight innings the Aces had won by a score of 11-1.  The contest was played using spring training rules as Aces pitchers were used by both teams and the game lasted eight innings.  
    A fundraiser for the Nevada Dugout Club, the Aces presented a check for $15,000 to the University in the bottom of the fourth inning.  The funds will directly benefit the Wolf Pack baseball program.
    Nevada's lone run came in the sixth inning when left fielder Waylen Sing Chow tripled down the right field line with two down and freshman second baseman Cullen Mahoney followed with an RBI single.
    The Pack played 12 position players which included Sam Bias a member of the Nevada softball team.  Bias saw two innings of action defensively in left field.
    Third baseman Garrett Yrigoyen collected the first Nevada hit of the game in the third inning with an infield single.  Center fielder Westley Moss reached on a bunt single in the fourth inning as the Pack totaled four hits on the night.

Pack Step Out Of WAC Play
    After going 1-2-1 at New Mexico State to open Western Athletic Conference play Nevada (17-13-1) will play its final nonconference series of the season at Seattle (4-23) this weekend.  The Wolf Pack swept a three-game series from SU earlier this season in Reno.

Kort Ranked In WAC Top 15:  Senior first baseman Shaun Kort ranks in the top 10 in seven offensive categories in Nevada history and now has moved into the Western Athletic Conference career record book. 
    Kort’s 64 career doubles is tied with Eric Arnould (Rice,1999-02) for 10th with Austin Davis (Rice, 2001-04) ninth with 65.  His 205 career RBI is 11th with former MLB All-Star Wally Joyner (BYU, 1981-83) in 10th with 206.

Kort Climbing Nevada Career Charts:  Nevada senior first baseman Shaun Kort continues to climb the Wolf Pack all-time charts in his fourth season in the program.  Kort currently ranks in the top 10 in seven categories.

TEAM:  The Pack’s 10-10 tie at NMSU on Apr. 11 was the first for Nevada since a 1-1 tie with Santa Clara during the 1993 seasonThe NMSU tie was the fifth for Nevada head coach Gary Powers in 28 seasons as a Division I coach for the Wolf Pack After two weather postponements Powers coached his 1,500th game at Nevada vs. Seattle on Apr. 2 which was a 12-10 victoryNevada won its 400th game at Peccole Park with a 5-4 victory over Seattle on Apr. 4Nevada swept a series for the first time this year winning all 3 games from Seattle Apr. 2-3Nevada’s 46 stolen bases leads the WAC and is more 14 more than LA Tech’s 32Nevada won 2-of-3 games from #18 UC IrvinePowers is in his 28th season and is the longest tenured coach in the history of Nevada athleticsPowers won his 800th game at Nevada last season when the Pack defeated Oregon 6-5 on March 12, 2009Nevada ranks fourth in hitting (.309), third in pitching (6.01 ERA) and third in fielding (.963) in the WACNevada was picked to finish 6th in the preseason coaches’ poll.

AT THE PLATE:  SS-Kevin Rodland is batting .390(16-for-41) with 15 runs scored, 13 RBI, 4 doubles, a triple and 3 home runs during a current 10-game hit streak that is the longest of the season by a Pack player with six 2-hit games in the streak1B-Shaun Kort’s 15 doubles in 22nd in NCAA I and .5 per game is 27thDH/P-Brock Stassi leads the WAC with 5 triplesStassi ranks 9th in triples(5) and 38th in on base percentage(.508) in NCAA I Stassi has started at DH and pitcher twice the season at CSUB(3/13) and vs. UC Irvine(3/28)Stassi’s first hit of 2009 and 2010 were home runsStassi earned WAC and Collegebaseballinsider.com West Region Player of the Week honors twice this season on Feb. 15-21 and Mar.  23-29 Rodland, CF-Westley Moss and Kort have started all 31 games this seasonRodland and Moss have hit 1, 2 in the lineup in all 31 gamesMoss (14-of-17) and Rodland(11-of-13) rank first and second in the WAC with 14 and 11 stolen bases respectively while Kort is tied for 7th with fiveBarnett, Kort and Rodland have 36, 33 and 26 RBI respectively to lead the teamRodland’s 26 RBI equals his career-high set last season Moss leads the outfield with 6 assistsIF/OF-Nick Leid has started 21 games, 4 at second base, 3 in left field and 14Leid hit .419(13-for-31) with 9 runs scored, 8 RBI, 5 doubles and a home run during an 8-game hit streakMoss hit .351(13-for-37) and Stassi .429(15-for-35) during 9-game hit streaks that ended vs. SMC(4/13) which is tied for the second longest on the teamKort, Moss, Stassi and Barnett all have 13 multi hit games to lead the teamOF/DH-Nick Melino has started the last 7 games, 6 in left field and one at DH Melino is hitting .469(15-for-32)during an 8-game hit streak that is ties his career-high, is the second longest active streak and tied for the fourth longest of the seasonRodland has been hit by pitch 13 times, Stassi 8 and Melino 7 which ranks first, third and fourth in the WACMoss hit his first home run at any level of baseball in game 2 at Pacific (2/26) then added a 2-run shot at NMSU(4/10)OF-Ronnie Mitchell was 3-for-5, with two doubles in his first collegiate start in right field in the final game of the Pacific seriesMitchell has started 12 games in right fieldSophomore Joe Kohan has started 16 games at second base but missed 3 games at NMSU because of illnessFreshman second baseman Cullen Mahoney had a breakout offensive weekend filling in for the ill Kohan at NMSU hitting .545(6-for-11) with 2 runs scored, 2 doubles, 2-two run homers and 5 RBIMahoney went 3-for-3 in game 3 at NMSU3B-Garrett Yrigoyen started the final 3 games of the NMSU series C-Michael Turay has started 19 games behind the plate and freshman Carlos Escobar 8Freshman C-Shawn Walters started 2 games at NMSU and collected his first hit and first RBI in the Silver & BlueRodland(10), Melino(8), Barnett(5), Mahoney(5) and Yrigoyen(5) have the longest active hit streaksOF-Waylen Sing Chow has played in the last 7 games off the bench.

ON THE MOUND:  LHP-Brock Stassi leads the team with 4 wins and has pitched Nevada’s only two complete gamesStassi pitched a gem at NMSU allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and struck out 7 in the 17-2, 7-inning complete game victoryLHP-Chris Garcia’s start at NMSU  was delayed 2 days because of illness and he received his third no decision when he did take the moundGarcia is second on the team with 3 victoriesStassi struck out a career-high 11 in a 1-0 victory at CSUB(3/13) tossing 7 shutout inningsStassi pitched his first complete game for Nevada at Oregon(3/20, 7-inning game) but suffered the lossRHP-Jeremy Cole made his first start vs. #18 UCI and tossed 8 innings allowing 4 runs on 8 hits to earn the win and received  no decisions in his last 2 starts vs. Seattle and NMSUCole(3.23ERA),  Stassi(3.38ERA) and Garcia(4.02) rank 3rd, 5th and 7th in the WAC in ERACole(.238) and Stassi(.265) are 2nd and 9th in opponent batting average in the conferenceGarcia won his second game of the season giving up 2 runs on 7 hits in 6 innings in a 5-3 victory over #18 UCI(3/26)RHP-Beau Witsoe earned his first career save for the Pack tossing 3 innings vs. #18 UCI(3/26) allowing a runWitsoe, RHP-Tyler Graham and Cole are tied for third on the team with 2 wins eachGraham entered the game with bases loaded and no out vs. Seattle and retired the side and eventually earned the victory as the Pack scored a run in the 9th to win 5-4Graham tossed a scoreless 9th vs. #18 UCI(3/27) to earn his team leading 3rd save which is tied for third in the WACTwice Graham has recorded two inning saves this season at Santa Clara (2/19) and at UC Davis (3/1) not allowing a runner to reach base in either outing and if you add the Seattle game has pitched 7 innings of perfect baseball in 3 outings Cole has 2 saves on the season which is tied for 6th in the conferenceCole’s saves have also been longer outings, 3 innings at Santa Clara(2/20) and two innings at CSUB(3/13)Garcia earned the win at Pacific allowing one run on five hits and struck out seven which is one off his career highRHP-Tom Jameson has a win vs. Seattle and a save vs. SMC in his first year at NevadaRHP-Jayson McClaren leads the team with 11 appearances while Cole and LHP-Mat Keplinger have 10Keplinger’s loss at NMSU was his first decision in 3 seasons at Nevada RHP-Rickey Denham has made 4 starts this seasonThree of Nevada’s four pitchers that had Tommy John Surgery last season have pitched Bryan Suarez, Tyler Rogstad and Anthony Fagan while Daniel Tinlin is expected to miss all of 2010Nine different pitchers have earned wins this yearPack pitchers have allowed 21-of-66(32%) of inherited runners to score.