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UPCOMING NEVADA GAMES Friday, April 23
| Fresno State
| Peccole Park, (3,000) | Reno, Nev.
| 6 p.m. |
| Saturday, April 24 | | Peccole Park, (3,000) | Reno, Nev. | 1 p.m. |
| Saturday, April 24 | | Peccole Park, (3,000) | Reno, Nev. | TBA |
| Sunday, April 25 | Fresno State | Peccole Park, (3,000)
| Reno, Nev. | 1 p.m. |
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| | | for tickets to home | | all times local |
| | | games call 348-PACK | | |
| NEVADA ON RADIO: Nevada baseball can be heard on ESPN Radio 630 AM with veteran broadcaster Don Marchand calling all the action. Pregame for baseball gets started 15 minutes prior to game time. VIDEO STREAMING: For the second year in a row, video for home games will be streamed on the internet for a fee at nevadawolfpack.com WOLF PACK ON THE INTERNET: Nevada baseball can be heard over the internet at nevadawolfpack.com LIVE STATS: Live up to the minute stats during games can be viewed on the internet for Nevada baseball at
nevadawolfpack.com |
| NEVADA WOLF PACK | Record: | Overall: 20-13-1, WAC: 1-2-1 | | Head Coach: | Gary Powers(Nevada, 1971) | | at Nevada: | 840-665-5(28th season) | | Overall: | same | | Powers vs. FS | 30-50 | |
| | Fresno State Bulldogs | Record: | Overall: 22-161, WAC: 5-3 | | Head Coach: | Mike Battesole (CSF Fullerton, 1990) | | at FS: | 273-211 (Eighth season) | | Overall: | 529-369-1 (15th season)
| | The Series: | FS leads 70-42 | | Upcoming Games: | none | | Probable
Pitching Rotation
| 5 Josh Poytress LHP 6-1 185 So. 4-3, 4.56 ERA, 53.1 IP
41 Matt Morse RHP 5-11 165 Sr. 2-4, 4.98 ERA, 47.0 IP
3 Greg Gonzalez RHP 5-11 190 Jr. 5-0, 4.31 ERA, 31.1 IP
48 Charlie Robertson RHP 6-5 190 So. 2-2, 4.46 ERA, 42.1 IP
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Nevada Probable Lineup
| No. | | Name (B/T) | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Yr | Statistics |
| 29 | | 29 Shaun Kort (L/L) | 1B | 5-9 | 180 | Sr. | .350, 34R, 42H, 15-2B, 3B, 4HR, 36RBI, 26BB |
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| | Joe Kohan (R/R) | 2B | 6-1 | 195 | So. | .382, 12R, 21H, 3-2B, 4RBI |
| 6 | | Cullen Mahoney (L/R) | 2B | 6-2
| 185
| Fr. | .387, 12R, 23H, 3-2B, 5RBI |
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| 8 | | Kevin Rodland (R/R) | SS | 6-0 | 190 | Sr. | .283, 38R, 36H, 20BB, 10-2B, 3-3B, 6HR, 27RBI |
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| 11 | | Nick Leid (R/R) | 3B | 5-11 | 175 | Jr. | .317, 18R, 26H, 9-2B, 3B, 2HR, 19RBI |
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| 12 | | Garrett Yrigoyen (R/R) | 3B | 6-2 | 200 | So. | .271, 11R, 19H, 6-2B, 2HR, 10RBI |
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| 7 or | | Michael Turay (R/R) | C | 5-10 | 190 | So. | .154, 14R, 10H, 4-2B, 7RBI |
| 16 | | Shawn Walters (R/R) | C | 6-1
| 198
| Fr. | .263, 4R, 5H, 2B, 3RBI |
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| 34 | | Nick Melino (S/R) | LF | 6-0 | 205 | So. | .358, 14R, 24H, 5-2B, 2HR, 12RBI |
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| 1 | | 1 Westley Moss (R/R) | CF | 6-2 | 175 | Sr. | .317, 31R, 44H, 3-2B, 2-3B, 2HR, 14RBI |
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| | Brian Barnett (R/R) | RF | 6-0
| 200 | Jr. | .349, 27R, 45H, 16-2B, 8HR, 42RBI |
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| 22 | | Brock Stassi (L/L) | DH | 6-2 | 185 | Jr. | .391, 29R, 43H, 9-2B, 5-3B, 6HR, 24RBI |
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| | | Probable Pitching Rotation | | | | | |
| 25 | | Chris Garcia | LHP | 6-3 | 200 | Sr. | 4-1, 3.47 ERA, 36.1 IP, 26K’s, 17BB |
| 15 | | Jeremy Cole | RHP | 6-0 | 190 | Jr. | 2-0, 3.40 ERA, 42.1 IP, 20K’s, 12BB |
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| | Tom Jameson
| RHP
| 6-6
| 210
| Fr.
| 1-1, 2SV, 4.76 ERA, 22.2 IP, 16K’s, 7BB |
| 22 | | Brock Stassi | LHP | 6-2 | 190 | Jr. | 5-3, 3.02 ERA, 50.2 IP, 39K’s, 13BB |
Team & Player Notes
Pack Return To WAC Play Hosting Fresno State
After stepping out of Western Athletic Conference play last weekend the Wolf Pack return conference play hosting Fresno State (22-16, 5-3 WAC) this weekend at Peccole Park. Friday will mark the first home night game of the season at 6:00 p.m. Saturday’s doubleheader gets underway at 1:00 p.m. as does Sunday’s single game.
The Bulldogs and Wolf Pack split the four-game series played at Pete Beiden Field in Fresno, Calif. last season. Rain forced a pair of doubleheaders with the Pack sweeping Saturday by scores of 15-11 and 16-4. FS won both games on Sunday 8-6 and 12-5.
In WAC play FS leads the series 28-20 with the Pack holding a 12-10 advantage at Peccole Park. In the last series played in Reno on Apr. 25-27, 2008, Nevada won three of the four games. The Bulldogs took the first game 9-3. Nevada swept the Saturday doubleheader, that aired on CBS College Sports TV, 4-1 and 7-3. In Saturday’s first game, catcher Tyson Jaquez broke a 1-1 tie with the three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning. Nevada scored the final five runs of the second game to win with Jaquez’ two-RBI single in the eighth giving the Pack the lead. Sunday’s game was also won by the Pack 12-11 on catcher Travis Simas’ three-run homer, that capped a four-run bottom of the eighth inning after FS scored five in the top of the inning to go in front 11-8.
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 April 6 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.
Kort Ranked In WAC Top 10: Senior first baseman Shaun Kort ranks in the top 10 in seven offensive categories in Nevada history and now has moved into the top 10 in the Western Athletic Conference career record book.
Kort’s 64 career doubles is tied with Eric Arnold (Rice,1999-02) for 10th with Austin Davis (Rice, 2001-04) ninth with 65, Greg Oniate (UH, 1980-83) is eighth with 66 and Wally Joyner (BYU, 1981-83) is seventh with 67. His 208 career RBI is 10th with Arnold and Steve Susdorf (FS, 2005-08) tied for eighth with 217.
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: Nevada has swept two series this season with both coming vs. Seattle at home and on the road going 6-0 against the Redhawks... Nevada’s 22 runs at Seattle on Apr. 17 was a season high...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 season...The 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 victory...Nevada won its 400th game at Peccole Park with a 5-4 victory over Seattle on Apr. 4...Nevada’s 50 stolen bases leads the WAC and is more 18 more than LA Tech’s 32...Nevada won 2-of-3 games from #18 UC Irvine...Powers is in his 28th season and is the longest tenured coach in the history of Nevada athletics...Powers won his 800th game at Nevada last season when the Pack defeated Oregon 6-5 on March 12, 2009...Nevada ranks fourth in hitting (.307), third in pitching (5.24 ERA) and fourth in fielding (.961) in the WAC...Nevada was picked to finish 6th in the preseason coaches’ poll.
AT THE PLATE: LF/DH-Nick Melino is batting .500(20-for-40) with 10 runs scored, 11 RBI, 5 doubles and a home run during a current career-high 11-game hit streak that is the high by a Pack player this season and includes 5 multi hit games in the streak with 4 being 3-hit games...Melino has started the last 10 games, 9 in left field and and one at DH...SS-Kevin Rodland hit .390(16-for-41) with 15 runs scored, 13 RBI, 4 doubles, a triple and 3 home runs during a 10-game hit streak that ended at Seattle(4/17) and is the second longest streak by Pack player...OF-Brian Barnett earned April 12-18 was Hitter of the Week honors...Barnett’s 16 doubles is 24th and 0.47 per game is 38th in NCAA I while 1B-Shaun Kort’s 15 is 43rd and .44 per game is 58th...Barnett’s 16 doubles is tied for first in the WAC and Kort’s 15 is third...DH/P-Brock Stassi leads the WAC with 5 triples...Stassi ranks 16th in triples and .15 triples per game is 29th in NCAA I...Stassi’s first hit of 2009 and 2010 were home runs...Stassi earned WAC and Collegebaseballinsider.com West Region Player of the Week honors twice this season on Feb. 15-21 and Mar. 23-29 and recently added Apr. 12-18 WAC Pitcher of the Week honors ...Stassi and reserve OF-Jamison Rowe both grand slams in the Pack’s 22-0 victory at Seattle(4/18)...Rodland, CF-Westley Moss and Kort have started all 34 games this season...Rodland and Moss have hit 1, 2 in the lineup in all 34 games...Moss (16-of-19) and Rodland(12-of-13) rank first and second in the WAC with 16 and 12 stolen bases respectively while Kort is tied for 8th with five...Barnett, Kort, Rodland and Stassi have 42, 36, 27 and 24 RBI respectively to lead the team...Rodland’s 27 and Stassi’s 24 RBI are new caree highs...Barnett leads the team with 8 home runs while Stassi and Rodland have 6 each which are career highs for both...Moss leads the outfield with 7 assists...IF/OF-Nick Leid has started 22 games, 4 at second base, 3 in left field and 15 at third base...Leid hit .419(13-for-31) with 9 runs scored, 8 RBI, 5 doubles and a home run during an 8-game hit streak that is the 5th longest by a Pack player...Moss 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 third longest on the team...Stassi and Barnett lead the team with 15 multi hit games while Kort and Moss have 13 with Rodland producing 12...Barnett has 10 multi RBI games, Kort 9 and Stassi 8...Rodland has been hit by pitch 15 times, Stassi 9 and Melino 7 which ranks first, third and is tied for fourth respectively in the WAC...Moss 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 series...Mitchell has started 12 games in right field...Sophomore IF-Joe Kohan has started 16 games at second base but his last 2 starts have been at third...Freshman 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 RBI...Mahoney is hitting .375(9-for-24) with 8 runs scored, 3 doubles, a triple, 2 home runs and 8 RBI starting the last 7 games ...3B-Garrett Yrigoyen has started 4 of the last 8 games at third base ...C-Michael Turay has started 21 games behind the plate and freshman C-Shawn Walters has started 4 of the last 7...OF-Waylen Sing Chow has played in the last 10 games off the bench.
ON THE MOUND: LHP-Brock Stassi was named Apr. 12-18, WAC Pitcher of the Week after allowing a run on 2 hits in 8 innings as the Pack won 4-1 at Seattle(4/18)...LHP-Chris Garcia tossed 5 no hit innings and RHP-Tom Jameson pitched 4 innings of one hit ball as the duo combined on a one-hit 22-0 shutout at Seattle(4/17)...Stassi leads the team with 5 wins which is tied for first in the WAC and has pitched Nevada’s only two complete games...Stassi pitched a gem at NMSU allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and struck out 7 in the 17-2, 7-inning complete game victory...Garcia is second on the team with 4 victories...Stassi struck out a career-high 11 in a 1-0 victory at CSUB(3/13) tossing 7 shutout innings...Stassi pitched his first complete game for Nevada at Oregon(3/20, 7-inning game) but suffered the loss...RHP-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 3 starts...Stassi(3.02ERA), Cole(3.40ERA) and Garcia(3.47) rank 3rd, 4th and 5th in the WAC in ERA...Stassi(.239) and Cole(.250) are 3rd and 7th in opponent batting average in the conference...Garcia 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 run...Witsoe won his third game of the season at Seattle(4/17) tossing 4.2 innings of relief allowing an unearned run on 3 hits and struckout 4...Witsoe’s 3 wins is thrid on the team while RHP-Tyler Graham and Cole have 2 wins each...Graham pitched a perfect 9th at Seattle(4/18) to earn his team leading 4th save which ranks third in the WAC...Graham entered the game with bases loaded and no out vs. Seattle(4/3) and retired the side and eventually earned the victory as the Pack scored a run in the 9th to win 5-4...Graham tossed a scoreless 9th vs. #18 UCI(3/27) to earn his 3rd save...Twice 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 two Seattle games has pitched 8 innings of perfect baseball in 4 outings ...Jameson and Cole have 2 saves on the season which is tied for 6th in the conference...Cole’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 high...Jameson earned two saves in the same week tossing 1.1 scoreless vs. SMC(4/13) and 4 scoreless at Seattle(4/17)...RHP-Jayson McClaren leads the team with 12 appearances while Cole second with 10...Keplinger’s loss at NMSU was his first decision in 3 seasons at Nevada ...RHP-Rickey Denham has made 4 starts this season...Three 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 2010...Nine different pitchers have earned wins this year...Pack pitchers have allowed 22-of-67(33%) of inherited runners to score.
