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This Week's Opponent: Mountain West-leading Nevada (26-19, 17-6 MW) takes to the road for a three-game conference series at intrastate rival UNLV (30-19, 11-13 MW) this weekend at Earl E. Wilson Stadium ...  The Wolf Pack won two of the three games played in Reno earlier this season  ...  The Pack won two one-run games 5-4 and 8-7 before falling 7-3 in the series finale. 

UNLV (30-19, 11-13 MW) The Rebels are currently fifth in the MW standings with six games remaining in the conference season  ...  The top four teams qualify for the season ending tournament  ...  UNLV dropped two of three MW games to SJSU at home last weekend and are 2-7 in their last nine MW games  ... The Rebels are 21-6 at home this season, 7-5 in MW home games  ...  UNLV leads the MW hitting .313 and are third in pitching (4.95 ERA) and fielding (.974)  ...  In MW play they rank sixth in hitting (.297), seventh in pitching with an ERA of 6.83 and second with fielding percentage of .975  ...  Shortstop Byrson Stott leads the MW with a .398 batting average and 27 doubles  ...  Kyle Isbel is batting .364 with a team-high 49 RBI while Nick Rodriguez is hitting .335 with 45 RBI  ... Nevada is slated to see three right-handed pitchers in Alan Strong (7-2, 3.24 ERA), Trevor Horn (3-5, 7.39 ERA) and Chase Maddux (3-6, 4.37 ERA)  ... Bryan Menendez leads the league with 11 saves  ... 

Team Notes: Nevada is alone atop the MW standings at 17-6 after eight weeks of conference play  ...  The Wolf Pack has won a season-high five games in a row  ...  The Pack has won seven of eight MW series this season with the only loss coming after dropping a doubleheader at Air Force in a weather shortened series  ...  The Pack had won eight consecutive MW series dating back to last season until the Air Force setback ...  At 26-19 the Pack has won seven more games this season then last year when they went 19-36  ...  The 17-6 MW start is the second best after 23 games in six seasons in the conference  ...  Nevada swept three MW series this season at home against Fresno State, New Mexico and SJSU  ...  Nevada has double figure hits in 13 of its last 20 games and nine in two others  ...  The Pack had a season-best 19 hits in the 15-2 April 13 home win over New Mexico  ... Nevada is fifth in hitting (.293), second in ERA (4.78) and seventh in fielding (.966) in the MW ...  In MW play the Pack tops the conference batting .340, is second with a 5.38 ERA and ranks seventh in fielding (.964)  ...  Nationally the team is 32nd in hitting (.293), 56th scoring 6.5 runs per game, 64th with 455 hits, 41st in slugging percentage (.441), 19th being hit by pitch 75 times, 57th with 32 sacrifice bunts, 18th with .98 double plays per game, 20th with 44 double plays, 49th with a .384 on base percentage, 22nd with 2.11 doubles per game, 27th with 95 doubles, 18th with .36 triples per game and 16th with 22 triples ...  The Pack hit three home runs in the fourth inning in game 2 at Oregon State - Fennell, Weston Hatten, and Marco Valenzuela ...  The last time the Pack hit three home runs in an inning was May 29, 2005 when Ben Mummy, Shawn Scobee, and Baker Krukow went back-to-back-to-back in the first inning in a 20-7 win over Fresno State that was former head coach Gary Powers 700th victory at Nevada  ...  It was the second time the Pack hit three home runs in a game this season with the first being at New Mexico on March 4  ...  Nevada pitchers are walking 3.53 batters per nine innings which is 61st fewest in NCAA I ...  Nevada pitchers have four shutouts, three were combined, to rank 46th among NCAA I teams  ...  Nevada scored a season-high 18 runs in the 18-12 game 3 win at Fresno State  ...  Nevada had a streak of not allowing an earned run in 32 consecutive innings from Feb. 18-25, including shutouts at No. 13 Cal State Fullerton (2-0) and at Oral Roberts (3-0).

Position Player Notes: 
Senior Grant Fennell leads the team in 11 categories; batting average (.386), on base percentage (.462), runs scored (36), hits (66), RBI (41), total bases (95), walks (23), stolen bases (7), at bats (171), multiple hit games (21) and multiple RBI games (11)  ...  Nationally Fennell's .386 batting average is 23rd, 66 hits 84th, and .462 on base percentage 79th  ...  Fennell was named April 4 MW Player of the Week after batting .500 with six RBI as the Pack won two-of-three games from intrastate rival UNLV  ...  Dillan Shrum and Fennell both have a team-high five hits in a game  ...  Shrum, Zamora, Echavia and Krzmarzick all have five RBI games this season which is tops on the team  ...  Fennell (.386,2nd), Zamora (.371,3rd), and Krzmarzick (.361, 7th) all rank in the top 10 in batting in the MW ...  In MW play four Pack players are in the top 5 in batting average; Zamor (.453,1st), Fennell (.408,2nd), Krzmarzick (.394,4th) and Kaleb Foster (.386,5th)  ...  In MW play Zamora leads the league in batting (.453) and on base percentage (.451) while his slugging percentage (.721) is second  ...  Dillan Shrum is 22nd in NCAA I being hit by pitch .38 times per game and his 15 times being hit by pitch is 33rd overall  ...  Shrum (15) is first, Zamora (11) third and Foster (10) fourth in the  MW in hit by pitch  ...  Weston Hatten's 25 runs scored in MW play is tied for second in MW play  ...  Fennell's 40 hits is second in MW play and Zamora's 39 is third  ...   Zamora blasted a grand slam in game 3 at Fresno State when he drove in a five runs  ...  Keaton Smith hit a grand slam in the Pack's home win over San Francisco and he also hit a grand slam last season at home against Air Force  ...  Zamora leads the Pack with eight home runs that is tied for fifth in the MW.

Pitchers Notes:
Mark Nowaczewski (74.1) and Jake Jackson (70) and are third and fifth respectively in the MW in innings pitched  ...  Jake Jackson leads the team with seven wins which is tied for first in the MW and Nowaczewski's five is tied for eighth  ...  The Pack is 8-4 when Jackson starts, 6-5 when Nowaczewski starts and 5-5 when Dalton Gomez earns the start  ...  Nowaczewski is one of two MW pitchers with a shutout this season coming in a 3-0 win at Oral Roberts  ...  Jackson (Mar. 20), Nowaczewski (Mar. 27 and May 15) and Weston Hatten (Apr. 11) were named the MW Pitcher of the Week  ...  Nowaczewski has six career MW Pitcher of the Week honors, two this season  ...  In the series at New Mexico Jackson earned the save in game one and the win in game three  ...  Nowaczewski is ninth in the MW with a 4.24 ERA, Jake Jackson 12th with a 4.63 ERA and Gomez 13th with a 4.84 ERA  ...  In MW play Nowaczewski's 3.55 ERA is sixth and Jackson's 6.04 ERA is 16th  ... In MW play Nowaczewski is fourth with 50.2 innings pitched and Jackson fifth with 44.2  ...  Jackson is third in the MW with 69 strikeouts while his 35 in MW play is ninth  ...  Jackson struck out 13 at Oral Roberts and 10 vs. UC Riverside  ...  Keone Cabinian tops the team with eight saves and Ryan Anderson has three  ...  Cabinian's eight saves is tied for third in the MW and tied for the eighth best season in school history   ...  Cabinian's four saves in MW play is tied for second...  Gomez pitched the first 11 innings of his Wolf Pack career without allowing an earned run ... Gomez tossed eight shutout innings at No. 13 Cal State Fullerton and combined with Anderson on the 2-0 shutout ...  Jake Jackson tossed eight shutout innings vs. UC Riverside and combined with Cabinian on a 3-0 shutout  ...  Cooper Powell, Bradley Bonnenfant and Austin Dick combined to shutout USF at home 6-0  ...  In addition to playing in the outfield Hatten has started four games on the mound and appeared in three games out of the bullpen ...  Jordan Jackson has three wins coming in relief  ... Ryan Anderson (2-1) had career highs with seven strikeouts and seven innings pitched to earn the win over Sac State at home ...  Cabinian (2-1), Powell (2-5), Grant Ford (1-1), Austin Dick (1-1) and Ty Hueckman (1-0) all have wins this season for the Pack.