TUCSON, Ariz. - Nevada fell into a five-run hole early and could not recover Sunday, falling 8-2 at Arizona in the series finale.
Pack starter
Casey Burfield was lifted two batters into the second inning after allowing a leadoff single to Grant Caulfield then hitting Splaine.
Jacob Biesterfeld took the ball, and after as walk to Bullard to load the bases, gave up an RBI single to Paugh before McClaughry cleared the bases with a double down the line in left. A batter later, McClaughry came home on a throwing error from Pack third baseman
Tyler Bosetti.
Burfield fell to 2-3 with the loss, ending the day giving up two runs on one hit and two walks in an inning-plus of work.
Arizona starter Anthony Susac allowed just two hits and a run over five innings, striking out four batter to improve to 4-1. Four Wildcat relievers combined to hold the Pack to just one run on one hit over the final four innings.
Each of Nevada's runs came on a double play. In the fifth, the Pack loaded the bases on singles from
Landon Wallace and Bosetti, and a walk to
Jaxon Woodhouse, before
Dawson Martin grounded into a 4-6-3 double play, scoring Wallace. In the eighth, another none-out, bases-loaded situation resulted in a run scoring on a double play, this time Pat Caulfield's 5-3 grounder.
The Wildcats (32-14) put the game away with three runs in the sixth. Daniel Susac drove in McClaughry with an RBI single, and Chase Davis hit a two-run homer to right to make it 8-1.
Nevada (22-20) closes its eight-game road stretch Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Saint Mary's. The Pack resumes Mountain West play Friday-Sunday, May 6-8, at Peccole Park, hosting New Mexico.