Nevada 13, UNLV 0 (5 inn.)
WP: Blake Craft (11-3)
LP: Alanna Thiede (15-4)
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Las Vegas – Eller Media Softball Stadium
 
LAS VEGAS – Wolf Pack dominate second game of UNLV series, defeating the Rebels 13-0 in five innings, holding the Rebels to one hit.
 
Pack added the first three runs in the second inning with a two RBI single scoring Aaliyah Jenkins. Bailie Clark advanced to second on the throw and Taryn Jenkins scored to put the Pack up 2-0. Chelie Senini followed with an RBI double scoring Bailie Clark.
 
The Pack added two more runs in the third inning starting with an RBI single scoring Gabby Herrera. The Pack loaded the bases with B. Clark up to bat drawing an RBI walk extending the lead to five.
 
Herrera got the Pack's four-run fourth inning started with an RBI single scoring Tatum Maytorena. Maytorena came in to pinch run for Haley Painter who reached base on a single to left. Taryn Jenkins doubled to right field setting A. Jenkins up for an RBI single scoring Herrera. Charli Hawkins grounded out to the pitcher and T. Jenkins scored on a fielder's choice. Maile Olsen recorded her first hit of the day on a single down the right field line scoring A. Jenkins. Pack headed to the fifth with a 9-0 lead.
 
The Pack added four more runs in the fifth, courtesy of a Gabby Herrera grand slam. Senini lead off the inning with a double, Painter drew the walk, and Gilliano reached on a bunt single. Herrera came to the plate taking two balls, and a strike before crushing her fifteenh home run of the season, tying the program record for most home runs in a single season with fifteen. 
 
The Rebels weren't able to produce any offense in the fifth, ending the game in five innings.
 
Blake Craft pitched a dominant game, only allowing one hit through five innings. Craft struck out five, and walked four facing eighteen batters. This marks Craft's second one-hit, complete game in her career.
 
Notables:

• Gabby Herrera ties the single-season home run record (15), equaling Erika Hansen's 2018 season total.
• Herrera's home run ties her for the ninth most home runs in Wolf Pack history (23).
• Herrera's five RBI is a new career high and gives her the second most RBI in a single season, 57.
• Blake Craft records a one-hit, complete game for the second time in her career (Feb. 17, 2023 vs Queens).
• Craft ties Candice Rainwater for the fifth most wins in Wolf Pack history (35).
• Craft ties Mallary Darby for the third most shutouts in Nevada history (10).
• Craft's shutout is her fourth of the season, tying the fifth most in a single season.
• Chelie Senini ties her 2022 mark of 46 runs scored, the third most in a Wolf Pack single season.
• Herrera (11), A. Jenkins (7), and B. Clark (5) extend their hitting streaks.

 
Up Next:
The Pack return to Eller Media Softball Stadium to close out the Silver State Series in Sunday's finale with first pitch set for 12 P.M.
 
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