Nevada 4, San Diego State 3
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Reno, Nev. - Don Weir Field at Peccole Park

WP: Dominic Desch (6-1)
LP: Evan Miranda (0-2)

RENO, Nev. - For the third time in its last four Mountain West contests, Nevada walked off a win. Saturday, it was Jayce Dobie doing the honors with an RBI single through the right side to score Jacob Doyle and secure a 4-3 win over San Diego State at Don Weir Field at Peccole Park.

The win served two key purposes for the Wolf Pack—it kept the Pack (30-20, 16-10 MW) even in a three-way tie atop the Mountain West with Fresno State and New Mexico with four games to play, and it clinched for Nevada a spot in May 21-24's Mountain West Championship in Mesa, Ariz.

Dobie went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI singles Saturday, the first getting the Pack on the board in the sixth. Sean Yamaguchi tied the Mountain West freshman record for single-season home runs in conference games with his 10th round-tripper against MW competition, going 2-for-3 on the day. His homer, which tied the 20-year-old mark held by New Mexico's Jordan Pacheco (2005), tied the game at 3-3 in the eighth and set up Nevada's walk-off dramatics.

In the ninth, Doyle led off by being hit by a pitch by San Diego State reliever Evan Miranda. Peyton Rodgers came on and got a quick out as pinch-hitter Donovan Ratfield flied out to center. Doyle stole second, then went to third on Jake Harvey's groundout to first. After Yamaguchi was intentionally walked, Dobie slapped a 2-1 pitch through the right side to set off the celebration.

Miranda was tagged with the loss, falling to 0-2. Dominic Desch got his sixth win in relief for the Wolf Pack, striking out two and allowing just one hit over the final 2.1 innings. Desch came on for Wolf Pack starter Alessandro Castro, who went 6.2 innings, giving up just three runs (two earned).

CJ Moran drove in San Diego State's first two runs with an RBI single in the first and an RBI fielder's choice in the third. Nevada tied it up in the sixth on Dobie's RBI single and when Taylor Hodler was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded by Aztec starter Omar Serrano.

A Nevada error helped extend the Aztec seventh, and San Diego State (16-36, 11-15 MW) took advantage when Jonathan Smith's infield single to first scored Evan Sipe with an unearned run.

Nevada will play its final home game of 2025 Sunday, celebrating Senior Day with a 12:05 p.m. first pitch against the Aztecs. Senior Day recognition is scheduled to begin at 11:30.