Nevada 6, Fresno State 5
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Reno, Nev. - Don Weir Field at Peccole Park

WP: Dominic Desch (5-1)
LP: JT Guerrero (1-3)

RENO, Nev. - Nevada clawed its way back from an early four-run deficit, and Sean Yamaguchi put the cap on the comeback, slamming a two-out, walk-off home run to give the Wolf Pack the series with a 6-5 win over Fresno State.

The win brings Nevada (27-19, 14-9 MW) within a game of the Bulldogs (23-23, 15-8 MW) for first place in the Mountain West standings ahead of Sunday's series finale at 12:05 p.m.

Saturday, it was reliever Dominic Desch, who got his fifth win of the season, shutting down Fresno State over the final 3.1 innings to set up the comeback.

The teams were knotted at 5-5 from the bottom of the sixth until two outs in the bottom of the ninth, when Yamaguchi hit a no-doubter on a 1-1 offering from Bulldog reliever JT Guerrero to end it. The homer highlighted a 2-for-5, two-homer day for the Wolf Pack freshman.

Michael Ball also went deep and drove in two key runs for Nevada—his first-inning solo homer got the scoring started, then his deep fly ball to center brought in the tying run in the sixth.

Fresno State took its first lead of the series with four runs on a two-out rally in the second. Facing Wolf Pack starter Alessandro Castro and with a runner at third and two out, the Bulldogs tied it as Owen Faust fisted a bloop single to right.

Singles from Cam Schneider and Sky Collins loaded the bases, setting up Griffin Sotomayor to line one the opposite way and just inside the first-base line for a bases-clearing double and a 4-1 Fresno State lead.

Castro would settle in, though, giving up just one run from the third to into the sixth, giving way to Desch with two out in the frame.

Bulldog starter Aidan Cremarosa also worked into the sixth, going 5.1 innings and giving up five runs while taking a no-decision.

Nevada crept its way back in, first getting Taylor Holder's RBI single to plate Billy Ham in the second, then Yamaguchi's solo homer in the fifth.

In the sixth, Murf Gray got Fresno State's lead back to two with a solo homer, but the Wolf Pack answered in the bottom half. One-out walks to Taylor Holder and Jacob Doyle started the rally, and Mason Hirata was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Jake Harvey drew a bases-loaded walk off reliever Caleb Anderson to make it a one-run game before Ball's sacrifice fly plated Doyle to tie it at 5-5.