Stanford 13, Nevada 8
Wednesday, March 11
Stanford, Calif. - Klein Field at Sunken Diamond

STANFORD, Calif. - Nevada's five-game winning streak came to an end Wednesday at Stanford as the Wolf Pack suffered a 13-8 defeat.

The Pack (8-6), which trailed 7-1 after two innings, clawed its way back to within a run by the top of the sixth, but Stanford (6-10) put things out of reach with five runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Nevada heads down the Golden State Highway to Fresno State, where it begins defense of its 2025 Mountain West title Friday night with the opener of a three-game series against the Bulldogs.

Jacob Doyle and Junhyuk Kwon each homered for the Wolf Pack, Kwon's a three-run shot in the third which halved Stanford's lead and made it 7-4. Doyle tied the game at 1-1 with a solo shot in the second, and went 1-for-3 with a walk added for the night. Jackson Waller went 1-for-3 and drove in two runs, each coming via sacrifice fly.

Stanford took the lead for good in the bottom of the second, starting a six-run outburst with two out. Nevada starter Jayce Dobie got the first two outs with little difficulty, but a walk and single put runners at the corners.

Tatum Marsh singled to center to drive in the first run of the frame, then two-straight walks forced in a second run. Charlie Bates delivered a two-run single to left, making it 5-1, then after JJ Moran was hit by a pitch to end Dobie's night, Jimmy Nati drove in two with a base hit off of reliever Ryan Oakes, making it 7-1.

Kwon's three-run homer in the third cut the deficit to three at 7-4, but Nati struck again, hitting a fourth-inning solo homer to get Stanford's lead to four at 8-4.

Nevada scored two more in the sixth on a sacrifice fly from Jackson Waller and a bases-loaded, RBI groundout from Rominic Quiban. It was the next play which oddly played both for and against the Wolf Pack.

Dobie grounded to short for what was called the third out on the field, but Nevada challenged the call. After review, the umpires overturned the out call, which allowed Nate Snakenborg's run from third to count and cut the Stanford lead to 8-7. However, upon the original "out" call, Stanford first baseman Rintaro Sasaki threw home where catcher Luke Lavin tagged trailing runner Jack Metcho as he ran out the play. That resulted in a "fourth out" situation which ended the inning.

Nati hit his second home run of the game to lead off the seventh, starting what would become a five-run frame to put the Cardinal up 13-7. As the Cardinal batted around in the frame, Nati bookended the inning's scoring by being hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Nati drove in five runs on a 3-for-4 night with two homers while Bates went 2-for-5 with four RBIs.

Dobie suffered his first loss of the season, lasting just 1.2 innings and giving up seven runs.