After falling at home to Galena, 14-4, in five innings on April 6, Spanish Springs first-year coach Matt Ortiz said he didn’t know where his team stood. He felt okay about his squad’s place following a narrow 7-4 loss at Galena three days prior, but the lack of competitiveness displayed gave him reason for concern. Instead of meeting down the left-field line and talking … [Read more...]
Pack wins second series of season
Nevada wins back-to-back games for first time, was 0-9 coming off victory For the first time in six tries, Nevada and San Jose State did not play a one-run game. And for just the second time the season, Nevada won a series. Behind a dominant effort from freshman Riley Ohl, the Wolf Pack (11-26, 7-11) pulled out a 6-2 home victory on Saturday to take two of three from … [Read more...]
Nevada baseball drops two of three at San Diego State
Pack returns to Peccole Thursday to play San Jose State Nevada was six defensive outs from its first series victory of the season on Sunday afternoon at San Diego State. The Wolf Pack took a 2-1 lead to the bottom of the eighth, only for the bullpen to give up six runs. Nevada dropped the finale, 7-2, and sunk to 9-24, 5-10 in the Mountain West. The local squad is yet to … [Read more...]
Pack picks up first series victory of season
Nevada’s sixth series of the season wielded its first series victory. The Wolf Pack hung on to edge Air Force, 9-8, in Sunday’s series finale at Peccole Park and improved to 7-17, 4-8. The Falcons fell to 10-13, 2-10. Evan McMahon came on in the top of the ninth after Air Force had pulled within one and put the tying run at second base. Two batters later, he induced a … [Read more...]
Baseball: Nevada salvages final game against SDSU, falls to 4-11
Nevada managed to take one game off San Diego State, winning on Sunday, 7-3, after dropping the first two of the weekend. The Wolf Pack (4-11, 2-4) has now won just two of its last nine and dropped all four series this season. The Aztecs improved to 10-6, 2-1 in the Mountain West. Sacramento State comes to Peccole on this afternoon (2 p.m.) then Utah visits on Wednesday … [Read more...]
Baseball: Pack drops two of three at Fresno to open conference play
Nevada opened Mountain West play over the weekend by dropping two of three games at reigning regular-season champ, Fresno State. The Wolf Pack (3-8, 1-2) missed the opportunity to win consecutive games for the first time of the season, falling 9-5 in the series finale on Sunday evening. The Bulldogs improved to 6-5, 2-1. Fresno scored five times in the bottom of the … [Read more...]
Pack drops three of four to Virginia Tech in season’s first home series
Nevada opened the home portion of the 2017 season by dropping three of four games to Virginia Tech at Peccole Park over the weekend. The Wolf Pack now sits at 2-6 on the season heading into the first weekend of conference play. The Hokies, the first Atlantic Coast Conference team to play at Peccole, improved to 7-1. Nevada starts Mountain West play on Friday at Fresno … [Read more...]
Four Spanish Spring seniors sign national letters of intent
Four Spanish Springs seniors made their college plans official on Wednesday afternoon at a signing ceremony held outside the school’s gym. Josh Prizina highlighted the group. He signed his national letter intent to stay home and play baseball at Nevada after verbally committing in July. “It’s amazing. It’s like a dream,” he said. “I just can’t wait to go play up … [Read more...]