Eric Nielsen and the Rebels defeated Air Force, 13-9.
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UNLV Grounds Air Force, 13-9
Rebels to face New Mexico Thursday at 11 a.m.
May 26, 2004
LAS VEGAS - UNLV (34-22) jumped out to an early 8-0 lead and never looked back, earning a 13-9 victory over Air Force (5-48) on Wednesday afternoon. With the win, the Rebels move on to the winner's bracket where they will face New Mexico tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. The Falcons will play an elimination game later this evening against the Cougars of BYU.
The Rebels scoring spree started in the bottom of the first, as senior center fielder Brent Johnson singled through the left side, scoring senior left fielder Andrew D'Angelo. In the inning, the Rebels benefited from RBI singles by senior first baseman Eddie Gill, junior catcher Brad Ross and senior shortstop Peter White.
The Falcons rallied in the seventh as they inched their way back into the game, coming away with four runs on five straight base hits to close the gap to 12-9. Sophomore right fielder Jason Brown picked up a RBI with a single to right field before freshman third baseman Karl Bolt doubled down the left field line, scoring two. Junior first baseman Travis Fugler's single to left scored Bolt to add another run.
Senior shortstop Peter White paced the Rebels, going 2-for-4 with four RBI. Sophomore designated hitter Ryan Bird added three hits, while Johnson, and senior second baseman Ryan Ruiz each had multiple hit games.
Falcon starter Paul Vignola (1-11) was charged with the loss, giving up eight runs on six hits while walking one in just two-thirds of an inning. Bolt led the Falcons with three RBI on a 3-for-5 performance at the plate while junior left fielder Reid Lamson was 3-for-4 with one run batted in.
For UNLV, sophomore right-handed Matt Wagner (3-4) earned the win, allowing six runs on ten hits while walking two and striking out five during his six innings on the mound.
GAME 2 NOTES
UNLV extended its MWC Tournament win streak to five games with today's win over Air Force. The Rebels went 4-0 en route to last year's MWC Tournament title. UNLV is now 8-6 all-time in MWC Tournament play.
The No. 3 seed is now 4-1 all-time in MWC Tournament first-round games. The No. 6 seed is 0-5 in opening round MWC Tournament contests.
UNLV's six hits and eight runs in the first inning fell just short of the MWC Tournament single-inning records (8 hits by SDSU 5/24/03, 10 runs by New Mexico 5/17/00 and UNLV 5/24/03).
In five MWC Tournament games at Wilson Stadium (including four games in 2000), Air Force has averaged 7.8 runs per game. In the other six MWC Tournament games at sites other than Wilson Stadium, the Falcons averaged 2.8 runs per game.
Eight-of-nine UNLV starters registered a hit and scored a run in today's game vs. Air Force. Brent Johnson and Ryan Ruiz tied the MWC Tournament single-game record for at-bats as each went 2-for-6 in the game.
Air Force vs UNLV (May 26, 2004)
Box score (NCAA)
2004 Mountain West Baseball
UNLV 13 (34-22), Air Force 9 (5-48)
May 26, 2004 at Las Vegas, Nev. (Earl E. Wilson)
Air Force AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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WOLFRAM, Josh cf......... 5 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 3
LAMSON, Reid lf.......... 4 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0
TITTLE, Brent dh......... 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
BROWN, Jason rf.......... 5 2 2 1 0 1 6 0 0
BOLT, Karl 3b............ 5 2 3 3 0 0 1 2 0
FUGLER, Travis 1b........ 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 1 2
DeROHAN, Nathan ss....... 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1
ADAMS, Billy 2b.......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
WALTER, Colton 2b....... 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
POLSTON, Jon c........... 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0
VIGNOLA, Paul p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NIXON, Blake p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DePIERRE, Kyle p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BROWN, Mitch p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 38 9 13 8 3 7 24 8 7
UNLV AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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D'ANGELO, Andrew lf...... 2 2 1 0 3 1 3 0 0
PARRAZ, Zeke 3b.......... 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2
NIELSEN, Eric rf......... 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
JOHNSON, Brent cf........ 6 2 2 1 0 0 4 1 5
RUIZ, Ryan 2b............ 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 3
GILL, Eddie 1b........... 2 3 1 2 1 1 10 1 0
BIRD, Ryan dh............ 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
ROSS, Brad c............. 3 1 1 2 1 0 7 0 1
WHITE, Peter ss.......... 4 1 2 4 0 0 0 2 2
WAGNER, Matt p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
CLATTERBUCK, Shane p.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 36 13 13 10 8 3 27 11 13
Score by Innings R H E
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Air Force........... 001 220 400 - 9 13 2
UNLV................ 800 400 10X - 13 13 1
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E - DeROHAN 2; D'ANGELO. DP - Air Force 1; UNLV 1. LOB - Air Force 7; UNLV
13. 2B - WOLFRAM; BOLT; JOHNSON; BIRD. HBP - TITTLE; D'ANGELO; NIELSEN; GILL
2; WHITE. SF - FUGLER; ROSS. SB - JOHNSON; WHITE.
Air Force IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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VIGNOLA, Paul....... 0.2 6 8 6 1 0 9 12
NIXON, Blake........ 2.2 6 4 4 1 0 12 16
DePIERRE, Kyle...... 3.0 1 1 1 6 3 11 18
BROWN, Mitch........ 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
UNLV IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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WAGNER, Matt........ 6.0 10 7 6 2 5 26 30
CLATTERBUCK, Shane.. 3.0 3 2 2 1 2 12 13
Win - WAGNER (3-4). Loss - VIGNOLA (1-11). Save - None.
WP - NIXON 2; DePIERRE 3. HBP - by VIGNOLA (D'ANGELO); by VIGNOLA (NIELSEN); by
NIXON (GILL); by NIXON (GILL); by WAGNER (TITTLE); by DePIERRE (WHITE). BK -
WAGNER. PB - POLSTON; ROSS.
Umpires - HP: Dan Perugini 1B: Kevin Daugherty 2B: Keith Bailey 3B: Jeff
Jenkins Start: 3 pm Time: 3:27 Attendance:
Game notes:
ID-263243
2004 MWC Tournament Game two
UNLV advances to Thursday, Air Force will play BYU tonight at 7 pm
Game: MWC2
Play-by-Play
2004 Mountain West Baseball
UNLV 13 (34-22), Air Force 9 (5-48) - Play-by-Play
May 26, 2004 at Las Vegas, Nev. (Earl E. Wilson)
Score by Innings R H E
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Air Force........... 001 220 400 - 9 13 2
UNLV................ 800 400 10X - 13 13 1
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Air Force starters: 6/cf WOLFRAM; 1/lf LAMSON; 3/dh TITTLE; 10/rf BROWN J.; 13/3b
BOLT; 17/1b FUGLER; 8/ss DeROHAN; 25/2b ADAMS; 26/c POLSTON; 11/p VIGNOLA;
UNLV starters: 21/lf D'ANGELO; 10/3b PARRAZ; 36/rf NIELSEN; 45/cf JOHNSON; 4/2b
RUIZ; 46/1b GILL; 34/dh BIRD; 38/c ROSS; 7/ss WHITE; 30/p WAGNER;
Air Force 1st - WOLFRAM grounded out to 3b. LAMSON singled up the middle.
TITTLE flied into double play cf to ss to 1b; LAMSON out on the play. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 1st - D'ANGELO hit by pitch. PARRAZ flied out to rf. NIELSEN singled to
left field; D'ANGELO advanced to second. JOHNSON singled through the left side, RBI;
NIELSEN advanced to second; D'ANGELO scored. RUIZ singled through the right side;
JOHNSON advanced to second; NIELSEN advanced to third. GILL singled to right field,
2 RBI; RUIZ advanced to second; JOHNSON scored; NIELSEN scored. BIRD popped up to
ss. ROSS singled to left center, RBI, advanced to second; GILL advanced to third;
RUIZ scored. WHITE singled to right field, 2 RBI; ROSS scored; GILL scored. WHITE
stole second. D'ANGELO walked. PARRAZ reached on a fielder's choice; D'ANGELO
advanced to second on an error by ss, advanced to third; WHITE scored, unearned.
PARRAZ advanced to third; D'ANGELO scored on a passed ball, unearned. NIELSEN hit by
pitch. NIXON to p for VIGNOLA. NIELSEN advanced to second on a wild pitch. JOHNSON
lined out to 3b. 8 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Air Force 2nd - BROWN J. out at first 1b to p. BOLT singled to left field.
FUGLER struck out swinging. DeROHAN fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
UNLV 2nd - RUIZ flied out to cf. GILL hit by pitch. BIRD singled to left
field; GILL advanced to second. ROSS flied out to cf. WHITE flied out to rf to right
center. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Air Force 3rd - ADAMS struck out swinging. POLSTON lined out to cf. WOLFRAM
doubled to right center. LAMSON singled through the left side, RBI; WOLFRAM scored.
TITTLE grounded out to p. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV 3rd - D'ANGELO singled to left field. PARRAZ flied out to rf. NIELSEN
popped up to lf. D'ANGELO picked off, out at second p to 1b to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Air Force 4th - BROWN J. singled through the left side. BOLT singled to
shortstop, advanced to third on the error; BROWN J. advanced to third, scored on an
error by lf. FUGLER flied out to lf, SF, RBI; BOLT scored, unearned. DeROHAN
grounded out to ss. ADAMS grounded out to 3b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
UNLV 4th - JOHNSON doubled to right field. JOHNSON stole third. JOHNSON
scored on a wild pitch. RUIZ singled to left field. GILL hit by pitch; RUIZ advanced
to second. BIRD doubled to left center, RBI; GILL advanced to third; RUIZ scored.
ROSS flied out to lf, SF, RBI; GILL scored. WHITE singled to left field, RBI; BIRD
scored. D'ANGELO walked; WHITE advanced to second. DePIERRE to p for NIXON. D'ANGELO
advanced to second on a wild pitch; WHITE advanced to third. PARRAZ struck out
swinging. NIELSEN walked. JOHNSON flied out to rf. 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3
LOB.
Air Force 5th - POLSTON singled. WOLFRAM singled; POLSTON advanced to second.
WOLFRAM advanced to second on a balk; POLSTON advanced to third. LAMSON walked.
TITTLE hit by pitch, RBI; LAMSON advanced to second; WOLFRAM advanced to third;
POLSTON scored. BROWN J. struck out swinging. BOLT grounded out to 2b, RBI; TITTLE
advanced to second; LAMSON advanced to third; WOLFRAM scored. FUGLER flied out to
2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
UNLV 5th - WALTER to 2b for ADAMS. RUIZ flied out to cf. GILL struck out, out
at first c to 1b. BIRD reached on an error by ss. ROSS flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0
hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Air Force 6th - DeROHAN struck out swinging. WALTER struck out looking.
POLSTON walked. WOLFRAM grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV 6th - WHITE hit by pitch. WHITE advanced to second on a wild pitch.
D'ANGELO struck out looking. PARRAZ walked. NIELSEN walked; PARRAZ advanced to
second; WHITE advanced to third. JOHNSON reached on a fielder's choice; NIELSEN
advanced to second; PARRAZ advanced to third; WHITE out at home 3b to c. RUIZ popped
up to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Air Force 7th - LAMSON singled through the left side. TITTLE singled to right
field; LAMSON advanced to third. CLATTERBUCK to p for WAGNER. TITTLE advanced to
second on a passed ball. BROWN J. singled to right field, RBI; TITTLE advanced to
third; LAMSON scored. BOLT doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI; BROWN J. scored; TITTLE
scored. FUGLER singled to left field, RBI; BOLT scored. DeROHAN struck out swinging.
WALTER walked; FUGLER advanced to second. POLSTON struck out swinging. WOLFRAM
grounded out to p. 4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
UNLV 7th - GILL walked. BIRD singled up the middle; GILL advanced to second.
GILL advanced to third on a wild pitch. ROSS walked; BIRD advanced to second. WHITE
reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; ROSS out at second ss to 2b; BIRD advanced to
third; GILL scored. D'ANGELO walked; WHITE advanced to second. BROWN M. to p for
DePIERRE. PARRAZ grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; D'ANGELO out on the play.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Air Force 8th - LAMSON flied out to lf. TITTLE grounded out to 3b. BROWN J.
flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 8th - NIELSEN grounded out to 3b. JOHNSON flied out to rf. RUIZ flied
out to cf to right center. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Air Force 9th - BOLT flied out to cf. FUGLER flied out to lf. DeROHAN flied
out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Line score
UNLV 13, Air Force 9 (May 26, 2004 at Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Air Force........... 001 220 400 - 9 13 2 (5-48)
UNLV................ 800 400 10X - 13 13 1 (34-22)
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Pitchers: Air Force - VIGNOLA; NIXON(1); DePIERRE(4); BROWN M.(7). UNLV - WAGNER; CLATTERBUCK(7)
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Win-WAGNER(3-4) Loss-VIGNOLA(1-11) T-3:27 A-0
Game notes:
ID-263243
2004 MWC Tournament Game two
UNLV advances to Thursday, Air Force will play BYU tonight at 7 pm
Game: MWC2
