RENO, Nev. (Nevada Athletics) – Nevada evened the four-game collection with Air Pressure Friday, capturing a high-scoring 14-12 contest at Peccole Park.
Landon Wallace hustled out a possible double-play ball within the backside of the eighth, beating the throw to first which allowed Jacob Stinson to attain the go-ahead run. After Josh Zamora’s single, Anthony Flores delivered an RBI double to tack on the insurance coverage run as Wallace got here throughout.
Kade Morris pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his second save of the season, because the Pack improved to 10-6 in Mountain West play and 17-15 general.
The groups mixed to make use of 11 pitchers Friday, as neither starter went greater than 4 innings. Nevada led 4-3 after the third inning, and introduced reliever Joshua Romero in for starter Peyton Stumbo to start out the fourth, whereas Air Pressure starter Jake Sansing lasted simply 4 frames, giving up six runs (4 earned) on 9 hits.
The Falcons (15-17, 5-8 MW) jumped on Romero for 5 runs within the fourth, capitalizing on a one-out fielding error to load the bases for Sam Kulasingam. Kulasingam’s ensuing grand slam put the Falcons up 8-4.
From there it grew to become a tit-for-tat recreation. Nevada answered Kulasingam’s grand slam with two within the backside half, getting an RBI double from Zamora and a run-scoring single from Flores, then bought 4 extra within the fifth to take a 10-9 lead.
Flores had one other strong day on the plate, going 4-for-5 with 4 RBIs, capping it with a game-tying two-run homer within the seventh which made it 12-12. Zamora drove in two runs and was considered one of six Nevada gamers to attain two runs within the contest.
That dwelling run was arrange by Air Pressure tying it up at 10-10 on a Brayden Altorfer single within the sixth, then taking a two-run lead on Kulasingam’s second homer of the day. Kulasingam completed the day 4-for-5, driving in six runs for Air Pressure (15-17, 5-8 MW).
However Nevada, due to Flores’ lengthy ball, bought to Falcons reliever Doyle Gehring, who fell to 0-2 whereas giving up 4 runs on 5 hits over the seventh and eighth innings. For the Pack, Tyler Cochran pitched a scoreless eighth to get the win and enhance to 3-2.
The groups play the third recreation of the collection Saturday at 1 p.m. at Peccole Park.
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