Sport 1
Nevada 4, Hofstra 3 (7)
Friday, March 3, 2023
Reno, Nev. – Don Weir Area at Peccole Park
WP – Kade Morris (1-0)
LP – Mark Faello (0-2)
SV – None
Sport 2
Nevada 15, Hofstra 6
WP – Jason Doktorczyk (1-1)
LP – Cade Henry (0-2)
SV -None
[NEVADA ATHLETICS RELEASE]
RENO, Nev. – Starters Kade Morris and Jason Doktorczyk continued their sturdy begins to the season, and the Wolf Pack bats got here on in Friday’s nightcap, main the Pack to a doubleheader sweep of Hofstra at Peccole Park.
Morris went the gap within the seven-inning opener, a 4-3 Nevada victory. Within the nightcap, the Pack slammed 13 hits as Doktorczyk went seven innings in a 15-6 win that evened Nevada’s file at 5-5.
The groups will proceed the four-game collection Saturday, with first pitch moved as much as 11 a.m. from its unique 1:05 p.m. begin.
Nevada 4, Hofstra 3
Nevada jumped out to a 4-0 lead by the third inning, and that was sufficient for Kade Morris, who picked up his first win of the season with the seven-inning full recreation.
Morris (1-0) struck out 5 Hofstra batters, and was helped by two run-saving defensive performs involving catcher Matt Clayton. The primary of these performs got here within the third, as Ryan Morash lifted a fly ball to heart discipline. Anthony D’Onofrio tagged on the catch by Jeff Bauser, however was pressured huge of the plate on Clayton’s tried tag then tagged out when the umpire dominated that D’Onofrio had not touched the plate on his slide.
Within the sixth, with the Pack holding on to a 4-3 lead, Clayton blocked a ball within the filth, and caught pinch-runner Dylan Palmer too far off third, firing to Derek Tenney for the pickoff to finish the body.
Morris then threw a 1-2-3 seventh to wrap the win.
Bauser preceded his shutout-preserving outfield help with a two-run homer in Neavda’s three-run second inning. The Pack added its fourth run within the third, on Jaxon Woodhouse’s one-out single which scored Henry Strmecki.
Hofstra loaded the bases with none out within the fourth, with Will Kennedy scoring on a wild pitch, adopted by two-straight sacrifice flies.
Nevada 15, Hofstra 6
Jason Doktorczyk recovered from a shaky begin to get his first win of the season, going seven innings with 4 strikeouts and simply two earned runs allowed of the 4 whole on his watch.
Hofstra (3-6) bought one within the first as Morash scored on a wild pitch with two outs, then added a pair within the second as Morash’s two-run single capitalized on a Wolf Pack throwing error earlier within the body.
However as Doktorczyk settled in after the primary two innings, the Pack offense got here alive. Hofstra starter Cade Henry had confronted the minimal via one out within the third earlier than working into management issues. Henry gave up a single to Michael Ball then hit Mason Hirata and walked Matt Clayton to load the bases. A stroll to Strmecki then one other hit batsman, this time Nolan Wilson, introduced in two Pack runs and made it a 3-2 recreation.
Bauser opened the fourth with a single and tied the sport as he got here round on Taylor Holder’s triple to right-center. Reliever Sean Hamilton fared no higher, strolling two and giving up Hirata’s go-ahead RBI single earlier than being lifted for Carlos Martinez.
Holder drove in two on a double down the road in left within the fifth, and Clayton highlighted the body with a two-run blast to left, making it 10-3 Wolf Pack.
Jesse Pierce had a two-run pinch-hit double to focus on the three-run Pack eighth.