San Diego State Hosts MW Baseball Championship with Teams Vying for NCAA Berth

San Diego State is internet hosting the 2022 Mountain West Baseball Championship, starting Thursday afternoon at Tony Gwynn Stadium.

After 30 video games of convention play, UNLV, Nevada, San José State and Air Pressure clinched spots within the four-team, double-elimination event, being held on at SDSU for the fifth time within the league’s 23-year historical past – the final time in 2018.

On Thursday, No. 2 seed Nevada (28-24, 18-12 MW) battles No. 3 seed San José State (28-27, 16-14 MW) within the event opener at 1:30 p.m.

Common-season convention champion and No. 1 seed UNLV (36-20, 21-9 MW) squares off in opposition to fourth-seeded Air Pressure (27-27, 15-15) at 6 p.m. Air Pressure’s lineup options the MW’s Participant of the Yr – an award named after Tony Gwynn – infielder Sam Kulasingam, and Pitcher of the Yr, Paul Skenes.

Common admission and single-game tickets can be found, beginning at $12, whereas all-session passes value $40. Video games proceed via Saturday, with a attainable Sunday recreation if essential.

The winner of the MW championship wins the league’s automated berth for NCAA regional competitors, set to start June 3.

San Diego State’s baseball group, which completed at 18-38 with 10 wins in MW play, is just not part of the event.

However, Aztecs did garner a few of the convention’s high awards, introduced Friday. The honors embody Pitcher of the Yr, which Troy Melton shared with Skenes, and Freshman of the Yr, outfielder Irvin Weems, an award shared with Santino Panaro of UNLV.

As well as, Melton and infielder Cole Carrigg made the all-MW first group.