UNLV’s baseball team has 17 players on its roster from Las Vegas Valley high schools. The Rebels open their season at 6:05 p.m. Friday against Seattle at Wilson Stadium.
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UNLV junior outfielder Payton Squier was the first of six selections Wednesday, in the 16th round, and eight area players were taken in the three-day MLB draft.
Kevin Viers hit a three-run homer to help Jimmy Lambert pick up his 10th win of the season as Fresno State notched a 7-2 victory over UNLV in a Mountain West baseball game Saturday at Wilson Stadium.
UNLV’s baseball game Thursday night at San Jose State was postponed because of inclement weather. It is scheduled to be made up as part of a doubleheader today starting at 3 p.m. in San Jose, Calif.
Thanks for all of the support last weekend in our final series at home. It was pretty weird knowing that it was my last weekend playing at a place that has been my home for the last four years.
Ryan Erickson plated Tanner Donnels on a bunt single with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning to lift Loyola Marymount to an 8-7 win over the UNLV baseball team Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Erik VanMeetren, Morgan Stotts and Dylan Ellis hit consecutive doubles in UNLV’s four-run fourth inning, lifting the Rebels to a 4-3 victory over Air Force in a Mountain West baseball game Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colo.
When I bumped into Tim Chambers Saturday morning on the UNLV campus, the wind had not yet started to blow. The Rebels baseball coach was driving a golf cart, showing supporters around. He appeared happy, happy and hairy.
UNLV baseball coach Tim Chambers seemed ready to leap off the bench at any moment, and he was fired up as he looked out on the field to see four players standing near home plate discussing hitting motion and other baseball-related matters.
The hints this would be an unusual baseball game came early when UNR starter Tyler Wells seemed to make as many throws to first base as he did to the plate.