A former UNLV baseball standout, Bryson Stott and fellow Las Vegas native Bryce Harper have helped lead the Phillies to the World Series against Houston.
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Dick Calvert was UNLV’s public-address announcer for 52 years, and he was on the microphone for multiple other Las Vegas events. He also was an announcer at three World Cups.
The Fox 5 subsidiary is called Silver State Sports Entertainment Network and will concentrate on sports other than football and men’s basketball.
Hayden Nierman had four saves, going 2-0 with a 4.72 ERA in his one season for UNLV.
Ryan Ludwick and Larry Brown, who will be inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame, said Las Vegas is capable of being home to the Oakland Athletics.
UNLV won 36 games this season and captured the Mountain West regular-season title by three games, but it wasn’t enough to get an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament.
Joshua Zamora hit two home runs and drove in three runs, helping UNR eliminate top-seeded UNLV on Friday in the Mountain West baseball tournament in San Diego.
Braydon Altorfer hit a home run and drove in four runs and Air Force held on for a victory over the top-seeded Rebels in the first round of the Mountain West baseball tournament.
UNLV, which won the Mountain West regular-season title for the first time since 2014, will play Air Force on Thursday at Tony Gwynn Stadium in San Diego.
The 2022 class of the Southern Nevada Sports of Hall originally was going to be inducted in June 2020 before COVID-19 ceremony wiped out the ceremony.
UNLV is 21-11 overall and in first place in the Mountain West, but the Rebels probably will need to win the conference tournament to make the NCAA Tournament.
On April 8, 1994, former UNLV outfielder Gus Kennedy hit a solo shot, a two-run blast, a three-run dinger and a grand slam at New Mexico State.
UNLV baseball and Arizona State will try to play at Las Vegas Ballpark for the third consecutive year after COVID-19 cancelled the event the past two seasons.
UNLV baseball begins its season Friday night against Michigan State. Rebels coach Stan Stolte is confident in his team’s depth and hopes it can carry them to many wins.