Jake Stone had a two-run homer and a two-run triple to back Ricky Tyler Thomas’ strong pitching and lead Fresno State to a 9-1 win over UNLV in a Mountain West baseball game Friday at Wilson Stadium.
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Pitchers get somewhat of a pass when it comes to hitting — they’re not expected to be great at it — but they are expected to be serviceable. 51s manager Wally Backman said his pitchers spend a lot of time hitting during spring training.
The Meadows drew 19 walks in four innings on Friday en route to a 20-5 victory over Lake Mead in the Division III Southern League tournament at Laughlin.
Camden Zahn hit a chopper just inside of first base to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning and raced around to score on a wild throw after a sacrifice bunt to lift the Palo Verde to a 10-9 win over Centennial in the losers’ bracket final of the Division I Sunset Region softball tournament at Bishop Gorman.
Liberty’s softball team won a pair of elimination games Friday, including an 8-4 win over Coronado in the losers’ bracket final, to advance to the championship game of the Division I Sunrise Region tournament.
Boulder City rallied in a big way, and senior pitcher Charlene Masterson turned in a big-time performance as the Eagles won two games to punch the final ticket to next week’s state tournament.
Madalyn Taylor went 4-for-4 with a home run and a double Friday to lift host Pahranagat Valley’s softball team to an 18-5 win over Tonopah in five innings in the winners’ bracket final of the Division IV Southern League tournament.
Mandy Gebhart, Montana Lloyd and Rose Pouch each placed first in two individual events, and Boulder City won seven of the eight individual swimming events Friday to run away with the Division I-A Southern Region girls swimming title at UNLV.
Las Vegas cruiserweight Andrew Tabiti knocked down Keith Tapia in the eighth round and won a unanimous decision at Sam’s Town to improve to 13-0.
A pilot killed in the crash of a kit-built helicopter at a remote Nevada dry lake bed has been identified as a 58-year-old Utah man with an aircraft operating license.