The University of Nevada (0-1) baseball team dropped its season opener 7-4 to Cal State Northridge(2-2) at Matador Field in Northridge, Calif. Friday afternoon.
Nevada received a strong outing from Carson High graduate Owen Brolsma, who retired all three batters he faced in one inning of relief.
Nevada struck first scoring a single unearned run in the top of the second inning. Shawn Scobee led off the inning and was hit by pitch. Brian Joynt followed and reached on catchers interference. Terry Walsh then laid down a perfect bunt single to load the bases. Daniel Eastham's sacrifice fly scored Nevada's first run. But CSUN then got a groundout and a strike out to prevent any further damage.
Scobee belted his first home run of the season in the top of the sixth, a three-run shot, to give the Pack a 4-2 advantage. David Ciarlo started the inning with a double and moved to third on Baker Krukow's single. Both runners scored on the home run.
The Matadors got solo home runs from Jorge Andrade and Steve Lemmon in their half of the sixth inning to tie the score at 4-4. In the bottom of the seventh, CSUN broke the tie scoring three runs on three hits off the Pack bullpen to move in front for 7-4.
Scobee led the Pack offense with two hits and two runs scored.
Pack senior starter Tim Schoeninger allowed four runs on five hits in his seven innings on the mound but received a no decision. Junior Matt Renfree (0-1) took the loss allowing three runs in the seventh inning and he did not retire a batter. Dayton's Matt Bowman started at third base and went 0-for-4 with a walk as the leadoff hitter.