Nevada baseball preview box

BASEBALL: UNLV (12-12) AT NEVADA (13-12)

When: Today, 4 p.m.

Where: Peccole Park

TV/Radio: None/630AM, pre-game at 3:45 p.m.

UNLV

C Mike Brenly (.292, 13 RBI)

1B Xavier Scruggs (.439, 6 HR, 25 RBI)

2B Bryan Resnick (.291, 2 HR, 11 RBI)

SS Anthony Morel (.250, 13 RBI)

3B Braden Walker (.328, 2 HR, 14 RBI)

LF Ryan Thornton (.279, 45 RBI)

CF J.J. Sferra (.316, 6 RBI)

RF Jesse Wight (.355, 10 RBI)

DH Jarred Frierson (.400, 5 RBI)

P Steve Rinaudo (1-1, 4.62)

COACH Buddy Gouldsmith (137-131)

NEVADA

C Tyson Jaquez (.289, 2 HR 8 RBI)

1B Shaun Kort (.365, 4 HR, 33 RBI)

2B David Ciarlo (.500, 3 HR, 18 RBI)

SS Kevin Rodland (.246, HR, 12 RBI)

3B Jason Rodriguez (.385, 6 HR, 26 RBI)

LF Matt Bowman (.333, 2 HR, 16 RBI)

CF Jason Sadoian (.295, HR, 10 RBI)

RF Mike Hale (.333, HR, 6 RBI)

DH Terry Walsh (.280, 2 HR, 14 RBI)

P Brock Stassi (0-0, 5.68)

COACH Gary Powers (774-607-4)

About UNLV: The Rebels knocked off Nevada 9-4 last Tuesday, snapping the Pack's five-game win streak ... UNLV took two of three from TCU in their Mountain West series over the weekend ... Six UNLV starters hit over .300 and two, Scruggs and Frierson, are at .439 and .400, respectively.

About Nevada: The Pack struggled in Fresno, dropping htree of four games against the favored Bulldogs. The Pack was 10-runned in the final two games of the four-game series ... Sac State, Fresno State and Nevada are all 5-3 in conference play ... Besides hitting .500, Ciarlo has a .573 on-base percentage. He is tied for hits with Kort and Rodriguez. All three players have 35 hits ... Stassi makes his first start of the season on the mound.

Compiled by Darrell Moody