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UNLV roundup: Baseball team holds big edge in hits, still falls to Lobos

UNLV catcher Payton Squier, right, shown Friday, went 4-for-5 with a double Sunday in the Rebels' 7-3 home loss to New Mexico. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Jack Zoellner hit a three-run first-inning home run and a double Sunday to power New Mexico to a 7-3 win over UNLV and cap a three-game Mountain West baseball series sweep at Wilson Stadium.

Payton Squier went 4-for-5 with a double and an RBI for the Rebels (10-16, 5-7), who held a 13-7 edge in hits but stranded 10 runners in their seventh straight loss.

Luis Gonzalez (2-2) started for the Lobos (15-9, 9-0) and gave up three runs on 12 hits in six innings, with no walks and two strikeouts.