Kyle Isbel’s big RBI single for UNLV in the eighth inning proved to be the difference as the Rebels scored seven runs in the final two frames to down the Sun Devil’s 10-3 on Tuesday night from Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
With the score tied at three heading into the seventh inning, the Rebels scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning.
“(When) you give up 10 free passes you’re probably going to lose the baseball game,” head coach Tracy Smith said after the loss.
After Isbel’s go-ahead single, reliever Dellan Raish was replaced by Chaz Montoya who walked a batter and then gave up a bases-clearing triple to junior right fielder Max Smith to extend the UNLV lead to four.