Beating your bitter rival is certainly one way to stay alive in an elimination tournament.
Behind solid pitching and timely hitting, Nevada beat UNLV, 7-3, at the Mountain West baseball tournament Friday in San Diego, advancing to the losers’-bracket final and also eliminating the Rebels from the event.
Nevada improved to 29-25; the Wolf Pack will play Saturday at 1:30 p.m. against either Air Force or San Jose State. UNLV dropped to 36-22.
Wolf Pack starter Kade Morris went 8.2 innings for the win. Infielder Josh Zamora hit two home runs — his fourth two-homer game of the season — as Nevada took an early lead and then held on.