It’s never a promising sign when a long reliever gets unofficial player-of-the-game honors.
Such was the University of New Mexico baseball team’s plight Friday night.
Mountain West-leading UNLV jumped all over Lobos starter Riley Egloff in the first three innings and took the suspense out of the opener of a three-game weekend series at Santa Ana Star Field. The scored after three innings was 14-2. The final count was 18-3.
Joey Walls went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs for the Rebels (17-9, 9-1), who pounded out 15 of their 21 hits in the first three innings.