ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The University of New Mexico baseball team lost the rubber game of a three-game series with the University of Nevada by a final score of 14-8 on Sunday afternoon out at Santa Ana Star Field in Albuquerque.
The Lobos (16-19, 7-11 MW) out-hit the Wolf Pack (18-17, 8-10 MW) on Sunday 14-12 and for the third-straight game had a pitching strikeout total in double digits, but a seven-run top of the sixth inning for Nevada ultimately proved to be the difference.
Ahead of that big inning, the Lobos had just trimmed a 7-1 deficit down to 7-3 on a two-RBI single to right-centerfield off the bat of Justin Watari in the bottom of the fifth to score Brayden Merritt and Reese O'Farrell.