UNR answers Rebels’ rally, pulls out baseball victory

Bryce Greager’s RBI single in the 11th inning sent UNR past UNLV 6-5 in a Mountain West baseball game Friday at Wilson Stadium.

The Rebels (8-13, 3-5) entered the ninth trailing 5-1 but tied the score on consecutive two-out RBI hits by Andrew Yazdanbakhsh, A.J. VanMeetren and Nick Rodriguez.

Ty Pennington (1-0) then entered in relief and shut out UNLV over the next 1 2/3 innings.

VanMeetren, whose ninth-inning hit was a two-run double, came to the plate in the 11th with runners at the corners and one out but hit into a game-ending double play.

Yazdanbakhsh, Rodriguez and Corey Pool had two hits apiece for the Rebels, who were outhit 15-10.

Trenton Brooks, who scored the decisive run, went…