{"id":220345,"date":"2026-03-15T04:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T04:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220345\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T04:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T04:02:12","slug":"nevada-takes-series-at-fresno-state-with-wild-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220345\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada takes series at Fresno State with wild comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773465489_364_fresnostate_200x200.png\" alt=\"Fresno State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Fresno State<\/p>\n<p>3\/15\/2026 | 1:05 P.M.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        Mountain West Network\/MW App  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        KPLY 630 AM\/The Varsity Network&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 15 (Sun) \/ 1:05 P.M.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773465489_364_fresnostate_200x200.png\" alt=\"Fresno State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Fresno State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    Nevada 15, Fresno State 12<br \/>\nSaturday, March 14, 2026<br \/>\nFresno, Calif. &#8211; Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennet Stadium<\/p>\n<p>WP:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/nik-miller\/12677\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12677\" target=\"_blank\">Nik Miller<\/a> (2-0)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLP:\u00a0Drew Townson (0-2)<\/p>\n<p>FRESNO, Calif. &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jackson-waller\/12686\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12686\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Waller<\/a> highlighted a nine-run Nevada seventh with a game-tying grand slam as the Wolf Pack came back from six down to take the series at Fresno State, 15-12.<\/p>\n<p>The series win is Nevada&#8217;s first in Fresno since 2021. The Wolf Pack and Bulldogs will close the series Sunday at 12:05 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Nevada (10-6, 2-0 MW) trailed 11-5 after Fresno State put up three runs in the bottom of the sixth. But the Wolf Pack jumped all over a shaky Bulldog bullpen, as the first six batters of the seventh not only reached base but scored.<\/p>\n<p>Four-straight singles opened the frame, with the latter two driving in runs from <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/lee-matsuzaki\/12696\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12696\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Matsuzaki<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jacob-doyle\/12670\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12670\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Doyle<\/a> to make it 11-7. <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jake-harvey\/12672\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12672\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Harvey<\/a> walked to load the bases, bringing the tying run to the plate in the form of <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jackson-waller\/12686\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12686\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Waller<\/a>. Waller slammed an 0-1 offering from Drew Townson deep and out to left, the grand slam tying things up at 11-11. And the Wolf Pack weren&#8217;t finished, as <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/rominic-quiban\/12699\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12699\" target=\"_blank\">Rominic Quiban&#8217;s<\/a> one-out single started another rally.<\/p>\n<p>As reliever Wyatt Thornbury came on for Townson, Quiban stole second then scored the go-ahead run on <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jack-metcho\/12676\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12676\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Metcho&#8217;s<\/a> single through the right side. <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jayce-dobie\/12669\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12669\" target=\"_blank\">Jayce Dobie<\/a>, who opened the inning with a single, walked, then he and Metcho advanced on a wild pitch to put two in scoring position for <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/junhyuk-kwon\/12675\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12675\" target=\"_blank\">Junhyuk Kwon<\/a>. Kwon, who went 3-for-6 on the day, lifted a single to shallow center to plate both runs and complete the nine-run outburst and give Nevada a 14-11 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Quiban added an RBI double in the eighth to make it 15-11.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/nik-miller\/12677\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12677\" target=\"_blank\">Nik Miller<\/a> came on with two out in the sixth, and threw 2.1 innings of shutout relief to improve to 2-0 on the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Pack thrice went deep in the contest, with solo shots from <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/noah-blythe\/12831\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12831\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Blythe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sean-yamaguchi\/12687\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12687\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Yamaguchi<\/a> joining Waller&#8217;s grand slam. Blythe finished the game 2-for-5 with two runs scored, while Kwon and Dobie each had three hits, Dobie scoring four runs. <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jacob-doyle\/12670\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12670\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Doyle<\/a> reached base in five of six plate appearances, going 2-for-3\u00a0 with two RBIs and three walks.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno State (7-10, 0-2 MW) used home runs from Jett Ruby and Michael Boyd off Wolf Pack starter <a href=\"https:\/\/nevadawolfpack.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/mahiro-tomita\/12684\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12684\" target=\"_blank\">Mahiro Tomita<\/a> to take a 6-0 lead through three. The homers from Blythe and Yamaguchi highlighted a four-run Wolf Pack fifth in which Nevada closed to within two at 7-5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Fresno State 3\/15\/2026 | 1:05 P.M. &#13; Mountain West Network\/MW App &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-220345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}