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2013 UNLV MEDIA NOTES NCAA Tournament Sage Sammons, Baseball Contact Appearances UNLV Media Relations 1978 - 1980 - 1981 O: (702) 895-3764 1984 - 1988 - 1989 C: (702) 478-0166 1996 - 2003 - 2004 EMAIL: [email protected] 2005 TWITTER: @UNLV_Sage BASEBALL TWITTER: @UNLVbaseball 2013 UNLV SCHEDULE COMING UP TOMORROW RECORD: 22-10 HOME: 13-4 MW: 7-5 AWAY: 8-5 TOP-25: 3-1 NEUTRAL: 1-1 DATE OPPONENT TIME 2/15/13 TENNESSEE W, 10-9 2/16/13 TENNESSEE (DH) L, 8-3 TENNESSEE (DH) W, 5-4 2/17/13 TENNESSEE W, 3-2 (14) HIGH: 81° HIGH: 86° HIGH: 86° 2/21/13 at Pacific W, 9-1 LOW: 63° LOW: 68° LOW: 63° 2/22/13 vs. Gonzaga L, 9-3 2/22/13 at Pacific L,, 3-0 Mostly sunny and Partly sunny Mostly sunny and 2/23/13 vs. Gonzaga W, 4-0 warm warm 2/28/13 VS. BRADLEY^ W, 8-6 3/01/13 VS. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT^ W, 6-5 3/02/13 VS. BRADLEY^ W, 8-3 3/03/13 VS. HAWAI’I^ W, 12-4 3/04/13 HAWAI’I W, 14-1 3/08/13 at No. 9 Stanford W, 3-2 3/09/13 at No. 9 Stanford W, 12-2 3/10/13 at No. 9 Stanford W, 5-1 3/12/13 at CSU Bakersfield W, 8-6 3/15/13 NEW MEXICO* L, 3-2 (10) PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS 3/16/13 NEW MEXICO* W, 8-7 3/17/13 NEW MEXICO* L, 12-7 UNLV vs. UNLV vs. UNLV vs. 3/18/13 BYU W, 10-3 Nevada, Reno Nevada, Reno Nevada, Reno 3/22/13 at San Diego State* L, 5-3 Friday, April 12, 2013 Saturday, April 11, 2013 Sunday, April 12, 2013 3/23/13 at San Diego State* W, 4-2 7:05 PM - Earl E. Wilson Stadium 2:05 PM - Earl E. Wilson Stadium 6:05 PM - Earl E. Wilson Stadium 3/24/13 at San Diego State* L, 5-4 3/25/13 at San Diego L, 6-3 Erick Fedde (4-0, 2.48 ERA, RHP) Buddy Borden (3-1, 2.19 ERA, RHP) Kenny Oakley (3-2, 2.67 ERA, RHP) 3/29/13 AIR FORCE* W, 4-1 3/30/13 AIR FORCE* W, 11-10 (10) vs. vs. vs. 3/31/13 AIR FORCE* W, 8-7 Braden Shipley (4-1, 2.30 ERA, RHP) Tyler Wells (4-1, 3.33 ERA, LHP) Tom Jameson (0-6, 7.59 ERA, RHP) 4/05/13 at Fresno State* W, 9-8 4/06/13 at Fresno State* W, 9-8 4/07/13 at Fresno State* L, 5-3 4/10/13 NO. 15 ARIZONA STATE L, 11-3 4/12/13 NEVADA, RENO* 7:05 PM RENEWING THE RIVALRY 4/13/13 NEVADA, RENO* 2:05 PM The UNLV Rebels (22-10, 7-5 Mountain West) Simply Rebels! 4/14/13 NEVADA, RENO* 1:05 PM A NOTE TO THE MEDIA: Please remeber that 4/16/13 at UC Riverside 3:00 PM resume Mountain West play in Las Vegas as UNLV (acronym on all references) is home to the 4/19/13 SAN DIEGO STATE* 6:05 PM they host in-state rival Nevada, Reno (17-15, 4/20/13 SAN DIEGO STATE* 2:05 PM REBEL baseball team. Only the men’s basket- 4/21/13 SAN DIEGO STATE* 1:05 PM 5-7 MW). The Rebels are coming off of a se- ball team at UNLV is nicknamed the RUNNIN’ 4/24/13 at Arizona State 5:30 PM ries win over the weekend at Fresno State, but 4/26/13 at New Mexico* 5:00 PM REBELS. 4/27/13 at New Mexico* 4:00 PM lost a midweek game against Arizona State. 4/28/13 at New Mexico* 12:00 PM 4/30/13 UC RIVERSIDE 3:05 PM UNLV rallied on Friday and Saturday nights to BASEBALL BROADCASTS 5/03/13 FRESNO STATE* 6:05 PM win 9-8, both days, over the Bulldogs, but could 5/04/13 FRESNO STATE* 2:05 PM Marcus Brody returns to the booth to provide 5/05/13 FRESNO STATE* 1:05 PM not complete the sweep on Sunday, falling 5-3. commentary for the live streaming video of all 5/06/13 SAN DIEGO 3:05 PM On Wednesday, the Sun Devils jumped to an 5/10/13 at Nevada, Reno* 6:00 PM UNLV home games. This is Brody’s third year as 5/11/13 at Nevada, Reno* 1:00 PM 8-0 lead and went on to win 11-3 over the Reb- the voice of the UNLV baseball team. A full-time 5/12/13 at Nevada, Reno* 1:00 PM els. UNR has dropped its last four games, as 5/16/13 at Air Force* 2:00 PM analyst has not been announced yet this season 5/17/13 at Air Force* 1:00 PM the Wolf Pack was swept by San Diego State so look for a rotation of great insight on the Rebel 5/18/13 at Air Force* 12:00 PM last weekend and San Francisco beat them on 5/22/13-5/26/13 MW Tournament TBA broadcasts. 6/1/13-6/4/13 NCAA Regionals TBA Tuesday. First pitch tomorrow is slated for 7:05 One more game will be broadcasted locally 6/8/13-6/11/13 NCAA Super Regionals TBA p.m. on FOX Sports Radio 920 this year: Nevada, 6/15/13-6/26/13 NCAA College World Series TBA Reno (April 13). Home Games in Bold SCOUTING THE REBELS All other home games and various road *Mountain West Game Leading the Rebels from the plate this season games this season will be available through the All times Pacific Time is are the Armstrong brothers. Junior college Game times and dates subject to change UNLV website, www.unlvrebels.com. transfer Patrick Armstrong is hitting .348 in 24 UNLVRebels.com • facebook.com/UNLVathletics • @UNLVbaseball • #UNLVbaseball • 1 2013 Rebel Baseball games played. Younger brother Joey 2013 UNLV BASEBALL QUICK FACTS Armstrong has played in all 31 games this season for the Rebels and has a GENERAL INFO .331 batting average. Seniors Brandon COACHING STAFF Bayardi and Mark Shannon lead the SCHOOL UNLV HEAD COACH Tim Chambers club in hits (43) and RBI (24), respec- LOCATION Las Vegas, Nev. ALMA MATER Southern Utah 1989 tively. Shannon also leads the club with ADDRESS 4505 Maryland Parkway RECORD AT UNLV 81-66 (Third Year) 10 doubles, while Bayardi leads the ENROLLMENT 27,000 CAREER RECORD 547-261-1 (13 years) team with five home runs. Shannon has FOUNDED 1957 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Stan Stolte (St. Ambrose ‘84) also pitched well for UNLV and owns a PRESIDENT Dr. Neal Smatresk ASSISTANT COACH Kevin Higgins (Arizona State ‘89) 3-1 record to go with a 2.61 ERA. He is DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Jim Livengood VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT Eric Nielsen (UNLV ‘04) third on the team with 32 strikeouts. He ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR Jerry Koloskie DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Chuck Hazzard (Florida ‘98) made his first relief appearance of the FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE Brackley Frayer STRENGTH COACH Rob Handley (UNLV ‘11) season against Air Force, coming from CONFERENCE Mountain West ATHLETIC TRAINER Matt Vaughn his usual starting spot of center field to NICKNAME Rebels EQUIPMENT MANAGER Tausha Smith (UNLV ‘99) the mound. Junior Buddy Borden (3-1) COLORS Scarlet and Gray currently has a 2.19 ERA which is not BASEBALL HISTORY only the best on the Rebel staff, but is FIRST SEASON 1967 STADIUM INFO also the best in the Mountain West. FACILITY Earl E. Wilson Stadium ALL-TIME RECORD 1,440-1,171-8 (.550) Sophomore Erick Fedde (4-0) sports a FIELD NAME Roger Barnson Field CWS APPEARANCES/LAST None 2.48 ERA and leads the team with 49 CAPACITY 3,000 SUPER REGIONAL APPEARANCES/LAST None strikeouts in 54.1 innings. From the bull- DIMENSIONS 335-375-400-375-335 REGIONAL APPEARANCES/LAST 10/2005 (Tempe Reg.) pen, senior Andy Beresford has seen YEAR OPENED 1994 the most action, pitching 16.1 innings PRESS BOX PHONE 702-739-1595 of relief. He has a team best 5-0 record MEDIA RELATIONS BASEBALL CONTACT Sage Sammons and four saves to go along with a 2.76 OFFICE PHONE 702-895-3764 ERA. TEAM INFO CELL PHONE 702-478-0166 2012 Record 26-31 EMAIL [email protected] SCOUTING THE 2012 MW Record (finish) 7-17 (4th) MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE 4505 Maryland Parkway WOLF PACK CONFERENCE TITLES 3 Box 450004 Nevada, Reno (17-15, 5-7 MW) comes NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES (last) 10 (2005) Las Vegas, Nev. 89154-0004 into the the weekend series against LETTERMEN RETURNING/LOST 17/11 OFFICE FAX 702-895-0989 UNLV on a four game skid, losing three STARTERS RETURNING/LOST 5/4 TWITTER @UNLVbaseball to San Diego State and one to San PITCHERS RETURNING/LOST 8/4 WEBSITE www.unlvrebels.com Francisco. The Wolf Pack have also NEWCOMERS 9 lost five of their last seven games. UNR started the year 9-4, but are 8-11 since KEY RETURNING PITCHERS the Pack’s hot start. Most recently the Erick Fedde RHP So. (6-5, 3.59 ERA, 15 appearances, 15 GS, 90.1 IP, 66 strikeouts) Pack lost to San Diego State 2-0 last Brady Zuniga RHP Sr. (1-0, 3.13 ERA, 18 appearances, 1 save, 37.1 IP, 28 strikeouts) Friday, 5-4 on Saturday and 8-1 on Buddy Borden RHP Jr.