2019 UNLV BASEBALL WEEKLY NOTES WEEK 3: AT FRESNO STATE (GAMES 10-12 // MARCH 1-3) 2019 SCHEDULE OVERALL RECORD: 4-5 // MOUNTAIN WEST: 0-0 Date Opponent RESULT/TIME Feb. 15 Seattle L 2-1 (9) FIRST PITCH Feb. 16 Seattle W 11-10 (10) The UNLV Rebels head back to the Golden State for three games in Mountain West play against the Feb. 17 Seattle W 8-5 (9) Fresno State Bulldogs in Fresno, California, at Pete Beiden Field at Bob Bennett Stadium. The con- Feb. 19 UC Santa Barbara L 13-2 (9) ference-opening series begins Friday evening with first pitch scheduled for 6:05 pm. Saturday's con- Feb. 20 UC Santa Barbara W 9-8 (9) test is also a night affair (6:05 pm), while Sunday's is an afternoon matinee (1:05 pm). Feb. 23 at #7/#12 Stanford (G1) W 2-1 (9) Feb. 23 at #7/#12 Stanford (G2) L 3-2 (9) FS and UNLV were predicted to finish 3-4 in the MW Preseason Coaches Poll. The Bulldogs, who Feb. 24 at #7/#12 Stanford L 6-5 (9) finished the 2018 campaign with a 30-24 overall record and fifth-place showing (13-17) in the confer- Feb. 26 Utah L 16-7 (9) ence standings, have won four straight to carry a 5-1 mark into this weekend's series. The Rebels, on March 1 at Fresno State* 6:05 pm the other hand, have lost three straight and sit 4-5 on the year after it went 35-24 last season with a March 2 at Fresno State* 6:05 pm fourth-place league finish (14-16). March 3 at Fresno State* 1:05 pm March 5 CSU Bakersfield 6:05 pm Historically speaking, the Bulldogs own a 54-38 edge in the all-time head-to-head series that dates March 8 Bradley 6:05 pm back to 1977. FS won the last meeting - 9-8 on May 19, 2018 - and has claimed two of the past three March 9 Bradley 2:05 pm outings; however, UNLV has been victorious in five of the last seven March 10 Bradley 1:05 pm March 12 Washington State 6:05 pm FOLLOW ALONG March 13 Washington State 1:05 pm Fans can follow the three-game, Mountain West series between UNLV and Fresno State through live March 15 at San Jose State* 6:00 pm stats and Twitter (@UNLVbaseball). Additionally, all three games will be streamed live through the March 16 at San Jose State* 2:00 pm Mountain West Network. Links to both stats and the video stream can be found at UNLVRebels.com. March 17 at San Jose State* 12:00 pm March 19 CSUN 2:05 pm March 22 UNR* 6:05 pm ON DECK March 23 UNR* 6:05 pm The UNLV Rebels return to Las Vegas and Earl E. Wilson Stadium for a six-game homestand begin- March 24 UNR* 1:05 pm ning Tuesday evening (6:05 pm) against the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners. UNLV will also welcome March 26 UC Riverside 6:05 pm the Bradley Braves to town for three games (March 8-10) and the Washington State Cougars for two March 27 UC Riverside 2:05 pm more (March 12-13). March 29 New Mexico* 6:05 pm March 30 New Mexico* 6:05 pm March 31 New Mexico* 1:05 pm STOTT STARTS STRONG, ONCE AGAIN April 2 at Grand Canyon 2:00 pm UNLV's Bryson Stott has made his presence felt at the plate and on the bases through nine games of April 5 at Air Force* 2:00 pm action, thus far, this season. From the leadoff spot in the batting order, Stott is first on the team in aver- April 6 at Air Force* 12:00 pm age (.424), hits (14), home runs (four), total bases (34), slugging percentage (1.030), walks (10) and April 7 at Air Force* 11:00 am on-base percentage (.558). He shares the top spot in both doubles (four) and triples (two). April 9 Arizona State 6:05 pm April 12 San Jose State* 6:05 pm To date, the Las Vegas native is in the top 100 of 11 NCAA statistical categories, and sits third overall April 13 San Jose State* 6:05 pm in both total bases and triples. Stott also ranks No. 8 in home runs and slugging percentage, No. 21 in April 14 San Jose State* 1:05 pm walks and No. 35 in hits. April 16 Grand Canyon 2:05 pm April 18 at UNR* 6:00 pm Through nine games, Stott is 14-for-33 at the plate with 71 percent of his hits - 10 of 14 - going for April 19 at UNR* 6:00 pm extra bases. He has registered a hit in eight contests, with multiple hits in five of those. April 20 at UNR* 1:00 pm April 23 at Arizona State 6:30 pm He began the year with a five-game hitting streak with at least one hit in all five affairs as well as three April 26 San Diego State* 6:05 pm in game two versus Seattle (Feb. 16) and two more in the third tilt (Feb. 17). After going hitless last April 27 San Diego State* 6:05 pm Saturday at Stanford (Game 1/Feb. 23), he has three straight two-hit outings, with five of his six hits April 28 San Diego State* 1:05 pm going for extra bases - three home runs, one triple and one double. April 30 at UC Riverside 3:00 pm May 3 at Houston 4:30 pm Defensively, he is a perfect 1.000 in the field converting all 40 chances with 10 putouts and 30 assists. May 4 at Houston 4:30 pm May 5 at Houston 11:00 am May 10 at New Mexico* 5:00 pm 2019 MOUNTAIN WEST STANDINGS 2019 MW POLL May 11 at New Mexico* 1:00 pm Conference OveraLL Rank Team Points May 12 at New Mexico* 11:00 am 1. San Diego State (4) 32 May 16 Fresno State* 6:05 pm Team W L t % W L T % 1. UNR 0 0 0 .000 6 1 0 .857 2. UNR (2) 29 May 17 Fresno State* 6:05 pm 3. Fresno State (1) 28 May 18 Fresno State* 1:05 pm 2. Fresno St. 0 0 0 .000 5 1 0 .833 3. San Jose St. 0 0 0 .000 7 2 0 .778 4. UNLV 24 Rankings: Baseball America/D1Baseball.com 4. New Mexico 0 0 0 .000 6 3 0 .667 5. Air Force 14 * - Mountain West Game 5. San Diego St. 0 0 0 .000 5 3 0 .625 6. New Mexico 12 -All times are listed in Pacific Time. 6. Air Force 0 0 0 .000 4 3 0 .571 7. San Jose State 8 -All dates & times are subject to change. 7. UNLV 0 0 0 .000 4 5 0 .444 First-place votes in parentheses. QUICK FACTS NUMERICAL ROSTER General Information # Name Pos B/T HT WT Cl/EXP Hometown/Last School Location ......................Las Vegas, Nev. 01 James Gamble OF R/R 5-11 155 FR/HS Phoenix, Ariz./Greenway HS Founded . 1957 02 Edarian Williams IF R/R 6-0 210 FR/HS Las Vegas/Rancho HS Enrollment ............................30,600 03 Chase Hanson OF L/R 6-4 180 FR/HS Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison HS Colors.........................Scarlet & Gray 04 Joshua Harmonay IF R/R 6-1 180 JR/TR Las Vegas/Allan Hancock College Nickname .............................Rebels 05 Isaiah Montoya LHP L/L 6-1 205 FR/HS Peoria, Ariz./Liberty HS Conference .....................Mountain West 06 Ryan Hare RHP R/R 6-2 214 RS-JR/2L Lakewood, Calif./Lakewood HS Affiliation....................NCAA Division I 09 Max Smith OF L/R 6-1 200 SR/3L Tucson, Ariz./Canyon Del Oro HS Acting President...............Dr. Marta Meana 10 Bryson Stott IF L/R 6-3 200 JR/2L Las Vegas/Desert Oasis HS Director of Athletics .......Desiree Reed-Francois 11 Vince Taormina C R/R 6-1 225 SR/3L Akron, Ohio/Silverado HS 12 Seth Mullis C R/R 6-2 215 SR/1L Frisco, Texas/Grayson College 17 Donavon McCrystal RHP R/R 6-2 175 SR/1L Santee, Calif./Grossmont College Baseball Information 19 Jack-Thomas Wold IF/DH L/L 5-10 225 SO/1L Henderson, Nev./Basic Academy Head Coach ....................... Stan Stolte 20 Ty Pohlmann RHP R/R 6-4 230 FR/HS Gilbert, Ariz./Perry HS -Served as the Associate Head Coach from 2011-15 21 Austin Pfeifer 1B R/R 6-3 190 FR/HS Las Vegas/Arbor View HS -Served as the Interim Head Coach in 2016 22 Sage Diehm LHP L/L 6-0 190 JR/TR Nampa, Idaho/College of So. Nevada Alma Mater .................St. Ambrose, '84 23 Jacob Godman C R/R 6-2 190 FR/HS Las Vegas, Nev./Palo Verde HS Record at UNLV/Years ............... 83-97/4th 24 Cameron Jabara RHP R/R 6-2 185 JR/TR Newport Beach, Calif./Orange Coast College Career Overall Record/Years........... 83-97/4th 25 Dillon Johnson IF R/R 5-11 220 JR/TR Las Vegas/College of So. Nevada Associate Head Coach ............ Kevin Higgins 26 Bradley Spooner RHP R/R 6-4 210 JR/TR Lake Forest, Calif./Saddleback College -Served as an Assistant Coach from 2011-16 27 Grant Robbins OF R/R 6-0 200 RS-JR/2L Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman HS Alma Mater ................Arizona State, '89 29 Tallon Thomason RHP R/R 5-10 190 JR/TR Las Vegas/South Mountain CC Assistant Coach ..............Patrick Armstrong 30 Chase Maddux RHP R/R 6-2 140 RS-JR/2L Las Vegas/Bishop Gorman HS Alma Mater .....................UNLV, '14 32 Jake Lewis LHP L/L 6-4 225 RS-SO/1L Valencia, Calif./Hart HS Volunteer Assistant Coach .........Greg Maddux 34 Jake McLean OF R/R 6-1 175 FR/HS Henderson, Nev./Coronado HS 35 Jason Sharman OF L/L 6-1 180 FR/HS Las Vegas/Desert Oasis HS Director of Operations ............Cooper Esmay 36 Matthew Mitchell LHP L/L 6-3 185 SO/TR Las Vegas/College of So.