| San José State (11-9, 4-2 Mountain West) vs. Nevada (11-13, 2-6 Mountain West) | |
| When | Game 1: Friday, March 31 | 6:35 p.m. Game 2: Saturday, April 1 | 4:35 p.m. Game 3: Sunday, April 2 | 1:05 p.m. |
| Location | Don Weir Field at Peccole Park | Reno, Nev. |
| Statistics | Live Stats |
| Watch | Mountain West Network |
| Potential Starting Pitchers | Game 1: RHP Jonathan Clark (1-0, 3.44 ERA) vs. Kade Morris (1-3, 6.96 ERA) Game 2: LHP Micky Thompson (1-1, 2.60 ERA) vs. Jason Doktorczyk (2-2, 5.24 ERA) Game 3: RHP Aaron Eden (1-3, 5.06 ERA) vs. Casey Burfield (2-1, 4.55 ERA) |
Checking in with @CoachFlipSJSU before this weekend's series against Nevada ??#AllSpartans pic.twitter.com/J2YkpvIFVP
— San José State Baseball (@SanJoseStateBSB) March 30, 2023
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Winners of four straight games, the San José State baseball team heads to Reno, Nev. for a three-game conference series starting Friday at 6:35 p.m. The Spartans will play the Nevada Wolf Pack at Don Weir Field with all three games being streamed on the Mountain West Network.
PREVIOUS GAME
- The Spartans dominated the Santa Clara Broncos in a battle of the South Bay on Monday afternoon, winning 9-2.
- Matt Spear went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run, a double and four RBIs while Theo Hardy went 3-for-5 with two RBIs.
- Dalton Bowling hit his team-leading fourth home run of the season.
- Charles McAdoo extended his hit streak to nine games.
- Five different Spartans' pitchers combined to record 10 strikeouts while limiting Santa Clara to only seven hits.
WHERE THE SPARTANS RANK
- Two Spartan starters rank in the top five in the Mountain West Conference in ERA as Micky Thompson is third with an ERA of 2.60 and Jonathan Clark is fifth with an ERA of 3.44.
- Clark is fourth in the conference in innings pitched (34.0), opposing batting average (.217) and strikeouts (33).
- LHP Jack White is tied for first in the conference with four wins.
- As a team, the Spartans lead the Mountain West in ERA (4.02) and opposing batting average (.239).
- The Spartans lead the Mountain West in throwing out base runners as Matt Spear and Jake Maroney have combined to throw out 12 attempted base stealers. Spear leads the conference in CSB's with 10.
- The Spartans are second in the conference in doubles with 52. Bowling is second with 10 and McAdoo and Hunter Dorraugh are tied for third with nine each.
- Bowling is fifth in the conference in both slugging percentage (.603) and RBIs (23).
- Colette is tied for sixth in the conference in steals with five.
VS. NEVADA
- The Nevada Wolf Pack are 11-13 this season and will enter Friday's contest on a three-game losing streak. The Wolf Pack dropped two games to New Mexico on the weekend and suffered a loss to Pacific on Monday.
- The Spartans are 94-92 all time in series against Nevada.
- The Spartans went 4-4 against Nevada in 2022, including two wins over the Wolf Pack in the Mountain West Tournament. During the regular season, Nevada earned a sweep over the Spartans when the two sides matched up in Reno in March but the Spartans two out of three in the rematch in San Jose in April.
- Jack Colette had two home runs and a triple against the Wolf Pack in 2022.
- RHP Darren Jansen earned a win and two saves in the nine games.
UP NEXT: The Spartans will head to Albuquerque, N.M. for a three-games series against New Mexico beginning on April 6 at 6 p.m. MT/5 p.m. PT. Watch all three games of the series on the Mountain West Network.
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