Spartans Head To Las Vegas For Mountain West OpenerSpartans Head To Las Vegas For Mountain West Opener

Spartans Head To Las Vegas For Mountain West Opener

LAS VEGAS – The San José State baseball team (3-5, 0-0 MW) is set to start its Mountain West campaign this weekend when they travel to UNLV (7-1, 0-0 MW).

Game one on Friday is set for a 6:05 p.m. start time, with games two and three on Saturday and Sunday scheduled to start at 1:05 p.m. and 12:05 p.m., respectively.

PROBABLE STARTERS:

LHP Ethan Ross (0-2, 2.45 ERA) vs. RHP Sam Simon (2-0, 0.00 ERA)

LHP Micky Thompson (0-1, 15.95 ERA) vs. RHP Albert Roblez (1-0, 3.12 ERA)

TBD vs. RHP Austin Cates (1-1, 4.09 ERA)

SAN JOSÉ STATE:

  • The Spartans are coming off a 5-2 win on Tuesday against Santa Clara and have won three of their last four games.
  • Dalton Bowling hit his second home run of the season on Monday at Stanford, putting him in a tie for fourth all time at SJSU with his 24th-career home run.
  • Hunter Dorraugh and Nathan Cadena both have at least one hit in five of the last six games.
  • The Spartans are first in the league in triples with five. Theo Hardy and Robert Hamchuk each have two, and Cadena has one.

UNLV:

  • The Rebels lead the all-time series against San José State 49-37.
  • The Spartans are 14-26 all time in Las Vegas.
  • SJSU swept UNLV April 14-16 in their lone series matchup last season.
  • The Spartans outscored UNLV 23-8 in that series.

UP NEXT: Following the series at UNLV, the Spartans will travel to Moraga, Calif., to take on Saint Mary's on March 5 at 2 p.m.

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