UNLV roundup: Richy, Ames lead baseball win over UNR
Nick Ames hit a two-run homer and a two-run double to back Paul Richy’s complete-game pitching effort and lead UNLV to a 9-1 rout over UNR in a Mountain West baseball game Sunday in Reno.
Richy (4-3), a sophomore right-hander, held the Wolf Pack (17-32, 11-15) to seven hits and no walks and struck out one, throwing 68 of his 103 pitches for strikes in his first complete game of the season.
Ames’ two-run double capped the scoring in a six-run third inning by the Rebels (19-34, 9-18), who salvaged the final game of the three-game weekend set.
Kyle Isbel went 2-for-5, and Payton Squier drew three walks — including one with the bases loaded — and had a sacrifice fly for UNLV.
Jordan Pearce and Justin Bridgman each went 2-for-4 for UNR, which was outhit 8-7.
Wolf Pack starter Riley Ohl (3-3) allowed six runs, five earned, on three hits and three walks and struck out none in 2⅔ innings.