The New Mexico baseball team will enter the final regular season series leading the Mountain West conference standings by percentage points, but still faced with some difficult circumstances. Senior first baseman Jack Zoellner is out for the rest of the regular season with a fractured metacarpal bone after being hit by a pitch at Fresno State last weekend. And the Lobos found themselves only a half game above second place San Diego State, after UNM (28-23-1, 18-7-1 MW) was swept at Fresno State and San Diego State won a series at Air Force.
Unfortunately for Zoellner, both he and head coach Ray Birmingham came to the conclusion that he'll be out for the rest of the season, including the Lobos’ hopeful push into the postseason.