ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --- The University of New Mexico baseball team fell to Nevada 17-9 on Friday night at Santa Ana Star Field and is going to need help Saturday to claim the Mountain West title.
The Lobos (28-25-1 overall, 18-9-1 Mountain West) dropped out of first place for the first time this season and now need a San Diego State (20-9 Mountain West) loss to Fresno State at home combined with a win against Nevada on Saturday to claim the conference title and host the Mountain West Tournament.
"We've hit a tough time since Jack got hurt," said UNM coach Ray Birmingham about the May 12 injury to senior first baseman and clean-up hitter Jack Zoellner (the Lobos are 0-5 since).