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Aztecs’ eighth-inning homers send Rebels to baseball loss

Spencer Thornton and Tyler Adkison hit consecutive two-out solo home runs in the eighth inning to rally San Diego State to a 9-7 victory over UNLV in a Mountain West baseball game Saturday in San Diego.

The Rebels (12-18, 5-9) took a 7-3 lead into the bottom of the seventh before the Aztecs (8-20, 3-8) tied it with four runs, highlighted by a two-out, two-run double by Justin Wylie.

Wylie and David Hensley each went 3-for-4 for San Diego State, which held a 15-9 edge in hits while winning for the second time in six games.

Andrew Yazdanbakhsh, Cooper Esmay and Justin Jones each had a double and a single, with Yazdanbakhsh and Esmay each driving in two runs for UNLV, which had won three straight.