April 11, 2008

RENO, Nev. - Dan Christensen's solid effort on the mound went for naught as Rod Scurry tossed a 1-0 shutout for Nevada over Utah Valley in NCAA baseball on Friday night in Reno.

Matt Bowman's solo home run to lead off the fourth inning held up as the Wolf Pack (18-14) won the first of a four-game series over the Wolverines (7-21-1).

Christensen (1-5) allowed seven hits and walked one and struck out two while Scurry (4-4) allowed just four hits while striking out six and walking two. Scurry did hit five batters, including Ryan Jones twice, but was aided by four double plays.

The biggest double play came in the top of the seventh when Utah Valley had the bases loaded and just one out. Scurry got Kevin Arendse to ground into a 5-4-3 double play to end the inning.

Scurry got another in the ninth when third baseman Jason Rodriguez made a nice play on a grounder towards line off the bat of Scott Croshaw and started another 5-4-3 double play.

Jake Rickenbach had two of UV's four hits while Bowman and David Ciarlo had two hits apiece for Nevada.

The series continues with a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 2pm MT.