When Nevada and Fresno State meet this weekend, the Wolfpack have the top seed in the conference tournament on the line while the Bulldogs are just trying to hold on to a playoff spot. The three-game series begins Thursday in Reno.
A lot of the Mountain West conference tournament seeding picture will come down to the final weekend of the regular season. Fresno State travels to Reno to take on Nevada in a three-game series with massive stakes, with game one taking place Thursday night.
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Game Date: May 19, 2022
Game Time:Â 9 p.m. ET
TV: Stadium 3
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Nevada comes into this series 17-10 in conference play, good for No. 2 in the Mountain West. The Wolfpack are two games back of UNLV for the standings, so with some help (UNLV hosts San Diego State this weekend), they can take the top spot with a sweep. Nevada owns the head-to-head tiebreaker after taking two of the three games between the two teams in early April.
Fresno State is 13-14 entering the final weekend of conference play, with the Bulldogs in fourth place in a conference where the top four teams make the tournament. However, that fourth and final spot is hardly locked up, with Air Force also entering the weekend at 13-14 (the Falcons visit New Mexico this weekend).
Who will each team send to the mound to start this crucial series Thursday night? Fresno State is projected to go with sophomore lefty Ixan Henderson. Henderson is 7-3 with a 3.86 in 13 starts this year. He’s been a strikeout machine, fanning a Mountain West-leading 97 hitters in 74.2 innings.
Nevada’s series opener this season has been sophomore right-hander Peyton Stumbo. Stumbo picked up his fifth win last week, allowing just five hits and two runs in six innings of work against San Diego State.
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