RENO (Interstat) — Nevada rallied for eight runs in the seventh inning to defeat Grand Canyon 13-9 on Thursday afternoon at William Peccole Park, overcoming an early deficit and a pair of late-inning errors to win the Mountain West matchup.

Grand Canyon jumped ahead in the first inning, scoring on a double by Trevor Schmidt and an RBI single by Carson Ohland. The Antelopes extended their lead in the second when Camden Bates homered to left field. They pushed the margin to 9-2 in the third, capitalizing on a throwing error by Nevada third baseman Sean Yamaguchi and a stolen base that allowed Tanner Johns to score.

Nevada chipped away in the bottom of the sixth. Mikey Cruz Jr. doubled home Jayce Dobie, Junhyuk Kwon doubled in Cruz, and Yamaguchi singled up the middle to drive in Kwon, cutting the deficit to 9-5.

The game turned in the seventh. Jake Harvey led off with a solo home run to left-center, making it 9-6. After Rominic Quiban doubled, a fielding error by Grand Canyon catcher Mito Perez allowed Dobie to reach and put Quiban on third. An intentional walk to Cruz loaded the bases, and Kwon’s sacrifice fly scored Quiban. Yamaguchi then singled to drive in Dobie, and Jackson Waller singled to bring home Cruz, tying the game 9-9. With two outs and the bases loaded, Harvey singled to left, scoring Yamaguchi and Waller, and then stole second. Jack Metcho followed with a single to bring home Harvey and the unearned run, pushing Nevada ahead 13-9.

Grand Canyon attempted a comeback in the ninth, loading the bases and scoring on a single by Perez and a walk by a pinch-hitter, but could not close the gap. Brock Toney pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for Grand Canyon, striking out one and allowing no hits.

For Nevada, Harvey went 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs, while Metcho was 1 for 4 with two RBIs and Cruz finished 1 for 4 with two RBIs. Yamaguchi had two hits and two RBIs, and Kwon drove in two runs. Aidan Brainard earned the win, allowing three earned runs on seven hits over six innings with five strikeouts. Luke Schat allowed four earned runs in 2 1/3 innings of relief.

Grand Canyon recorded 11 hits, led by Schmidt, Ohland, and Johns, who each had multiple hits. Bates homered and scored twice. The Antelopes fell to 19-30 overall, while Nevada moved to 22-24.

The game’s final score defied pregame projections. Interstat’s game simulator had projected Grand Canyon 6, Nevada 2, and its ELO system gave the Antelopes a 55.20 percent probability to win.