Nevada Routs New Mexico Behind Oakes’ Stellar Start

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Interstat) — Ryan Oakes threw six no-hit innings and the Nevada Wolf Pack offense erupted early in a 15-2 rout of the New Mexico Lobos in a Mountain West conference game Saturday evening.

Oakes allowed two earned runs and struck out six, rebounding from two recent losses to dominate the Lobos. The Wolf Pack scored seven runs in the first three innings off New Mexico starter Tyler Do, who took the loss after surrendering five runs on six hits over 4 2/3 innings.

Rominic Quiban homered and drove in two runs for Nevada, which pounded out 15 hits. Junhyuk Kwon and Jayce Dobie each had three hits and combined for five RBIs. Mikey Cruz also drove in three runs.

The Lobos scored on an RBI triple by Trujillo in the third and an RBI single by Carris in the fourth. Nevada improved to 19-14, while New Mexico fell to 22-15-1.