MESA, Ariz. (Interstat) — Landon Boyd homered twice and drove in six runs to power Air Force to a 17-2 rout of UNLV on Thursday evening in the Mountain West Baseball Championship. Boyd went 2 for 4 with his sixth and seventh home runs of the season. Richard Rutledge pitched three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out two, while Luke Elmore added a solo homer and T.J. Oster also went deep.

The Falcons pounded 14 hits and scored in every inning through the sixth. Walker Zapp had two hits and three RBIs, and Garrett Hutchins and Wyatt Hanoian each collected two hits and an RBI. Ben Niednagel went 3 for 4 and scored three times. Air Force improved to 26-26; UNLV fell to 30-25.

UNLV managed six hits. Cooper Sheff hit a solo homer in the fourth, and Connor Tallakson drove in a run with a seventh-inning single. Reese Lueck struck out one in one-third of an inning for the Runnin’ Rebels.