San Jose State’s four-run seventh dooms Rebels in baseball setback

Aaron Pleschner hit a two-out, two-run single, and relievers Christian Myers and Corey Wilson each threw a runscoring wild pitch in San Jose State’s four-run seventh inning as the Spartans rallied past visiting UNLV 6-5 in a Mountain West baseball game Friday.

The Rebels (4-6) had gone ahead with a five-run fifth, highlighted by Nick Ames’ two-out, three-run homer.

Neither starter factored in the decision. Josh Nashed worked six innings for San Jose State (4-4) and gave up five runs, one earned, and struck out eight in six innings.

UNLV junior Alan Strong gave up just two runs in five innings despite permitting nine hits and walking four.

SOFTBALL: At St. George, Utah, Morgan Ettinger posted two wins in guiding the Rebels (11-5) to a 2-1 victory over Southern Utah (2-8) and a 3-1 triumph over Iowa State (7-9) in the Red Desert Classic. Ettinger (10-1) gave up one run on six hits and no walks and struck out nine in 11 innings. Against the Thunderbirds, Mara Kemmer went 3-for-3 with a home run and pitched three shutout innings. Against the Cyclones, Alyssa Navarro went 2-for-3 with a two-run single.

WOMEN’S TENNIS: At Fertitta Tennis Complex, wins at Nos. 2 and 3 singles by Aiwen Zhu (13-4) and Anna Bogoslavets (9-4) were the highlights for the No. 46-ranked Rebels (6-4) in their 5-2 loss to No. 40 Florida International (8-1).