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Former Nevada baseball catcher Kaleb Foster signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates this week, the fourth member of the Wolf Pack to sign with a team this year.
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Nevada baseball junior pitcher Ryan Anderson and center fielder Jaylon McLaughlin were selected on the third day of the 2019 MLB Draft.
Grant Ford, a three-year pitcher for Nevada from San Jose, Calif., was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth round of the 2019 MLB Draft today.
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The Nevada baseball team had four of its players honored by the Mountain West conference, each being named to one of the All-MW teams.
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For the first time in his career, junior right-handed pitcher Grant Ford has been named the Mountain West Pitcher of the Week after leading Nevada to a three-game sweep at San José State.
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[NEVADA RELEASE] 05/12/2019 San Jose, Calif. – With a 3-2 victory on Sunday afternoon, Nevada (28-24, 14-16 MW) completed its first Mountain West sweep of the season by taking three games at San Jose State (19-32, 12-15 MW). With the win, Nevada has jumped the Spartans in the MW standings and currently sits in fourth, as only the top four teams make the conference tournament. Nevada will be on a bye next weekend, and will have its fate decided by the San Jose State and Air Fo...
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[NEVADA RELEASE] 04/22/2019 RENO, Nev. – Against the defending national champions on Monday night, Nevada (22-18) clawed its way to a dramatic 8-7 walkoff win in the 12th inning over No. 2 ranked Oregon State (28-9-1). It was the first time Nevada won against a top-10 team since defeating No. 6 ranked Clemson 7-5 in 2017. Grant Ford (3-1) earned the win after pitching two innings, allowing no hits and striking out four Beavers. Bradley Bonnenfant pitched a career-high four in...
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[NEVADA RELEASE] 04/20/2019 RENO, Nev. – Recording a season-high 17 hits, Nevada (21-18, 10-11 MW) blasted its way to a 16-5 victory over rival UNLV (23-18, 10-11 MW) to take the series from the Rebels. Freshman Matt Clayton knocked two solo shots and Weston Hatten led Nevada with four hits to give Nevada its third 16-run performance of the year and second of the series. Jake Jackson and Grant Ford combined for nine innings and struck out the Rebels eight times. Ford (2-1) ea...
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[NEVADA RELEASE] 04/13/2019 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Nevada (17-17, 7-10 MW) evened its series with New Mexico (16-18, 7-10 MW) on Saturday afternoon by shutting out the Lobos 3-0. Owen Sharts and Grant Ford were the only two pitchers needed for the Wolf Pack to earn its third shutout victory of the season. Sharts (3-6) earned his third win of the year while Ford picked up his third save. All three of Ford’s saves have come against Mountain West opponents. Two of Nevada&rsqu...
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[NEVADA RELEASE] 03/24/2019 Reno, Nev. – After trailing 6-3 entering the ninth inning, Nevada (12-10, 4-5 MW) scored three runs in the ninth and won 7-6 at UNLV (14-11, 4-5 MW) thanks to Joshua Zamora’s 10th inning home run. A fielding error and a two-RBI single by Conor Allard plated the three runs needed for Nevada to stay alive and tie the game at six in the ninth inning. With the victory today, Nevada is now 2-0 in extra inning games this year, with the first win co...