Air Force Sweeps Sunday Doubleheader Against First-Place Nevada

April 22, 2018

USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - Air Force baseball completed a Sunday doubleheader sweep over first-place Nevada (21-15 14-6 MW) in Mountain West action at Falcon Field. The Falcons won 3-1 and 11-6 to improve to 18-21, 10-10 MW.

In game one, senior Ryan Holloway (3-3) tossed a complete-game six-hitter in the 3-1 win. Holloway tied a career-high with eight strikeouts. The left hander allowed just one extra base hit and one walk.

Air Force scored all three of its runs in the second inning while Nevada plated its run in the fifth.

The Falcons had 10 hits in the game, with Ashton Easley and Daniel Jones providing two hits each. Jacob Booker added two RBIs.

Jones drove in the first run with an RBI single and Booker followed with a two-run single.

Cole Krzmarzick led Nevada's offense with three hits and the run scored. Wolf Pack starting pitcher Mark Nowaczewski (4-3) allowed three runs in seven innings pitched.

In game two, the Falcons scored in each of the first five innings to build a 9-5 lead. Air Force went ahead in the second inning and never looked back.

The Falcons had 14 hits in the game and took advantage of five errors by Nevada. Ryan Robb went 3 for 4 with three runs to lead the offense. Catcher Rob Dau extended his hitting streak to 26 games with a home run. Drew Wiss, Tyler Zabojnik, Easley and Jones added two hits each.

Tyler Mortenson (2-5) picked up the win in two innings of relief. Starting pitcher Matt Hargreaves pitched 4.1 innings. Shawn Kelley got two outs to close out the seventh inning and Jake Gilbert pitched the eighth and ninth innings to close out the game.

Nevada had 16 hits. Leadoff hitter Joshua Zamora went 3 for 4 with a homer and two runs scored. Wolf Pack starting pitcher Josh Jackson (6-2) allowed seven run in 3.1 innings in the loss.

After trading runs in the first, the Falcons took the lead in the second as Easley tripled and scored on a failed pickoff attempt. The Air Force bats kept going, scoring two runs in the third, three in the fourth and two in the fifth to go up 9-5. The Falcons added runs in the seventh and eighth.

"After two days of snow-outs, our guys came ready to play today," Air Force head coach Mike Kazlausky said. "We got it done on the mound with a tremendous performance by Ryan Holloway in game one. In game two, were able to get enough runs and our defense made several big outs to keep a very good Nevada team from building momentum with additional runs."

Air Force returns to action Tuesday, April 24, hosting Colorado Christian.

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