FINAL MOUNTAIN WEST STANDINGS
| School |
MW |
CPCT. |
Overall |
PCT. |
Streak |
| San Diego State |
16-8 |
.667 |
33-22 |
.600 |
L2 |
| Washington State |
15-9 |
.625 |
27-25 |
.519 |
L2 |
| Air Force |
15-9 |
.625 |
25-26 |
.490 |
L1 |
| Nevada |
13-11 |
.542 |
24-26 |
.480 |
L2 |
| New Mexico |
12-11-1 |
.521 |
28-22-1 |
.559 |
W2 |
| UNLV |
11-13 |
.458 |
30-24 |
.556 |
W2 |
| San José State |
11-13 |
.458 |
24-27 |
.471 |
W3 |
| Grand Canyon |
11-13 |
.458 |
21-30 |
.412 |
W2 |
| Fresno State |
3-20-1 |
.146 |
14-38-1 |
.274 |
L4 |
ALL-TIME SERIES
• After dropping two of three in a weekend series at home April 17-19 (2-3, 2-15, 9-7), the Lobos are 33-37 against Nevada all-time and an 32-33 against the Wolf Pack in Mountain West matchups.
• UNM is 4-0 against Nevada in the Mountain West Tournament, with their most recent postseason meeting being a 7-2 win on in the opening round of the Tournament on May 25, 2017.
• Head Coach Tod Brown is 10-11 against Nevada in his tenure at UNM.
KARSEN WASLEFSKY NAMED BROOKS WALLACE AWARD SEMIFINALIST
New Mexico’s Karsen Waslefsky has made the cut as a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace Award annually given to college baseball’s top shortstop, the College Baseball Foundation announced on Wednesday.
Waslefsky is one of 50 shortstops to be named as a semifinalist for the award, which honors the nation's top shortstop and will be presented by the College Baseball Foundation later this year. It is named for former Texas Tech shortstop Brooks Wallace, who played for the Red Raiders from 1977 to 1980. Wallace died of leukemia at the age of 27.
“Narrowing our list to even 50 is a difficult task to take on as there are so many deserving shortstops at midseason,“ said Larry Wallace, co-chair of the Brooks Wallace Award. “All these kids are piling up big offensive numbers with power. But just as important are the defensive skills and how well they field their position.”
In his second year at UNM, Waslefsky has started 48 of 51 possible games at shortstop for the Lobos this season and is batting .277 on the season with 38 runs, 38 RBI, eight doubles, six homers and a triple. He’s fielding at a .971 clip with 140 assists and 60 putouts on 206 opportunities, turning 26 double plays. He's also stolen 10 bases on 12 attempts.
LAST TIME OUT (W, 12-6 vs. New Mexico State)
• A seven-run seventh proved to be a massive momentum shifter as New Mexico Baseball routed in-state rival New Mexico State 12-6 in the Lobos’ final game of the regular season May 12 at Lobo Field.
• After being held to five or fewer runs in four games in a low as they lost all four, the Lobos have bounced back with 11 runs in Sunday's tournament-clinching win over GCU and 12 Tuesday to keep the Aggies from sweeping the season series.
• Trailing 3-2 entering the bottom of the fifth, UNM plated three runs to move back in front before breaking the game open two innings later. The Lobos erupted for seven runs on six hits in the seventh, turning a 5-3 advantage into a 12-3 lead. Luke Mansy opened the inning with a double before Lenny Ashby drew a walk, and Antonio Gianni followed with an RBI double to bring Mansy home. After Gene Trujillo walked, Brodey Williams lifted a sacrifice fly to score Ashby and Karsen Waslefsky added another sacrifice fly to bring in Gianni.
• The Lobos kept the pressure on from there. Anthony Diaz doubled to right center, with Damian Garcia scoring on the play and Diaz advancing to third on an error. Khalil Walker followed with an RBI single, stole second and came home on an RBI single from Akili Carris. Mansy then capped the inning with his second double of the frame, driving in Carris for UNM’s seventh run of the inning.
• All nine spots in the Lobo lineup produced at least one hit as UNM finished with 13 hits and drew nine walks. Walker led the way with a 3-for-5 night, adding two runs, an RBI, a walk and a stolen base. Mansy finished 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBI, a walk and a run scored, while Gianni went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs, an RBI and a walk. Diaz, Carris, Ashby, Trujillo, Williams and Tristan Russell each added one hit, with Carris driving in two runs and scoring twice.
• LHP Cooper Corkrean (4 IP, 5 H, 1 R / 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K) made the start for New Mexico and worked 4.1 innings, allowing one run on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts. RHP Ty Cunningham (4 IP, 4 H, 5 R / 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 K) earned the win in relief, throwing four innings with four hits, five runs, five earned, one walk and three strikeouts, before RHP Talor Grubbs (1 IP, 1 H, 0 R / 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K) closed it out with a scoreless ninth, allowing one hit with no walks or strikeouts.
