SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Saint Mary's Baseball will head to Santa Clara for a Thursday to Saturday series with the Broncos this week to accommodate the Easter Holiday. They'll resume action in Reno, Nev. to take on the Nevada Wolfpack on Tuesday for a non-conference match up.
 
THE DETAILS
Saint Mary's (20-13, 4-8) vs. Pepperdine (17-14, 6-6)
April 14-16, Stephen Schott Stadium – Santa Clara, Calif.
Friday: 6:00 p.m. (Watch | Live Stats)
Saturday: 6:00 p.m. (Watch | Live Stats)
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. (Watch | Live Stats)

Saint Mary's vs. Nevada (16-14, 9-5)
Don Weir Field at Peccole Park – Reno, Nev.
Tuesday, April 19, 6:00 p.m. (Watch | Live Stats)
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Gaels weren't able get the season series sweep against Cal, as the Bears won 6-0 on Monday afternoon at Louis Guisto Field. But the Gaels still split the season series with a good Pac 12 team and are coming off their second-straight WCC series win. Similar to the series win versus BYU it came down to a Sunday rubber match with the Pepperdine Waves that the Gaels won 7-3.
 
It was huge week for Gavin Napier who was named the Bay Alarm Student Athlete of the Week. He hit .412 this against Stanford and Pepperdine, as he had his 11th multi-hit game and fifth multi-RBI game of the season on Sunday, and the Gaels are now 17-3 when Napier is in the leadoff spot of their order.

Napier slugged .647 last week with a double and his first collegiate home run while driving in five runs and scoring eight.

ADDITIONAL NOTES
Saint Mary's will allow fans in for free this season to Gaels baseball games as construction on the new stadium seating will take place this season.
 
ABOUT SANTA CLARA
Coleman Brigman is No. 2 in in the WCC in batting average and tied No. 3 in RBIs. He currently has a 29 game on-base streak. Nick Sando is No. 24 in the country and No. 1 in the WCC in ERA and No. 33 nationally in K/9 with 13.13.
 
Cole Kitchen is No. 14 in the country with 13.91 K/9. He is second in the conference in strikeouts. Kitchen was named WCC Pitcher of the Week on march 28 after setting career-highs with 8 2/3 innings pitched and 15 strikeouts against LMU. The next week, Nick Sando was named the Pitcher of the Week and Coleman Brigman was named Player of the Week.
 
ABOUT NEVADA
The Pack came from behind late in all three games against UNLV last week, despite falling in 10 innings Sunday. Friday, the Pack came back from down 6-1, tying it up in the ninth and prevailing, 9-7, in 10 innings. The next day, Nevada was down 8-5 after three innings, but stormed back late to take the 22-13 series-clinching victory.
 
Senior infielder Joshua Zamora was named Mountain West Player of the Week for the second time this season April 11, after helping the Pack to a 3-1 mark including taking two of three at UNLV. For the week, Zamora batted .588 (10-for-17) with 12 RBIs and nine runs, three doubles, and a grand slam. At UNLV, Zamora batted .571 (8-for-14) with seven RBIs, six runs, three walks, a double and a grand slam.

Zamora earned his first conference weekly honor of 2022 on Feb. 21 after hitting .667 (8-for-12) with two doubles, three home runs, and five RBI in the series win at Grand Canyon. Overll in 2022 he's batting .381 (10th in the country) with team highs of 10 home runs, 38 runs, and 44 RBIs. His .735 slugging percentage is also first on the team. Zamora has hit 39 home runs in his career which is tied for fifth in Nevada baseball history with Lyle Overbay (1996-99) and Jacob Butler (2002-05). Of his 10 homers this season, two have been grand slams, coming March 13 against San José State and April 9 at UNLV.

Dario Gomez hit for the cycle in Saturday's 22-13 victory at UNLV, becoming the first Wolf Pack player to achieve the feat since Keaton Smith on April 28. 2019, at Air Force. Gomez went home run, single, double, triple for his cycle Saturday, and finished the day 4-for-7 with four RBIs and two runs scored.
 
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