By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
It was baseball night in Summerlin Tuesday.
The UNLV baseball team, a club that had won 15 games out of 24 contests, dressed in the locker room of the Las Vegas Aviators Triple A baseball team at Las Vegas Ballpark in Downtown Summerlin.
The Rebels hosted the Arizona State team out of the Pac-12 conference, with more than 2,000 tickets out there before the game that started at 6 PM. Tickets were 20 bucks each, with students paying $15 each.
UNLV has a baseball park on campus, but the Rebels drew a decent crowd at the $150 million, 10,000-seat ballyard that is owned by Summerlin master developer Howard Hughes Corporation.
UNLV entered the game with an impressive lineup of hitters, with seven of the nine guys in the batting order hitting .324 or higher.
The Rebels led Arizona State, 10-9, in the top of the eighth inning. UNLV eventually won the game, 11-10, and improved its record to 16-9.
UNLV is off to New Mexico to play the Lobos Friday-Sunday before returning to Earl E. Wilson Stadium to play UC Riverside Tuesday at 2 PM before hosting rival Nevada, Reno April 8-10.
UNLV returns to Las Vegas Ballpark to play Hawaii three games May 6, 7 and 8.
The Aviators have a media day on Monday and then open their season in a week on April 5 at the ballpark in Summerlin.
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