Rebels upset Utah in MWC

Thursday, May 23, 2002 | 8:59 a.m.

PROVO, Utah -- David Trujillo went 5-for-6 with four RBIs and a pair of home runs, powering UNLV to a 13-9 upset of second-seeded Utah in the opening game of the Mountain West Conference baseball tournament Wednesday.

Utah took an 8-0 lead before the Rebels battled back with six runs in the seventh. UNLV tied the game in the eighth on a Trujillo double. Eric Nielsen then drove in Trujillo with the game-winning run.

UNLV (29-28) will take on Brigham Young -- 18-3 winners over Air Force -- at 6 p.m. today.

Jeremy Weinberg picked up the pitching win against Utah, holding the Utes scoreless while allowing only a single during his 1 1/3-inning stint. He had one strikeout.

Brent Johnson hit his 29th double of the season, breaking the UNLV single season record previously held by Bill Max (1981). Johnson finished game 1-for-4 with two runs scored.

Trujillo hit his 14th home run of the season in the seventh inning and his 15th in the ninth.

Nielsen and Garett Shitanishi added three hits each. Nielsen went 3-for-6 with one RBI and two runs scored while Shitanishi went 3-for-5 with two runs scored.

Tony Schuler, Jason Reuss and Robert VanKirk added a pair of hits each for UNLV.