SAN JOSE, Calif. – The New Mexico State baseball team (33-20, 9-7 WAC) defeated San Jose State (22-27, 5-11) 3-1 at Municipal Stadium in San Jose, Calif., on Friday to keep heat on the league’s leaders.

The Aggies moved to 9-7 in league play to tie Hawai’i for at least a few hours as the Rainbows face Nevada at 10:35p.m. (MT) on Friday night. Nevada headed into the match-up with UH with a 10-6 WAC record and in first.

Aggie junior left-hand starter Ryan Beck picked up his fifth win, after allowing one run on three hits in 7 2/3  innings.  Scott Coffman earned the save, his 21st  career.

“Ryan Beck had a great outing,” head coach Rocky Ward said. “We didn’t put up too many runs but he sucked it up and did what he had to do.”

Junior catcher Zac Fisher picked up all three RBIs for the Aggies on Friday as he went 2-of-4  with a two-run homerand RBI single.

The Aggies take on SJSU in game two of the series, Saturday, May 19 at 2 p.m. (MT) with radio coverage available on KSNM AM 570 with Jeff Matthews giving the play-by-play. Live stats are available on the Internet at www.NMStateSports.com free of charge.