On April Fool’s night, the University of Hawaii baseball team could not conjure a comeback trick.

This time, Nevada held on for a 9-2 victory before 2,123 at Les Murakami Stadium.

The Rainbow Warriors rallied to win the first two games of this series and came back to tie it at 2 in the bottom of the seventh Saturday.

But the Wolf Pack scored three runs in the top of the eighth on one hit — former ’Bow Mike Echavia’s clutch double — and four more in the ninth. Echavia, who redshirted for the ’Bows in 2014 before transferring, was 4-for-5 with three RBIs.

“We were a no-show from the start, unfortunately,” UH coach Mike Trapasso said. “It was one of those nights where we didn’t have it. I thought the magic was there in the seventh. Unfortunately, we went out there in the eighth and ninth, walked the leadoff guy and we couldn’t make a play. It shows how quickly it can get away from you if you don’t play well, if you don’t throw strikes.”

The outcome ended the ’Bows’ seven-game winning streak and dropped their record to 17-9. The final game of this four-game series begins today at 1:05 p.m.

Jordan Pearce walked to open the Nevada eighth, and advanced when pitcher Matt Richardson fielded Justin Bridgman’s bunt but threw wide of second. Echavia then hit a double to score Pearce, and Bridgman came around when right fielder Ethan Lopez misplayed the ball. Echavia eventually scored on a Cole Krzmarzick’s RBI groundout.

The ’Bows could not capitalize on another strong outing from right-hander Jackson Rees, who allowed seven hits and two runs — one earned — in seven innings. This was the first evening start for Rees. The ’Bows were unbeaten in Rees’ five Sunday-afternoon starts.

But beginning with next week’s opener of Big West play, there will be three-game series the rest of the regular season. Rees, who is competing with Neil Uskali for the third spot in the starting rotation, was moved up a day to evaluate how he would pitch under the lights. Uskali, usually the third-game pitcher, is scheduled to start today.

The ’Bows, who could never solve the riddle that was Riley Ohl, were able to score two runs against his successors. Matt Young, a left-hander, was summoned to pitch to Lopez in the bottom of the seventh. Lopez, a switch-hitter, batted right-handed against Young and pulled a drive to left field for a single.

Evan McMahan then came in to pitch to pinch hitter Marcus Doi, who was averaging .237. Lopez advanced to second on a wild pitch. Doi worked the count full, then barely nicked a fastball for a foul tip. Doi then drove the next pitch up the middle, bringing home Lopez to close the ’Bows to 2-1.

The Wolf Pack then put on a shift against lefty-hitting Eric Ramirez, with the shortstop playing on the right side of the second-base bag and the second baseman aligned in shallow right. Ramirez beat the shift with a drive into the right-center gap, scoring Doi from first with the tying run.

The Wolf Pack took a 2-0 lead with single runs in the first and third innings. Echavia singled home Bridgman, who had reached on a one-out double in the first.

In the third, Bridgman got on board when UH shortstop Dustin Demeter could not cleanly field a grounder. Then Echavia hit a shot past Ramirez at first. Bridgman sprinted to third, and when the throw was slow back to the infield, he scooted home for a 2-0 lead.

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