The 2004 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 26 through 29. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Third seeded UNLV won their second straight and second overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 6–3 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding The teams were seeded based on regular season conference winning percentage only. New Mexico claimed the second seed by winning the season series against UNLV. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 19 9 .679 20 10 .667 20 10 .667 18 12 .600 11 19 .367 0 28 .000
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament team. Name Class Team Clayton Couch So. Air Force Josh Mader Jr. New Mexico Rielly Embrey Sr. San Diego State Scott Shoemaker Sr. San Diego State Brick Ungricht Fr. San Diego State Andrew D’Angelo Sr. UNLV Eric Nielsen Jr. UNLV Zeke Parraz Jr. UNLV Ryan Ruiz Sr. UNLV David Seccombe Sr. UNLV
Most Valuable Player Matt Luca, a sophomore pitcher for the champion UNLV Rebels, was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.
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