Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
UC Irvine
Baseball Defeats UC Irvine, 9-5
2/18/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Feb. 18, 2003
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State junior infielder Casey McGehee went 3-for-5 including a go-ahead RBI single in the fifth inning to help lead the Bulldogs to a 9-5 victory over UC Irvine and snap a six-game losing streak Tuesday at Beiden Field.
The Bulldogs improved to 2-6 while the Anteaters fell to 2-6.
McGehee had three singles on the night and also scored a run in Fresno State's six-run fifth that sent ten men to the plate. In the fifth, the Bulldogs set a season high for runs and hits (four) in an inning. McGehee also was one of five Bulldogs to record multi-hit efforts for the game and the first to tally three hits in a contest this season.
UC Irvine held a 3-0 lead after two innings on the strength of a bases loaded hit by pitch in the first and a Mark Wagner RBI single in the second coupled with a balk by Fresno State starter Bryan Wolfenbarger. Wagner was 2-for-4 with two singles to lead the Anteaters.The Bulldogs knotted the game at 3-3 on an RBI single by junior infielder Chris Patrick to cap a two-run fourth. Sophomore left-hander Gil Infante (1-0) tossed three perfect innings in relief to earn his first collegiate victory.
Fresno State senior right-hander Josh Glynn recorded the final two outs of the game to notch his first save of the season.
UCI righty Kris Krise (1-1) was touched for five of the Bulldogs' six runs in the fifth inning to pick up the loss.
The Bulldogs return to action Friday when they open a three game series with San Francisco at 6:35 p.m.
UC Irvine 120 000 011 - 5 9 1Fresno State 010 260 00x - 9 14 3
Wolfenarger, Infante (5), Schilling (8), Davis (9), Glynn (9) and Marcelli; Nicoll, Krise (5), French (5), Alstot (8) and Werhun. W - Infante (1-0). L- Krise (1-1). S- Glynn (1). Hrs- None.
