Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
Bowling Green (Pepsi/Johnny Quik Classic)
Baseball Wins Fifth Straight
3/13/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 13, 2003
Fresno, Calif. - Senior lefthander Donnie Bair pitched five scoreless innings to pace Fresno State to a 7-3 victory over Bowling Green in the Pepsi/Johnny Quik Classic Tuesday at Beiden Field.
The Bulldogs improved to 10-12 and 4-0 in the tournament while the Falcons dropped to 1-6 and 0-4 in the PJQ. Fresno State has now won a season high five games in a row.
Bair (1-0) scattered three hits over five shutout innings in his first start of the season
Freshman outfielder Chase Moore and junior catcher Brandon Marcelli powered the Bulldogs' hitting attack. Moore broke a scoreless tie in the third inning with his third home run of the season and went 2-for-3 with two RBI on the night. Marcelli clubbed his first round tripper of the year in the sixth inning. Junior infielder Casey McGehee tallied a single for the contest and now has 197 hits for his career.
Bowling Green starter Keith Laughlin (0-1) allowed five runs on seven hits over 4 1/3 innings to pick up the loss in his first start of the season
Down 6-0, Bowling Green mounted a comeback in the seventh with a three run rally before sophomore right-hander Chad Edwards struck out Nolan Reimold to end the threat.
Infielder Kelly Hunt went 2-for-5 with an RBI to lead the Falcons.
The Bulldogs will face Cal Poly in the second day of cross-divisional play Friday at 7 p.m.
Bowling Green 000 000 300 - 3 8 2Fresno State 001 041 10x - 7 9 1Bair, Girazian (6), Scott (7), Griffin (7), Edwards (7), Wiebe (8), and Marcelli; Laughlin, Lindquist (5), Badenhop (7), Johnson (8), and Longstreth. W- Do. Bair (1-0). L- Laughlin (0-1). S- None. Hrs: FS: Marcelli (1), Moore (3).
