Fresno State Athletics
Baseball Travels to Nevada This Weekend
5/13/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 13, 2003
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Fresno State (26-26, 11-13 WAC) at Nevada (29-21, 16-7 WAC)
Date: May 16-18
First Pitch: 2/1/1 p.m.
Stadium: Peccole Park (3,000)
Location: Reno, Nev.
All-Time Record: FS 56, UN 32
Local Radio: KMJ 580 AM (Saturday and Sunday)
On Deck
The Bulldogs travel to conference rival Nevada this weekend ... KMJ 580 will provide coverage of Saturday and Sunday's games with Paul Loeffler handling the play-by-play duties and Bulldog Hall of Famer Steve Hosey as the analyst ... All three games can be followed via the "live stats" feature at www.gobulldogs.com ... Fresno State then returns home Tuesday, May 20, for its final home game of the season against Southern California at 6 p.m. ... The Bulldogs wrap up the 2003 campaign at Rice, May 23-25.
Fresno State vs. Nevada
Fresno State leads the all-time series 56-32 dating back to 1965 ... The Wolf Pack took two of three in Fresno earlier this year (6-2, 21-5, 7-12) ... The 'Dogs swept the season series 6-0 last year outscoring Nevada 41-15 ... The last time the Wolf Pack won a series against Fresno State in Reno was March 2-4, 2001, when it won the final two games of the series after falling to the Bulldogs 19-7 in the series opener ... The last time the Wolf Pack swept the Bulldogs in a three-game series was 1985 ... Lost a weekday contest at home 6-5 and two-one run decisions later that season (14-13, 11-10) ... Mike Batesole is 5-8 all-time against Nevada.
Probable Starters
FS RHP Matt Scott (1-0, 3.86) vs. UN RHP Mateo Miramontes (9-3, 4.08)
TBA vs. UN RHP Justin Sherman (7-5, 5.62)
FS RHP Cody Smith (7-4, 3.78) vs. UN RHP Eddie Bonine (4-5, 5.87)
Keepin' it Close
With their 3-2 over San Jose State Sunday, the Bulldogs improved to 7-4 in one-run games this season (2-3 WAC) ... All four of their losses have come in the opponent's last at-bat ... Fresno State recorded wins over Cal Poly (3-2) and Gonzaga (4-3) in the Pepsi/Johnny Quik Classic ... Fresno State is 12-8 in games decided by two runs or less this season ... FS was involved in 17 games with a run differential of two or less last season .. In those games the Bulldogs were 13-4 including 12-3 in WAC play ... The Bulldogs also played in three straight extra innings games (4/30, 5/2, 5/3) which is the longest streak dating back to 1976 ... Fresno State is 4-1 in extra innings game this year ... Dating back to 1976, the 2001 and 1992 squads tied for the lead with eight extra inning contests.
Casey At the Bat
Casey McGehee went 1-4 (.250) for the San Jose State series and now has 243 hits for his career ... Past Greg Funk (1980-83) with a single in the fifth inning Saturday at La Tech (5/3) to mark career hit No. 235 and tie Bulldog assistant coach Matt Curtis (1993-96) for seventh on the list ... Tied Philip Romero (1989-92) for sixth with a single in the tenth inning for career hit No. 236 ... Moved into sole possession of sixth place with a single in the third inning Sunday (5/4) ... Eddie Zosky (1987-89) and Ben Reynoso (1993-96) are tied for fourth with 253 hits each ... McGehee lined an infield single in the seventh inning in the championship game of the Pepsi/Johnny Quik Classic against Gonzaga to mark career hit No. 200 ... McGehee's run scoring single to right field in the bottom of sixth inning Friday against the Spartans marked career RBI No. 125 to tie Ben Reynoso (1993-96) for tenth on the school's career leaders list ... Matt Curtis ranks ninth on the list with 127 RBI (1993-96) ... This season, McGehee leads the squad with 75 hits (tied for second in WAC) ... Leads the team with a .362 batting average (sixth in WAC) ... Has posted 40 doubles for his career ... Craig da Luz (1995-98) and Brandon Gemoll (1999-2001) are tied for ninth in school history with 42 two baggers ... Steve Hosey (1987-89) and Derek Feramisco (1995-97) are tied for seventh with 43 ... Has two game-winning hits with an RBI single in the ninth inning against Hawai'i (3/9) and a run scoring double in the elventh against Gonzaga (3/15) ... McGehee has played in Fresno State's last 124 games (175 overall) ... Chris Falco is tenth in Fresno State history with 183 career games played.
