Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
Sacramento State
Bulldogs Bury Hornets, 8-1
3/31/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 31, 2007
FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State (16-17, 3-2) Bulldogs buried conference opponent Sacramento State (9-19, 4-4) by an 8-1 score Saturday night at Pete Beiden Field in front of 1,864 fans. The Bulldogs have now won two games against the Hornets after Friday night's 16-7 victory. Justin Wilson (3-3, 3.05) earned the start for the Bulldogs throwing five and one-third innings only allowing three hits. Brandon Burke relieved Wilson throwing one and one-third innings allowing three hits.
"We are working hard and things are starting to fall our way," said Wilson. When things started to turn in the other direction I kept throwing with heat on the ball. As a team our hitting is really coming around."
Fresno State scored its first run of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning when Todd Sandell hit a hard grounder to third base scoring on smart base running by Ryan Overland from second base. The Bulldogs scored another run at 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning when Ozzie Lewis singled up the middle scoring Steve Susdorf from second base.
Sacramento State finally jumped on the board in the top of the sixth inning on a Bulldog error 2-1. Fresno State answered with three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. The first run scored when pinch runner Steve Detwiler reached second on a stolen base and advanced two bases on throwing errors at 3-1. The Bulldogs doubled their lead when Loren Storey hit his fifth home run of the year also scoring Erik Wetzel at 5-1.
Fresno State scored three more runs in the bottom of the eighth for a final 8-1 score with three hits on two Sacramento State errors.
Storey went 2-for-4 on the night with one home run, one single and two RBI's. Brian Lapin went 2-for-4 with two singles and Overland went 2-for-3 with one double and one single.
"This game was very important and we are starting to put something together," said Overland. "Hitting is becoming contagious and we are taking quality at bats right now."
Fresno State will continue series action tomorrow at Beiden Field when it looks to sweep Sacramento State in a 1:05 p.m. start.
