Fresno State Athletics
Dogs Open Seven-Game Homestand
3/24/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 24, 2008
FRESNO, Calif. - After five straight games on the road, the Bulldog baseball team returns home for seven straight home games, six this week. The Dogs host Cal Poly for a mid-week two-game set beginning Tuesday night at Beiden Field. After that, the Dogs host WAC-rival Nevada over the weekend in a four-game series. Nevada will come to Fresno with a perfect 4-0 WAC record. That series begins Friday night.
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About the Mustangs
Cal Poly enters the week with an 8-10 overall record and is led by two very solid hitters in Logan Schafer and Brent Morel, each hitting .382 on the season. That duo has combined for 37 RBis and three home runs. Cal Poly is hitting .311 as a team. On Tuesday, the Dogs are expected to face Jared Askew, who has a 1-0 record and 2.08 ERA. He has 15 strikeouts in 17 inning pitched.
Against the Mustangs
The Bulldogs own an 88-43 all-time record against their fellow California State University sister institution. That includes a 2-1 Cal Poly win in the San Diego State Tournament earlier this year. The Dogs and Mustangs are playing each other four times for the second straight year.
About Last Week
Fresno State used excellent pitching , defense and the long ball in earning its double-header sweep of the University of Hawaii on Saturday. The `Dogs swept the Bows by scores of 5-0 and 4-2, winning a thrilling extra-inning game in the night cap. Prior to that, the Dogs staring a troubling dilemma in the face. After losing the first two games of the four-game Western Athletic Conference series, had the Dogs not swept the double-header Saturday, they would have been faced an uphill climb to win a third straight Western Athletic Conference title.
Allison's "A" Game
Clayton Allison, the 2008 WAC Preseason Pitcher of the Year and 2007 All-WAC selection pitcher, lived up to his reputation in his first WAC game of the season. He threw his first career complete game, allowing just four hits, in a 5-0 victory in the first game of the Saturday's double-header from Les Murakami Stadium in Honolulu. Allison led the WAC with 10 wins last season and earned his first of the 2008 season. He struck out four batters and walked just one.
Susdorf Climbs Homerun List
Steve Susdorf's towering three-run homerun at Hawaii over the weekend was his first of the season and the 27th of his brilliant career. He ranks eighth on the Bulldog career list, tied with Steve Vondran (1988-89). He needs 32, or five homeruns, to reach the Bulldog Top list. In addtion to his exploits on the field, he's an excellent student in a difficult major of Engineering and is a candidate for Academic All-America honors again in 2008. Fresno State Career Homerun Leaders
5. Pete Dalena (1981-82), 32
6. Derek Feramisco (1995-97), 30
7. Randy Asadoor (1981-83), 29
8. Mike Burton (1988-89), 28
9. Steve Vondran (1988-89), 27
Steve Susdorf (2005-p), 27
Dogs on a WAC Roll
The Dogs are 13-5 in their last 18 WAC regular season games dating back to last season. Including the 2007 WAC tournament, in which the Dogs went 4-0, and a non-conference game in the Pepsi Johnny Quik against New Mexico State, Fresno State is 17-6 in the last 23 games against teams from the Western Athletic Conference.
Looking Ahead
Fresno State will take a week off from the WAC schedule and get into Top 20 non-conference competition when it hosts No. 7 Long Beach State on April 1 and plays at No. 12 Cal April 2. The Dogs and Bears met in the San Diego State tournament, a 14-4 win by the Bears.
Tickets Available
Tickets for the Cal Poly and Nevada series are available via www.gobulldogs.com or on game at the Bulldog Ticket Outlet at Pete Beiden Field.
