Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
San Jose State
Moses Powers `Dogs to Victory
4/16/2010 12:00:00 AM | Softball
April 16, 2010
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Fresno State softball team (29-13, 8-2) took game one of the three game Western Athletic Conference series at San Jose State (28-15, 4-6) on Friday night 2-1.
Pitcher Michelle Moses put the `Dogs on the board quickly in the first inning with a two-run home run to left center field off of Spartan starting pitcher Amanda Pridmore.
SJSU threatened with runners on second and third after a walk and an error in the bottom of the fourth, but a Moses strikeout got the `Dogs out of the jam.
The first off of Moses was a bloop single with one out in the fifth by Morgan Otto.
Breanne Lopez hit a solo home run to left field in the sixth to get SJSU on the board with two outs. The run was unearned.
Moses got the win for the `Dogs in the circle to improve to 7-0. She allowed just two hits, one unearned run with four walks and six strikeouts.
Pridmore got the loss for the Spartans to drop to 14-4. She allowed two earned runs on seven hits and had four strikeouts.
Andrea Ortega and Moses led the team with two hits each. Haley Gilleland, Courtney Moore and Lisamarie Coronado also had hits for Fresno State.
"I thought we did a really good job at holding them," said head coach Margie Wright. "We scored early and we had a lot of hits but we couldn't put them together. I give our pitching and defense a lot of credit."
The series will be decided on Saturday with a doubleheader beginning at noon. Live audio and stats should be available at www.gobulldogs.com. Today's broadcast and stats were pulled due to technical issues.
"We Are Your Team" - The `Dogs plan to finish their road trip against the San Jose State Spartans on Saturday, April 17th with a doubleheader. The first game begins at noon. For more information and tickets to all home games be sure to visit GoBulldogs.com.
