Fresno State Athletics
Saturday, March 31
Albuquerque, N.M.
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East throws no-hitter with all 15 outs on strikeouts in 5-inning win over New Mexico
3/31/2018 2:43:00 PM | Softball
Video: All 15 Strikeouts
Video: Final Out
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M – Freshman Danielle East threw her first career no-hitter, recording all 15 outs via the strikeout as Fresno State beat New Mexico, 10-0, in five innings on Saturday afternoon.
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East threw the 74th no-hitter in program history but it's believed to be the first in which every out was a strikeout. New Mexico did not but a ball in play as the only Lobo baserunners came on one walk and one hit batter. East is the 22nd pitcher in program history to throw a no-hitter and gave the 'Dogs no-hitters in consecutive seasons after Kamalani Dung threw one against Florida Gulf Coast in 2017.
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"I've never pitched a game like that before," East said. "For me that's kind of on the bucket list of softball things to do so that was really cool. I was really proud of the way my team came through with their hitting today."
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"I really didn't think about it until the fifth inning," East added. "I don't really think about that stuff during the game. When we went up by 10, I was just more excited about the fact that we could be done in the fifth inning to be honest."
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Of East's 15 strikeouts, 11 were swinging, three were looking, and one came on a foul bunt with two strikes. Her 15 strikeouts are a new program record for a 5-inning game and were just three shy of the 7-inning program record of 18. She previously set a new career high in strikeouts with 13 against the Lobos on Friday, and over her last three games she has 39 strikeouts in 18.2 innings.Â
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"I don't try to strike people out," East said. "I'm not a strikeout pitcher and it's really just been working on movement with Coach Cox and lowering my pitches in the zone and that's totally worked to my advantage."
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How it Happened
New Mexico's only baserunners came on a leadoff walk in the second inning and a two-out hit-by-pitch in the fourth. The Bulldogs got on the board with three runs in the second inning and took the lead as Rachel Minogue had a leadoff single and scored on a Schuylar Broussard RBI single (watch).
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After a wild pitch Dominique Jackson drove in Broussard with a single and she would score on a Miranda Rohleder bunt single and a New Mexico throwing error. In the top of the third Broussard was the fourth Bulldog hitter in the game to get hit by a pitch as the 'Dogs tied the single season MW record for hit-by-pitches.
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An inning later, Katie Castellon was hit as the Bulldogs established a new single season MW record with 48 hit-by-pitches this year, topping the previous record of 47 set by San Jose State last season (watch). Rohleder had a leadoff walk in the fourth, stole second, and ended up scoring on a double steal as she came in from third and Castellon stole second.
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In the top of the fifth, Fresno State loaded the bases again with one out and Hayleigh Galvan drove in two runs with a double down the left field line (watch). Minogue drove in another run with an infield single (watch), and the Bulldogs moved the game into run-rule range as Vanessa Hernandez hit a 3-run homer to left center, her second straight game with a home run (watch).
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Notable
The Bulldogs will play two non-conference games next week at Stanford on Tuesday and at Santa Clara on Wednesday.
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Video: Final Out
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M – Freshman Danielle East threw her first career no-hitter, recording all 15 outs via the strikeout as Fresno State beat New Mexico, 10-0, in five innings on Saturday afternoon.
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East threw the 74th no-hitter in program history but it's believed to be the first in which every out was a strikeout. New Mexico did not but a ball in play as the only Lobo baserunners came on one walk and one hit batter. East is the 22nd pitcher in program history to throw a no-hitter and gave the 'Dogs no-hitters in consecutive seasons after Kamalani Dung threw one against Florida Gulf Coast in 2017.
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"I've never pitched a game like that before," East said. "For me that's kind of on the bucket list of softball things to do so that was really cool. I was really proud of the way my team came through with their hitting today."
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"I really didn't think about it until the fifth inning," East added. "I don't really think about that stuff during the game. When we went up by 10, I was just more excited about the fact that we could be done in the fifth inning to be honest."
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Of East's 15 strikeouts, 11 were swinging, three were looking, and one came on a foul bunt with two strikes. Her 15 strikeouts are a new program record for a 5-inning game and were just three shy of the 7-inning program record of 18. She previously set a new career high in strikeouts with 13 against the Lobos on Friday, and over her last three games she has 39 strikeouts in 18.2 innings.Â
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"I don't try to strike people out," East said. "I'm not a strikeout pitcher and it's really just been working on movement with Coach Cox and lowering my pitches in the zone and that's totally worked to my advantage."
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How it Happened
New Mexico's only baserunners came on a leadoff walk in the second inning and a two-out hit-by-pitch in the fourth. The Bulldogs got on the board with three runs in the second inning and took the lead as Rachel Minogue had a leadoff single and scored on a Schuylar Broussard RBI single (watch).
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After a wild pitch Dominique Jackson drove in Broussard with a single and she would score on a Miranda Rohleder bunt single and a New Mexico throwing error. In the top of the third Broussard was the fourth Bulldog hitter in the game to get hit by a pitch as the 'Dogs tied the single season MW record for hit-by-pitches.
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An inning later, Katie Castellon was hit as the Bulldogs established a new single season MW record with 48 hit-by-pitches this year, topping the previous record of 47 set by San Jose State last season (watch). Rohleder had a leadoff walk in the fourth, stole second, and ended up scoring on a double steal as she came in from third and Castellon stole second.
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In the top of the fifth, Fresno State loaded the bases again with one out and Hayleigh Galvan drove in two runs with a double down the left field line (watch). Minogue drove in another run with an infield single (watch), and the Bulldogs moved the game into run-rule range as Vanessa Hernandez hit a 3-run homer to left center, her second straight game with a home run (watch).
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Notable
- Fresno State hitters had a season-high six hit-by-pitches and the 'Dogs tied their season high with four stolen bases.
- With two more hits on Saturday Galvan extended her team season-long hitting streak to 15 straight games. She is hitting .529 with a .636 on-base percentage through six MW games.
- Rohleder has now reached base in 15 consecutive games was she was 2-for-2 with two walks on Saturday.
- Minogue was 5-for-8 with two walks and a hit-by-pitch in the series, reaching base in 8-of-11 plate appearances.
- As a team the Bulldogs hit .365 in the series while holding New Mexico to a .203 batting average. Fresno State pitchers totaled 32 strikeouts in the series. Â Â
- Sunday's game was the 15th Fresno State game this season that was not completed in seven innings. The team has now played 12Â games this year that were ended prior to the seventh inning via the 8-run rule.
The Bulldogs will play two non-conference games next week at Stanford on Tuesday and at Santa Clara on Wednesday.
"Just the Ticket to Build Our Community" – The Bulldog Scholarship Fund gives Bulldog alumni, fans and friends the opportunity to support Fresno State Athletics and the student-athletes who inspire them. For information about how you can support the Bulldog Scholarship Fund, please visit www.bulldogscholarshipfund.com or call 559-278-7160.
Follow us on:
Twitter:Â @FresnoStateSB
Instagram:Â FresnoStateSoftball
Facebook:Â FresnoStateSoftball
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: East, Danielle (9-7)
L: MAIN, Jensen (4-12)
Batting:
2B: Galvan, Hayleigh 1
HR: Hernandez, Vanessa 1
RBI: Galvan, Hayleigh 2 ; Minogue, Rachel 1 ; Hernandez, Vanessa 3 ; Broussard, Schuylar 1 ; Jackson, Dominique 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rohleder, Miranda 2 ; McHellon, Savannah 1 ; Galvan, Hayleigh 1 ; Minogue, Rachel 2 ; Hernandez, Vanessa 1 ; Broussard, Schuylar 1 ; Jackson, Dominique 1 ; Jennings, Kaitlyn 1
SB: Rohleder, Miranda 3 ; Castellon, Katie 1
HBP: Castellon, Katie 2 ; McHellon, Savannah 1 ; Minogue, Rachel 1 ; Broussard, Schuylar 1 ; Jennings, Kaitlyn 1
PO: Rohleder, Miranda 1
Base Running:
HBP: DeFLORA, D'Andra 1
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