Bulldogs sweep San Jose State with 10th consecutive win

Sunday, April 15

Santa Clara, Calif.

12:00 PM

Fresno State

27-15, 10-2

San Jose State

25-14, 9-5

Fresno State

San Jose State

Bulldogs sweep San Jose State with 10th consecutive win

4/15/2018 4:49:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

By: Andrew Tomsky / Assistant Director of Communications

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Strong pitching and clutch hitting continued for Fresno State on Sunday as the Bulldogs completed a dominant three-game sweep of San Jose State and won their 10^th consecutive game in a 7-0 victory in the series finale in Santa Clara.

In a series between the top two teams in the Mountain West standings, Fresno State (27-15, 10-2 MW) outscored San Jose State (25-14, 9-5 MW) 19-2 over the three games with two shutout wins. The Spartans only scored in one of 21 innings in the series.

Danielle East picked up her second win of the series on Sunday, allowing just three hits and striking out seven over 5.2 innings before Samantha Mejia, who had a complete-game win on Saturday, recorded the last four outs to complete the sweep. Hayleigh Galvan was 3-for-4 with a home run and 4 RBIs and Vanessa Hernandez was 2-for-4 with a homer and 3 RBIs to lead the red-hot Bulldogs offensively.

How it Happened
In similar fashion to Friday's meeting between East and SJSU ace Madison Aurin, the game was a pitcher's duel from the start. The Bulldogs got the first two hitters aboard in the first but didn't score and were set down in order in the second and third. East was able to strand two SJSU base runners in each of the first three innings as the game was scoreless.

In the top of the fourth Katie Castellon drew a leadoff walk. With one away Galvan singled to center and the runners moved up to second and third on a Spartan fielding error. Aurin got the second out but Hernandez followed with a single to left to bring in two runs.

East stranded two more base runners in the fifth inning, and in the sixth the Bulldogs tacked on three more runs. Savannah McHellon drew a one-out walk and Galvan followed with a long home run out to center field. Two batters later Hernandez launched a solo homer of her own just inside the left field foul pole.

San Jose State threated in the bottom of the sixth as the Spartans drew a pair of walks and were hit by a pitch to load the bases with two out but Mejia got a groundout to leave three runners aboard. The 'Dogs added two insurance runs in the seventh as Kaitlyn Jennings singled and two SJSU fielding errors loaded the bases ahead of Galvan, who brought in two with a single through the left side.

Notable

In the series East and Mejia combined to allow just one earned run and 12 hits (11 singles) with 21 strikeouts. San Jose State had only one extra-base hit (a double on Friday) in the series.
East has won six consecutive starts and in MW play she is now 6-1 with a 1.35 ERA and 74 strikeouts in 41.1 innings pitched
Hernandez and Galvan both hit .417 in the series, with Hernandez driving in eight runs and Galvan tallying five RBIs.
Hernandez extended her hitting streak to 10 games and is hitting .500 with 3 home runs, 6 doubles, 18 RBIs, 13 runs, a .941 slugging percentage, and a .541 on-base percentage during the streak.
The 10-game winning streak is the longest for Fresno State since a program-record 23-game winning streak in 2016.
During their 10-game winning streak the Bulldogs have outscored their opponents 85-14, averaging 8.5 runs per game and hitting .364 with a 1.11 ERA during the stretch.
San Jose State received votes in the current NFCA/USA Today Coaches' Poll. Extended out, the Spartans were ranked No. 31 in the nation entering the week.

Quotable

CF Vanessa Hernandez

"I think we are playing really well; all three facets of our game are working for us right now. The pitchers are working hard and are dominating in the circle. I'm so proud of Dani and Sam for this past weekend. They fed off each other and found ways to keep them off the scoreboard so our offense could come through and make some noise.

Defensively we have been sound, and I think our infield came up huge for us in some key moments to get us out of some innings. Offensively, up and down the lineup, I think we all found ways to be a part of the run production this weekend. We kept it simple and weren't trying to do anything big with our at-bats.

We capitalized on our opportunities, and I think that has been the key to our success these past couple weeks and it's going to be essential for us the rest of the season."

What's Next
Fresno State is back home next week hosting San Diego State. Game times are set for 6 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday, and noon Sunday at Margie Wright Diamond.

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